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Dark girl she will be, Enemies to set free. >! We [search these lines on Google and find a book][1] with these lines where the following line is "Sing in Harmony". There is a (totally *unnecessary*) hint in the markup there too: "lmgtfy.com". The place where you sing, >! Harmony Starts with your needed...
Dark girl she will be, Enemies to set free. >! We [search these lines on Google and find a book][1] with these lines where the following line is "Sing in Harmony". There is a (totally *unnecessary*) hint in the markup there too: "lmgtfy.com". The place where you sing, >! Harmony Starts with your needed...
The answer is what GOTO 0 said. Since I'm learning Python, I also used a script to figure out the answer for some practice. One tricky part is deciding between >! 27 April 1956 and 9 December 1966. They both work when the age is 38. Using the two dates 1956 and 1966, Ernie's age in 2001 could have been either 4...
You've been known to your government to be an expert in decrypting messages for years so you're not really surprised when a man in a black suit knocks on your door one rainy afternoon. *“Good afternoon, your country needs you.”* Much later, somewhere you’ve never been and would never know how to get to – or get ...
**Group B** let those notes fly hot and fast >!(presto) Ballet, opera anyone? I am your host. >!(maestro) Where else would we put the barbeque and the deck chairs? >!(patio) a bounder, but at least a seductive one >!(gigolo) bought it at a novelty store >!(memento) with some milk for dipping >!(...
gegs? (9, 4) > **SCRAMBLED EGGS** <br> > The letter of "gegs" are those of the word "eggs" only mixed up (or *scrambled*). The answer is thus `scrambled eggs`. The question mark denotes that we are looking for something a little tricky. Normally a cryptic clue would want something like "Messy gegs for breakfast". ...
You have been crossing this hot and wet place for weeks now, but when you enter the cool and mouldy ruin, you know in seconds it has been worth it. Nobody has ever been here ( - well nobody in last millennia at least - ) and the ancient writings and symbols all over the place are comparable to none you've ever seen. Co...
Can you pass through the ancient tomb?
The Man-ape's whose fur and name change in the cold. >!The Yeti or "Abominable Snowman" - snow-dwelling cousin of Bigfoot. The caprivore with piercing teeth threefold. >!Chupacabra - literally means something like "goat-sucker" and leaves three teeth marks when sucking blood from animals. My adopted kin, for my...
The Man-ape's whose fur and name change in the cold. >!The Yeti or "Abominable Snowman" - snow-dwelling cousin of Bigfoot. The caprivore with piercing teeth threefold. >!Chupacabra - literally means something like "goat-sucker" and leaves three teeth marks when sucking blood from animals. My adopted kin, for my...
If I would have to decided on a prime suspect, it would be >! Ullah Prihasti This is currently based on some rather loose clues and not strong facts, though. My reasoning is: Assumption #1: >! More blood should potentially indicated later in typing, but also, that the victim is obviously already closer to d...
You have been crossing this hot and wet place for weeks now, but when you enter the cool and mouldy ruin, you know in seconds it has been worth it. Nobody has ever been here ( - well nobody in last millennia at least - ) and the ancient writings and symbols all over the place are comparable to none you've ever seen. Co...
Dark girl she will be, Enemies to set free. >! We [search these lines on Google and find a book][1] with these lines where the following line is "Sing in Harmony". There is a (totally *unnecessary*) hint in the markup there too: "[lmgtfy.com][2]". The place where you sing, >! Harmony Starts with your n...
**Group A** every investor has one >!portfolio a roaring good sign >!Leo Mr. Limbaugh's medium >!Radio Waitaminit! Isn't he that actor...? >!DeCaprio Where art thou? >!..Romeo? dress like a Tahitian >!Kahikio An apartment, a workplace, a place of creation. All of the above. >!studio one d...
*This is part 3 of a series of multiple parts about a takeover of all the computers on earth. The links to previous questions are here:* * http://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/3853/computer-crisis-takeover-part-1 * http://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/5431/computer-crisis-takeover-part-2 You just...
Guess the next digits of this number. Where does it came from? > 4.9292683
*This is part 3 of a series of multiple parts about a takeover of all the computers on earth. The links to previous questions are here:* * http://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/3853/computer-crisis-takeover-part-1 * http://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/5431/computer-crisis-takeover-part-2 You just...
