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Title: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by WombatDeath on Mar 18th, 2004, 2:02pm Yesterday I stumbled across a sort of 'puzzle trail' site at http://cnfsn.tripod.com which I thought was quite well done. The author's a bit too fond of rebusses (rebi?) for my taste but I recommend it if you've got a free half-hour and nothing to put in it. I'm not affiliated with the site in any way, incidentally; just thought that it might be of interest to some of you. And if anyone can answer the Fire 5 question I might be able to get some sleep... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Eigenray on Mar 19th, 2004, 3:46am Hint for Fire #5: 'Surely all people / Deserving of Fire' refers to [hide]you[/hide]. Bigger hint: [hide]Go back and read all your previous answers[/hide]. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by KarmaBandit on Mar 20th, 2004, 7:43pm Nevermind! P.S. To those wondering how you access fire without solving metal, check out the source code for the number-pad code entering thingy. ;-) |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Sir Col on Mar 21st, 2004, 11:24am I had a look at the source code, but you can't sneak past it. The Javascript checks that the product of digits in the <code> you enter is 5643509760 and you also entered a 15-digit number. If your <code> passes these two tests it then forwards you to the page: <code>.htm. It's easy to find a 15-digit number for which the product is 5643509760, but you're not going to guess the actual digits nor the correct combination in a hurry (any combination of the correct digits would pass the test, but there are 1307674368000 ways you can arrange a 15-digit number). Of course, if you've got four of the five codes, you can probably guess the remaining 3 digits and there are only 6 combinations to try. Trying the honest approach... I suck! I'm completely useless at those rebus things. I can't even work out the first level: AIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIR Any hints? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by towr on Mar 21st, 2004, 12:09pm There is allready a hint on the page itself.. But if you need another one, it has to do with flying.. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by WombatDeath on Mar 21st, 2004, 2:07pm Thanks Eigenray! And [hide]death to all self-referential-quiz-setters[/hide]... I'm not generally too fond of rebussesses either, though I found that once I'd ground my way through the first half-dozen my brain started working in the right direction. A few of them are actually quite 'elegant' in a tooth-grinding sort of way. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Mar 21st, 2004, 4:38pm I got the other ones I tried so far, but i just don't get the rebuses (rebi?). Well, the XQQQ is the one I'm currently stuck on, any have a hint they wish to share? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by WombatDeath on Mar 21st, 2004, 5:39pm on 03/21/04 at 16:38:35, Cathos wrote:
The important thing seems to be getting into the right mind-set. You often need to just say what you see, and take into account the relative positions of all the symbols. In this particular case you've got [hide] an X and some Qs[/hide]. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Mar 21st, 2004, 6:05pm ??? I'm stumped. Only thing that comes to mind is 'execute', or 'mind your p's and q's' which doesn't work because it needs to be one word. I'm stuck on the "corona" animalgram as well. I guess I was dropped on my head when I was young. :( |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by WombatDeath on Mar 21st, 2004, 6:35pm on 03/21/04 at 18:05:02, Cathos wrote:
That's close. You've got [hide]X + Qs.[/hide]. on 03/21/04 at 18:05:02, Cathos wrote:
First letter is [hide]R[/hide]. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by KarmaBandit on Mar 21st, 2004, 8:59pm Well, when I couldn't solve one of the animalgrams, I just typed "anagram" into google, and had the answer shortly :P Did anyone get through them all without cheating at least once? I'd wager I cheated about 10 times, maybe 15. Though that may be a bit conservative :-) |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Mar 21st, 2004, 9:15pm So far I haven't really "cheated", but I'm stuck on leaf 4 and sand 6(so far), and I'm through crystal. I'm clueless on XQQQ even with the clues I've been given. Does getting hints count as cheating? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by kellys on Mar 21st, 2004, 9:18pm XQQQ ::[hide]excuse?[/hide]:: |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Mar 21st, 2004, 9:46pm Ahhh... Thanks! ;D |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by BNC on Mar 22nd, 2004, 1:05am I'm stuck in Metal's 6: w W o O o L l F I think it's ::[hide]A wolf in sheep's skin.[/hide]::, but I can't seem to find the right "key" to enter. Any ideas? [e]never mind. A minute after I figured it wasn't ::[hide]skin[/hide]::[/e] [e2] OK, now I am stuck on metal #8 rebus: J K 10 Q A Anyone? [/e2] |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by towr on Mar 22nd, 2004, 3:02am seems like something to do with cards.. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by rmsgrey on Mar 22nd, 2004, 3:44am I'm currently stuck on water 7 and metal 8 water 7: Quote:
metal 8 as above - I don't know if it helps at all, but in some card games, the top 5 cards in each suit are known as honors. [e]it doesn't[/e] |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by rmsgrey on Mar 22nd, 2004, 3:46am on 03/21/04 at 21:15:49, Cathos wrote:
For sand 6 (amUous), a hint ::[hide]It's not a small u[/hide]:: |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by BNC on Mar 22nd, 2004, 4:05am on 03/22/04 at 03:44:08, rmsgrey wrote:
Water 7 -- hint:: [hide]it has to do with food (sort of)[/hide]:: |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by rmsgrey on Mar 22nd, 2004, 5:34am Thanks - just leaves metal 8 - unless I manage to hack my way into the fire path [e]got metal 8 - (hint)::[hide]the layout is important[/hide]::[/e] [e2]All done now - though I still don't get the answer to Fire #3...[/e2] |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by WombatDeath on Mar 22nd, 2004, 7:39am [Edit: another...] Hint for Metal 8: [hide]There's a low 10, Queen, Ace[/hide]. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Mar 22nd, 2004, 1:16pm amUous Your hint: [hide] It's not a small U [/hide] I was thinking the word's supposed to be amorous, so the answer would be "U/you instead of or" or something similar. Of course it could be amphibious as well. What are you hinting at? "Capital U", "Big U", "A large ewe is in amphibious istead of Phoebe (phibi)"? ??? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by BNC on Mar 22nd, 2004, 2:55pm Cathos, One of your guesses is correct. Try reading the word with each... PS: I think I (finally) got metal #8. The site seems down at the moment, I'll try it later. 10x guys. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by kellys on Mar 22nd, 2004, 4:20pm Still stuck on Metal 8 and Sand 7. Grr.... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Mar 22nd, 2004, 9:07pm One of my guesses was correct?! That confuses me worse than before. Was it 'ewe' that was correct? I hate these rebuses |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by BNC on Mar 23rd, 2004, 12:01am Cathos: It's simpler than that. It's a 1-word solution, the word is amUous, but the U stand for more than a single letter. Kellys: Can you post sand 7 (don't remember it). Everyone: Any hints on fire 1? I tried a couple of things (e.g., decent), none worked. I even got to try expressions with in-the(te)-grate-d -> integrated. help? