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/ 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/ 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 http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200819/index.html The Car Talk Social Club has 500 members. For an upcoming event, tickets were 14-dollars for new members, and 20-dollars for old members. All the new members attended but only 70-percent of the old members went. How much did the Club make on ticket sales? Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200819/index.html 2008-05-12T04:00:00Z http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200818/index.html John buys a new car 21 miles away and has a plan to pick it up: He drives his old car 21 miles north, parks it, gets the new car and drives that one mile south. He then locks it up, walks back north one mile to the dealer, picks up his old car and drives Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200818/index.html 2008-05-05T04:00:00Z http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200817/index.html A truck is stuck in a narrow alley with a dead battery. Another truck arrives but cannot reach the battery of the first truck with jumper cables. How do the drivers restart the first engine within just a few minutes? Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200817/index.html 2008-04-28T04:00:00Z