Quite a few years ago (I can't remember the date but it was obviously some time after I first met Ernie at a New Years Eve party in 2001) I got an unexpected phone call late one afternoon. It was Ernie. He told me that it was his wedding anniversary and he had secretly bought two tickets to see the famous psychic Madam...
First, I am not trying to find the smallest number of questions. Let's just find an answer and then try to optimize it. If you ask to each person the question "Are you the joker?", the knights would answer "no" and the knaves would answer "yes". This easily separates them, but leaves the joker in any of the two grou...
First, I am not trying to find the smallest number of questions. Let's just find an answer and then try to optimize it. If you ask to each person the question "Are you the joker?", the knights would answer "no" and the knaves would answer "yes". This easily separates them, but leaves the joker in any of the two grou...
First, I am not trying to find the smallest number of questions. Let's just find an answer and then try to optimize it. If you ask to each person the question "Are you the joker?", the knights would answer "no" and the knaves would answer "yes". This easily separates them, but leaves the joker in any of the two grou...
What is the number 4.9292683…?
I've heard the following second half of a story: > A policeman got out of the car and saw the boy. He walked up to him and said amiably, "What's your name?" > "Shut up!" the boy replied. > "Where are your manners?" asked the affronted policeman. > "Up that tree," said the boy offhandedly, pointing to a near...
I all but guarantee this is not the "perfect" answer, but I would say it would qualify as an answer... >!Candy - IceBreakers (A specific type of candy) >!Jack - Ma (Jack Ma is a Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist.) >!Following - Pursuing >!Territory - Enclave >!Area - Compass >!Common - Conventi...
A French boy called Joudoupe was sent by his mother Troub Les to catch their cat mamed Man'ers?
On a certain road there are 32 houses in a row, numbered 1 through 32, each inhabited by a single person. During the month of January each house is hosting a dinner date. House 1 on January 1, house 2 on January 2, and so forth. The occupant of house 32 is a lovable misanthrope, so he never has anyone over. Every...
*I am one of many siblings in a great family. <br> We are the most perfect of our race, <br> Because each of us has a clear worst enemy. <br> My foe - I know him well - is much like me, <br> But we continually fight each other; <br> We never hide our hatred for each other.* *Wave at my eldest brother and he bec...
I've heard the following second half of a story: > A policeman got out of the car and saw the boy. He walked up to him and said amiably, "What's your name?" > "Shut up!" the boy replied. > "Where's your manners?" asked the affronted policeman. > "Up that tree," said the boy offhandedly, pointing to a nearby...
A French boy called Joudoupe was sent by his mother Troub Les to catch their cat named Man'ers?
Can you crack the code?
Dark girl she will be, Enemies to set free. >! We [search these lines on Google and find a book][1] with these lines where the following line is "Sing in Harmony". There is a (totally *unnecessary*) hint in the markup there too: "[lmgtfy.com][2]". The place where you sing, >! Harmony Starts with your n...
Three boys decided to play **hide and seek**. To pick the one who will be counting first, they decided to play another **mini game**. They agreed to shout any of these three **"Shut-Up", "Manners" or "Trouble"** at same time and the one who shouts a unique word will be named that word. This will continue until each of ...
I guess as an addendum to http://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/5456/the-longest-word-made-from-chemical-symbols What is the longest word in the ENGLISH language that has no repeat elements in its name?
What is the longest word made from Chemical Symbols without repeats?
You have been crossing this hot and wet place for weeks now, but when you enter the cool and mouldy ruin, you know in seconds it has been worth it. Nobody has ever been here ( - well nobody in last millennia at least - ) and the ancient writings and symbols all over the place are comparable to none you've ever seen. Co...
You have been crossing this hot and wet place for weeks now, but when you enter the cool and mouldy ruin, you know in seconds it has been worth it. Nobody has ever been here ( - well nobody in last millennia at least - ) and the ancient writings and symbols all over the place are comparable to none you've ever seen. Co...
You have been crossing this hot and wet place for weeks now, but when you enter the cool and mouldy ruin, you know in seconds it has been worth it. Nobody has ever been here ( - well nobody in last millennia at least - ) and the ancient writings and symbols all over the place are comparable to none you've ever seen. Co...
