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Picture this scenario: A new apartment block was built, comprising n apartments, into which n residents move in on the same day. Each apartment has a night heater installed, which automatically co
I heard there was a gathering of mechanical puzzle collectors in Japan this month, and was wondering if anyone knew of any articles about it. Or if someone went to it and has the time to describe some
...zles.htm) I still haven't managed in *proving* my answer correct. Perhaps one of you can help me on the part that I'm stuck on? Essentially this puzzle is about permutations: place N items numbered ...
...r. 'I've just remembered a teaser from when I was a kid,' said Fred. 'A long time ago!' commented his partner. 'Let's have it then.' 'Well, this man handed a jeweller five pieces of gold chain, each...
...ough negativity. From reading this newsgroup, it seems that many people found many extra errors in each part of the puzzle. I'd like to collect all of them. :) And, interestingly enough, I've found 12...
...pub where I ordered a pint and sat down. There I met this man who told me to go spread the word about a party he was having 'Don't let me down now son' he whispered in my ear. Because of the rather sc...
...t any special skills (e.g., woodworking skills). Since the size and shape of the items are an important part of the puzzle, they should all have a standard shape and size. For example, the container c...
there are three girls, the product of their ages is 36 and the sum of their ages is their apartment number. The eldest girl hair is red color, can you guess the ages of the girls ? thank you
...wn questions to the regular visitors. This site is a world English site, attracting visitors from all parts of the world. Come along, bring your smarter friends too. Martin Author of (the websit...
...ange [A-F] *INCLUSIVE* (English alphabet only & case insensitive... coming up with trick letters is not part of this contest). Your total score will be the *SUM* of the *SQUARE ROOT* of your score for...
...aking up with truly nasty hangovers and even more unpleasant memories of their actions at the Christmas party the night before, the agents realized that either they get rid of the security tapes, the ...
...sive answers. What is the most impressive eventual achievement of someone who had never done anything particularly impressive prior to age 35? I'm looking for positive achievemnets here, no Darwin a...
...y step to prove that any integer n can be expressed as the sum of 5 integers cubed. (This problem was part of a national undergraduate math contest when I was an undergraduate.) Instead, let p/q b...
...may not be fun: think of common phrases or compound words that are composed of an adjective (or another part of speech functioning as an adjective) and a noun, such as 'dog food' or 'fireplace' or 'ba...
...llege? And, what is the probability that 2 of this 600 would be among the 200 people in the Physics Department at ABC College? Thanks for your help....
...about the general case of any number n coins, but then it only gives a solution for certain 'nice' n's; particularly: n = (3^w - 3)/2 for some integer w What if you had to find the counterfeit amo...
...o be made separately from the same set of pieces, must be complete (no holes), and all pieces must be a part of the silhouette (or hidden behind the other pieces). The pieces may be flipped over, or o...
I've had to start the competition today (read why in the e-mail I've just sent you). You should all have your e-mails by now. To compensate for any inconvenience this may cause I've decided to extend
... and I forgot to mention a couple of things: Firstly, bug reports are of course very much welcomed - in particular, I've once seen a situation where a card kept on flashing when it shouldn't, after an...
A point particle is moving on the surface of the Earth from the Equator towards the North Pole. Its initial direction on the Equator is Northwardly, which continuously changes to a Northwesternly limi
...onent got the remaining numbers. The goal is to end up with a higher total than your opponent. Here's a partial game: you pick 29; your opponent gets 1 then you pick 28; your opponent gets 2,4,7,14 ...
...teger is considered 'excellent' (at least by me) if, when we divide its decimal representation into two parts of equal length (adding a leading zero, if necessary) the positive difference between the ...
...s. Two persons play the following game: The first breaks the bar along some hollow into two rectangular parts. Then the players, taking turns, break one of the resulting parts along a hollow. The play...
...rovide a positive integer. Scoring for a correct entry is the maximum of your entry and the number of participants who choose the same number. For example if you and fifteen others submit 1, each sc...
...taken from Disney's _Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs_ (the studio's first feature-length animation). It particular, a black and white picture of the Seven Dwarfs' cottage is clearly shown for several ...
...om where there is noise: I am listening to the radio, say. I think I hear the telephone ring in another part of the house. I turn down the radio, and listen for the next ring. Somebody *is* ringing me...
... you have three Pepsis and drink one, how much more refreshed are you?' Kid: (pause) 'Pepsi?' Teacher: 'Partial credit!'...
... about the names of first wave of hijackers. I think these three guys were specialists of some kind and participated because they were indispensable; or maybe they were last-minute substitutes: Moqe...
...e.g. Pasteur, an artist e.g. Palladio, etc. Painting, sculpture, photography, architecture etc by one particular artist. Documentary of a particular artistic style. Documentary on the history of...
...ve different ranks (obviously, some pirates will get nothing). The coins cannot be divided into smaller parts. The cruel Captain draws up the following plan for dividing the loot: 'At twelve noon, t...
.... (1) Using nine colours is it possible to colour the xy plane such that no two points unit distance apart are the same colour? (2) If the answer to (1) is yes, is it possible using just three col...
... the flaw is that you cannot pretend/imagine/assume that a Knight can utter certain statements. On this particular Goldless Island, a Knight, cannot, under any circumstances, real or imaginary, utter ...
...its population, China institutes the following policy: all couples may have only one child, unless both partners are themselves only children, in which case they may have two. Various academics are ...
... unfortunately, do not have access to issues that far back. The puzzle is a simple kind of game where participants are asked whether they will 'cooperate' or 'defect'. There is a fixed reward and ho...
...found a very nice way to solve this by hand. Generally speaking, when you have to guess the value for a particular location, you may later reach a contradiction and have to back up and try a different...
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