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Post by AntiArbitrator on Jan 11, 2013 1:45:45 GMT -5
Fill in the word ladder, changing one letter of the previous answer with each step. One answer is given to you to start. _ _ _ _ _ Be late... _ _ _ _ _ And dressed a bit skanky? _ _ _ _ _ Going to a? _ _ _ _ _ Because you needed these for your car? _ _ _ _ _ Where ships dock _ _ _ _ _ Spot these on your skin _ _ _ _ _ The dead burn on these... _ _ _ _ _ Electricity needs these to flow _ _ _ _ _ Red or white? _ _ _ _ _ Turn it up or blow it away? _ _ _ _ _ Discovers something... _ _ _ _ _ ...Of monetary value B U N D S When your tank ruptures, you need these _ _ _ _ _ College students usually play in these _ _ _ _ _ Harry and his friends all have them _ _ _ _ _ You find them in hospitals _ _ _ _ _ Use them to fill in these ladders _ _ _ _ _ Under ground tunnel excavators _ _ _ _ _ Played beautifully by King David _ _ _ _ _ Something fishy _ _ _ _ _ Either peace or marine _ _ _ _ _ Apple middles _ _ _ _ _ Order some to drink with dinner _ _ _ _ _ Tell these to lighten the mood _ _ _ _ _ Tie your oxen together with them _ _ _ _ _ Exclamation of fear! _ _ _ _ _ More fishy goings on... _ _ _ _ _ Longing for trees? _ _ _ _ _ Read in a play _ _ _ _ _ Paper you write on _ _ _ _ _ Facebook made me do it... _ _ _ _ _ Cycled _ _ _ _ _ Stands on two legs Be late... T A R T Y And dressed a bit skanky? P A R T Y Going to a? P A R T S Because you needed these for your car? P O R T S Where ships dock P O R E S Spot these on your skin P I R E S The dead burn on these... W I R E S Electricity needs these to flow W I N E S Red or white? W I N D S Turn it up or blow it away? F I N D S Discovers something... F U N D S ...Of monetary value B U N D S If anyone wants to complete the puzzle, it's okay with me. |
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taltos
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Post by taltos on Jan 11, 2013 15:28:05 GMT -5
 Good so far.
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Jan 11, 2013 15:50:53 GMT -5
![]() Good so far. |
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taltos
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Post by taltos on Jan 11, 2013 16:00:09 GMT -5
Yeah, after googling a bit, I don't think that is a legitimate alternate spelling.
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Jan 11, 2013 16:06:05 GMT -5
Thanks for clarifying that. I persevered. 
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Post by SoCal on Jan 11, 2013 17:08:12 GMT -5
BANDS College students usually play in these
WANDS Harry and his friends all have them
WARDS You find them in hospitals
WORDS Use them to fill in these ladders
_ _ _ _ _ Under ground tunnel excavators
_ _ _ _ _ Played beautifully by King David
_ _ _ _ _ Something fishy
CORPS Either peace or marine
CORES Apple middles
_ _ _ _ _ Order some to drink with dinner
JOKES Tell these to lighten the mood
YOKES Tie your oxen together with them
YIKES Exclamation of fear!
_ _ _ _ _ More fishy goings on...
_ _ _ _ _ Longing for trees?
_ _ _ _ _ Read in a play
_ _ _ _ _ Paper you write on
_ _ _ _ _ Facebook made me do it...