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by kellys on Mar 23rd, 2004, 12:57am What do the three phrases below have in common? Led horses Duck's posterior Fish out I've been trying a lot of wordplay to no avail. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by BNC on Mar 23rd, 2004, 1:06am Kellys, There are three phrases with a common term. The term was removed, and the main subject of the rest is the three clues. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by kellys on Mar 23rd, 2004, 1:25am oh okay... I misunderstood the problem. Strange I didn't try the obvious connection... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by kellys on Mar 23rd, 2004, 1:40am As for fire 1, decent is almost right, but it doesn't take positioning into account |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by DeMark on Mar 23rd, 2004, 1:44am Hate rebuses. Hate rebuses. HATE rebuses. UPLATM??? A hint from one of you guys? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by DeMark on Mar 23rd, 2004, 1:45am Hey, Cathos, may I say: [hide]ambiguous[/hide]? :P |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by BNC on Mar 23rd, 2004, 2:20am on 03/23/04 at 01:44:42, DeMark wrote:
It may be easier to try UplatM. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by towr on Mar 23rd, 2004, 3:40am you can find a lot of answers through google.. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by towr on Mar 23rd, 2004, 4:34am on 03/22/04 at 05:34:48, rmsgrey wrote:
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by guest on Mar 23rd, 2004, 7:43am Googling answers: since the pages are named after the answer to the previous puzzle, if you google site:cnfsn.tripod.com you'll get about a dozen of the answers (including the right to answer the fire riddles). But google apparently hasn't found all of the site's pages. I'm stuck on the fire BB rebus. Any hints? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by BNC on Mar 23rd, 2004, 8:15am on 03/23/04 at 07:43:51, guest wrote:
NOW you tell me?? :D |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Sir Col on Mar 23rd, 2004, 10:44am I really hate rebuses! >:( Guest, if you've worked out the other rebuses you will have realised that you need to disengage intelligence when solving them. I'm tempted to post the answer to that BB one as it is so ridiculous when you get it, but I won't as the author of the website has spent a great deal of time in producing an otherwise nice collection of puzzles... Think about the letters in relation to one another, read the clue below the rebus, then consider which letter in the alphabet they are. However, you'll need to sound the letter as a small child would: NOT as 'bee'. I didn't like the puzzle before that one too, as the answer doesn't really fit. Technically is needs to be negative?! Or if it is "added to the end", it should be 7. Anyway, I'm stuck on fire #5. I've read Eigenray's clue about reading previous answers but it doesn't seem to help. Any ideas? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by rmsgrey on Mar 23rd, 2004, 11:23am By the time I got to fire, I was chatting with a friend who was also tackling them - with the pair of B's, my friend said they were thinking about "linked Bs" or "Chained Bs", which triggered my inspiration. For fire #5 ::[hide]if you go back and look at all the previous answers you've given, a couple of the words in the puzzle should seem strangely familiar. Consider where you found them previously...[/hide]:: |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Sir Col on Mar 23rd, 2004, 11:43am Thanks, rmsgrey. Grr! >:( As Wombat said, "death to all self-referential-quiz-setters..." Now I've finished it, I'm clueless as to why I feel so deflated! ;) |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Mar 23rd, 2004, 1:12pm AHH!! Even when I guess them correctly I can't figure them out. I got the Big U one now, thanks for the help. uplatm - plat is in the middle. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Sir Col on Mar 23rd, 2004, 3:15pm on 03/23/04 at 04:34:44, towr wrote:
That's funny, because I worked it out differently, which is why I made my comment above about it being "technically negative". I worked out the sum, "6-9-2-4-1-8-11" and got -29. Then thought that -4 would make the next palindrome: -33. I didn't like the idea that the palindrome had a minus sign at the start, but my guess worked, so I didn't care. Obviously your method was the expected answer. Very clever, towr. :) |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by towr on Mar 24th, 2004, 12:26am yes.. indeed, I was very clever to use google ;) |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Mar 24th, 2004, 4:46pm I am stuck on fire 6. Am I supposed to look at the source code or something. (I have no idea how to even start doing that.) Any hints? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by WombatDeath on Mar 24th, 2004, 4:56pm The Fire 6 puzzle lacks an obvious attribute held by all the others. As for viewing the source, you can do that by right-clicking on the page and selecting view source (or something similar, depending on your browser preference). But the hint you get from doing that really just ruins the puzzle. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Mar 24th, 2004, 5:04pm By ruining the puzzle do you mean that I can see the answer? I will consider the attributes. Thanks. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Mar 24th, 2004, 5:18pm Okay, I got it. I had to google the clue to figure out the reference, not living in the US I had not idea. I was on the right track for a while, entering all kinds of similar answers, but just didn't hit the right combination. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Mar 24th, 2004, 9:50pm IBIS - IBEX - ORYX - SIKA - ZEBU Anyone care to give a hint as to the offending word? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Mar 24th, 2004, 10:15pm Try a dictionary. ;) I think you will need a Japanese dictionary for sika also spelled shika, which is the japanese word for deer. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Mar 24th, 2004, 11:03pm Thanks i thought it was just gibberish |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by BNC on Mar 25th, 2004, 12:44am still stuck on the BB rebus. <me so stuped. me so stupid. me so stupid..> I'd appreciate an additional hint... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Sir Col on Mar 25th, 2004, 1:11am It's so bad that rebus, BNC, I'll post the answer... ::[hide]_____[/hide]:: ... but if you do it, you'll missed it! ;) |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by BNC on Mar 25th, 2004, 1:25am Ouch! I'm not even sure if I like this rebus or hate it! |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Mar 25th, 2004, 6:58pm how about a small hint for aspirin -- cellophane -- escalator -- yo-yo -- pogo stick -- thermos -- zipper I've been straining my brain, and I can't think of a link... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Mar 25th, 2004, 7:01pm A small hint. How were they made? ::) |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Mar 25th, 2004, 8:54pm Intersting, I didn't know that juicy little fact about them. I'm glad I'm not being graded on this. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by DeMark on Mar 25th, 2004, 11:43pm What about GEGS rebus? And what creature grows up while growing down? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Mar 25th, 2004, 11:51pm I don't remember GEGS? In Croatia if you want to stay warm when you go skiing, what do you wear? hidden [hide] It is a play on words in English. One of the words also describes part of the creature. [/hide] |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Sir Col on Mar 26th, 2004, 12:18am on 03/25/04 at 23:43:06, DeMark wrote:
