Column Chronicles: A new bunch of brain scramblers

A new bunch of brain scramblers

Frank Cotolo
February 20, 2025

Who does not love a good riddle? Now and again we host some fun but perplexing tests of the readers' mental abilities with new brain scramblers. We warn you: these are tough. Write to us for answers.

You are in a rowboat with two priests. One of them has a dimple and the other a scar. Which one break his vows and attack you if he wanted to be in the rowboat with only the other priest?

The orb is yellow and looks as if it tastes like cheese. There is a stem on one side and the bottom was chewed up by a critter. The top is punctured with a hole in the shape of a motorbike. What is it?

You want to take a train to Lisbon but you are in Spain. There are two helicopters offering passage to Lisbon but you do not have Spanish currency. Should you go to Portugal?

A train leaves the station at noon. Buddy is in the first passenger car. Elmo is in the last passenger car. Sixty two other passengers are in all of the passenger cars. How many people would Elmo pass if he was walking on all fours to go and talk to Buddy?

You are cook and you make fifty cakes. Why that many?

When the rain starts to fall it takes six minutes for it to reach a level of one foot. The rain increases five minutes later. How long does it take for a three-foot puddle to form outside of the front door of the structure where you watch the rain fall at any speed?

Complete the following paragraph so it is perpendicular in shape and odorless. In my stocking feet I can reach the top book in a bookshelf but if I put on my hunting boots do I have any right to be reading the top book in a bookshelf.

Frank Cotolo can be found hosting the talk and interview programme Cotolo Chronicles. You can send him an e-mail at this address: frank@148.ca.