Seeing as the pilot episode was a major success, with an outstanding and correct response from one of our viewers. Remember, we show puzzles with kings and pawns only! Those pesky pieces get too much attention-the pawns need some love as well and the kings a chance to engage in combat at last. He...
Inspired by Avi's Vowelburger™ Riddle
The success of our first Chef’s Special has inspired our chef to add even more variety to your favourite Vowelburgers™ menu. The chef’s choice of the day consists of a vowel patty, cheese, lettuce, and a special bun. The variety lies in the other bun.
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This is an usual call in. As a private detective you have been asked to investigate several odd cases, but this you're still convinced this one is taking the mick. You only accepted this case as it was so peculiar. You have recently been called in to investigate the disappearance of a "Beastly Ge...
Continuation from Math tapestry puzzle #2
Now things are heating up, it looks like this is slowly becoming bigger. I saw my friend Anna working on her tapestry. She asks me, "Do you like it?"
-- 77 -- -- 06 -- -- 10 --
21 -- AA 51 -- 18 BB -- 58
-- HH -- -- JJ -- -- CC --
-- 76 -- -- 12 -- -- 7...
The problem is as follows:
Roger adopts two female rabbits and two male rabbits. Three months
later each female rabbit gives birth three female rabbits and three
male rabbits. Assuming that if the same happens every three months.
How many rabbits maximum would Roger have after a year fr...
I have been trying to figure it out for hours, anyone has an idea? an explanation is appreciated.
My friend Johan de Ruiter has made a nice puzzle for Donald Knuth's Birthday. The numbers indicate how many connections that candle has. Can you solve it?
Original link: https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/pi_hamilton_maze.png
You start with 0 and then proceed as follows:
1, 8, 2, 1, 18, 9, 11, ??, 90
There's no other number after 90 in this sequence. In fact, its even impossible!
One of the numbers can be replaced by another number, but this sequence would be even shorter if that was the case, so I made a small exc...
With an A, I might be a programming trick.
With an E, I'm really not sure.
With an I, I'm just a wee babe.
With an O, I'm often stopping.
With a U, I'm a guy you can meet.
What am I?
What is the longest sentence that uses each vowel only once?
Rules:
Any number of consonants can be used.
The letters: A, E, I, O, and U appear exactly once.
Y is counted as a vowel only when it makes a vowel sound such as in cry, crypt, and scary, but not in words such as yes. Y must appear o...
