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>! 4, if the first number is an even number, you take the first number, if it's odd you take the second (0 is an even number). |
>! constantly being phoned up to repair the electrics he burnt out with an unebelieveble amount of hours being dedicated to SE. His electrician took revenge.
>! the eye for an eye was when the electrician in a freak accident fixing his fuse box suffered an electric shock blowing out his retina.
>! the way he kill... |
A no ending party is being held at a local mansion. The host is very rich and his success is because of one thing — his famous recipe for Spaghetti!
The only guests that may attend are people who correctly reply to the guard at the door.
Here's where you come in. You and a friend are trying to steal this recipe. ... |
Another time, there is still another never-ending party at a local mansion. The host is very rich and his success is because of one thing ~ his famous recipes for [spaghetti][1], [fettuccini][2], [green salad][3] and [juice][4]!
The only guests that may attend are people the host knows and trusts, whom he gave the p... |
On the warm and windy night of November 12, Joe was coming back home. He ordered pizza from the car, to be delivered at 8 PM. Once he got back, he realized that one of his windows was slightly ajar. He concluded that he just left it open for ventilation.
Once he got to the front door, he taped a note for the pizza g... |
Another time, there is still another never-ending party at a local mansion. The host is very rich and his success is because of one thing ~ his famous recipes for [spaghetti][1], [fettuccini][2], [green salad][3] and [juice][4]!
The only guests that may attend are people the host knows and trusts, whom he gave the p... |
On the warm and windy night of November 12, Joe was coming back home. He ordered pizza from the car, to be delivered at 8 PM. Once he got back, he realized that one of his windows was slightly ajar. He concluded that he just left it open for ventilation.
Once he got to the front door, he taped a note for the pizza g... |
On the warm and windy night of November 12, Joe was coming back home. He ordered pizza from the car, to be delivered at 8 PM. Once he got back, he realized that one of his windows was slightly ajar. He concluded that he just left it open for ventilation.
Once he got to the front door, he taped a note for the pizza g... |
>! constantly being phoned up to repair the electrics he burnt out with an unebelieveble amount of hours being dedicated to SE. His electrician took revenge.
>! the eye for an eye was when the electrician in a freak accident fixing his fuse box suffered an electric shock blowing out his retina.
>! the way he kill... |
OK, so you want to get in to the party.
The door is being guarded by an elephant, who will trample any visitor who gives the wrong answer.
A polar bear comes up to the door. The elephant says, "1", and the polar bear replies "14", and is admitted.
Then a horned lark flies up to the door. The elephant says, "2"... |
Maybe
>! Is not a list of words they agreed, but the item before the right answer is a thing Andrew has got, for example, at home.
>! In fact, the first words are things somewhat weird, like "Bavarian Sky", "a spider".. while last word before the right one is something more "real" than the prior ones :D
A simpl... |
I was thinking
>! the Word that tells them that the next guess is going to be correct is when the person saying "am i thinking of XXX" where the "XXX" is something one of them own in the real World such as "car", "Dirty table", "fridge".
Example
>! "Am i thinking about the Eiffel Tower?" "Nope"
>! "Am i thinkin... |
This party is so popular!
So [just like before, you want the spaghetti recipe][1] yada yada yada... basically, you want to get in to the party.
The first guest arrives, the security guard says "6". The guest goes away to check the answer, but soon returns, saying "3", and is admitted.
The second guest arrives,... |
Does this series work? because if so i know the answer
>! "Am i thinking about a raisin?" "Nope"
>! "Am i thinking about an ostrich?" "Nope"
>! "Am i thinking about a finger?" "Nope"
>! "Am i thinking about a moose?" "Nope"
>! Am i thinking about an astronaut? "Yes"
|
This party is so popular!
So [just like before, you want the spaghetti recipe][1] yada yada yada... basically, you want to get in to the party.
The first guest arrives, the security guard says "6". The guest goes away to check the answer, but soon returns, saying "3", and is admitted.
The second guest arrives,... |
This party is so popular!
So [just like before, you want the spaghetti recipe][1] yada yada yada... basically, you want to get in to the party.
The first guest arrives, the security guard says "6". The guest goes away to check the answer, but soon returns, saying "3", and is admitted.
The second guest arrives,... |
Maybe
>! Is not a list of words they agreed, but the item before the right answer is a thing Andrew has got, for example, at home.
