Puzzle and Riddle Thread!!

[Ternnel Stronghold]

Well I have posted a number of riddles and puzzles now i have made a place to put future ones. I would also like to
see any puzzles or riddles you might know of.

I will start the thread with this puzzle-

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8 queen puzzle

-ternnel

[Jebus]

I got it in 38 moves.. I'd post the picture but it shows the answer.

note- I've done this one before

[Scion]

I did it in 8, but I reset once.

Chess and logic? Too easy. Thanks for taking a break on that riddle junk!

Scion

[Aeternalia]

I've completed this one before..

Chess was my first love in games.

still play whenever I can find someone to play against. sometimes play online, but its hard to find games where you don't walk away wondering if the person was using an engine..

across a board there is no doubt.

by the way.. the 8 queens chess problem has his board oriented from east to west instead of north south.. effectively placing you as an observer, not a player. (White square goes in the bottom right)

James

[Rehwyn]

In high school, I was vice-president of our Chess Club and we actually did this puzzle one day. And yes, I was that geeky. :p

There's actually multiple correct answers to this puzzle. It's an interesting challenge after you do it once to see how many unique solutions you can come up with. Just make sure your new answer isn't the result of simply rotating or flipping the board over with an old solution.

-Jonathan

[Ternnel Stronghold]

OK you all seemed to like the chess one. Now for one that will annoy you (in a good way), it is sort of a mix between an optical illusion and a puzzle.


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Impossible Triangle

P.S.-
I know how it works but it still bugs me.

-ternnel

[HeavyMetalHead]

I have a few "puzzle" games that could be of SOME interest. The trilogy is called "Karoshi", which is Japanese for "death by overwork". The actual object of it is to kill your blue-suited office worker through each level. Some levels are harder than others, of course.

It actually makes for a good mental workout, since you need to be creative in how you kill yourself. Especially if it's your first time playing them. You can Google the word "karoshi" and find both versions of the original at YoYo Games. There is a Flash animated version here at this link: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/462774

Tell me what you think of them. (If deemed inappropriate, this post can be deleted by the mods.)

[Rehwyn]

Impossible Triangle Solutions (click spoiler to see)

This one was rather fun for me, since math used to be one of my favorite subjects. No really, I'm serious.

Spoiler:

-Jonathan

[Aeternalia]

Very nice, Jonathan.

James

[Ternnel Stronghold]

OK, here is another puzzle-
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What are the next 2 numbers in the sequence?
1,4,7,11,?,?

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There are multiple answers.


-ternnel

[Ternnel Stronghold]

Another riddle,


How can the current English alphabet have 101 letters?

[Ternnel Stronghold]

I will give the solutions to the riddle and the puzzle since no one seems to be getting them

Puzzle-

Spoiler:

Riddle-

Spoiler:

[Scion]

A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its point. Any movement of the pyramid will cause it to topple over. Underneath the pyramid is a $100 bill. How do you remove the bill without disturbing the pyramid?

[Rehwyn]

A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its point. Any movement of the pyramid will cause it to topple over. Underneath the pyramid is a $100 bill. How do you remove the bill without disturbing the pyramid?

Pick up the $100 bill. Since the pyramid is inverted and the wide part at the top, the bill can be "under" the pyramid without necessarily being directly underneath the point of it. Kinda like resting in the shade.

Unless of course you meant that the bill was under the point of the pyramid. Then my answer is all off. :p

-Jonathan

[Alaistaria Marie]

Personally, I'd just knock that thing over and pick up the money...but that's just me.

[Ternnel Stronghold]

@scions riddle- my answer is the same as rehwyn's.
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I have more riddles I would like to share .


Riddle #1-

A man shot his wife, drowned her, and hung her. After this they both went out to dinner, watched a movie, and were both very happy. How can this be?

Riddle #2-

What is bigger than an elephant but weighs nothing?

Riddle #3-

You come to a fork in a road. You look one way you see an overgrown dark gloomy forest. You look the other way there is a storm brewing. What should you do to make the most profit?

[Scion]

Pyramid one is this: Rip/tear/burn away the bill. Nothing is said that you need to keep it, so, just get rid of it.

[Paravell]

A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its point. Any movement of the pyramid will cause it to topple over. Underneath the pyramid is a $100 bill. How do you remove the bill without disturbing the pyramid?

That's easy the under side of the pyramid is now on top, so just pick it up off the top

[Jebus]

Riddle 2 : It's shadow

[Ternnel Stronghold]

The answers to my three riddles are-

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