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The seventh and final blank, which gives the theme, is surely
>! pizza topping!
The first blank (I did see mdc32 and pacoverflow's answers for this one!):
>! pepperoni.
Second blank is
>! mushroom ("fun guys" is a hint to this, since it sounds like 'fungi').
Third blank could be
>! extra cheese?
... |
As rand'al'thor said, the last one is
>! Pizza topping
I think I have them figured out though.
>! 1: Pepperoni <br/>
>! 2: Mushroom <br/>
>! 3: Extra cheese <br/>
>! 4: Anchovies? <br/>
>! 5: Ham and Pineapple (Hawaiian pizza is great) <br/>
>! 6: Margherita <br/> |
The seventh and final blank, which gives the theme, is surely
>! pizza topping!
The first blank (I did see mdc32 and pacoverflow's answers for this one!):
>! pepperoni.
Second blank is
>! mushroom ("fun guys" is a hint to this, since it sounds like 'fungi').
Third blank could be
>! extra cheese?
... |
As rand'al'thor said, the last one is
>! Pizza topping
I think I have them figured out though.
>! 1: Pepperoni <br/>
>! 2: Mushroom <br/>
>! 3: Extra cheese <br/>
>! 4: Anchovies? <br/>
>! 5: Ham and Pineapple (Hawaiian pizza is great) <br/>
>! 6: Margherita <br/>
My personal favorite is
>! Bacon and... |
This will be a tricky one, I think.
The whole puzzle is self-contained in the information between the two horizontal bars below.
The answer to this riddle is a book title of 5 words. The book is rather well known literature and can be legally obtained for free as e-book.
The word search-puzzle comes with a few a... |
This will be a tricky one, I think.
The whole puzzle is self-contained in the information between the two horizontal bars below.
The answer to this riddle is a book title of 5 words. The book is rather well known literature and can be legally obtained for free as e-book.
The word search-puzzle comes with a few *... |
Instructions
------------
The game is to **fill in the blank** with a word or few - no more than three. No tricksy nonsense. No hidden meanings. No "lateral thinking". In fact, only vertical, parallel, dorsal, collinear, and/or perpendicularly derived answers will be accepted.
At the end, name the apparent them... |
This will be a tricky one, I think.
The whole puzzle is self-contained in the information between the two horizontal bars below.
The answer to this riddle is a book title of 5 words. The book is rather well known literature and can be legally obtained for free as e-book.
The word search-puzzle comes with a few *... |
Your old friend from college is visiting and brings back this weird electronic with him. **He says that it's supposed to take input and spit out a number**, but some prank was pulled on him (he was kinda a geek) where he, and the device got dunked into the pool. It was turned on and your friend was electrocuted. Luckil... |
Your old friend from college is visiting and brings back this weird electronic machine with him. **He says that it's supposed to take input and spit out a number**, but some prank was pulled on him (he was kind of a geek) where he, and the device, got dunked into the pool. It was turned on and your friend was electrocu... |
This is incomplete, but I'd like to know if I'm on the right track...
Step 1
>!ad[d ]al[l t]he[ n]um[be]rs
Step 2
>!r[e]p[e]at[ ]st[e]p[ 1 ]u[n]t[i]l[ ]o[n]e[ ]t[????? ] s[i]n[g]le[ ]d[i]g[i]t
Step 3
>!Profit |
Your old friend from college is visiting and brings back this weird electronic machine with him. **He says that it's supposed to take input and spit out a number**, but some prank was pulled on him (he was kind of a geek) where he, and the device, got dunked into the pool. It was turned on and your friend was electrocu... |
When Lenny was five years old he hammered a nail into a tree near his house to mark his height. 15 years later at age 20 , lenny returned to see how much higher the nail was.
If the tree grew by 5 inches each month, how much higher would the nail be?
I want to give you a hint.
> Remember that Trees "__... |
How tall is it? |
When Lenny was five years old he hammered a nail into a tree near his house to mark his height. 15 years later at age 20 , lenny returned to see how much higher the nail was.
If the tree grew by 5 inches each month, how much higher would the nail be?
