Hey everybody, there's this fascinating puzzle I just found carved on some Etruscan ruins. I've got to turn (21, 197, 2059) into 111222111 and (29,987) into 99999, but for some reason I find myself completely unable to say why or to tell the truth about where the puzzle comes from. Please help me! I'm definitely not trying to cheat on anything, and the fact that four other people have posted the exact same puzzle is pure coincidence, I promise.
Malaga Public Library is the only library in the small town of India. The library is open in two slots: 9 AM to 12 noon (morning slot) and 3 PM to 6 PM (evening slot). The library has books on two subjects: science and literature. The following information is known.
On a particular day, a total...
Timtoo is an e-commerce website in USA. Timtoo decided to verify the past records of sellers before authorizing them to sell on their platform. It develops a software which could identify the potential fraud sellers. However, during the trial run, it was observed that it could identify only 85 % ...
"Been playing some chess with my husband recently", my friend Megan began, as we sat with our drinks in Coffee Monarchy.
"How'd you get on?" I asked.
"Didn't get off to a good start, I'm afraid. In our first game, he managed to beat me in only seven moves. I've still got the moves here, for wha...
I am thinking of one of the following five alphabets
R
E
L
I
C
You can ask me one question to guess which alphabet it is.
Rules
No question related to the number of the alphabet in the alphabet order, like
" If the alphabets A to Z go from 1 to 26, what is the ...
This morning, at the coffee corner in our office, I met a colleague who mentioned he'd be joining a chess club. So I asked him: "And, how was your first evening at the chess club?"
"Well, it was a rather short one.", he replied, looking rather sad.
"Oh, what happened?"
"I had the black pieces....
P, R, S, T, U and V are five colleagues who work for Fan Inc. headquartered at USA. Each of them lives in a different city that is one out of P, R, S, T, U and V, not necessarily in that order. Their organization has assigned each of them for a field visit in one of these six cities such that nei...
I finally tried my hand at a cryptic crossword.
I don't really have any experience with cryptic crosswords, or crosswords for that matter so I probably broke like 300 rules.
For example, 17 down is actually misspelled (I left out the third letter in the seven letter answer.)
Anyway, I spent a l...
Lee wins in 5 turns (click the image for a bigger version)
This puzzle is inspired by the other Homeworlds puzzles introduced by @Destructible Lemon. You should explain how Lee (the player on the left side) can beat Ray (the player on the right side) in 5 turns. Ray will of course try to preve...
Across
1. ?? P on a B B
2. a S in T S ?
3. ?? O in a P
4. as E as ???
6. ? T on a F
7. ?? I in a Y
9. ?? G S
11. ?? H in a D
12. ? B in a B
13. ? S to the W
14. ?? M of F
15. the ? B of M
16. a H Q D N and P is ?? C
17. a S S D has ?? P [or "a S S D has ?? D", or "a S S D has ?? S"]
18....
"Been playing some chess with my husband recently", my friend Megan began, as we sat with our drinks in Coffee Monarchy.
"How'd you get on?" I asked.
"Didn't get off to a good start, I'm afraid. In our first game, he managed to beat me in only seven moves. I've still got the moves here, for wha...
I am not blind
I am not dull
I use many languages
but speak only one.
What am I?
I am thinking of one of the following five alphabets
R
E
L
I
C
You can ask me one question to guess which alphabet it is.
Rules
No question related to the number of the alphabet in the alphabet order, like
" If the alphabets A to Z go from 1 to 26, what is the ...
This morning, at the coffee corner in our office, I met a colleague who mentioned he'd be joining a chess club. So I asked him: "And, how was your first evening at the chess club?"
"Well, it was a rather short one.", he replied, looking rather sad.
"Oh, what happened?"
"I had the black pieces....
I finally tried my hand at a cryptic crossword.
I don't really have any experience with cryptic crosswords, or crosswords for that matter so I probably broke like 300 rules.
For example, 17 down is actually misspelled (I left out the third letter in the seven letter answer.)
Anyway, I spent a l...
Lee wins in 5 turns (click the image for a bigger version)
This puzzle is inspired by the other Homeworlds puzzles introduced by @Destructible Lemon. You should explain how Lee (the player on the left side) can beat Ray (the player on the right side) in 5 turns. Ray will of course try to preve...
Across
1. ?? P on a B B
2. a S in T S ?
3. ?? O in a P
4. as E as ???
6. ? T on a F
7. ?? I in a Y
9. ?? G S
11. ?? H in a D
12. ? B in a B
13. ? S to the W
14. ?? M of F
15. the ? B of M
16. a H Q D N and P is ?? C
17. a S S D has ?? P [or "a S S D has ?? D", or "a S S D has ?? S"]
18....
sorry it took so long. :p
i made a diagram, which has moves which don't need specific spaces (i think?) have specific spaces.
