http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/ Historic, folkloric and sometimes even automotive-- test your cranial power against the weekly puzzler from National Public Radio's Car Talk. 2008, Dewey, Cheetham and Howe 2008, Dewey, Cheetham and Howe http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/ Three guys go out fishing. They decide in advance that whatever they catch, they're going to divvy it up equally when they get back to port. Each guy leaves the boat in the middle of the night, tossing a fish overboard in order to divide the catch in thre Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/ 2008-07-21T04:00:00Z http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200828/index.html Bobo was told that he had to visit all 48 contiguous states. He could visit each state in whatever order he chose, but he could visit it only once. The company wanted him to start in Delaware, at their headquarters. Where did he finish? Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200828/index.html 2008-07-14T04:00:00Z http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200827/index.html A leading automobile big wig once proposed a biodegradable car: its body would be made of soybean plastic, it would be powered by ethanol, and would run on tires made from goldenrod. Who was this innovative auto exec? Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200827/index.html 2008-07-07T04:00:00Z http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200826/index.html Ray recently went out for an omelet breakfast. Each omelet was made with three eggs. The first three were cheese omelets: 7-dollars-45-cents. Bacon omelet was 7-dollars-70-cents. Bacon and cheese omelet: 8-dollars-45-cents. What does a plain omelet cost? Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200826/index.html 2008-06-30T04:00:00Z http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200825/index.html One weekend, a couple drives roundtrip from LA to Monterey, making different stops on both legs. What’s the probability that there was a place along the route that they reached at the same time of day on the trip to Monterey and the return trip to L.A.? Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200825/index.html 2008-06-23T04:00:00Z http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200824/index.html A cement truck and a loaded dump truck are stopped at a red light. Which truck will accelerate faster when the light turns green? Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200824/index.html 2008-06-16T04:00:00Z http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200823/index.html Tommy breaks eggs at a farm stand and wants to pay for them. The farmer only says she could place two eggs in each bag with one left over. Same for three, four, five, and six eggs. With seven, she's got none left. How few eggs should Tom pay for? Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200823/index.html 2008-06-09T04:00:00Z http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200822/index.html A man and his wife go to their favorite restaurant to get dinner. On the way home from the restaurant, they are hungrier than before going to the restaurant. But they are happy with their decision to get dinner there. How could that be? Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200822/index.html 2008-06-02T04:00:00Z http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200821/index.html Most of the cars currently produced for sale in the U.S. have one of these. Some cars have two. Nearly none have three. Some have four. And none have more. What is it? Sun, 25 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200821/index.html 2008-05-25T04:00:00Z http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200820/index.html An eccentric billionaire wants to landscape his new estate so that every tree, bush and shrub is planted in groups of four. In addition, each of these four plantings must be the same distance from the other, once they’re planted. Can it be done? Mon, 19 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200820/index.html 2008-05-19T04:00:00Z