_ _ _ _ _ Cycled
_ _ _ _ _ Stands on two legs
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Jan 11, 2013 18:23:49 GMT -5
BANDS College students usually play in these WANDS Harry and his friends all have them WARDS You find them in hospitals WORDS Use them to fill in these ladders _ _ _ _ _ Under ground tunnel excavators _ _ _ _ _ Played beautifully by King David _ _ _ _ _ Something fishy CORPS Either peace or marine CORES Apple middles _ _ _ _ _ Order some to drink with dinner JOKES Tell these to lighten the mood YOKES Tie your oxen together with them YIKES Exclamation of fear! _ _ _ _ _ More fishy goings on... _ _ _ _ _ Longing for trees? _ _ _ _ _ Read in a play _ _ _ _ _ Paper you write on _ _ _ _ _ Facebook made me do it... _ _ _ _ _ Cycled _ _ _ _ _ Stands on two legs BANDS College students usually play in these WANDS Harry and his friends all have them WARDS You find them in hospitals WORDS Use them to fill in these ladders WORMS Under ground tunnel excavators FORMS Played beautifully by King David CORMS  Something fishy CORPS Either peace or marine CORES Apple middles COKES Order some to drink with dinner JOKES Tell these to lighten the mood YOKES Tie your oxen together with them YIKES Exclamation of fear! PIKES More fishy goings on... PINES Longing for trees? LINES Read in a play LINED Paper you write on LIKED Facebook made me do it... BIKED Cycled BIPED Stands on two legs I want to put "harps" for King David and "carps" for fishy, but I can't make it work. |
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Jan 12, 2013 13:35:53 GMT -5
Two of mine still haven't been done. Also, I corrected a typo in one. A man has a wife and twin sons. The sons insist on receiving equal amounts of anything they are given. The mother bakes a rectangular birthday cake, but it stays in too long and the edges are burned slightly. The father is a jerk who can't wait, and he doesn't like eating the burnt edges of the cake, so he cuts a perfectly rectangular piece out of the middle, though the sides of this rectangle are not parallel to the sides of the cake. What are two ways the sons can get equal amounts of cake? Cut the cake horizontally into 2 equally thick sections or weigh the cake to insure it's equally divided. I don't know if I've posted here since you answered this, but what are you going to weigh? You still haven't said how you're going to cut the cake in order to have anything to weigh. I'm still waiting for someone to answer my other brain teasers. Here's a new one. You have three boxes. One contains Aeryn's photo. If you choose that one you win a date with Aeryn. One box is made of gold, one is made of silver, and the third is made of bronze. Each box has a Post-It Note on top. The one on the gold box says, "Aeryn's picture is in this box." The one on the silver box says, "The picture isn't in this box." The one on the bronze box says, "The picture isn't in the gold box." The hint is, one of the statements, and only one, is true. |
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Jan 12, 2013 13:36:53 GMT -5
The Bingo Apartments are exactly what they sound like. Five stories, with five apartments on each floor, all looking out on a walkway which runs from one end to the other. There are stairways on each end but no elevator. The super lives in the basement with the laundry room and equipment rooms. Every tenant is jealous of the apartment belonging to someone living next door or above or below. Those living on each end have only one person on the same floor to be jealous of. Those living on the top floor have no one directly above to be jealous of, and those living on the first floor have no one below (no one is jealous of the super) to be jealous of. Is it possible for each tenant to move to an apartment either next door or directly above or directly below? No answer yet. |
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Jan 12, 2013 13:37:56 GMT -5
You're not allowed to add anything. You have to work with the digits you have. Taltos figured this out but there's one more detail that has to be worked out. |
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Jan 12, 2013 13:44:45 GMT -5
The Bingo Apartments are exactly what they sound like. Five stories, with five apartments on each floor, all looking out on a walkway which runs from one end to the other. There are stairways on each end but no elevator. The super lives in the basement with the laundry room and equipment rooms. Every tenant is jealous of the apartment belonging to someone living next door or above or below. Those living on each end have only one person on the same floor to be jealous of. Those living on the top floor have no one directly above to be jealous of, and those living on the first floor have no one below (no one is jealous of the super) to be jealous of. Is it possible for each tenant to move to an apartment either next door or directly above or directly below? No answer yet. |
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Aeryn
Supernatural Fight Club
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Post by Aeryn on Jan 12, 2013 14:16:16 GMT -5
Fill in the word ladder, changing one letter of the previous answer with each step. One answer is given to you to start. _ _ _ _ _ Be late... _ _ _ _ _ And dressed a bit skanky? _ _ _ _ _ Going to a? _ _ _ _ _ Because you needed these for your car? _ _ _ _ _ Where ships dock _ _ _ _ _ Spot these on your skin _ _ _ _ _ The dead burn on these... _ _ _ _ _ Electricity needs these to flow _ _ _ _ _ Red or white? _ _ _ _ _ Turn it up or blow it away? _ _ _ _ _ Discovers something... _ _ _ _ _ ...Of monetary value B U N D S When your tank ruptures, you need these _ _ _ _ _ College students usually play in these _ _ _ _ _ Harry and his friends all have them _ _ _ _ _ You find them in hospitals _ _ _ _ _ Use them to fill in these ladders _ _ _ _ _ Under ground tunnel excavators _ _ _ _ _ Played beautifully by King David _ _ _ _ _ Something fishy _ _ _ _ _ Either peace or marine _ _ _ _ _ Apple middles _ _ _ _ _ Order some to drink with dinner _ _ _ _ _ Tell these to lighten the mood _ _ _ _ _ Tie your oxen together with them _ _ _ _ _ Exclamation of fear! _ _ _ _ _ More fishy goings on... _ _ _ _ _ Longing for trees? _ _ _ _ _ Read in a play _ _ _ _ _ Paper you write on _ _ _ _ _ Facebook made me do it... _ _ _ _ _ Cycled _ _ _ _ _ Stands on two legs Be late... T A R T Y And dressed a bit skanky? P A R T Y Going to a? P A R T S Because you needed these for your car? P O R T S Where ships dock P O R E S Spot these on your skin P I R E S The dead burn on these... W I R E S Electricity needs these to flow W I N E S Red or white? W I N D S Turn it up or blow it away? F I N D S Discovers something... F U N D S ...Of monetary value B U N D S If anyone wants to complete the puzzle, it's okay with me. Well done.  I was far too impatient to even attempt this.  |
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Jan 12, 2013 16:03:52 GMT -5
Aeryn  It was a challenge and I was brain dead after the first half.
