(Image credit: Flickr user Michael Coghlan)Old Jay challenged Brian with a question: "What common abbreviation has three times as many syllables as an abbreviation than it does when you say the full words?"Stumped, Br...

Old Jay held up a Bathroom Reader and said, "I'll bet you I can place this book on the floor and none of you will be able to jump over it." Brian replied, "I'll take your bet, but you're not allowed to put the book under...

(Image credit: Flickr user Demi-Brooke)The person who made it had no use for it; the person who bought it didn't want it; and the one who finally ended up with it, never even knew about it. What was it? Continue readi...

(Image credit: Flickr user Mark Herpel)I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. Sooner or later, everyone needs my help, yet many people are afra...

(Image: Playing Card Plate available at the NeatoShop)During a high-stakes bridge tournament preceded by a sit-down dinner, Jay, Jennifer, Jeff, and John played together. At the end of the night, all four had more cash t...

(Image credit: Flickr user Peter Gerdes)"Brian," said Old Jay, "if you can tell me how much change is in my pocket, you can have it. All but three of the coins are quarters. All but three are dimes. All but three are nic...

(Image credit: Flickr user Eddy Van 3000)You have to get to the hospital. At a fork in the road, you meet Joe and Moe, a pair of identical twin boys. You can't tell them apart, but you know that Joe always tells the t...

(Image credit: Flickr user Isabel Odriozola)If...  ...?Continue reading for the answer.One hour. This brainteaser is reprinted with permission from Uncle John's Su...

(Image credit: Flicker user Cindy Cornett Seigle)I...  ...haystacks, they all become one big stack. This brainteaser above is reprinted with permission from Uncle Joh...

Tsingtao circa 1911 (Image source: Zenodot Verlagsgesellschaft mbH)See if you can fill in the blank before you get to the end of the clues.Clue #1: In 1897 the German government was able to coerce the Chinese givernment...