Every week on Car Talk®, Click and Clack present listeners with a curious little conundrum. Sometimes it has to do with the inner workings of cars. Sometimes it has to do with language, algebra, or something else you should have learned in the seventh grade (at least the second time through). But more often than not, the Puzzler has to do with more esoteric things like the bubonic plague, electric trolleys in Brooklyn, or the urgent need for a haircut.
A wealthy couple built a lavish stone castle complete with an observation tower. The wife declared the construction wrong. What was the problem?
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Week of 11-09
PREVIOUS PUZZLER: The Mathmatical Mystery of 4s Take the number 4, use it 3 times, and write a mathematical expression that will give you the number 55. What's the equation?
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