apparently the cryptogram tag is a tag synonym for cipher so I guess that's what I'm using So recently I have been trying to get back into solving the cryptoquotes because I used to enjoy doing them. This is the cryptoquote for today in the Wisconsin State Journal, which I'm struggling to solve: ...

Four pencils are chosen (without replacement) from a pencil case, two of which are blunt. The probability that both blunt pencils are chosen is twice the probability that neither is chosen. How many pencils are there in the pencil case?

Here is a poet in Persian language which has a special property. The languge itself does not affect the pattern and there is no need-to-know Persian to find the pattern. The pattern can be applied to any similar text in any language, but the result requires it to be meaningful, which is the diffi...

Let $k < n$, $k$ even, $n$ odd. Mary is to play $n$ chess games against her parents, alternating between her father and mother. To receive her allowance she must win $k$ games in a row. Given the choice, should she start against the stronger or weaker parent? The puzzle source is apparently Peter...

Previous puzzles Contains: Single mines (1 mine), Double mines (2 mines), Triple mines (3 mines) To get the $\color{green}✓$: Solve the Nonogram Solve the Minesweeper puzzle Note: partial answers are perfectly okay. Today's Minesweeper puzzle is a bit weird. Here's why: There's a Nonogram. ...

The pattern comes from a culture test online (in French). Some questions are actually about mathematics/logic. I absolutely do not understand this one, though, given the others questions it should be something extremely trivial Question: Complete the pattern: 21VN, 32TX, 43QS, 54?? a. FE b. DE c....

A team of archaeologists has discovered an ancient clay tablet. They understand the script it is written in, and have transliterated it to the Latin alphabet, but they do not understand the language. They are not aware of any languages that were used in the area that have not been decoded, so the...

Note: The reason that I picked this one to self-answer was because it was a few weeks (months?) before the Wisconsin State Journal stopped printing Kenken puzzles. This was also the newest Kenken from the Wisconsin State Journal that I was able to access on the internet. There also doesn't seem t...

This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #16: Restricted Title: xkcd 2000-2500. Solve the following 10 sub-puzzles, then use the information you've found to solve the metapuzzle: Puzzle 1 Simon Rea 14 March 2004 Or Dekel Ryan Healey 24 November 2023 Lucas Mercuri Joey Mac...