I have provided a hint if you need 1;
>! Remember tha... |
When Lenny was five years old, he hammered a nail into a tree near his house to mark his height. 15 years later at age 20, Lenny returned to see how much higher the nail was.
If the tree grew by 5 inches each month, how much higher would the nail be?
I have provided a hint if you need one:
>! Remember that tree... |
How high is the nail in the tree? |
Note: This is a question about a strategy puzzle / game, and is not proposing a puzzle itself.
Growing up I often played a pencil and paper game with the following rules:
- First someone draws some dots on a piece of paper (number is usually small, maybe 6 - 10), and placement doesn't matter as will become clear... |
This will be a tricky one, I think.
The whole puzzle is self-contained in the information between the two horizontal bars below.
The answer to this riddle is a book title of 5 words. The book is rather well known literature and can be legally obtained for free as e-book.
The word search-puzzle comes with a few *... |
I saw a riddle:
I am whole but incomplete,<br/>
I have no eyes, yet I see.<br/>
You can see, and see right through me.<br/>
My largest part is one fourth of what I once was.<br/>
What am I?<br/>
Apparently the answer is:
>! A skeleton
but I don't understand it. How does it "see"? How is its largest part... |
Explanation for the "I am whole but incomplete..." riddle? |
A dragon and a knight live on an island where the only sources of fresh water are a pond (containing ordinary water) and six wells, numbered 1 to 6. Each well's water is completely indistinguishable from the pond water, but contains a magical poison that has no immediate symptoms, yet suddenly kills the drinker about a... |
A dragon and a knight live on an island where the only sources of fresh water are a pond (containing ordinary water) and six wells, numbered 1 to 6. Each well's water is completely indistinguishable from the pond water, but contains a magical poison that has no immediate symptoms, yet suddenly kills the drinker about a... |
Here are the two puzzles that I have heard a long ago from my friends.
>1) You can touch it with your right hand, but not with your left hand. What is it?
>2) 12x+4x = 2y Then, what is x and y? (y is not a number)
I think both the puzzles are easy for you.
*`+1 if only one correct answer. +1 and will mark a... |
Here are the two puzzles that I have heard a long ago from my friends.
>1) You can touch it with your right hand, but not with your left hand. What is it?
>2) 10x+4x = 2y Then, what is x and y? (y is not a number)
I think both the puzzles are easy for you.
*`+1 if only one correct answer. +1 and will mark a... |
This is a question about puzzle-building.
I very much enjoyed (albeit not solved) the puzzle [Find the missing elephants][1] by **GOTO 0**. And, as it is often the case with intriguing puzzles, it sparked some ideas of my own. (No need to worry, I'm not planning to put tons of clones online anytime soon...)
Howeve... |
Answer:
>! Privateers
Because
Duck or dragon, through the Veil, Simpson, young goat, all for sale.
>!Francis Drake (Drake meaning male duck as well as draconic monster), William Death (through the veil meaning death), Otway Burns (Mr. Burns from the Simpsons animated sitcom), and Captain Kidd (kid being a ... |
**This time it is not complicated. No tricks, no brain bending involved. A simple, straight forward word-search puzzle to relax...**
- All valid words are **straight lines** but can be found in any of the **8 directions**
- All valid words are **at least 6 letters long**
- All special letters are replaced by their... |
**This time it is not complicated. No tricks, no brain bending involved. A simple, straight forward word-search puzzle to relax...**
- All valid words are **straight lines** but can be found in any of the **8 directions**
- All valid words are **at least 6 letters long**
- All special letters are replaced by their... |
A party is being held at a local mansion. The host is very rich and her apparently miraculous success is entirely due to her famous recipe for spaghetti. A friend of yours gatecrashed one of the earlier parties and found where the recipe is hidden - in one of the many wardrobes in the host's bedroom - but he was caught... |
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?
> o83AfLftzPrpZPdflFo4AFlhTFIeOpvoRd5f5lFDfPrqnFudFfiSa
> tHFiSapbVOp0vorvmApD4fLFpBvo1oaiEofF2lhTdFprpBvo2FieO
> 9... |
How's my faces does this object have? |
How many faces does this object have? |
It is:
>! **photons**<br>
>! <br>
>! Light particles/waves that are reflected by a white paper.<br>
>! <br>
>! Their quantum nature can't be really comprehended by our minds. But at the same time, light is all that we see.<br>
>! <br>
>! Their wave resembles sinuidal waves. Although people normally do not know... |
The object came with a few clues to help you figure it out.