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taltos
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Post by taltos on Jan 12, 2013 17:53:15 GMT -5
BANDS College students usually play in these WANDS Harry and his friends all have them WARDS You find them in hospitals WORDS Use them to fill in these ladders WORMS Under ground tunnel excavators FORMS Played beautifully by King David
CORMS Something fishy CORPS Either peace or marine CORES Apple middles COKES Order some to drink with dinner JOKES Tell these to lighten the mood YOKES Tie your oxen together with them YIKES Exclamation of fear! PIKES More fishy goings on... PINES Longing for trees? LINES Read in a play LINED Paper you write on LIKED Facebook made me do it... BIKED Cycled BIPED Stands on two legs I want to put "harps" for King David and "carps" for fishy, but I can't make it work.Yup, those two are wrong, but it's my fault. I apparently missed copying over a few lines. Sorry  It should be: WORMS Under ground tunnel excavators _ _ _ _ _ Heats Up _ _ _ _ _ Harms _ _ _ _ _ Played beautifully by King David _ _ _ _ _ Something fishy CORPS Either peace or marine All the rest is correct  |
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taltos
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Post by taltos on Jan 12, 2013 18:01:20 GMT -5
I tried this one, but one person was unable to move. Perhaps I will try again. Same with me. There always seems to be one that can't move. |
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Post by taltos on Jan 12, 2013 18:13:38 GMT -5
Here's a new one. You have three boxes. One contains Aeryn's photo. If you choose that one you win a date with Aeryn. One box is made of gold, one is made of silver, and the third is made of bronze. Each box has a Post-It Note on top. The one on the gold box says, "Aeryn's picture is in this box." The one on the silver box says, "The picture isn't in this box." The one on the bronze box says, "The picture isn't in the gold box." The hint is, one of the statements, and only one, is true. "Aeryn's picture is in this box." If this is true, then so is the statement about not being in the Silver box, so the picture is not in the Gold box. "The picture isn't in this box." If this is true, the other two statements must be false, but as they contradict each other, they can't both be wrong. "The picture isn't in the gold box." As the other statements have been eliminated, this one must be true, so the picture is not in the gold box (confirmed by the gold statement having to be false). This also makes the Silver statement that it is not in the Silver box false. Therefore the picture can be found in the Silver box. |
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taltos
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Post by taltos on Jan 12, 2013 18:16:34 GMT -5
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Jan 20, 2013 15:58:26 GMT -5
New one. The Bingo Apartments are exactly what they sound like. Five stories, with five apartments on each floor, all looking out on a walkway which runs from one end to the other. There are stairways on each end but no elevator. The super lives in the basement with the laundry room and equipment rooms. Every tenant is jealous of the apartment belonging to someone living next door or above or below. Those living on each end have only one person on the same floor to be jealous of. Those living on the top floor have no one directly above to be jealous of, and those living on the first floor have no one below (no one is jealous of the super) to be jealous of. Is it possible for each tenant to move to an apartment either next door or directly above or directly below? That's the correct answer. Which means what? |
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Jan 20, 2013 16:03:49 GMT -5
Here's a new one. You have three boxes. One contains Aeryn's photo. If you choose that one you win a date with Aeryn. One box is made of gold, one is made of silver, and the third is made of bronze. Each box has a Post-It Note on top. The one on the gold box says, "Aeryn's picture is in this box." The one on the silver box says, "The picture isn't in this box." The one on the bronze box says, "The picture isn't in the gold box." The hint is, one of the statements, and only one, is true. "Aeryn's picture is in this box." If this is true, then so is the statement about not being in the Silver box, so the picture is not in the Gold box. "The picture isn't in this box." If this is true, the other two statements must be false, but as they contradict each other, they can't both be wrong. "The picture isn't in the gold box." As the other statements have been eliminated, this one must be true, so the picture is not in the gold box (confirmed by the gold statement having to be false). This also makes the Silver statement that it is not in the Silver box false. Therefore the picture can be found in the Silver box.Correct. Major computer problems yesterday, but here I am. I'm still waiting for someone to do the other two. I'll just go ahead and say the Bingo Apartments problem cannot be solved. So technically the responses are correct, even if no one came up with that important answer. And I have a new one today. I give you one thousand $1 bills and ten envelopes. How can you use the ten envelopes to give anyone who asks any amount of money between $1 and $1000? |