>! **DCBEA** Let me begin by saying that next time you write a puzzle like this for people to submit answers via a computer keyboard, please please please use letters which we can type rather than weird symbols. I know it looks cooler, but it's going to make it hard to follow my explanation because there's no way I'...
You have been crossing this hot and wet place for weeks now, but when you enter the cool and mouldy ruin, you know in seconds it has been worth it. Nobody has ever been here ( - well nobody in last millennia at least - ) and the ancient writings and symbols all over the place are comparable to none you've ever seen. Co...
>! LEADERSHIP. *Light, soft and healthy is me <br> mirrors are all over these <br> if finding gold is rather dismal <br> I sit next to the one in Pepto-Bismol* >! Mirror suggests reversal. The opposites of light, soft, and healthy are heavy, hard, and unhealthy. What is heavy, hard, unhealthy, and can be us...
In Futurama's episode 6x10 professor invents a device, which allows to switch mind between two bodies. Then he switches with Emmy, but it appears that the same pair of bodies can not follow this procedure twice. Is it possible to undo what is done using bodies of their buddies? What if initially not 2, but N minds has ...
>! LEADERSHIP. *Light, soft and healthy is me <br> mirrors are all over these <br> if finding gold is rather dismal <br> I sit next to the one in Pepto-Bismol* >! Mirror suggests reversal. The opposites of light, soft, and healthy are heavy, hard, and unhealthy. What is heavy, hard, unhealthy, and can be us...
In Futurama's episode 6x10, the professor invents a device which allows to switch mind between two bodies. He then switches his mind with Emmy. It later turns out that the a given pair of bodies can not complete this procedure twice with each other. Example: Let the Professor be $P$ and Emmy be $E$, then let $b$ rep...
In Futurama's episode 6x10, the professor invents a device which allows to switch mind between two bodies. He then switches his mind with Amy. It later turns out that the a given pair of bodies can not complete this procedure twice with each other. Example: Let the Professor be $P$ and Amy be $E$, then let $b$ repre...
> In Futurama's episode 6x10, the professor invents a device which allows to switch mind between two bodies. He then switches his mind with Amy. It later turns out that the a given pair of bodies can not complete this procedure twice with each other. > In this situation, is it possible to undo what is done using oth...
You have been crossing this hot and wet place for weeks now, but when you enter the cool and mouldy ruin, you know in seconds it has been worth it. Nobody has ever been here ( - well nobody in last millennia at least - ) and the ancient writings and symbols all over the place are comparable to none you've ever seen. Co...
The task of this puzzle is very clear and easy: Find the prime-number hidden in the image below. In your answer you will have to provide the argument why your solution is correct. I'm looking for a particular and very clear answer and this is not a spoof. There are no parts to this puzzle outside to what is p...
The task of this puzzle is very clear and easy: Find the prime-number hidden in the image below. In your answer you will have to provide the argument why your solution is correct. I'm looking for a particular and very clear answer and this is not a spoof. There are no parts to this puzzle outside to what is p...
What is the next colour?
OK, so I'll post my working so far. It's not much, but I'm plodding along :-) The second hint is a kind of cipher... how do we utilise it? >! Convert lowercase letters to a and uppercase to b. Treat numbers as spaces. Decode it with the Bacon cipher. Decrypting the first line like this gives us a translated ci...
The task of this puzzle is very clear and easy: Find the prime-number hidden in the image below. In your answer you will have to provide the argument why your solution is correct. I'm looking for a particular and very clear answer and this is not a spoof. There are no parts to this puzzle outside to what is p...
OK, so I'll post my working so far. I'm plodding along slowly with it :-) The second hint is a kind of cipher... how do we utilise it? >! Convert lowercase letters to a and uppercase to b. Treat numbers as spaces. Decode it with the Bacon cipher. Decrypting the first line like this gives us a translated cipher...
You've been known to your government to be an expert in decrypting messages for years so you're not really surprised when a man in a black suit knocks on your door one rainy afternoon. *“Good afternoon, your country needs you.”* Much later, somewhere you’ve never been and would never know how to get to – or get ...
OK, so I'll post my working so far. I'm plodding along slowly with it :-) The second hint is a kind of cipher... how do we utilise it? >! Convert lowercase letters to a and uppercase to b. Treat numbers as spaces. Decode it with the Bacon cipher. Decrypting the first line like this gives us a translated cipher...
