What is the minimum number of princesses you need to place on an 8x8 chessboard so that every empty square is attacked by at least one princess? A princess is a piece from fairy chess that can move like a knight or a bishop. (Inspired by recent puzzles)

The computer scientist's assistant is late at work once again, trying to once again decode their bosses directions for the day. Under meetings, the boss has listed only a single meeting: Meetings: URGENT: asfto1eoenz 12:30pm He has been ranting about how his new venture will make it big, and h...

I'm a brave charismatic Iranian, And a cheeky Egyptian rogue, And a small mongrel amphibian, And a serene nameless lake, I'm all twelve of these things but only one at a time, Despite what you may have heard, I'm not related to whales or dolphins, Who / what am I?

This was a puzzle I recalled from university a couple of years back. I don't know what the original puzzle is but if someone knows it, please let me know so I can credit the source. You are a police officer and you are in charge of catching a notorious thief. At one point you discover that the t...

They are not isotopes. They are not ions. What are they?

A bank is getting robbed and one of the robbers tells one of the tellers to give him all of the money. The teller tells him she doesn't have access to it. Suddenly the phone rings. The robber tells the teller to answer it and not give them away. She picks up the phone and it happens to be her mo...

I want to make the pattern as shown in the images I get stuck at the last with two adjacent corners to be interchanged. How do I do this ?

One word to sure make you think Nothing This word will certainly be considered too Pentagon I ate pizza as a part of my breakfast this morning, if that's important Clockwork Pay careful attention Bumfuzzled Here's the last word for you Praying What is the word I am ...

This puzzle is part 4 of the Double feature series (first part here). The series will continue in "Double feature: In cold blood". Rules of Heyawake1 Shade some cells in the grid. Inside each room (rectangle with bolded borders), the number indicates how many shaded cells th...

This one is annoying me so much. Please help ///////////////////// Got this from a maths teacher

100 slavs work at Sam`s LEGO farm to provide you with a great panorama.

My beginning: steamy, but 2/5ths crazy My middle, wailing, from spectres hazy My end, demonic, lives in Hell My start, to there, does transport sell My middle, within, the original man My end, ends, an end of lifespan Who am I?

This is what the puzzle looks like. Ꮒ̨̻̰̊̾ͥͦ͠Ꮛ̤̰̭̱̑̔̃̽̋ͬᏒ̡̼̯̳̺̳̺̙͖͈̠̂ ̗̗̗͔̮̀̾̉̃ͩ̿ͤᏁ̱̗͈̰̙̥̪́͊̅̎̅Ꮧ̵͚̥̼̫ͬ̒ͨ̏̅Ꮇ̥͉̂͛ͥ͛̽͐̕͟Ꮛ̨̫̭̋͛̆̋̾ What do they mean? It should be a name.