Challenging
Stories
The Wild, Wild, Wild
Woods of Maine
You are in the wilds of Maine, locked in a strange house. A rescue team is in the
area in a helicopter. Your only hope is to signal the team with a light on the 3rd
floor. Continued.
The Deep Green Jungles
of Maine
Four people are in the jungles of Maine at night. They have to cross a bridge as quickly
as possible or the monster known as the Oversized People-eating Iguana (a.k.a. OPI) may
gobble them up. Continued.
Tongue, Eye & Mind
Twisters
Readin’
Ritin’ and Rithmetic
How many F’s do you find in the following sentence:
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF
MANY YEARS. Continued.
Anyone for Tennis?
The tennis court has 15 balls lying on it. Divide the tennis court into five sections with
each section containing 3 balls. You may only use 3 straight lines. Continued.
Ye olde land baron
Sidney is a local real estate maven who has boxed himself into a
corner. He bought this irregular parcel of land and wishes to give each of his 8 children
a building site, but knows they will argue incessantly if the sites are not all the same
size and shape. How must he draw the boundaries to ensure 8 sites that are precisely the
same? Continued.
New Math
7 + 7 + 7 + 7 = 100. How? Continued.
Famous Billionaires
Would Bill Gates guess this? Continued.