> I can be viewed on paper
> I cannot be viewed in reality by your kind
> I am made up of what your mind can truly comprehend
> I resemble a shape many learn first in primary
It's freakishly easy if you think in a specific way.
**BONUS ... |
The object came with a few clues to help you figure it out.
> I can be viewed on paper
> I cannot be viewed in reality by your kind
> I am made up of what your mind can truly comprehend
> I resemble a shape many learn first in primary
It's freakishly easy if you think in a specific way.
**BONUS ... |
**This time it is not complicated. No tricks, no brain bending involved. A simple, straight forward word-search puzzle to relax...**
- All valid words are **straight lines** but can be found in any of the **8 directions**
- All valid words are **at least 6 letters long**
- All special letters are replaced by their... |
There are exactly:
>! 1 square and 5 rectangles.<br>
Just that!? Why!?
>! The boxes are not rectangles, because they have rounded corners. The same for the tags marks. No letter possesses rectangular parts.<br>
>! <br>
>! The quote boxes are a pair of rectangles each one. A yellow thin and tall rectangle and... |
There are exactly:
>! 1 square and 7 rectangles.<br>
Just that!? Why!?
>! The boxes are not rectangles, because they have rounded corners. The same for the tags marks. No letter possesses rectangular parts.<br>
>! <br>
>! The quote boxes are a pair of rectangles each one. A yellow thin and tall rectangle and... |
\# of faces:
>! 1
---
>! The object is any two-dimensional object. <br>
>! **I can be viewed on paper** <br>
>! You can view a two-dimensional object on paper. <br>
>! **I cannot be viewed in reality by your kind** <br>
>! Our universe is defined in three spatial dimensions. No two-dimensional object can b... |
How can a library contain less information than one of the books in it? The library is intended to be a set of books on shelves. The information content is the least number of bits to describe the data. |
<pre>Hey guys, Gilles, I got messed up with the different meanings and definitions.
Maybe you can give me simple explanations and even some nice examples!</pre><br>
- What is searching for letters exactly?
- When do we use letters literally?
- What does wordplay result in?
- And what is a metaphorical series?... |
Are you clever enough? Please share your expertise! |
Going by the hints given let me try what i think it might be.
What is searching for letters exactly?
>! umm Googling i think.
When do we use letters literally?
>! Whe we write Mail to someone.
What does wordplay result in?
>! results in a Conversation .
And what is a metaphorical series?
>!... |
Going by the hints given let me try what i think it might be.
What is searching for letters exactly?
>! umm Googling i think.
When do we use letters literally?
>! Whe we write Mail to someone.
What does wordplay result in?
>! results in a Conversation .
And what is a metaphorical series?
... |
This is the solution as intended. The puzzle has been properly solved in a somewhat joint attempt between Warlord 099, Xnor and Aioros. I feel I should post this solution here for completeness sake:
----------
#The hints:#
The first two hints are auxiliary to narrow down the word search. They were edited in after ... |
<pre>Semms like you can't see the riddle behind this, fools :D
Hey guys, Gilles, I got messed up with the different meanings and definitions.
Maybe you can give me simple explanations and even some nice examples!</pre><br>
- What is searching for letters exactly?
- When do we use letters literally?
- What d... |
<pre>Seems like you can't see the riddle behind this, fools :D
Hey guys, Gilles, I got messed up with the different meanings and definitions.
Maybe you can give me simple explanations and even some nice examples!</pre><br>
- What is searching for letters exactly?
- When do we use letters literally?
- What d... |
I have here a three dimensional object. It consists of only flat planes. In the following views, all lines are shown — there are no hidden edges.