OK, so I'll post my working so far. I'm plodding along slowly with it :-) The second hint is a kind of cipher... how do we utilise it? >! Convert lowercase letters to a and uppercase to b. Treat numbers as spaces. Decode it with the Bacon cipher. Decrypting the first line like this gives us a translated cipher...
OK, so I'll post my working so far. I'm plodding along slowly with it :-) The second hint is a kind of cipher... how do we utilise it? >! Convert lowercase letters to a and uppercase to b. Treat numbers as spaces. Decode it with the Bacon cipher. Decrypting the first line like this gives us a translated cipher...
OK, so I'll post my working so far. I'm plodding along slowly with it :-) The second hint is a kind of cipher... how do we utilise it? >! Convert lowercase letters to a and uppercase to b. Treat numbers as spaces. Decode it with the Bacon cipher. Decrypting the first line like this gives us a translated cipher...
OK, so I'll post my working so far. I'm plodding along slowly with it :-) The second hint is a kind of cipher... how do we utilise it? >! Convert lowercase letters to a and uppercase to b. Treat numbers as spaces. Decode it with the Bacon cipher. Decrypting the first line like this gives us a translated cipher...
OK, so I'll post my working so far. I'm plodding along slowly with it :-) The second hint is a kind of cipher... how do we utilise it? >! Convert lowercase letters to a and uppercase to b. Treat numbers as spaces. Decode it with the Bacon cipher. Decrypting the first line like this gives us a translated cipher...
OK, so I'll post my working so far. I'm plodding along slowly with it :-) The second hint is a kind of cipher... how do we utilise it? >! Convert lowercase letters to a and uppercase to b. Treat numbers as spaces. Decode it with the Bacon cipher. Decrypting the first line like this gives us a translated cipher...
The task of this puzzle is very clear and easy: Find the prime-number hidden in the image below. In your answer you will have to provide the argument why your solution is correct. I'm looking for a particular and very clear answer and this is not a spoof. There are no parts to this puzzle outside to what is p...
I devised this cipher independently, but I have no idea whether it's easy or hard because I have little knowledge of cryptography. The algorithm is simple but not trivial. `AYEVKCI0 3D3 1UDTY1NWBYFJFUJDLQNFPIDWZ0UQMVWKNUCO3GWXWO` Note that both 0s and Os are present. Hint: >! Here are symbols you might thin...
I am thinking how to reformulate a physical puzzle in a way that it becomes purely logic based (doesn't uses physical lows and can be solved by a person, who knows nothing about physics). The puzzle: > The electric circuit in the image is made from the infinite number of wire-frame-squares. The next square is...
Here's something to keep you busy over the weekend (or not, if someone cracks it straight away). The following message can be unambiguously decoded to reveal an eleven letter word. It can be deciphered with pen and paper, although knowing a bit of Python would probably help. What is the word? --- **EDIT:** ...
OK, so I'll post my working so far. I'm plodding along slowly with it :-) The second hint is a kind of cipher... how do we utilise it? >! Convert lowercase letters to a and uppercase to b. Treat numbers as spaces. Decode it with the Bacon cipher. Decrypting the first line like this gives us a translated cipher...
I devised this cipher independently, but I have no idea whether it's easy or hard because I have little knowledge of cryptography. The algorithm is simple but not trivial. `AYVEKCI0 3D3 1UDTY1NWBYFJFUJDLQNFPIDWZ0UQMVWKNUCO3GWXWO` Note that both 0s and Os are present. Hint: >! Here are symbols you might thin...
I devised this cipher independently, but I have no idea whether it's easy or hard because I have little knowledge of cryptography. The algorithm is simple but not trivial. `AYVEKCI0 3D3 1UDTY1NWBYFJFUJDLQOFQIDWZ0UQMVWKLUCO3GWXWO` Note that both 0s and Os are present. Hint: >! Here are symbols you might thin...
I devised this cipher independently, but I have no idea whether it's easy or hard because I have little knowledge of cryptography. The algorithm is simple but not trivial. `AYVEKCI0 3D3 1UDTY1NWBYFJFUJDLQOFQIDWZ0UQMVWKLUCO3GWXWO` Note that both 0s and Os are present. Hint: >! Here are symbols you might thin...
I guess as an addendum to http://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/5456/the-longest-word-made-from-chemical-symbols What is the longest word in the ENGLISH language that can be formed by combining chemical symbols and has no repeat elements in its name?