Think of the context/place where the conversation took place. With all the effort in trying to work it out your brain will probably feel this way. ;) |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by DeMark on Mar 26th, 2004, 5:12am Speaker: I don't go skiing. I'm too clumsy for that. But what to wear? I don't know how to translate it to English. ??? And also, I'm not so good with English plays on words... :'( |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by DeMark on Mar 26th, 2004, 5:26am And still stuck on GEGS. The conversation took place at teh kitchen table... in the kitchen... she went up to get some more gegs... Is it a type of food? Drink? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by towr on Mar 26th, 2004, 6:58am let's just say it's scrambled.. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Mar 26th, 2004, 8:01pm So fire 1 is close to decent, but that doesn't take into account positions... Around, through, over, above... A clue maybe? 'Cause I don't have one. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by BNC on Mar 26th, 2004, 11:29pm on 03/26/04 at 20:01:39, Cathos wrote:
big hint:[hide]How is the 'cent' positioned relative to the 'D'?[/hide]:: Quote:
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by rmsgrey on Mar 27th, 2004, 6:37am on 03/25/04 at 23:43:06, DeMark wrote:
That one really annoyed me - I guessed the intent of the riddle more or less immediately, but it took me another 10 minutes or so to get the intended answer because I got the wrong one of several possible answers to start with, so tried exploring other possible answers as well... For the record, my first attempt (also my friend's first attempt) was ::[hide]duck[/hide]:: which, I claim, is at least as valid an answer as the "correct" one. The aspirin one was one of the few I "cheated" on slightly - I looked up aspirin in a dictionary, noticed something, and leapt to the correct conclusion. Others I cheated on include the palindromic sequence and the WITNLIT_ sequence (both brute forced) and the one about "eradicating" problems, with first half an acronym related to sleep - I used a crossword solver to find all the words that started with the right letters and were the right length. I'm not entirely happy with that riddle anyway - "eradicate" means "(metaphorically) tear out by the roots" and the answer doesn't seem to quite fit that. The dark and fair sisters I used the hint from this thread, but should have got it much faster anyway - I have actually met the exact same riddle before... I can't remember actually cheating at any of the others, though I did use the hint for fire 6. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by snifit on Mar 27th, 2004, 9:50am Could I have a hint for Water 4? I just can't get my head around it. "When at parachuting school, how many jumps do you have to make to graduate?" |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by BNC on Mar 27th, 2004, 11:40am on 03/27/04 at 09:50:59, snifit wrote:
1. The actual number of jump is different between different countries / schools... 2. So think of the inverse question -- how many jumps do you have to miss so you won't graduate? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Mar 27th, 2004, 6:24pm Hey, yeah, I figured Fire 1 out at work, thanks for the hint anyway. I don't think it fits very well though. It seems that if you were going to use this train of though it should be[hide] cent-in-D[/hide]. On the same note I thought the BB? XBB? was pretty dumb. I got the answer almost immediately, and I can see how BB? fits, but what's the deal with XBB? Shouldn't it have been OBB? because in tic-tac-toe O's are called [hide]naughts[/hide]? Rant rant rant rant rant... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Sir Col on Mar 28th, 2004, 2:14am on 03/27/04 at 18:24:36, Cathos wrote:
Apparently Yoda wrote that rebus. When I contacted him, he had this to say: "Contrived? I think not. In the D the cent is. English proper you must learn." ;D |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by DeMark on Mar 28th, 2004, 2:36am Got insane with the GEGS rebus. Please post the answer. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by BNC on Mar 28th, 2004, 2:52am on 03/28/04 at 02:36:57, DeMark wrote:
DeMark, check your PM. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by DeMark on Mar 28th, 2004, 3:05am Okay... now stuck with this one: hirsute, algorithm, leotard, paltry, altruistic, betterment, establishment, theologian I thought about taking parts of the words ... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by rmsgrey on Mar 28th, 2004, 4:57am on 03/28/04 at 03:05:33, DeMark wrote:
This one reminded me of an old joke: Q: How many letters are there in the alphabet? A::[hide]11 - t,h,e, a,l,p,h,a,b,e and t[/hide]:: |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by DeMark on Mar 28th, 2004, 7:23am Yay! Now about to finish the sand trail. I am used to bat with, yet I never get a hit. I am near a ball, yet it is never thrown. What am I? Help? ::) |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by edensola on Mar 28th, 2004, 2:41pm Help me, please! I discovered the cnfsn site a while back and was stuck on the last metal for a long time. But I cannot get the BB in Fire. I've read the hints, etc. but still don't have it...what's the deal? Help! Lil |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by edensola on Mar 28th, 2004, 3:08pm on 03/28/04 at 07:23:13, DeMark wrote:
DeMark, This one instantly makes you think about sports...steer clear of it. I'd give you a hint, but in this format, I'm not sure how to make it invisible, since I can't change the color of my type. Help with that, anyone? Lil |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Mar 28th, 2004, 4:36pm Demark, maybe you have a pillow made of this, or a bed, or a quilt (comforter) on your bed. I looked in my dictionary, and got perje, pero, pale, skinuta, but really small ones. I think pale is the best choice. The bat and ball one is also a play on English words. The use of bat as a verb has some very different meanings. Think flutter, or wink. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Icarus on Mar 28th, 2004, 7:06pm on 03/28/04 at 15:08:39, edensola wrote:
You can hide text using the "hide" tags: [hide]this text will be hidden.[/hide] You can also change the color of your text: see the color selection window to the right of the YABBC tags display above the reply window. We used to hide text this way before William added the hide tags. It was problematic though, in that the two background colors are not standard ones in the window (you can specify other colors using # followed by a 6 digit hexadecimal number giving the RGB values), and you had to figure out which background your post would be shown with. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Mar 28th, 2004, 7:41pm Any of you riddle-meisters care to hint on the Fire6 (BB) rebus. I get the impression that I'm not going to like it once I find the answer. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by DeMark on Mar 29th, 2004, 9:20am Okay, now I'm really confused. Perje, pale, skinuta are totally different words. I have a pillow made of "perje", :D, but that is not the correct answer and I can't see what does it have to do with this riddle. Anyway, thanks for the hint.... I'll keep trying... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by edensola on Mar 29th, 2004, 11:13am on 03/28/04 at 19:06:07, Icarus wrote:
Icarus, TY! I::[hide]apreciate[/hide]:: it. ;) Lil |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Mar 29th, 2004, 4:09pm DeMark, sorry for all the different words. The stuff in your pillow might be called feathers (?perje?), but if they are really small feathers, then there is another special word in English, this word is the opposite of "up". That is why I thought "pale" was good, because I found it in the dictionary under both English words. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by edensola on Mar 29th, 2004, 5:31pm Yay! I finished the whole site! Although, I was pretty disappointed with how easy the very last Fire puzzle was. I was expecting something that would cause me to rack my brain for hours. Oh well... Lil |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Mar 29th, 2004, 6:37pm You guys are just gonna make me suffer, huh? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Mar 29th, 2004, 6:48pm Cathos, are you working on fire 6 or the BB rebus. Try describing the situation you are presented with in a single word. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Mar 29th, 2004, 8:36pm It was Fire 4, the BB. I misspoke. I got it too ;D I'm so proud of myself! Still don't like rebuses though... ... Ok, what's the deal with Fire 6. I don't even know what the question is. I got this from the source [hide]American actor Alicia Silverstone would be unable to get this one right. Why???[/hide] But that doesn't make sense to me - I'm not very familiar with her work. I've tried a bunch of stuff like answer, question, why_not, and ! So what's the question!? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Sir Col on Mar 29th, 2004, 11:13pm Which role is she perhaps best known for... ? "I have no idea!" "Don't ask me, how should I know?" "I know nothing!" "Will someone give me a..." That's all folks! ::) |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by rmsgrey on Mar 30th, 2004, 3:53am If you don't know her work, the Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/) has a useful search feature which turns up a list of 19 films as an actress, two of which she also produced, 10 film related appearances as herself and a further 27 notable TV guest spots... Each of these have links to further information. You may not find out all you could ever want to know about her from the site, but you should certainly be able to pick up enough to solve a hint that relies on "general" knowledge |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Mar 30th, 2004, 12:44pm Thanks for the message, Col, I didn't notice it until just now. You should be proud of me, though, I solved BB (somewhat) on my own. :D |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Aimee on Mar 30th, 2004, 2:58pm I cannot for the life of me figure out the one with the invisible every other card thing... 10 J Q K A It's not coming to me! Anyone wanna just tell me the answer, I would love you forever. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Mar 30th, 2004, 3:18pm There are no invisible cards. The answer has to do with the relation to "Jack" & "King" as opposed to the other cards. We have [hide] low ten-queen-ace, thus...[/hide] |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Mar 30th, 2004, 4:54pm There are invisible cards if you copy and paste them into a word document. But, you are not meant to do this. So, you can ignore the invisible ones. They are just used as place holders. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Mar 30th, 2004, 5:50pm :o Didnt' know that! I finally finished!! Yay!! Thank's for all the help |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Jen on Apr 1st, 2004, 12:29pm Omg. I have been stuck on the BB rebus for like 3 days. I asked everyone in school, and my SAT class instructor came up with 'befallen' which is pretty good, but it doesn't work. I am going insane with this wondering, I just want to finish this puzzle! lol, I never knew how stupid I was until I tried this confusion thing. So.. anyone very lovely out there wanna give me a gigantical hint? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Sir Col on Apr 1st, 2004, 12:36pm As the BB rebus is the most asked about question, and it has the most ridiculous answer (it simply doesn't fit!), the answer is... ::[hide] B L I N K [/hide]:: |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Jen on Apr 1st, 2004, 12:40pm That's such a dumb question! I cannot believe I spent so much time on it! But I love you forever for answering me, and quickly, because I think I might've died from anticip . . . . ation. lol random Rocky Horror reference there... bc I'm so happy with the answer! |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Steihl on Apr 7th, 2004, 12:48pm can someone explain the Led Horses one? It's seriously pissing me off haaha |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Apr 7th, 2004, 6:11pm You can lead a horse there, but you can't make him drink. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by DeMark on Apr 8th, 2004, 2:17am What about SOMEDAY animal? I solved the corona one easily, but this one got me stumped. This is cool! :D |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Apr 8th, 2004, 12:15pm This one is wicked. I've never even heard of it before this puzzle, and I had to use an anagram solver. Here's some hints: 1:[hide]It's a type of dog[/hide] 2:[hide]SAM____[/hide] If you really need it, here's the answer ::[hide]SAMOYED[/hide]:: |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by DeMark on Apr 9th, 2004, 1:48am Aaaah! ;D I didn't look at the answer. Thank you for the hints. Did you know we say it in the same way in Croatian? That's why I guessed so fast. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Apr 9th, 2004, 8:17pm I didn't even know it existed in English :o |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by DeMark on Apr 11th, 2004, 11:20am Neither did I. Umm... talking about "Surely all people deserving of Fire..." I saw some hints before but I didn't figure it out... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Apr 11th, 2004, 7:38pm Here's some more hints... :[hide]It's two words *****_***[/hide]: :[hide]Where did you see All and Nothing before?[/hide]: :[hide]All and Nothing were the answers to two previous riddles[/hide]: |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by dr2004 on Apr 14th, 2004, 12:52am I have tried some from crystal and some from leaf successfully. Hopefully will reach fire stage!! I am however stuck at crystal 7 and need a hint. It goes " Forwards it means 'tense'. Backwards, you need to eat all your vegetables before you get any. What word am I thinking of?" Has this something to do literally with reversing the word? Thought of many synonyms of 'tense' but no help there. Need hints. Thanks |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Apr 14th, 2004, 1:18am Well, what if your mother makes you dinner, so you have a lot of really nice food. But, if you do not eat your veggies, then she won't give you this. And, if your little brother eats all his veggies, then he might get yours too. So, he would get two _____________. Anyway, that is what the hint is talking about. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by dr2004 on Apr 14th, 2004, 6:13am tried helping/s, share, portion... doesn't help. is it because i am not from u.s. or europe and so am not aware of what one might expect after eating all veggies? Help.......... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by towr on Apr 14th, 2004, 6:47am another hint: they can be 'just' :P And usually that means you'd rather not get them.. (but you'd deserve to) Also, I often confuse it with a word which is sometimes applied to islands, or wastelands.. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by dr2004 on Apr 14th, 2004, 7:35am dessert? that gets me to sweet, candy, ??? What I want to know is that when he says "forwards, it means 'tense'" does he talk about the word and reversing it? like say "pqrs" becomes "srqp"? Or is he talking in time frame ? sorry guys but may be i am stupid i dont seem to get it or may be i am thinking of too many things that i should not be.... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by towr on Apr 14th, 2004, 7:39am on 04/14/04 at 07:35:52, dr2004 wrote:
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Rob on Apr 14th, 2004, 10:26am Water rebus (which I hate) "lov" Why isn't : [hide] love without end [/hide] : the answer? Any hints? ---------- Nevermind, figured it out. Same difference. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Sir Col on Apr 14th, 2004, 10:37am on 04/14/04 at 07:35:52, dr2004 wrote:
Tut, tut! always thinking about yourself. Try thinking of others and the answer should become clear. ;) You might have dessert, I might have dessert, so we'd both have ______ ? (it's not commonly used as a plural, but it is accepted) I know all this sounds "backwards", and the irony is that you're probably feeling more "forwards" at the moment. ;D |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Rob on Apr 14th, 2004, 11:50am on 03/24/04 at 22:15:48, Speaker wrote:
How in the heck did you figure that out? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Apr 14th, 2004, 5:11pm Well, I speak Japanese so I knew Sika/Shika, and I had recently read something about the ancestor of the domesticated cow, which became extinct about 1500 years ago, and was almost as big as an elephant. And the other animals are not that unusual. What were they, (ibis) and (oryx), and now I cannot remember the Asian Bovine... :-[ |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Apr 14th, 2004, 8:28pm Did you happen to read about the cow on the Straight Dope, Speaker? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Apr 14th, 2004, 9:15pm Yes. I wanted to quote it in my last post, but was too lazy to go look for it. The Straight Dope is great. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by jill y on Apr 15th, 2004, 7:32am stuck on leaf 5 (i think) camera cots $100 with case camera is $80 dollars more than case how much is case... HELP im SOOOOOO confused i thought it would be $20 ???? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by towr on Apr 15th, 2004, 7:44am The camera is $80 more than the case, so you have to split the difference.. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by dr2004 on Apr 15th, 2004, 10:03pm I got through crystal, leaf & sand (I am proceeding in order). I am now stuck at Water 4 the "When at parachuting school, how many jumps do you have to make to graduate?" It says its not a number... Cant think ofn answer. Tried 'none', 'single', double', 'triple' ... all wrong! Know nothing about parachuting garduation. Help please... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Apr 15th, 2004, 10:12pm Well, you are certainly on the correct track. So far your answers are All Wrong. You are lucky that this challenge lets you try again after you have failed. Some challenges are not so lenient, if you make one mistake it's over... For example... ;) |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by dr2004 on Apr 16th, 2004, 6:26am Thanks for the hint. It was right on target. So I move on to the next. Will disturb u again if I get stuck!!! Thanks again. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by jill_y on Apr 16th, 2004, 6:33am stuck on sand 5 i think. this all people want and are willing to fight for it but while fighting for it it is lost.. SOMEONE pleeeeassseee HELP so confused tried every answer possible ... cheers |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by dr2004 on Apr 16th, 2004, 7:01am Can anyone explain to me the answer of this Water "What grows up while growing down?" I admit I had read that one before and so knew the answer but I haven't been able to understand the reasoning. Any explanation is welcome, including any link directing me to it... ::) Thanks |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by evergreena3 on Apr 16th, 2004, 8:44am Jill, What do you want out of life, most of all? Do you want war? No? What do you want? Are you willing to fight for it? ~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr2004, You asked about: What grows up while growing down?" Here are two hints, the 2nd one hidden: 1) say the riddle outloud...slowly...pausing after each word. 2) [hide] the last word is a noun [/hide] Good luck! EverGreenA3 |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by jill_y on Apr 16th, 2004, 9:16am sorry i must be having a very dumb day cos i still aint got a clue, i want most outta life peace happiness for my kids another hint pleeesee thanks xx ??? :-* ??? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by jill_y on Apr 16th, 2004, 9:20am ahhh i got it.. cheers on with the next one ... youll probably be hearing from me soon Im usless at these things again cheers xx |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by evergreena3 on Apr 16th, 2004, 10:16am My qualifications: ;D EverGreenA3 |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by jill_y on Apr 20th, 2004, 1:03pm another rebus... for water 8 lov any ideas please send my way cheers... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Leon on Apr 20th, 2004, 1:16pm on 04/20/04 at 13:03:34, jill_y wrote:
Look back at page 5 of this thread for my post about that rebus. Good luck. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by jill_y on Apr 20th, 2004, 1:55pm sorry must be aving another dumb day,,, one of many. still no closer to the answer ... cheers :-/ |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by sweet4grease on Apr 26th, 2004, 6:14am ??? I'm sorry, I'm still confused about the animal puzzle. IBIS - IBEX - ORYX - SIKA - ZEBU I thought the answer was IBIS, it's the only bird and the rest are mammals, but it says I'm wrong, even using the words-bird-feathers-wings-biped, and a few others describing birds. Can anyone help me figure this out? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by towr on Apr 26th, 2004, 6:21am Ibis is the odd one out, but that's not what they asked for. If it was it would too easy to pass (just submit every name till you have the right one). If I recall correctly they asked for the characteristic which makes it the odd one out. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by sweet4grease on Apr 26th, 2004, 6:29am I still don't understand--- I put the word IBIS then an underscore (_) and characteristics of birds, but it won't accept any of them. Maybe I'm just having a dumb day? :-/ |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by towr on Apr 26th, 2004, 6:38am They main characteristic that sets the Ibis apart from the others is that it's a bird, and that should be the answer. It's one of the things that irks me about that site, even when you know what the (or an) answer is, it's sometimes difficult to find it how you need to submit it. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by sweet4grease on Apr 26th, 2004, 6:51am How is it supposed to be submitted? Please help! I've been stuck on this one for days. The rest were really easy comparitively. I wouldn't be adverse to an out-and-out spoiler at this point. What's the answer? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by towr on Apr 26th, 2004, 6:55am It should be just 'bird' |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by sweet4grease on Apr 26th, 2004, 6:57am thank you |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Three Hands on Apr 26th, 2004, 7:08am Jill_y - the suggestion given is close, just wants a variation on the idea... possibly a two-word version... |