From the front, this shape looks like:
![two concentric squares][view]
---
From above (at a 90° angle from the previous view), this shape looks like:
... |
What does this shape look like? |
Could it be a cube missing its middle? Basically, if you drilled a square hole through a cube in all 3 directions, you'd have a cube with square shaped holes. |
This is the solution as intended. The puzzle has been properly solved in a somewhat joint attempt between Warlord 099, Xnor and Aioros. I feel I should post this solution here for completeness sake:
----------
#The hints:#
The first two hints are auxiliary to narrow down the word search. They were edited in after ... |
Seems like you can't see the riddle behind this<strike>, fools :D</strike>
So for all the close-minded people I will edit this question and hopefully everybody will like it.
This is the preface of the riddle. Not always a hint and sometimes a red herring. So watch out!
<pre>Hey guys, <strike>Gilles</strike> (forge... |
![enter image description here][1]
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/KaXQX.jpg
There are 3 datatables. We forgot the numbers around the third square. How can we compute the 6 missing numbers?(there are question marks instead of them) |
How can we compute the 6 missing numbers? |
Moving top to bottom on the left side...
>!1 4 2
Going right to left on the bottom...
>!6 7 7
These values in the third table, using the same method as the other two tables...
>!...multiply two three-digit values. So the third one shows that 249 times 573 equals 142,677 (value on left, read downward, concaten... |
I have a problem for anybody who cares to try.
You're job is to take a 10x10x10x10 size tesserect and design a maze that fits. The maze must be a perfect maze (no loops, one path cannot be followed and find the start of it's path without having the solver turn around), and must have at least 10 deadends.
The answ... |
I have a problem for anybody who cares to try.
You're job is to take a 10x10x10x10 size tesserect and design a maze that fits. The maze must be a perfect maze (no loops, one path cannot be followed and find the start of it's path without having the solver turn around), and must have at least 10 deadends.
The answ... |
> *Disclaimer*: no offence is intended to any of the puzzling.SE users mentioned (or not mentioned) here! I was inspired by [this question](http://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/4341/the-serial-killers-killer) to use them as characters, with no regard for reality.
You are walking through the mansion of the mig... |
<pre>Every line provides a clue. So watch out!</pre><br>
- What is searching for letters exactly?
- What do we get when using letters literally?
- What does wordplay finally result in?
- And what is a metaphorical series?<br>
Is there also a word for the combination of the things mentioned above?
<br>
|
Are you clever enough? The answer is a single word |
> *Disclaimer*: no offence is intended to any of the puzzling.SE users mentioned (or not mentioned) here! I was inspired by [this question](http://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/4341/the-serial-killers-killer) to use them as characters, with no regard for reality.
You are walking through the mansion of the mig... |
The answer is quite simple...
The murderer was;
>! rand al'thor
Why? It was all part of the plan...
>! He had killed his Lordship and then came to stack exchange explaining *his version of the story* in which he was not mentioned in. He then decided to take **OUR** answers and give them to the court. He nev... |
The answer is quite simple...
The murderer was;
>! rand al'thor
Why? It was all part of the plan...
>! He had killed his Lordship and then came to *puzzling stack exchange* explaining *his version of the story* in which he was not mentioned in. He then decided to take **OUR** answers and give them to the co... |
> It is November, and bitterly cold even at noon.
This, and the mention of *parkland* presumably ruling out Antarctica, indicates that the story happens in the northern hemisphere.
> at noon. (…)
> (…) the single door to the Folly (…)
> the sun shining directly through the open doorway.
So the only door ... |
You have two people in the center of an endless plane.
Each one is holding some item that can fit in their palm, like a tennis ball. Both persons are identical in physical ability and brainpower.
However, each one is just as clever as sly as the other one, and both are very clever and sly in their own right. They... |
You are Agent X, an enterprising NSA analyst who's been assigned the task of spying on Bill Krill, a US citizen suspected of unpatriotic opposition to warrantless NSA spying on American citizens.
By remotely activating Bill's webcam, you were able to spy out Bill's password reminder sheet on his physical desktop. Un... |
Here it is. Access the [direct link][1] to see it in its full size.
![Maze][1]
To navigate this, the arrows make you jump one board up, down, left or right, accordingly to its direction.
To generate this, I created this Java program:
<!-- language: lang-java -->
import java.awt.Color;
import jav... |
Here it is. Access the [direct link][1] to see it in its full size.
![Maze][1]
To navigate this, the arrows make you jump one board up (blue), down (yellow), left (red) or right (green), accordingly to its direction.