Determine color and direction of the missing elephants in the picture. ![enter image description here][1] Here's a textual representation of the above. G< R< R< G< R< M> G< R< R> M< G< G< G> G< G> G< G< G< G> G> G< M> M> G< G< ?? M> M> G< G< Y< Y> G> G< Y< Y> Y< G> G< Y> G< G< G> G> M< ...
OK, so I'll post my working so far. I'm plodding along slowly with it :-) **Update:** This working is all done with the original ciphertext. The same logic can be applied to the *correct* ciphertext and you'll end up at the numbers that the OP supplied part-way through the solve. --- The second hint is a kind ...
It's Monday morning. Fernando just sat down at his desk for another hard day at work - programming stuff and answering telephone calls - "have you tried turning it off and on again?" As he is about to login onto his machine he notices a tiny bit of yellow paper sticking out from underneath the keyboard. He moves the...
Okay, here I am having a puzzle for you all. The puzzle is quite short and clear in it's own way I am telling you. Rather than a question it's more like a challenge to you all (*answer is already known*). The Puzzle is: > *Some months have 31 days; how many have 28?* Answer with appropriate explanation will be a...
You are living in **22nd century**. The fuel prices are unimaginable high and very rare to get. So the Government has introduced some new laws to control fuel smuggling. > Rule 1: One cannot carry fuel more than their vehicle's tank capacity > (fuel cannot be carried by hand or any other method. Only way to > tran...
You are living in **22nd century**. The fuel prices are unimaginable high and very rare to get. So the Government has introduced some new laws to control fuel smuggling. > Rule 1: One cannot carry fuel more than their vehicle's tank capacity > (fuel cannot be carried by hand or any other method. Only way to > tran...
My guess is, from top to bottom `??` we have >! M>, G>, R< First >! It makes the row read 5,0,0,5 for colors and 5,5 for L/R. It affects the column to go 6/4 L/R because we've already matched the 3/7 with the second elephant. It affects column colors to 2,1,3,4 Second >! To go 3/7 R/L would match the final ...
I decided to try a different approach: Brute force. So, I created a Java 8 program to brute-force the creation of a decision tree in order to find how to weight the 12 coins in **7 measurements**, and it worked. Further, I could use it to prove that this is the optimum, because it said that **with 6 there is no solu...
My guess is, from top to bottom `??` we have >! M>, G>, R< Non-spoiler paragraph would read that I tried to match the pattern of colors vs the left/right ratio between the rows and the columns of the table. First >! It makes the row read 5,0,0,5 for colors and 5,5 for L/R. It affects the column to go 6/4 L/R...
I decided to try a different approach: Brute force. So, I created a Java 8 program to brute-force the creation of a decision tree in order to find how to weight the 12 coins in **7 measurements**, and it worked. Further, I could use it to prove that this is the optimum, because it said that **with 6 there is no solu...
OK, so I'll post my working so far. I'm plodding along slowly with it :-) **Update:** This working is all done with the original ciphertext. The same logic can be applied to the *correct* ciphertext and you'll end up at the numbers that the OP supplied part-way through the solve. --- The second hint is a kind ...
1 million dollars is such a small storage charge that the solution is identical to the camel and bananas puzzle. Using three trips, bring 200 liters to the 20-mile post. Then using bring 34 liters to the 53-mile post, and return to the 20-mile storage. Take the remaining fuel and drive to the end. You are left with 53 ...
The answer to this riddle is a single word. It should be slightly harder than my simultaneously posted [Riddle with a twist](http://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/5604/riddle-with-a-twist), but still fairly easy. <?Disclaimer: I'm only putting this paragraph in as a joke for avigrail and d'alar'cop; it's not p...
This is a riddle with a twist. Almost all the lines will point you in the right direction, but hidden somewhere in the riddle is a red herring. If you find the right solution, I'll accept your answer; if you find the red herring *and* the right solution, I'll upvote and accept. Don't be afraid; the puzzle is still real...
1 million dollars is such a small storage charge that the solution is identical to the camel and bananas puzzle. See [here](http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/53526/how-many-bananas-can-a-camel-deliver-without-eating-them-all). Use storage areas at the 200 km and 534 km points. We arrive with 53.3 liters of fuel. ...
