BosGuy brain teaser

Posted on January 4, 2013 | 26 Comments

brain teaserEach Friday morning I post a riddle to get you to think outside the box and exercise your brain.  If you are stumped, share it with a friend or colleague and see if you can figure out the answer together.  I’ll confirm answers in the afternoon so don’t worry if you don’t see your comment posted right away. I want to give everyone a chance to guess.

This week’s riddle:   While on my way to Newport I saw a man with 7 children.  Each child had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7 cats. Each cat had 7 kittens. Kitten, cats, sacks, children, How many were going to Newport.

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26 responses to “BosGuy brain teaser”

  2. Avi | January 4, 2013 at 11:45 am | Reply

    Just you…Hope you had fun at Newport!

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  3. Rickster | January 4, 2013 at 11:13 am | Reply

    Only one.

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  5. Anonymous | January 4, 2013 at 10:47 am | Reply

    one. You never said the man with children was also going to Newport.

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  6. Robert Maszczak | January 4, 2013 at 10:47 am | Reply

    Sorry, I mean just one.

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  8. justajeepguy | January 4, 2013 at 9:52 am | Reply

    Opps..should be: One person, just you.

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  10. justajeepguy | January 4, 2013 at 9:26 am | Reply

    Two answers. One, just you.

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  11. suze294 | January 4, 2013 at 9:15 am | Reply

    1 – the traveller! I do a similar one with the kids – you are the driver of a bus then is any numberof passengers on and off at various stops, to end at how old is the driver – use it as a lesson to read questions in exams!

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  12. joey | January 4, 2013 at 9:13 am | Reply

    In fear of dating myself, I hesitate to say I learned this oldie on Sesame Street: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol1h9VB4Lyk

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  14. Anonymous | January 4, 2013 at 9:11 am | Reply

    1 🙂

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  15. robert kerns | January 4, 2013 at 9:10 am | Reply

    Just one! only you were going to Newport

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  16. Carolyn | January 4, 2013 at 9:03 am | Reply

    Well just you of course! So 1.

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  17. Chris Sherrill | January 4, 2013 at 9:02 am | Reply

    7 Children, 49 Sacks, 343 Cats, 2401 Kittens

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  18. martin | January 4, 2013 at 8:59 am | Reply

    Just the one on their way to Newport. Who knows where the others were going!?

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  21. Ethan | January 4, 2013 at 8:50 am | Reply

    Just one. The person who saw all these children, sacks, cats, and kittens.

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  22. Joe D | January 4, 2013 at 8:34 am | Reply

    One, just you.

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  23. Anonymous | January 4, 2013 at 8:33 am | Reply

    One. Just you.

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  25. Alan (@TheMoInMontrose) | January 4, 2013 at 8:28 am | Reply

    Cripes! I just googled the answer *slaps forehead* DUH!

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  26. Alan (@TheMoInMontrose) | January 4, 2013 at 8:26 am | Reply

    that is far too much math for me. where are the pictograms of the bus? i could figure that out….

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