Today’s Question - A group of seven vagabonds came upon an apple orchard late at night. They agreed that the next morning they would pick all the apples and each would keep what he picked. Two waited for the others to doze off and then set about to pick the apples. When they were all picked, they divided them in half but had one left over. Their bickering awoke a third. They divided by three but there was one left over. A fourth awoke and again equal division had one left over. The same thing happened when shared by five or six – there was always one left over. Only when all seven shared equally was there no remainder. What is the smallest number of apples that could have produced these results – divided by any number from two through six and leaving one leftover?

Today's Question - John was on an antique buying tour in farm country when he was called home suddenly. He was forced to sell the two items he had bought for $600 apiece. At that price he lost 20% on one and made a 20% profit on the other. On the two items did he make or lose money?

Today's Question - "Ahoy Matey!" - You don't have to know your "mizzen" from your "main" to answer this - What runs fore to aft on one side of a ship and aft to fore on the other?

Today’s Question - "Seashore Skeeball Anyone?" - Little Brian went up to the boardwalk with ma-ma. At the arcade, he played skeeball in which you bowl a ball up a ramp and it lands in one of four holes. Each hole has a different value (10, 20, 50, 100). Brian used 25 balls to get a total score of 500. Assuming he got at least one ball in each hole, how were the balls distributed to get 500?

Today's Question - Next week - training wheels. Paul has borrowed his daughter's tricycle to train for the Wall Street Iron Man Decathlon. He must go 1000 miles (over several weeks of course). He has two spare tires. He intends to have each of the five tires go the same distance. How many miles does each tire go?

Today's Question – Here's a trivia question passed along by a good friend. The words in the following list have two things in common. The first is pretty simple and evident. The other is a lot more obscure. For a hint we'll say beginnings and ending. "Banana, Dresser, Grammar, Potato, Revive, Uneven, Assess"

Today’s Question - If a doctor gave you three pills and said "take one every half hour" how long would they last? No Comments Friday

Today's Question - I've got your number! Here's a tricky number puzzle. There is a certain number that if you subtract 5 from it, you can divide the answer by six. In fact, whatever number you subtract, the answer will be divisible by the next number in order. (4 = 5; 9 = 10; etc.) What is this silly number?

Today's Question - Rudy was on a sales trip and wound up eating dinner alone. He had a good steak and a wonderful but expensive bottle of wine (at least for eating alone). The bill before tax and tip came to $85. If 5 times the cost of the wine equaled 12 times the cost of the steak - how much did each cost?

Today's Question - If 6 Bibbles and 2 Bobbles cost $10 and 6 Bobbles and 3 Bibbles cost $15, what does 1 Bibble cost?

Today's Question - The ladies of the choir arranged an overnight bus trip to a nearby resort. The total cost for the choir was $2,040. Everyone was to pay an equal amount but then 4 ladies dropped out and that meant the rest had to each pay $17 more. How many ladies are in the choir (including the four who stayed home)? No Comments Thursday

Today's Question - What number is next in this irregular series: 20, 80, 76, 19, 23, 92, 88, __?