>! In fact, the first words are things somewhat weird, like "Bavarian Sky", "a spider".. while last word before the right one is something more "real" than the prior ones :D
A simpl... |
Does this series work? because if so i know the answer
>! "Am i thinking about a raisin?" "Nope" <br/>
>! "Am i thinking about an ostrich?" "Nope"<br/>
>! "Am i thinking about a finger?" "Nope"<br/>
>! "Am i thinking about a moose?" "Nope"<br/>
>! "Am i thinking about an astronaut? "Yes"<br/>
|
A never ending party is being held at a local mansion. The host is very rich and his success is because of one thing — his famous recipe for Spaghetti!
The only guests that may attend are people who correctly reply to the guard at the door.
Here's where you come in. You and a friend are trying to steal this recip... |
Does this series work? because if so i know the answer
Example 1
>! "Am i thinking about a raisin?" "Nope" <br/>
>! "Am i thinking about an ostrich?" "Nope"<br/>
>! "Am i thinking about a finger?" "Nope"<br/>
>! "Am i thinking about a moose?" "Nope"<br/>
>! "Am i thinking about an astronaut? "Yes"<br/>
Exa... |
This party is so popular!
So [just like before, you want the spaghetti recipe][1] yada yada yada... basically, you want to get in to the party.
The first guest arrives, the security guard says "6". The guest goes away to check the answer, but soon returns, saying "3", and is admitted.
The second guest arrives,... |
Where did you end up? [Part 2!] |
Another time, there is still another never-ending party at a local mansion. The host is very rich and his success is because of one thing ~ his famous recipes for [spaghetti][1], [fettuccini][2], [green salad][3] and [juice][4]!
The only guests that may attend are people the host knows and trusts, whom he gave the p... |
Another time, there is still another never-ending party at a local mansion. The host is very rich and his success is because of one thing ~ his famous recipes for [spaghetti][1], [fettuccini][2], [green salad][3] and [juice][4]!
The only guests that may attend are people the host knows and trusts, whom he gave the p... |
Does this series work? because if so i know the answer
Example 1
>! "Am i thinking about a raisin?" "Nope" <br/>
>! "Am i thinking about an ostrich?" "Nope"<br/>
>! "Am i thinking about a finger?" "Nope"<br/>
>! "Am i thinking about a moose?" "Nope"<br/>
>! "Am i thinking about an astronaut? "Yes"<br/>
Exa... |
...but first you have to find the solution!
`*** THANKS EVERYONE for trying! ***`
Two friends (Andrew and Gabriel) go to another friend (Ellen) and claim to be able to read each other's mind.
Ellen doesn't believe that and wants to test their ability.
Andrew steps away from Gabriel and Ellen, gets blindfolded... |
>! σ. The physicist will say "sigma", the plumber will say "huh?", assuming a non-greek plumber. |
In a five star hotel, I ordered for a cup of coffee. When I was about to sip, I found a fly in the coffee. I complained. The manager apologized, took back the cup and brought another fresh hot one. But I realized that he bought the same coffee. I sued the hotel in a consumer court and won compensation. The question is ... |
Why was the Five Star Hotel sued? |
You already added the milk/sugar?
The fly was still there? |
The cup has an unique IPv6 address? |
You already added the milk/sugar?
The fly was still there?
The coffee had been in the cup long enough that the outside of the cup had had time to heat up? |
<pre>And another one for you. Have fun!</pre>
I'm the one to be told
at the very end <br>
just get rid of the old
before you descend
I'm the tie on your neck <br>
if you slice it apart <br>
and the third in the group <br>
rhyming is hard
I'm the first of the group
and I will be kind <br>
Think of my... |
You have a closed cord of length 100 meters which touches point $P$. There is a line $L$ whose closest point is 20 meters from point $P$.
The value of a layout of cord is defined by the area enclosed on the side of the line with point $P$ plus *twice* the value of the area enclosed on the opposite side.
What... |
The ear of the cup was warm from being in the microwave? |
This puzzle is part of a series - [part 1 is here](http://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/4075/the-serial-killer-part-1) and [part 2 is here](http://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/4263/the-serial-killer-part-2). Any comments I make on the OP are canonical and [out of character (OOC)](http://tvtropes.org/pmwi... |
You have a closed cord of length 100 meters which touches point $P$. There is a line $L$ whose closest point is 20 meters from point $P$.
The value of a layout of cord is defined by the area enclosed on the side of the line with point $P$ plus *twice* the area enclosed on the opposite side.
What is the optim... |
>! so is this how heat comes to pass? ...
>! h from "age",
>! e from "eeesiest",
>! a from third letter in apart? no idea,
>! t from told - old |
You and your friend have met to play a game of dice.
This is a very simple game where both players roll a die at the same time, and the player with the lower score pays a coin to the other player.
In case of tie, no money is exchanged and the turn is repeated.
You propose your friend to make the game more interest... |
This party is so popular!
