Recent questions tagged puzzles

Description : Have you ever turned any mysteries loose on the world?

Last Answer : The husband (then) of a friend of mine helped create a mystery that made the national papers. They did this in 1980 or so, and the media found it years later, but it was never revealed who did it. I will have to try and find a link…

Description : Can you figure out this basic symbolic reasoning puzzle?

Last Answer : Nope

Description : Does anybody else here do the Spelling Bee puzzle in the New York Times?

Last Answer : I don’t but I’ll look for it. Does it come out every day or only one day a week? I occasionally do the crossword puzzle but only early in the week!

Description : Is kneeling on a football field an act of domestic terrorism?

Last Answer : Once we get used to it, it will serve no purpose. It simply becomes an alternative way of listening to the national anthem. One could argue that kneeling is an expression of reverence. The point ... is just a bunch of black players letting off steam, the issue behind the kneeling becomes invisible.

Description : How many 7's are there in the numbers from 1 to 999,999?

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Description : Can you solve this math problem, which is much simpler than it may at first appear?

Last Answer : I’m a little confused? The point of the problem is to show existence (>= 1 example that works) but you gave an example already in the problem statement? Doesn’t that answer it already?

Description : Which of these do you prefer? (ethics question)

Last Answer : Intention matters more for me, so I would pick #2.

Description : Can you solve this matchstick triangle problem?

Last Answer : answer:I think you are referring to the number of integer triangles that can be formed with a given perimeter. I was taught the following solution for that The answer seem to be 12 for 24 matches. ... (M+3)^2] /48 See wikipedia for more on integer triangles with all kinds of special characteristics.

Description : Can you find the slick solution to this geometry problem?

Last Answer : 2,5?

Description : Can you prove that this puzzle game is always solvable?

Last Answer : answer:

Description : Can you solve this diabolical combination lock problem?

Last Answer : answer:Let's say the sequence is abcdef, where each letter a-f represents one the digits 1-4. Below I use the ascii codes element of and not equal to - I hope they render right. a=1 b ∈ {2,3,4} c ... final answer I get is (9*3 + 18*2) = 27+36 = 61 different combos, which is notably less than 81.

Description : For those of you who know combinatorics, can you solve this problem?

Last Answer : I would think P3c = 1/6 * 1/7 * 2/17.

Description : Can you solve this Russian nested doll problem?

Last Answer : Each individual piece (either top or bottom) differs in height from the next smallest or next largest by the thickness of the wood.

Description : Do you play Sudoku?

Last Answer : Nope. I wish that “numbers” were a language that I speak. It isn’t.

Description : How do you explain the math solution from an intuitive point of view?

Last Answer : answer:I think that you cannot proof any particular permutation to be better than another. Why do you say “If you do not win in the first 3 spins (ignoring 0 and 00), you are guaranteed to eventually lose.”? (You didn’t state that the choices need to be different, but I think that is implied.)

Description : Can you figure out the number of players in the tournament?

Last Answer : answer:Yeah, it's pretty simple. Each game eliminates 3 players, and each round of games eliminates ¾ of the total players. The simple addition is that at the end there is 1 player left. So 1365 * 3 ... in the tournament. But anyone who can play 6 rounds of Monopoly in a row is tougher than I am.

Description : How many bodies were there?

Last Answer : answer:Well, you can either say “5” because that’s all that you have evidence for. Or you can try to extrapolate based on some figure about how long before the foot pulls away from the ankle. But that would be pure speculation. How many bodies show up with no feet?

Description : This is a mathmatical equation that cannot supposedly be solved.

Last Answer : the 3 quid missing to thirty are the 3 he already gave back. you need to subtract 2 from 27 to get to the 25 the room cost.

Description : Logic problem: How will the robbers divide the loot?

Last Answer : It’s a logic problem! Logic problems were never designed to be realistic to the real world in any way. It is meant to be a mental exercise that tests a person’s deductive reasoning skills.

Description : Can you solve this logic puzzle?

Last Answer : Just ask them any question while they are in an MRI device. (3 questions each, or 3 questions altogether?)

