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...: White to play and win, how ? 4) We have the initial chess board configuration, with all pieces on their original squares. Now, playing a classic chess game, white plays on each consecutive move: ...
Here is asimple and unoriginal, but possibly fun, game. Any number of players >= 2. Start with an n-by-n grid drawn on paper. (I suggest an n of at least 5.) Before play each player *secretly* p
Grand Mastermind is a variation on the original code guessing game. It involves shapes as well as colour. I have an implementation at...
I will start this post describing an unoriginal game, then describe a puzzle and a sequence based on the idea. 2 or more players. Start with an n-by-n grid drawn on paper. (I suggest an n of at le
This is the second one of these puzzles I have posted. This one is not difficult; but the point of posting is to showcase some more possibilities regarding this kind of maze. I think the maze works
...ased to find that when the two lucky numbers were added together they made a perfect square. What was the original value chosen for A? Ciao,...
Here is another simple game of mine (probably unoriginal) which is played using an n-by-n grid drawn on paper. (I would suggest an n of at least 5 or 6.) Game is for any number of players >=2. Eac
The original Challenge problem posted had a number of grievous errors. It has been withdrawn and a new, similar (and one hopes, correct) puzzle has been posted at http://math.smsu.edu/~les/Challenge
Here is another puzzle which I am reprising. Originally posted in July this year and never solved. COUNT AREA DEUCE TRADE NOTE ARID Which word does not belong in the sequence? Philip C
...ht. For instance: 1+2+4 could have an intermediate result of 3 (1+2) or 6 (2+4). Since there is no 0 in the original set, you can't use a zero in the intermediate results. 2. What if your set was 12...
And what did you do? You reposted every line of the original troll! I don't know who's dumber.
...pts and absolute power corrupts absolutely'? 13.Whose address was No. 1 London? 14.Which golf course is the original home of the Open? 15.Which of Napoleon's marshals became King of Sweden? Good luc...
...t known ones and people still seem to enjoy it. Here is a variation. It was not found anywhere so it may be original. Billy, Bob and Sue are attending a birthday party. Dad has five hats, three red ...
Begin with a finite set of integers (such as all the positive integers
...d wouldn't be afraid to click on this because they thought I was posting the solution.) Hint below (after original message):...
...fter you have reached aN, start again with a1. Do not stop until you are at your starting point, facing the original direction, and at the start of the path description again. 'Turning left and travel...
Have no choice but to start a new thread because of the (annoying) delay before my original post appears. Yeah, yeah. I misspelled 'vile' (as MANY have told me). (Freudian slip, I guess.) Yes, I mea
Neither of these puzzles involve tricky interpretations, puns, or anything similar. Neither of them are original. (1) Life is discovered on Mars. A group of Martians (more than 1) are in room. Each
... first letter of a word in the first two verses of a popular song. You must figure out the song title and original artist. There are a few caveats: - Contractions will count as one word. For exa...
CORA1 Results These are the results of my Common/Rare Entries Contest, CORA1. See the original contest posting for the rules. There were 29 entrants. Thanks to everyone for taking the trouble to e
I dont have the original post, the last week post. Anyway... You have the combination 1,2 7,1,5 2,1,5,7 1,2,4 1,4,7 1,7,4,5 ????? With the keypad 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 You needed the find the co
Hi, Does anybody know where I can buy an imitation Rubik's Cube? I have an original. But, I would like one with hard, colored plastic squares instead of the stickers because the stickers are startin
...ephant's approximate weight without sophisticated devices. What was the method? (I know only one way in the original story. Maybe there are better ways.) They let the elephant board a large empty sh...
... down in both chambers. The spaceman will be given no indication of whether or not his chamber contains the originals or the copies. Until his time is up (indicated by a countdown timer on the chamber...
... attempt at doing this, I don't know hard it is, so I won't give any clues - except to say that it's not an original idea. JEXJI QQSZH GJZJL ZHMAU ZSKJG CGJBX SKLCB WDYMN FXWXR OZJGT QLLXJ CJDDA IYV...
...h. Although the following would NOT be allowed: 'Kangaroo' = 'I don't know'(sic) in Guugu Yimidhirr (an Aboriginal Dialect), as this is entymologically derived! (I think it's spelled differently any...
These are the results to the Adjacency Contest, MOJO.ADJ1. See the original contest posting for the rules. There were 19 entrants. The winner was Steven Howard. Second and third place went to Tom Ru
...they must all have the same birthday. This is only possible if our new entrant has the same birthday as the original n people, hence S(n) implies S(n+1). Hence the statement 'Any n people in Central...
...d only this information: The n-queens problem is an old one that has been around for more than a century. Originally known as the 8-Queens problem, it has been studied by many famous mathematicians ...
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