So [just like before, you want the spaghetti recipe][1] yada yada yada... basically, you want to get in to the party.
The first guest arrives, the security guard says "6". The guest goes away to check the answer, but soon returns, saying "3", and is admitted.
The second guest arrives,... |
Jack is a programmer working in an IT company. One day he arrives at his workplace and sees a briefcase on the table with a note attached to it that says: "g00d and 3v1l". He realizes - this must be his coworkers, who put it there. They had a party yesterday and he might have had a little bit too much to drink, so he s... |
>!g00d has a MIDI representation of **1942** according to [WolframAlpha][1]. 3v1l is a bit more complicated, but it turned out to be a [molecule][2]! The EC code is **3718**. Adding that up gives:
**Answer:**
>! 5560
or, if you have the logical (and bitwise I suppose it is called) AND it gives :
**answer... |
Are you clever enough? I'm sure you are! |
Jack is a programmer working in an IT company. One day he arrives at his workplace and sees a briefcase on the table with a note attached to it that says: "g00d and 3v1l". He realizes - this must be his coworkers, who put it there. They had a party yesterday and he might have had a little bit too much to drink, so he s... |
Bob leaves home with $50.
His birthday approaching, he goes to the neighbourhood bakery to order a birthday cake and pays \$29.95 for the cake, plus \$3.08 for the candles.
Then, he meets three friends in town and they all go grab something to eat: Bob takes a \$4.50 sandwich and a \$0.70 soda.
After that, the... |
So... Second riddle for me. Somehow more difficult than the last one.
Pick a side, then relax
it may take a hour or two.
If you throw it, then it cracks,
but it puzzles, why would you?
It is one, yet has many;
with it figure what to do!
if you possibly own any,
that it's old ... |
This party is so popular!
So [just like before, you want the spaghetti recipe][1] yada yada yada... basically, you want to get in to the party.
The first guest arrives, the security guard says "6". The guest goes away to check the answer, but soon returns, saying "3", and is admitted.
The second guest arrives,... |
So... Second riddle for me. Somehow more difficult than the last one.
> Pick a side, then relax
> it may take a hour or two.
> If you throw it, then it cracks,
> but it puzzles, why would you?
>
> It is one, yet has many;
> with it figure what to do!
> if you possibly own any,
> that it's old yo... |
>!a rubik's cube? it is a square yet has many little square's, it may take an hour or two to solve |
Jack is a programmer working in an IT company. One day he arrives at his workplace and sees a briefcase on the table with a note attached to it that says: "g00d and 3v1l". He realizes - this must be his coworkers, who put it there. They had a party yesterday and he might have had a little bit too much to drink, so he s... |
"Take her away" commanded the police officer as the two other handcuffed the blonde woman. "Good work detective, i can see why you were awarded being the number one detective. Keep up the great work!". You stood there trying to be mature about it, but deep down you are overwhelmed by the comment and is very happy. You ... |
Jack is a programmer working in an IT company. One day he arrives at his workplace and sees a briefcase on the table with a note attached to it that says: "g00d and 3v1l". He realizes - this must be his coworkers, who put it there. They had a party yesterday and he might have had a little bit too much to drink, so he s... |
>! The spellchecker on Microsoft Word
"In me, the primary colours I do hold":
The spellchecker uses three colors: green for grammar errors, red for spelling errors, and blue for miscellaneous others. These are considered by some to be the primary colors.
"I amend mistakes with little regret"
Haven't we all ... |
Are you:
>! Google
?
I answer all who can connect
>! Connect to the Internet
I amend mistakes without respect
>! Suggestions!
I aim to place, I aim to serve
>! A free service
I give you knowledge with little reserve
>! An essential source of knowledge these days.
In me, the primary colo... |
Are you:
>! Nothing
?
Explanation coming |
Bob leaves home with $50.
His birthday approaching, he goes to the neighbourhood bakery to order a birthday cake and pays \$29.95 for the cake, plus \$3.08 for the candles.
Then, he meets three friends in town and they all go grab something to eat: Bob takes a \$4.50 sandwich and a \$0.70 soda.
After that, the... |
Are you:
>! Nothing
?
You might try to pet me or kick my butt
but you can not touch me no matter what
>! You can caress the abyss or kick it but you will make contact. "No matter" may be a clue here.
If you gave me presents I'd leave you for sure
>! If one adds something to "nothing" it is no longer ... |
I tossed off this quick one. Does that make me a tosser?
```
I know what is or isn't,
but never what might be;
And many claim to know me,
though many disagree;
There are no sly dilemmas,
no subtleties I see;
Both I encompass gladly,
to be, and not to be.
