Our Planet: The Basics
Ten minutes on Earth, its air, its water and its weather.
Think & Solve
Quizzes
Every answer comes with an explanation, so a wrong one is worth as much as a right one.
Ten minutes on Earth, its air, its water and its weather.
Birds, big cats, forests and the places they live.
No facts to memorise — just careful reasoning.
Brain games
Riddles, logic, word ladders, number detectives, mazes and more — each with three levels, hints one at a time, and answers that explain themselves.
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?
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?
…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?
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.
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!
Crack the code of the missing number
Every sequence follows a secret rule. Find the rule, and you'll find the missing number.