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Think & Solve

Thinking, disguised as playing

Quizzes, riddles, logic puzzles and brain teasers — the same kind that fill six pages of every printed edition. No score is saved. Play as many times as you like.

Quizzes

Test what you know

Every answer comes with an explanation, so a wrong one is worth as much as a right one.

All quizzes
A stylised globe surrounded by clouds and leaves5 questions
Environment

Our Planet: The Basics

Ten minutes on Earth, its air, its water and its weather.

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Planets and stars arranged in a circle5 questions
Science

Space & Sky

Orbits, the Moon, and why the sky does what it does.

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A tiger, a hornbill and a leaf arranged as a badge4 questions
Nature & Wildlife

Wild India

Birds, big cats, forests and the places they live.

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Interlocking puzzle shapes forming a head in profile4 questions
General Knowledge

Think It Through

No facts to memorise — just careful reasoning.

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Brain games

Puzzles you can actually play

Riddles, logic, word ladders, number detectives, mazes and more — each with three levels, hints one at a time, and answers that explain themselves.

All 12 games
Logic Puzzle

The River Crossing

Wolf, goat, cabbage — and one small boat

A farmer must take a goat, a wolf and a cabbage across a river. The boat holds the farmer and only one other thing. Left alone, the wolf will eat the goat, and the goat will eat the cabbage. How does everything get across safely?

Logic Puzzle

The Two Jugs

Measure exactly — with no markings

You have a 5-litre jug and a 3-litre jug and a tap. Neither jug has markings. How do you measure out exactly 4 litres?

Riddle

Alive Without Breath

…and a whole box of riddles to unlock

I am alive without breath and as cold as death. I am never thirsty, though I always drink. What am I?

Word Game

Word Ladder: COLD to WARM

Change one letter at a time

Change COLD into WARM one letter at a time. Every step in between must be a real English word. Four steps will do it.

Logic Puzzle

Towers of Hanoi

Move and conquer — in 3D

Move the whole tower of discs to the right-hand peg. Only one disc at a time, and never a bigger disc on a smaller one!

Number Challenge

Number Sequence Detective

Crack the code of the missing number

Every sequence follows a secret rule. Find the rule, and you'll find the missing number.