This is a plane of boards (horizontal is $w$ and vertical is $z$) where each board is a 2D-pla... |
Here it is. Access the [direct link][1] to see it in its full size (or zoom-in the image).
![Maze][2]
To navigate this, the arrows make you jump one board up (blue), down (yellow), left (red) or right (green), accordingly to its direction.
This is a plane of boards (horizontal is $w$ and vertical is $z$) where... |
Here it is. Access the [direct link][1] to see it in its full size (or zoom-in the image).
![Maze][2]
To navigate this, the arrows make you jump one board up (blue), down (yellow), left (red) or right (green), accordingly to its direction.
This is a plane of boards (horizontal is $w$ and vertical is $z$) where... |
Here it is. Access the [direct link][1] to see it in its full size (or zoom-in the image).
![Maze][2]
To navigate this, the arrows make you jump one board up (blue), down (yellow), left (red) or right (green), accordingly to its direction.
This is a plane of boards (horizontal is $w$ and vertical is $z$) where... |
Although im from a tropical country and never knew what are the effects of snow in plants i think the killer is
>! Oblongamous - a gardener.. what would a gardener do in that place? he is supposed to take care of the plants but it is winter where in based on the pictures i have seen plants/trees having lost its le... |
Here it is. Access the [direct link][1] to see it in its full size (or zoom-in the image).
![Maze][2]
This is a plane of boards (horizontal is $w$ and vertical is $z$) where each board is a 2D-plane (horizontal is $x$ and vertical is $y$). To change your $x$ and $y$ positions, just walk around in the current boar... |
Here it is. Access the [direct link][1] to see it in its full size (or zoom-in the image).
![Maze][2]
This is a plane of boards (horizontal is $w$ and vertical is $z$) where each board is a 2D-plane (horizontal is $x$ and vertical is $y$). To change your $x$ and $y$ positions, just walk around in the current boar... |
Not an answer, rather than some random rant:
>! I believe that the Leipzig reference is a reference to Leibniz (not because they sound similar, rather than Leibniz being born in Leipzig, the Uni at Leipzig, etc.). So following this train of thought, we arrive at a lot of philosophy and maths. Topology and calculus, ... |
I have a normal 6-sided die. Without using mirrors or any other optical aids, how many faces of the die can I see at the same time? |
The answer is obviously
>! letters
Why is that? Well, because:
What is searching for letters exactly?
>! Searching for letters is searching for "letters", exactly.
What do we get when using letters literally?
>! When we use letters literally, well, we use "letters".
What does wordplay finally result in... |
I have a normal 6-sided die. Without using mirrors or any other optical aids, what is the greatest number of faces of the die that I am able to see at the same time? |
Run and hide the hunt has begun
Witches burn no trial, no fun
Their hammer has struck a decisive blow
letting little live and nothing grow
Their minds are made, their fates are sealed
get away now or your art be killed
Abandon ship this vessel has sunk
they will be left with a pitiful chunk
... |
They are:
>! puzzling.stackexchange.com users and moderators!
No need to explain that. But anyway:
<!-- -->
> Run and hide the hunt has begun<br>
> Witches burn no trial, no fun
<!-- -->
>! This topic: http://meta.puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/1601/puzzling-se-where-we-hate-fun-its-time-to-dis... |
As [Gilles][1] has told us, I stood between the Folly and the mansion, but the maid and gardener did not see me, nor my prints in the snow. Nor did my presence quell the footmen's argument. Furthermore, I do not notice the cold. I must conclude that I am invisible and incorporeal, though I'm rather proud of the supern... |
One day the local police from a local community received a concerned call from one of the bakeshop nearby.
**Police:** Hello good Morning, this is S.E.Police how may i help you?
**Bakeshop Employee:** Hello good day sir, I'm an employee in the bakeshop near you, i am worried about the house in front of our shop,... |
Who is the killer now? |
One day the local police from the Stack Exchange community received a concerned call from one of the bakeshop owners nearby.
**Police:** Good Morning, this is S.E. Police. How may I help you?
**Bakeshop Employee:** Hello sir, I'm an employee in the bakeshop near the police department. I am worried about the hous... |
One day the local police from the Stack Exchange community received a concerned call from one of the bakeshop owners nearby.