```
>! It's two long words, but you can use ju... |
It rhymes and wonders: who am I? |
Are you:
>! Nothing
?
You might try to pet me or kick my butt
but you can not touch me no matter what
>! You can caress the abyss or kick it but you will make contact. "No matter" may be a clue here.
If you gave me presents I'd leave you for sure
>! If one adds something to "nothing" it is no longer ... |
You're browsing Puzzling.SE when suddenly you uncover a massive conspiracy. The posters of the "Security to the Party" questions are just posting 7 or 8 random numbers and then accepting the second or third answer which explains the data.
Infuriated, you attempt to break into the Dark Puzzlers Chat. However, there i... |
Are you:
>! Emtpiness (or O)
?
You might try to pet me or kick my butt
but you can not touch me no matter what
>! You can caress the abyss or kick it but you will never make contact. "No matter" may be a clue here.
If you gave me presents I'd leave you for sure
>! If one adds something to "nothing" i... |
What do I search for? |
>! Nylon, all three you described can be made of this? |
On the warm and windy night of November 12, Joe was coming back home. He ordered pizza from the car, to be delivered at 8 PM. Once he got back, he realized that one of his windows was slightly ajar. He concluded that he just left it open for ventilation.
Once he got to the front door, he taped a note for the pizza g... |
Are you:
>! Emptiness (or O/0) (similarly Nothing/Nothingness)
?
You might try to pet me or kick my butt
but you can not touch me no matter what
>! You can caress the abyss or kick it but you will never make contact. "No matter" may be a clue here.
If you gave me presents I'd leave you for sure
>! If... |
This puzzle is part of a series - [part 1 is here](http://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/4075/the-serial-killer-part-1) and [part 2 is here](http://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/4263/the-serial-killer-part-2). Any comments I make on the OP are canonical and [out of character (OOC)](http://tvtropes.org/pmwi... |
>! Your hand? Assuming you sit and sleep in a weird position |
I'm lying down, with a dah-ditty-dah, in the middle of the end,<br>
I'd hang upside-down similarly with my friend,<br>
Were I to flip over, with a dah-ditty-dah, it'd be the middle of the day,<br>
Right way up I cannot plainly say,<br>
Here's the key, let's end the fun,<br>
I'll tell you a secret, I hide behind on... |
"But I realized that he bought the same coffee."
"How could I recognize that the manager has bought the same coffee?"
The receipt was left on your table. In plain text you saw:
Medium Fly Coffee $2.99 |
This is all I've got so far but I'm at work and shouldn't be on PSE. :)
>! Check out Area 51.
Why?
>! Collectively earth, wind, fire, and water are the elements.
>! Badly annoy Tim: anagram ANNOYTIM into the element antimony, symbol Sb, atomic number 51.
>! "We are not alone" also fits Area 51.
|
"But I realized that he **bought** the same coffee."
"How could I recognize that the manager has **bought** the same coffee?"
>!The receipt was left on your table. In plain text you saw: Medium Fly Coffee $2.99 |
Are you:
>! A HOLE
?
You might try to pet me or kick my butt
but you can not touch me no matter what
>! You can caress the abyss or kick it but you will never make contact. "No matter" may be a clue here. There are some more graphic and direct applications of petting and kicking with regards to a HOLE, but... |
You gave up trying to get the recipes, and go home. You get on Puzzling.SE to find your friend has been recording all your attempts (and his elephant failures).
You also find when you try to log into Puzzling.SE You get redirected to a question called "Security to your account!"
The body goes like this:
> You ... |
What could I possibly be? |
This is a very hot summer in Rome and you don't know what to do. You are the best detective in town but no crime seems to happen. You are all the day in front of yuor PC trying to solve some puzzles about parties and elephants but you can't find any solution so far. You are on the right way to solve the 20th when a you... |
I tossed off this quick one. Does that make me a tosser?
I know what is or isn't,
but never what might be;
And many claim to know me,
though many disagree;
There are no sly dilemmas,
no subtleties I see;
Both I encompass gladly,
to be, and not to be.
>! It's two long... |
On the warm and windy night of November 12, Joe was coming back home. He ordered pizza from the car, to be delivered at 8 PM. Once he got back, he realized that one of his windows was slightly ajar. He concluded that he just left it open for ventilation.
Once he got to the front door, he taped a note for the pizza g... |
Most in our family
Are born whole and quickly.
But not us four
Who would require a detour.
We don't want to interrupt
Until the rest is developed.
So until then we wait
To be put into our complete state.
Who are the "four" that this poem refers to? |
Are the 4:
>! Wisdom teeth
.....? |
You gave up trying to get the recipes, and go home. You get on Puzzling.SE to find your friend has been recording all your attempts (and his elephant failures).
