New Scientist Enigma Questions

This is a section where the enigma questions set in the magazine New Scientist will be published. New Scientist is published weekly and so there should be a new question posted up weekly. Each publication includes the answer to a previous enigma question, usually 6 weeks previous. Therefore, if that question is unanswered on here, the answer will be posted up.

Enigma Statistics

Total Enigma's Answered Total Responses
150 100 % 1791

Recent Questions [Show All]

Number Title Author Answered Responses
1523 Dicey Numbers Susan Denham Yes U 14
1522 Real In The Lead Richard England Yes U 8
1521 Boat Scenes Gwyn Owen Yes U 17
1520 Just Pondering Bob Walker Yes U 28
1519 Dominotrix Adrian Somerfield Yes U 15
1518 Sets Of Squares Richard England Yes U 39
1517 Just Forgotten Bob Walker Yes C 25
1516 A Colourful Turn Susan Denham Yes C 29
1515 Relative Sizes Albert Haddad Yes C 22
1514 Six A-Leaping Adrian Somerfield Yes C 27
1513 Two Polygons Richard England Yes C 19
1512 All Square Susan Denham Yes C 6
1511 Way Out Bob Walker Yes C 8
1510 Triangular Threesome Richard England Yes C 12
1509 A Question Of Symmetry Adrian Somerfield Yes C 9
1508 Low Numbers Susan Denham Yes C 22
1507 Equal Chance Richard England Yes C 12
1506 2008 China Games Albert Haddad Yes C 4
1505 Brief N-Counter Susan Denham Yes C 20
1504 All Ten Digits Richard England Yes C 8
1503 Division Decision Susan Denham Yes C 5
1502 Dead Cert Bob Walker Yes C 21
1501 Five Sets At Wimbledon Richard England Yes C 8
1500 Not All Different Richard England Yes C 7
1499 Not Quite Right Susan Denham Yes C 15
1498 Cubic Date Richard England Yes C 36
1497 Divide Both Ways Richard England Yes C 21
1496 Eighteen Albert Haddad Yes C 34
1495 An Unfolding Story Susan Denham Yes C 25
1494 Powerful Logic Bob Walker Yes C 34