Previous Puzzles (with solutions):
and 2 boxers; second:
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Commas
There is no answer to this puzzle because it is still in the contest.
Here we go:
miprint
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Hyphens.
There is no answer to this puzzle because it is still in the contest.
next: rtaengk --- ---- -- ---- Hyphens. There is no answer to this puzzle because it is still in the contest.
next: vie_ (4 letters) -- --- -- ----- Hyphens. There is no answer to this puzzle because it is still in the contest.
last: if current = difficult then difficult = current ---- --- ----- ---- -----, --- ----- --- ----- Enter 1st 3rd 5th 7th 9th with hyphens. There is no answer to this puzzle because it is still in the contest.
Fill in the blanks in each line below with a three-letter man's name (or nickname) so as to form two six-letter words. The man's name will be the last three letters of the first word and the first three letters of the other. Example: RAM---ENT is ROD, forming the words RAMROD and RODENT. Try these: P A R---K E Y C L I---I M S B A L---P L E E N A---O D Y L E T---T E R Enter the 5 3letter names with commas (above order) There is no answer to this puzzle because it is still in the contest.
I also have a wordie: MARY NIGHT -bit A L L - ------ --- -- ---- --- ----- ---- (line from a song) Use spaces There is no answer to this puzzle because it is still in the contest.
A B C D want to get across a lake 312 miles across. Swimming speeds in mph: A=4 B=8 C=12 D=16 They have a motorboat that goes at 48mph. But this boat can only take 2 persons. D leaves first; 2 hours later the other 3 leave. During the last hour, a whale decides to push the boat; causes the boat to go 72mph during the last hour. All 4 arrive on other side at same time, 16 hours after D left. You need to find: 1- how many miles did the boat travel? 2- for how many hours did A swim? 3- how many miles did C swim? 4- how many hours was B in the boat? NOTE: everything is in complete miles and hours (no fractions of nothing), all speeds are constant, no interfering currents, no lost of time getting in/out of boat, no loss of time doing boat u-turns, no hanging on to the back of the boat or other such dishonest stuff; in other words, no dirty tricks to make your life miserable. Enter 4 integers in above order: 1,2,3,4 There is no answer to this puzzle because it is still in the contest.
Wordie 1 mannddatee Hint: -- ----- -- -------- Enter with hyphens There is no answer to this puzzle because it is still in the contest.
Wordie 2 rigiateon Hint: ---- -- ---- Enter with hyphens There is no answer to this puzzle because it is still in the contest.
Wordie 3 __shi_g (word is dashing) Hint: --- --- ------- Enter with hyphens There is no answer to this puzzle because it is still in the contest.
Wordie 4 rigi ate o n Hint: ---- -- ---- Enter with hyphens There is no answer to this puzzle because it is still in the contest.
Crypt 1 Decapitated englishman at opening of a zoo chain (4 letters) Enter with hyphens between letters There is no answer to this puzzle because it is still in the contest.
Crypt 2 A short nap after backing up the french mystery (6 letters) Enter with hyphens between letters There is no answer to this puzzle because it is still in the contest.
third: sgoimveetghiivneg Hint: ---------'- --- -- ---- Use spaces Answer: something's got to (two) "give"
Havva wordie:
HERE
IN
- AND (minus sign)
Hint: --- ---- ---- -- --
Enter with commas
Answer:
and from here on in
"and" subtracted FROM "here" on "in"
Havva wordie again:
EE
-TOAST
-C
(2 minus signs)
Hint: ----- --- ------
Enter with commas
Answer:
toast and coffee
"toast" and "c" off "ee"
Havva last wordie:
SDCOOP
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Enter with commas
Answer:
the (D) inside "scoop"
A couple of movie anagrams: Shame won't hurt --- ------ ---- Seattle Hop --- ------- Enter the second word of each separated by commas. Answer: The Truman Show and The Apostle
I'll name it "hide and/or remit". 6 guys can each carry a maximum of a 10 day ration-supply; they are on the edge of a desert; so they could all walk together straight out into the desert for 5 days, then return home. That's clear! But not much fun... Well, in order to make this puzzle possible, they decide on a plan of action to send one of them as far as possible straight out into the desert, such that this "chosen one" can then return home, naturally! Their plan uses 2 strategies: 1- hiding spots for supplies 2- guys giving supplies to other guys And to make your life easier, the hiding and/or remitting of supplies is always at day's end, and in "packets" of one-day-rations. Their plan is also such that in total, the least possible packets have been hidden. A packet weighs 7 pounds. Finally, the guys walk at same speed: 23 miles per day. How many miles was the "chosen" one able to go into the desert, and how many "pounds" were hidden? Enter miles-weight Note 1: everybody leaves together. Note 2: ALL 60 packets consumed while walking. Note 3: everything is integral. Answer: The trick is to send guys back home as soon as possible, keeping their packet consumption to a minimum, so having more packets left to send the chosen one as far as possible. Call the guys A B C D E F; A the chosen one, F returning first, then E, and so on. At end of 1st day, F hides 5 (just enough for the 5 other guys to use on their return trip), gives 3 (one each to A B C), and returns the next day using his 10th packet. E will similarly dispose of his supplies on day2, hiding 4, having one left to return to 1st hiding spot, where he picks one up for his final trip back home. Note that everyone who returns has one packet left to take him to the previous hiding spot; this minimizes the hiding. D does similar to E on day3, hiding 3, then returning. On day 4, C hides 3, as he has supplies he cannot dispose of; on day5, C hides 2, and has 1 left to return. Carry on with this and you'll end up with A having 1 packet left at end of day 12, so returns using this packet to hiding spot 11, then gradually home picking up the one packet left at each other hiding spots. This is minimum to be hidden: Day: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Hid: 5 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 = 24 At 7 pounds per packet, that's 168 hidden pounds. If you wanna see this clearly, make yourself a diagram; at the end of day 7, B will hide one, replenish A to 10, then return; A will then hide 1 at days 8 to 11. At 23 miles per day, A walked 276 miles into the desert.
I knowwwww you'd all be disappointed if I treated you to only one of these gems; soooooo: exactly same as the other, except: - 8 guys instead of 6 - maximum carry is 8 instead of 10 How many miles was the "chosen" one able to go into the desert, and how many pounds were hidden? Enter miles-weight Answer: Answer is 10 days (230 miles), 24 (168 pounds) hidden. Works same as the other one; here's the hiding story: Day: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Hid: 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 = 24 Why is there 6 hidden on day1 ? 2 guys are able to return, so they leave 6 for the other 6 guys; again: make yourself a diagram; it'll all show clearly...
Your googolplex of emails begging for "MORE MORE!!"
like last week's "cliff hanger wordies", along with
your concerns at the marital status of my parents
and guesses at my sexual tendencies, have left me
no choice but to lay 3 more of them beauts on yall;
The first:
thought
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enter with hyphens
Answer:
no further thought
(you're yelling at "thought" not to go any further!)
Zee 2nd one:
p
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clue: --------
Answer:
pitfalls
"pit" is falling off the cliff!
Sorry; this is last one:
(but got some for next week!)
push
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clue: ---- -- --- -----
enter with hyphens
Answer:
push to the limit
"push" is at limit before he falls!