I decided to try a different approach: Brute force. So, I created a Java 8 program to brute-force the creation of a decision tree in order to find how to weight the 12 coins in **7 measurements**, and it worked. Further, I could use it to prove that this is the optimum, because it said that **with 6 there is no solu...
You are >! a red herring Explanation: From the middle of the sun through all the rain, Colours stretch from money to money. The very first part of this, Gives you my first word. >! Still working on how this gets to "red"... in progress Not him, not it, perhaps his wife? Or ...
1 million dollars is such a small storage charge that the solution is identical to the camel and bananas puzzle. See [here](http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/53526/how-many-bananas-can-a-camel-deliver-without-eating-them-all). Use storage areas at the 200 km and 534 km points. We arrive with 53.3 liters of fuel. ...
My guess is >! The one ring Breakdown: >! From the middle of the sun through all the rain, - **Middle**earth reference<br/>Colours stretch from money to money. - actually, not the red herring. Reference to different sorts of rings<br/>The very first part of this, - **the** is the very first part<br/>Gives you ...
OK, so I'll post my working so far. I'm plodding along slowly with it :-) **Update:** This working is all done with the original ciphertext. The same logic can be applied to the *correct* ciphertext and you'll end up at the numbers that the OP supplied part-way through the solve. --- The second hint is a kind ...
You are >! a red herring Explanation: From the middle of the sun through all the rain, >! The red herring line; doesn't affect the answer. Colours stretch from money to money. The very first part of this, Gives you my first word. >! "This" refers to the previous line itself. The v...
Here's something to keep you busy over the weekend (or not, if someone cracks it straight away). The following message can be unambiguously decoded to reveal an eleven letter word. It can be deciphered with pen and paper, although knowing a bit of Python would probably help. What is the word? --- **EDIT:** ...
It's most likely the... >! Gold Chest And here's why: >! Let's pretend for a while that I'm the person who made the treasure chests and was responsible for storing the treasure in them. (As well as making sure nobody made off with them.) >!<br><br> >! A chest allows me to move treasure from point A to point ...
It's most likely the... >! Gold Chest And here's why: >! Let's pretend for a while that I'm the person who made the treasure chests and was responsible for storing the treasure in them. (As well as making sure nobody made off with them.) >!<br><br> >! A chest allows me to move treasure from point A to point ...
I decided to try a different approach: Brute force. So, I created a Java 8 program to brute-force the creation of a decision tree in order to find how to weight the 12 coins in **7 measurements**, and it worked. Further, I could use it to prove that this is the optimum, because it said that **with 6 there is no solu...
I decided to try a different approach: Brute force. So, I created a Java 8 program to brute-force the creation of a decision tree in order to find how to weight the 12 coins in **7 measurements**, and it worked. Further, I could use it to prove that this is the optimum, because it said that **with 6 there is no solu...
An archaeologist who has just unearthed a long-sought-after pair of ancient treasure chests. One chest is plated with **silver** and the other is plated with **gold**. According to the legend one of the two chests is filled with a great treasure whereas the other chest houses a death cursing spell in the form of...
My guess: >! Idea From the middle of the sun through all the rain, Colours stretch from money to money. >! Red herring (like in his other riddle) Between the end of life and the start of death, The first part of me resides. >! Part of the word is comprised of letters at the end of the word "life", an...
Partial answer. I am working on it: >! TFIL E WCAT HOLN UQG/VCDL HHB SCFH JRHM IDZX V YDT DFH This is achieved by: >! Replacing `0005200057` as 1 and `0005200056` as 0, and then grouping octets of zeros and ones to form ASCII characters. A few thoughts: 1. It is not a Caesar cypher. Could be a Vigenere o...
Determine color and direction of the missing elephants in the picture. ![enter image description here][1] Here's a textual representation of the above. G< R< R< G< R< M> G< R< R> M< G< G< G> G< G> G< G< G< G> G> G< M> M> G< G< ?? M> M> G< G< Y< Y> G> G< Y< Y> Y< G> G< Y> G< G< G> G> M< ...
I have an idea of a solution which would currently give me for the three elephants (top to bottom): Green,right Green,left Green,right Reasoning given below in the spoiler. However, my solution is currently flawed, so it is rather the *idea* I want to post here for commenting. >! The puzzle could be turned into a s...