**Police:** Good Morning, this is S.E. Police. How may I help you?
**Bakeshop Employee:** Hello sir, I'm an employee in the bakeshop near the police department. I am worried about the hous... |
The answer is
>! WORD
as per the 'word' tag.
>! Lynch mob, anyone?
*What is searching for letters exactly?*
>! 'For letters exactly' -> 'four letters exactly'; the word 'four' does indeed have four letters exactly (in fact it's the only number whose English-language word has that number of letters), so t... |
The answer is
>! WORD
as per the 'word' tag.
>! Lynch mob, anyone?
*What is searching for letters exactly?*
>! 'For letters exactly' -> 'four letters exactly'; the word 'four' does indeed have four letters exactly (in fact it's the only number whose English-language word has that number of letters), so t... |
I go by many a name,
Including one that's quite a shame.
I can take you to an exact location,
But sometimes only to a nearby destination.
If great power is your wish,
I'll grant it but your money will vanish.
Substituting for that which can be negative,
I'll always remain co... |
One day the local police from the Stack Exchange community received a concerned call from one of the bakeshop owners nearby.
**Police:** Good Morning, this is S.E. Police. How may I help you?
**Bakeshop Employee:** Hello sir, I'm an employee in the bakeshop near the police department. I am worried about the hous... |
As [Gilles][1] has told us, I stood between the Folly and the mansion, but the maid and gardener did not see me, nor my prints in the snow. Nor did my presence quell the footmen's argument. Furthermore, I do not notice the cold. I must conclude that I am invisible and incorporeal, though I'm rather proud of the supern... |
Is it a
>! Smartphone
?
I am not sure, but it makes sense to most clues. |
Continuing from Joes answer...basically all credit goes to him, since he only missed this part:
The unsolved part from Joes answer:
>! 78 19 25 9 92 29 54 1 95 49 6 247 4 2 149 45 5 7 199 11 62 63 179 47 14 50 23 163 52
I did this:
>! I googled Jumblies and found a poem with the same name. [The Jumblies][1]
... |
As [Gilles][1] has told us, I stood between the Folly and the mansion, but the maid and gardener did not see me, nor my prints in the snow. Nor did my presence quell the footmen's argument. Furthermore, I do not notice the cold. I must conclude that I am invisible and incorporeal, though I'm rather proud of the supern... |
I've been trying all day to solve this riddle :
I go by many a name,
Including one that's quite a shame.
I can take you to an exact location,
But sometimes only to a nearby destination.
If great power is your wish,
I'll grant it but your money will vanish.
Substituting for tha... |
>! I suspect the bakeshop employee.
>! Reasons:
>!
* He is “very worried” yet he didn't check when the customer didn't pick up the bread yesterday (even though the door isn't locked).
* There isn't any furniture in the room, possibly because it has been stolen.
* His guests for which he ordered the bre... |
**This is a riddle worded as a historical excerpt for the sake of the decipherer's entertainment. Doubt me? Read any of my other well received stylized riddles before downvoting. My riddles always end up at -5 votes within five minutes and then shoot up to +25 soon after. If you don't understand what I'm doing here, pl... |
<!-- Stupid spoiler tags -->
>! I suspect the bakeshop employee.</p>
>!
>! <h3>Reasons:</h3>
>! <ul><li>He is “very worried” yet he didn't check when the customer didn't pick up the bread yesterday (even though the door isn't locked).</li><li>There isn't any furniture in the room, possibly because it ha... |
I suspect the
>!bakeshop employee.</p>
<h3>Reasons:</h3>
>! <ul><li>He is “very worried” yet he didn't check when the customer didn't pick up the bread yesterday (even though the door isn't locked).</li><li>There isn't any furniture in the room, possibly because it has been stolen.</li><li>His guest... |
Is it a
>! Smartphone
?
I am not sure, but it makes sense to most clues.
EDIT: explanation.
I go by many a name,
Including one that's quite a shame.
>!Smartphone, perhaps it's a "shameful" name because it's not really smart.
I can take you to an exact location,
But sometimes only to a nearby destinati... |
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