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Ever wanted to flex your brain, or flex someone elses? Here's a free coupon for The Puz I mean, here's the Puzzle thread, where people post their puzzles for others to solve. So, to keep this orderly, there can only be one puzzle being solved at a time, as it would get a little confusing if people were trying to solve many different ones at on time. Here's the first puzzle.
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With this puzzle all you have to do is figure out what letter is in the blank.
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With this puzzle all you have to do is figure out what letter is in the blank.
That is a possible answer, but sadly, not the truly correct one.
If you are stumped I can give you a hint. That probably won't help, but still.
If you are stumped I can give you a hint. That probably won't help, but still.
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I remember something very similar to this from middle school. Although wow, I actually thing Sated's solutions is much more clever. Or at least it would be if the first character was U.
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I remember something very similar to this from middle school. Although wow, I actually thing Sated's solutions is much more clever. Or at least it would be if the first character was U.
And FlyingJester is correct! I'm going to re-explain the answer because why not.
Each letter corresponds to the first letter in a number's word form. That's about it.
Each letter corresponds to the first letter in a number's word form. That's about it.
The next puzzle is here!
A rabbit wants to get somewhere 100 feet away, though his odd way of hopping may get in the way.
You see, he hops 7 feet (He must be very strong to jump this far), to move, but then hops 3 feet the way his tail is facing, and both the seven feet hop and the 3 feet hop count as one hop. With this problem, how many hops does it take to get to his destination?
A rabbit wants to get somewhere 100 feet away, though his odd way of hopping may get in the way.
You see, he hops 7 feet (He must be very strong to jump this far), to move, but then hops 3 feet the way his tail is facing, and both the seven feet hop and the 3 feet hop count as one hop. With this problem, how many hops does it take to get to his destination?
Sated has answered correctly! And they explained nicely as well. Here's another one.
A petri dish holds a group of bacteria. This was made by a single cell at noon. Once a minute, a bacteria divides into two. At 12:43, the petri dish is half full. What time will it be completely full?
A petri dish holds a group of bacteria. This was made by a single cell at noon. Once a minute, a bacteria divides into two. At 12:43, the petri dish is half full. What time will it be completely full?
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A tree growing in your yard is thirteen and a half feet tall. You nail a birdhouse five and half feet off the ground. The tree grows one and three-quarters feet per year. In seven and a half years, how far off the ground is the birdhouse?
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A tree growing in your yard is thirteen and a half feet tall. You nail a birdhouse five and half feet off the ground. The tree grows one and three-quarters feet per year. In seven and a half years, how far off the ground is the birdhouse?
kentona is correct! Man, I'm running out of puzzles! You guys can issue your own, you know. Here's another one.
Rain, rain, the wind does blow. Stars are shining to and fro. Marie Richardson says she'll die, if she doesn't find the man with the roguish eye.
It's a simple riddle, all you have to do is figure out who or what the man with the roguish eye is. As well as who or what Marie Richardson is.
Rain, rain, the wind does blow. Stars are shining to and fro. Marie Richardson says she'll die, if she doesn't find the man with the roguish eye.
It's a simple riddle, all you have to do is figure out who or what the man with the roguish eye is. As well as who or what Marie Richardson is.
@kentona: The birdhouse should still be 5 and a half feet off the ground, given that trees usually keep growing their tops?
@oddRABBIT: I feel like this is some sort of reference, as if this Marie Richardson person is adrift on the sea and the man wit the roguish eye is either the North Star, or a constellation to sail to safety by.
@oddRABBIT: I feel like this is some sort of reference, as if this Marie Richardson person is adrift on the sea and the man wit the roguish eye is either the North Star, or a constellation to sail to safety by.
oddRabbit Marie Richardson is a ship caught in a storm (rain & wind and the lights on the rigging swinging to and fro, as well as the ship lifting in the swells making the actual stars appear to move) the man with the roguish eye is a lighthouse (since the 'eye' of a lighthouse roves over all the harbour in a roguish manner), if the ship doesn't find the lighthouse she'll run aground, and therefore 'die'.
My turn for a riddle!
Three missionaries and three cannibals attempt to cross a river. The boat they have can only fit two at a time. If, at any point, there's more cannibals on one side of the river than missionaries, the cannibals will eat the missionaries. How do all get across?
Three missionaries and three cannibals attempt to cross a river. The boat they have can only fit two at a time. If, at any point, there's more cannibals on one side of the river than missionaries, the cannibals will eat the missionaries. How do all get across?
I could be wrong, but, can't you send over one missionary and one cannibal per trip? I dunno, I feel like I'm missing something, here, as I sense this is a reference to the wolf-chicken-corn scenario.