You also find when you try to log into Puzzling.SE You get redirected to a question called "Security to your account!"
The body goes like this:
> You ... |
Most in our family
Are born whole and quickly.
But not us four
Who would require a detour.
We don't want to interrupt
Until the rest is developed.
So until then we wait
To be put into our complete state.
Then everything will make sense
When finished is the sequen... |
My guess is:
>! the letters 'i', 't', 'j', and um 'f'? Letters you complete after you write a sentence (dot your i's and cross your t's!) EDIT, the 4th would probably be 'x' if you are writing in cursive, not 'f'. |
This puzzle is part of a series - [part 1 is here](http://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/4075/the-serial-killer-part-1) and [part 2 is here](http://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/4263/the-serial-killer-part-2). Any comments I make on the OP are canonical and [out of character (OOC)](http://tvtropes.org/pmwi... |
A tough one.. :)
Probably it's not so easy, but could it be
>! the signs at the end of a sentence -> . ! ? ;
|
#Best value: 1175.17 (two semiellipses)#
*Please forgive my mistakes: English is not my mother tongue.*
This question is interesting. I would like to answer it.
The most efficient shape is the a raindrop shape type. That is: an isosceles triangle with a semicircle.
Indeed, we are looking to maximize the are... |
You gave up trying to get the recipes, and go home. You get on Puzzling.SE to find your friend has been recording all your attempts (and his elephant failures).
You also find when you try to log into Puzzling.SE You get redirected to a question called "Security to your account!"
The body goes like this:
> You ... |
#Best value: 1116.27 (two semiellipses)#
*Please forgive my mistakes: English is not my mother tongue.*
This question is interesting. I would like to answer it.
The most efficient shape is the a raindrop shape type. That is: an isosceles triangle with a semicircle.
Indeed, we are looking to maximize the are... |
#Best value: 1116.27 (two semiellipses)#
*Please forgive my mistakes: English is not my mother tongue.*
This question is interesting. I would like to answer it.
The most efficient shape is the a raindrop shape type. That is: an isosceles triangle with a semicircle.
Indeed, we are looking to maximize the are... |
The question is:
>! What does the number divided 0 times equals to?
The answers are:
>! "0" -> 1, "infinity" -> "Impossible". I'm not *that* sure about the second answer; the first should work with every number, not only "1".
|
You gave up trying to get the recipes, and go home. You get on Puzzling.SE to find your friend has been recording all your attempts (and his elephant failures).
You also find when you try to log into Puzzling.SE You get redirected to a question called "Security to your account!"
The body goes like this:
> You ... |
>! The blind man and the mute man know a language that the deaf man does not, so the mute man writes his message onto a piece of paper (in this language), and uses persuasion and/or trickery to get the deaf man to read the message out loud.
Some reservations I have about this answer:
>! 1. How would one convince t... |
#Best value: 1116.34 (two semiellipses)#
*Please forgive my mistakes: English is not my mother tongue. **I have deleted my answer because it was not accurate enough in my opinion. It is now back with some corrections. Please accept my apologies.***
This question is interesting. I would like to answer it.
The m... |
The answer is:
>! Can you determine the image of this number if we consider an arbitrary 1-1 function on the set of integer numbers?
And the answers are:
>! 0 -> 0, infinity -> "impossible".
Of course, this won't be the right answer, but this one sounds good to me. :-)
----------
## Previous attempt ##
The que... |
The question is:
>! Can you determine the image of this number if we consider an arbitrary 1-1 function on the set of integer numbers?
And the answers are:
>! 0 -> 0, infinity -> "impossible".
Of course, this won't be the right answer, but this one sounds good to me. :-)
----------
## Previous attempt ##
The q... |
You gave up trying to get the recipes, and go home. You get on Puzzling.SE to find your friend has been recording all your attempts (and his elephant failures).
You also find when you try to log into Puzzling.SE You get redirected to a question called "Security to your account!"
The body goes like this:
> You ... |
A party is being held at a local mansion. The host is very rich and his success is because of one thing — his famous recipe for Spaghetti!
The only guests that may attend are people who correctly reply to the guard at the door.
Here's where you come in. You and a friend are trying to steal this recipe. You sneak ... |
Suppose your friend grabs a random card from a deck. Now you can ask questions about that card. You can only ask yes/no and greater/less than questions. How many questions do you need to guess the answer?
**Questions like these are not allowed:**
**Is it's value between 1-6**
**These are:**
**Is it's suit a... |
How many Questions will you need to Guess the Card? |
Identity crisis. What exactly am I? |
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