brainteaser

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The annual brainteaser aims to tickle the neurons of those hoping to work in intelligence, and comes in the form of a Christmas card, sent by the national spy agency's director Anne Keast-Butler.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024

It is less about creating the perfect brainteaser and more about showcasing a flawed family with outsize personalities.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023

Consider this brainteaser: “A baseball bat and ball cost $1.10 together. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?”

From Scientific American • Feb. 23, 2022

A psychological brainteaser, “Etta and Ella” gave Kennedy a vital digital platform for her lyrical, eerily seductive imagination.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2021

When he took the part of Henry Carr, the very civil servant at the swirling center of “Travesties,” Tom Stoppard’s 1974 Zurich-set brainteaser, he worried he couldn’t learn it.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2018