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Jan 20, 2013 16:09:42 GMT -5
A man has a wife and twin sons. The sons insist on receiving equal amounts of anything they are given. The mother bakes a rectangular birthday cake, but it stays in too long and the edges are burned slightly. The father is a jerk who can't wait, and he doesn't like eating the burnt edges of the cake, so he cuts a perfectly rectangular piece out of the middle, though the sides of this rectangle are not parallel to the sides of the cake. What are two ways the sons can get equal amounts of cake? Cut the cake horizontally into 2 equally thick sections or weigh the cake to insure it's equally divided. I don't know if I've posted here since you answered this, but what are you going to weigh? You still haven't said how you're going to cut the cake in order to have anything to weigh. Still waiting. |
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Jan 20, 2013 16:20:53 GMT -5
74 = 26 By moving the digits around, what true mathematical statement can be created? Someone has come close. You can only use the digits that are there. You cannot add any symbols. |
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Jan 20, 2013 19:40:22 GMT -5
74 = 26 By moving the digits around, what true mathematical statement can be created? Someone has come close. You can only use the digits that are there. You cannot add any symbols. |
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Jan 22, 2013 11:12:55 GMT -5
Someone has come close. You can only use the digits that are there. You cannot add any symbols. No. Taltos almost got it. You're not allowed to add anything. You have to work with the digits you have. Well if it was 64 = 26 you could go 64 = 2 6 and be a true statement, but I can't figure something with the 7 instead. |
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mercurytheatre
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Post by mercurytheatre on Feb 17, 2013 11:40:13 GMT -5
Where is Taltos?
Where is Brain?
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avp60685
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Post by avp60685 on Feb 19, 2013 9:12:11 GMT -5
I know we need new puzzles Timmy!~
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Post by MNBird on Feb 21, 2013 16:28:47 GMT -5
A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was required. He waited by the door and listened. A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said "twelve." The member replied "six " and was let in. A second member came to the door and the doorman said "six." The member replied "three" and was let in. The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said "ten" and the man replied "five." but he was not let in. What should have he said? ________________________________________________________ He should have said "three". |
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Mar 2, 2013 13:25:29 GMT -5
Where is Taltos? Where is Brain? Oh, wow, have I been that busy? I still want people to try to solve my others, but I have a new one today. You have one hundred seemingly identical coins. One is fake and weighs slightly more than the others but is otherwise exactly the same in appearance and size to the others. Using only the coins themselves and a balance scale, what is the minimum numer of coins that must be weighed to determine if one of the coins is the fake coin? |
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mercurytheatre
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Post by mercurytheatre on Mar 2, 2013 14:26:36 GMT -5
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Post by mercurytheatre on Mar 2, 2013 14:27:38 GMT -5
Where is Taltos? Where is Brain? Oh, wow, have I been that busy? I still want people to try to solve my others, but I have a new one today. You have one hundred seemingly identical coins. One is fake and weighs slightly more than the others but is otherwise exactly the same in appearance and size to the others. Using only the coins themselves and a balance scale, what is the minimum numer of coins that must be wieghed to determine if one of the coins is the fake coin? 99 |
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