Description : Can you figure out my variation on a colored hat problem?

Last Answer : red = 0, yellow = 1, blue =2. The prisoner in the back adds up the hats in front of him and gives the answer (mod 3). They need to be a little better at mental math, but the idea is the same.

Description : What are some simple puzzles you think are hard to work out and are not well known?

Last Answer : answer:Two visualization problems that many people have trouble with (no props allowed). Imagine 3 vertical parallel lines intersecting 3 horizontal parallel lines. How many squares are formed? Imagine a coin ... face up cards that you have equals the number of face up cards in the 20 cards.

Description : Can you figure out why Christmas does not fall on a Friday exactly 1/7 of the time?

Last Answer : answer:Because of leap year every 4 years, the calendar is on a 28 year cycle, not 7. So if you have a calendar from 28 years ago the days will line up 1/7 can be right, because there are exactly 7 options, and 1 will be correct, so the odds of it landing on any specific day is 1 in 7

Description : Can you find the winning strategy for this simple game?

Last Answer : Correction: A’s objective is to have one of the rows in the grid duplicate B’s row and B’s objective is to prevent this.

Description : Is it possible to create this image with one continuous line and without going through the same line twice?

Last Answer : You can do trial and error for the next 24 hrs. or find the mathematical proof. It should be on google, as this is a common type of puzzle.

Description : If senator A votes with the party 80% of the time and senator B 70%, what is most and least that their votes can coincide?

Last Answer : 0.7

Description : An easy mathematical question?

Last Answer : answer:This does not “sound easy.” Every time a math question is presented to me I’m pretty sure my brain shuts down by default.

Description : Which box should you open?

Last Answer : Open the other box. I have no idea why – I just remember my old maths teacher once asking us an identical question.

Description : Are you good at solving puzzles?

Last Answer : I’m really good with crosswords and sudoku and jigsaw puzzles, but I totally suck at solving a rubik’s cube.

Description : Can you figure out why 3 knights on a chess board can't mutually attack one another?

Last Answer : Knights move to the opposite-colored square. Knight A on a white square can attack knight B on a black square, while knight B can attack knight C on a white square, but knights A and C are on the same-colored squares, so cannot attack each other.

Description : What is the probability of a random string of numbers having a consistent pattern?

Last Answer : I think if it’s truely random then it is stochastic, but true randomness may not even be possible, so who knows?

Description : What is the name of this type of riddle?

Last Answer : A Rebus.

Description : Is Michael Schumacher really the Stig?

Last Answer : no in one episode, they remarked that the stig’s driving line is different from the ones the formula one drivers in the show used. they concluded that therefore the stig is not a f1 driver.

Description : Can any of you solve this mind game?

Last Answer : that games infuriating!

Description : Can you solve this (fun) math problem?

Last Answer : You have to flip one side twice in a row? Okay, I kinda just wrote the first idea that sprang to mind. I have work in the morning. Goodnight, ask-public.

Description : If you try to fail and succeed, what have you done?

Last Answer : I’ve failed

Description : Is there a configuration of a Rubik's Cube that would be "farthest" from solved? How many moves would it take to solve?

Last Answer : Nobody knows.

Description : timtang level 5 answer?

Last Answer : how many double letters?

Description : What's the answer to Tim Tang Test level 6?

Last Answer : The first rule of Tim Tang is that you do not ask about Tim Tang.

Description : How to split 3000' of line?

Last Answer : answer:An intriguing problem! Hmmm I've not worked with kite string, but I'd be concerned about either tangling, or twisting stress on the line if you unraveled it that far in an open space and then wound ... from one to the other. I'm curious to hear there must be a very clever solution to this

Description : At what point is someone cheating on a crossword puzzle/other word puzzle?

Last Answer : It’s not cheating, unless you look at the answer key!

Description : How are Jigsaw Puzzles Made

Last Answer : How are Jigsaw Puzzles Made What is a jigsaw puzzle? A jigsaw puzzle can be described as a puzzle made up of small tiles of different shapes that can interlock with one another. Each of these tiles has ... ready. You can ask anyone to look at the uncut picture and assemble the pieces with its help.