Brainteasers

Compiled by Julianne Scibetta, Albany College of Pharmacy

Answers to the Mother’s Day edition:

1. 3 children; one blonde, one brunette, one redhead.
2. No, because the man is dead (making his wife a widow).
3. The man’s son.
4. Nick!

Congratulations to “Coloniva” (sorry I didn’t get your name!) for submitting all the correct answers.  Bruce Epps and Peggy Underwood also receive honorable mentions for their answers.  I hope to see your answers this month.

Back to School!  September 2006
Time to test your muscle.

1. How many times does the digit 3 appear between 1 and 50?
2. Jimmy’s math teacher asked him to multiply three and four three times.  What is the correct answer?
3. Two boys and a girl were hiding in a tree house during a heat wave.  One of the boys had three bottles of lemonade with him and the other had five.  They shared the eight bottles of lemonade equally between the three of them.  When they came down from the tree house, the girl gave the boys eight sweets as payment.  What is the fairest method of dividing the eight sweets?

As always, submit your answers and brainteasers to me at jscibetta3@hotmail.com .

These questions from IQ Challenge, by Lagoon Games.