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Brain teaser
Monthly Brain Teaser and Januarys Answer
Last month you were left with this problem: The managing director rang the payroll department and told the trainee who answered the phone that he needed by lunchtime without fail the average salary of the ten people who made up the management group. He rang off before she was able to tell him that the [...]
Monthly Brain Teaser and Decembers Answer
For Christmas you were given this problem: A baron builds a castle on a square island and surrounds the island with a moat that in turn forms a square. The moat is 10 metres wide. An enemy decides to attack the castle by crossing the moat on long strengthened planks. Unfortunately when they arrive they [...]
Monthly Brainteaser and November’s answer
Last month you were given this problem: A large army of infantry was marching along roads through a country at a steady 3mph. The column was 9 miles long. A despatch rider at the rear of the column was sent with an urgent message to the commander at the front of the column. He delivered [...]
Monthly Brainteaser and October’s answer
Last month you were asked what the following weird sentences have in common – and which is the odd one out? If you are deaf you should file your tax return before the rainy season begins. When the sailors’ mission inducted a young female pastor, quayside services at both ports were resumed. Edmund took pickled [...]
