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ERJ Brainteaser: February
Added: 21 Feb 2025
Each month, ERJ sets a weekly brainteaser, with questions of varying degrees of difficulty. Readers…
ERJ Brainteaser - January
Added: 31 Jan 2025
For impressive answering throughout January, it's congratulations to Kamila Staszewska, Amparo Bote…
ERJ Brainiac of the Year Awards
Added: 3 Jan 2025
Title holders decided based on a points system for correct answers and stylish solutions supplied t…
ERJ Brainteaser - December
Added: 20 Dec 2024
For a run of superb replies, including in Spanish, its big congratulations to Amparo Botella of Ism…
ERJ Brainteaser: November
Added: 22 Nov 2024
Q3 generated some particularly interesting replies, so it's congratulations to Amparo Botella, Davi…
ERJ Brainteaser: October
Added: 1 Nov 2024
Some great performances all round, but for ramping Q1 up to 'sextillion’ it’s congratulations to St…
ERJ Brainteaser: September
Added: 4 Oct 2024
For superb answers to Q2 and Q4, it’s congratulations to: John Bowen, Michele Girardi, Andrew Knox,…
ERJ Brainteaser: August
Added: 30 Aug 2024
For some great answering, including supplying the only correct reply to extra tricky Q1, it’s congr…
ERJ Brainteaser - July
Added: 29 Jul 2024
Putting all the amazing maths aside, just for once, our top award goes to everyone who answered Q3.…
ERJ Brainteaser: June
Added: 28 Jun 2024
For some impressive ‘clue-free’ answering, it’s big congratulations to Michele Girardi, Kamila Stas…
ERJ Brainteaser: May
Added: 31 May 2024
There were some very strong contenders, but after close consideration it is congratulations to Kami…
ERJ Brainteaser: April
Added: 28 Apr 2024
Several strong candidates but for his extra-sharp answering of Q1 it's big congratulations to Sudi …
ERJ Brainteaser: March
Added: 28 Mar 2024
For their answers to Q1 and Q3 respectively, it’s congratulations to Ian Brooker, HB Chemical and J…
ERJ Brainteaser: February
Added: 26 Feb 2024
The prestigious Brainiac of the Month title this time goes to everyone who answered Q2: David Mann,…
ERJ Brainteaser: January 2024
Added: 26 Jan 2024
For his excellent answers to all four questions, especially problematic Q3, it's big congratulation…
ERJ Brainiac of the Year Awards
Added: 5 Jan 2024
Our judging panel used a points system for answers sent in during the year to decide the new title …
ERJ Brainteaser: December
Added: 22 Dec 2023
For consistently stylish and clever answering, its congratulations to Michele Girardi of Scame Mast…
ERJ Brainteaser: November
Added: 24 Nov 2023
We have a clear, stand-out winner this month, not least for answering Q4. Congratulations to David …
ERJ Brainteaser: October
Added: 27 Oct 2023
For the first time ever, the Brainiac of the Month title goes to the ERJ question-setter for stumpi…
ERJ Brainteaser: September
Added: 21 Sep 2023
A difficult call, but especially for his Q1 'triangularity' calculation, its congratulations to Jos…