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Title: Water 7 Post by Disoriented on Apr 27th, 2004, 3:03pm A few people have mentioned the dark and fair sisters who live in the towers giving them trouble, but nobody posted a solution yet. I finished all the categories 'cept water because of this stupid one. :'( |
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Title: Water 7 Post by Disoriented on Apr 27th, 2004, 3:09pm Never mind, I got it. Hint for those having trouble -- :: [hide]Think of what's on a dinner table [/hide] :: |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by evergreena3 on Apr 28th, 2004, 5:57am Disoriented (et al.), This may be just my thinking, and it could very well be wrong. I will leave it up to the Uberpuzzlers, in their lauded status, to judge. It is my impression that we are not SUPPOSED to post the answers to these riddles. That, in my mind, would take the fun completely out of thinking and solving these on our own. What we do post are hints, guides, and the like. If this is not the case, ::[hide] then why would we use hidden text in so many messages[/hide]::? Just a thought, EverGreenA3 |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by towr on Apr 28th, 2004, 6:14am True in general, but some riddles are nearly impossible unless you allready know the answer. And it's no fun being stuck for days on a riddle (which isn't that good to begin with) and having no hope at all of ever getting past it to the next. When it's clear that no amount of hints will help it's simply an act of mercy to give the answer.. Not to mention the fact that in some cases people do allready know the answer, but just can't find the right way to submit it. The puzzle should be finding the answer, not submitting it. ::) |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by rmsgrey on Apr 28th, 2004, 9:11am As an example of a dodgy answer, everyone I've asked the riddle to which the answer is "goose" has (almost) immediately come up with the answer "duck" - which to my mind is a better answer anyway. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on Apr 28th, 2004, 12:07pm Actually, my first answer to Goose/Duck was Icicle or stalagtite/stalagmite (whichever one goes up). Then I had an epiphany - "A Duck!" I exclaimed, but to no avail. Needless to say, with the hints I was able to solve it. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by evergreena3 on Apr 28th, 2004, 1:57pm on 04/28/04 at 12:07:12, Cathos wrote:
So, logically, is she weighs the same as a duck, then she's made of wood. And therefore.....a witch!!! |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Apr 29th, 2004, 7:58pm I asked a friend (he's from Oz) the goose joke, and he quickly replied "cygnet" which is correct but would not have been accepted. When I was a kid, a lot of people had jackets made from the goose stuff, so it seemed the best to me imho. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by rmsgrey on Apr 30th, 2004, 7:15am One of those little factoids I collect points to duck rather than goose (vaguely spoilerish since it could give away which question if you squint hard enough) ::[hide]An eiderdown takes its name from the down of the eider duck that was traditionally used to fill it. I think cheaper goose down may have replaced it later, but that's where the name came from originally[/hide]:: |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Three Hands on Apr 30th, 2004, 9:34am Grrr... now I've gone cross-eyed again!! |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by SMacKs on May 7th, 2004, 2:05pm Hello, Well I'm still stuck on Fire 5 I've tryed all sort of answers, after reading peoples hints, so is anyone who can help out this poor little British girl with just the solution? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Three Hands on May 7th, 2004, 3:17pm OK - to summarise the hints, who is deserving of fire? What must they do in order to deserve fire? Is this riddle self-referential? - OK, the answer to that one is yes - no spoilers there, since it has already been stated earlier on this thread. So, given you are "deserving of fire", where have you "visited" to "find All and Nothing" Further hint ::[hide]All and Nothing are answers you must have "found" earlier[/hide]:: Actual solution (if you're still stumped or just feeling lazy) ::[hide]water_way[/hide]:: Well, I guess that means you haven't got much more to do now SMacKs... good luck with the last one ;) |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by SMacKs on May 8th, 2004, 2:41am Thanks, I got the first bit correct but I must have put every other variant of the second bit in. But whats with the last puzzle? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by SMacKs on May 8th, 2004, 2:48am Whoops, Said that a little too soon. I agree with the others that was the lamest puzzle of the lot. And all we get from it is a naff graphic. Oh well anyone know of a similar site? Cheers all :-* |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by grimbal on May 18th, 2004, 7:58pm BB? XBB? ??? Stuck at Leaf 2 >:( |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on May 18th, 2004, 9:10pm Dont you just hate the rebuses? Have you ever read shakespeare? I believe this was a quote by [hide]Hamlet[/hide]. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Three Hands on May 19th, 2004, 3:47am Of course, the good rule of thumb when trying to solve rebuses (rebi??) is to just "say what you see", as the presenter of Catchphrase would put it. Sometimes saying them out loud can help you figure them out, rather than just staring at them for a long time... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by rmsgrey on May 19th, 2004, 3:57am My approach for tackling the rebuses when I didn't get them right away was to go and look at another "path" for a while and come back later. Often insight arrives when you stop consciously thinking about a problem. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by grimbal on May 19th, 2004, 7:06am on 05/18/04 at 21:10:25, Cathos wrote:
Shame on me... I even thought of that sentence, but discarded it.... Thanks anyway. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Plasma on May 22nd, 2004, 9:41pm I was doing fine until Metal 7 where i just hit a wall, fell down and died. A man came to the riverside, With a donkey bearing an obelisk, But he did not venture to ford the tide, For he had too good an *. Need to find the word where the asterix is. Any help greatly appreciated. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Plasma on May 22nd, 2004, 10:19pm Never mind. Got it anyway. Very dodgy. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by SMacKs on May 23rd, 2004, 1:17am Has anyone actually recieved a "hint" from the guy who did the site? I posted one or two before I (fortunatley) found this site. So far no response... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by DeMark on May 24th, 2004, 10:29am So did I, and I didn't receive the hint... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Guest on May 26th, 2004, 8:38pm I need a hint for the 10 J Q K A one, i'm lost. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on May 26th, 2004, 10:50pm Read the earlier posts is this thread, I'm pretty sure there are lots of hints. If you can't figure it out from that, let me tell you that you have a [hide]HIGH JACK and KING [/hide] |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Confused on May 27th, 2004, 2:08pm Is there some sort of trick to the palindrome fire question? I can't seem to figure it out. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by confused on May 27th, 2004, 2:11pm 6 - 9 - 2 - 4 - 1 - 8 - 11 Type in the smallest possible number, that, when added to the end of the list makes the list a palindrome. Use digit(s) instead of words, then hit the button. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Three Hands on May 27th, 2004, 4:26pm Think Roman... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on May 27th, 2004, 8:20pm I never understood that one. I got it by looking at the clues you guys wrote and making guesses. Would someone care to explain the process for me? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on May 27th, 2004, 8:54pm Well, without giving too much away.. Think about the different number systems. Binary, trinary etc. Arabic and of course.... Roman...... So, in which system is it palindromic? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Cathos on May 28th, 2004, 9:51pm Oh, I see. I was using [hide]VIII[/hide] Silly me. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by atticus on Jun 2nd, 2004, 9:40am Water Way 3: Below is a photograph of a particular organic, non-human 'thing'. Can you identify what this object is? (Not just the dark area, but the whole object) What the hell is it? Am I the only person who doesn't know this one? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by WombatDeath on Jun 2nd, 2004, 9:53am There's a clue [hide]in the name of the trail[/hide]. I thought that that question was a bit crap, to be honest. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by atticus on Jun 2nd, 2004, 10:11am Thanks, WombatDeath! |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by maggiepoo on Jun 20th, 2004, 3:25pm on 03/22/04 at 03:44:08, rmsgrey wrote:
jack and king are 'higher' |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by rmsgrey on Jun 21st, 2004, 9:01am Thanks, but I managed to get it a while back. One of my friends who I set onto the site gets high marks from me for getting the obscurer ones - he knew the answer to the "Someday" animalgram and managed to get the palindromic number almost immediately. On the other hand, he did get stuck on Metal 8 too - though my pet hint for that one ::[hide]there's a low ten, queen ace[/hide]:: seems to be about right. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by brainscan on Jun 23rd, 2004, 8:49am Anyone has a hint for the level with the question about the first 'E' in: T F S E T T F S E T T T T can't figure it out. shame on me. :( |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Three Hands on Jun 23rd, 2004, 10:12am Well, obviously we're looking at a sequence. Also the letters used are the initial letters of the words for the sequence. However, I'd have thought that even you might have reached that conclusion. All I'd ask is, who do we appreciate? ::) P.S. Suitably cryptic for you? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by evergreena3 on Jun 23rd, 2004, 11:33am Three-Hands, Your hint reminds me of when I was 8 years old and played soccer (football to everyone not in the US). We would always do the chant you referenced, then sing out the other team's name. LOL. Good times. Ah, memories. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by brainscan on Jun 24th, 2004, 3:16am Ah, now i got it. Thanks Three Hands for your help. I going for the fire now. :) |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by blah on Jun 29th, 2004, 3:30pm can anyone help me with the "Below is a photograph of a particular organic, non-human 'thing'. Can you identify what this object is? (Not just the dark area, but the whole object)" one? man this one has me stumped! >:( |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by evergreena3 on Jun 30th, 2004, 12:13pm Blah, If that is the one I am thinking of, then repeat after me: "Dive into the water, Melanie" the answer is within. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by rmsgrey on Jun 30th, 2004, 1:23pm Alternatively, there's a link to an alternative riddle on that page. Mind you I took a look at the riddle and went straight back to squinting at the picture... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Enigma on Jul 3rd, 2004, 12:47am I've been staring at the thing for like 40 minutes now and I still have no clue as to what I'm looking at. I can actually feel myself getting stupider as time drifts by. What am I not seeing that everyone else seems to have picked up on so easily? The hints that is has something to do with water haven't helped me at all. Getting annoyed. I was flawless up to this point. I skipped ahead and did all the metals, but I can't go on until I can get the water key. Damn I hate that picture. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by WombatDeath on Jul 3rd, 2004, 6:23am on 07/03/04 at 00:47:04, Enigma wrote:
I can relate to that. The answer is [hide]watermelon[/hide]. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Enigma on Jul 3rd, 2004, 9:40am sigh... Thanks a lot. Pride aside, I wasn't even thinking anywhere near that. Probably would have taken me a long time before my thoughts drifted in that direction. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Guest on Jul 23rd, 2004, 2:04pm Even with the hint I have found here, I'm stuck on Metal 4. aspirin -- cellophane -- escalator -- yo-yo -- pogo stick -- thermos -- zipper I've been working at it for quite a while now, and still have had no luck. Any chance I could get another hint/answer? This one is going to drive me insane. ??? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Sir Col on Jul 23rd, 2004, 3:54pm I can't remember for certain, but... The answer doesn't come naturally. Man, I made this hard for you! ;) |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Leon on Jul 23rd, 2004, 5:35pm on 07/23/04 at 14:04:25, Guest wrote:
I used to have the answers, but I gave them to a friend and forgot to Xerox it first. Why do we call photocopies Xerox's anyway? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Sir Col on Jul 24th, 2004, 4:03am Of course! I made an error with my hint. If it didn't make such a mess of my display, I'd go back and "Tippex/Wite-Out" it. Nice hint, Leon. 8) |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by evergreena3 on Aug 2nd, 2004, 10:58am And afterwords, we'll have a coke. >achoo!< Bless you. Want a Kleenex? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by rmsgrey on Aug 2nd, 2004, 12:00pm Just don't drop bits of your Kleenex all over the place, or I'll have to Hoover them up... If you're really still stuck, then you could try investigating the etymology of the words listed - that's what I did (well, after looking up the first two on www.dictionary.com, the answer hit me) of you could just try all 676 possible answers... lets see, say 10 seconds each, that's around 2 hours... maybe not :-/ |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Leon on Aug 2nd, 2004, 1:55pm on 03/22/04 at 21:07:47, Cathos wrote:
I think ewe are barking up the wrong tree with that (or would that be baaaing up the wrong tree?) Rebuses are a big stinking.....sorry, don't want to be to explicit...I'll just leave that statement nice and [i]vague[/]. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by evergreena3 on Aug 19th, 2004, 7:14am This is the forum that never ends... yes it goes on and on, my friends... some people started posting to it, not knowing what it was... and they'll continue posting here forever just because... This is the forum that never ends... yes it goes on and on, my friends... some people started posting to it, not knowing what it was... and they'll continue posting here forever just because... This is the forum that never ends... yes it goes on and on, my friends... some people started posting to it, not knowing what it was... and they'll continue posting here forever just because... This is the forum that never ends... yes it goes on and on, my friends... some people started posting to it, not knowing what it was... and they'll continue posting here forever just because... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Aug 19th, 2004, 6:39pm |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by rmsgrey on Aug 20th, 2004, 11:06am But this is the only undying thread left: 0.999... has been pretty forcefully squashed, and people seem to have finally got the idea that the 100 prisoners (and their lightbulb) aren't interested in breaking the bulb, or any of the other "clever" solutions. OK, so every so often an old thread will get dusted off, but there's nothing else that looks like going critical in that way... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Three Hands on Aug 21st, 2004, 12:33pm cough *Sandman duel in General* cough (OK, this would probably work better if I knew how to link it, but I think you get the idea...::) ) |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Dny on Aug 26th, 2004, 8:30pm Can someone please help me on this one, or even better, the answer. ;D I eradicate problems. My first half, when capitalized, is an acronym related to sleep. What am I? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Aug 26th, 2004, 9:09pm Well, try just answering the first part. What gets rid of problems? Well, many things get rid of a problem, but what gets rid of all problems, or any problem. Then, if you can find a word that fits that, take a look in a Thesaurus. When you have your thesaurus out, find the word whose first half is an acronym, that might be the hard part. But, if you find the answer to the first part, then maybe you do not need the second part. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by dny on Aug 26th, 2004, 9:38pm Ahh, the only thing that I can come close to is for the sleeping acronym, and I think of RIP, which is probably wrong, can someone please give me the answer, I would be really thankful.. I'm almost about to sleep... and I don't know if I can fall asleep with this friggin riddle. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Aug 26th, 2004, 9:44pm Did you try to just answer the first part. Forget about the acronym for now. Just to get you started what cures a problem? A cure. or a ...... you try. And, Rest in Peace is for when all your problems are solved. You're dead. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Noke Lieu on Aug 26th, 2004, 11:15pm on 08/20/04 at 11:06:05, rmsgrey wrote:
Hang on. Have you trawled through the old ones recently? There is a myriad of KenYonRuKu's waiting to be answered. Admitedly, it looks like its going to be an age before his return. I have to squash quite a few of my own because noone posts, because noone understands them? or because... nah- noone understands them. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by WombatDeath on Aug 27th, 2004, 6:13am on 08/26/04 at 21:38:30, dny wrote:
It's the end of the world as we know it! Am I losing my religion? Who cares; I'm going dancing with the rest of you shiny happy people. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by rmsgrey on Aug 27th, 2004, 6:27am The "undying" threads were ones where most of the posts (could have) started "I haven't read the rest of the thread, but...", usually followed by something last mentioned in the past 5 posts at most, occasionally, just for variety, something mentioned on the first page instead. Threads that keep going, on target and with minimal repetition, pretty much inevitably come to a halt at some point. As to the eradication, I solved it by coming up with the acronym, then (eventually) resorting to a crossword solver to find all possible 6-letter words starting with those three. The acronym is also associated with popular music and BASIC comments, though not necessarily as an acronym. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Dny on Aug 27th, 2004, 9:21pm Can someone please give me the answer to this friggin Rebus. UPLATM Or give me a big clue.. I am tired of this, it's driving me crazy. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by dny on Aug 27th, 2004, 9:28pm Ahhhhh I finally got it.. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Dny on Aug 27th, 2004, 9:47pm Great... just another one to steer me away from the finish line of Sand. What do the three phrases below have in common? Led horses Duck's posterior Fish out Please ... anyone?? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by EZ_Lonny on Aug 30th, 2004, 8:37am They all have something to do with animals? :P |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Aug 30th, 2004, 5:35pm Not animals. They are all part of sayings. The first one means that even if you try to help someone, they actually have to help themself. The second one might mean that nothing bothers me, or it might mean an absolutely certainty, depending on how you define posterior..... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by grandpa on Aug 30th, 2004, 11:18pm Why stop with the second, Speaker? Are you out of your element with the third? ;D |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Noke Lieu on Aug 30th, 2004, 11:33pm maybe Speaker didn't want to dilute the problem Or reveal the solution. Maybe he just dried up. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Dny on Aug 31st, 2004, 2:55pm Is there a 'big' clue for metal 8 besides it's a high jack, king, low ten, queen ace? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Dny on Aug 31st, 2004, 3:27pm Ahhhh ;D Can't believed I solved metal 8 all by myself. gosh I'm proud ;D ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Aug 31st, 2004, 6:51pm The third, really these piscatory riddles are just not my cup of tea. I was just hoping that by giving two examples, people would, you know, jump in at the deep end and give it a try. Because, it is either sink or swim in the world of riddling. Of course its all over the bridge, or is that under the dam (do I sound like I am repeating myself....). dny, you must have gotten the answer by looking at your own post. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Dny on Aug 31st, 2004, 8:31pm Hahah yeah, at first I kept thinking of JumpingJacks, but yeah.. Am I the only one having trouble with the last Fire riddle? I can't drive yet, so I don't know what's on a road map. Any clues? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Speaker on Sep 1st, 2004, 1:05am That one gave me trouble too. Not because I did not driver, but because I did not understand computers and how to look at reSOURCEful code of a site. Which if you do you get a big clue. So, left click.... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Dny on Sep 1st, 2004, 3:11pm Thanks Speaker ;D, the riddle was quite easy, but finding it was the hard part :-/ Now to continue my adventure in finding more riddles... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by emshi on Sep 4th, 2004, 6:51am still haven't figured out what is the "correct" answer to "LOV" j;kjfdah kept trying different variations that don't work! |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by joess on Sep 4th, 2004, 7:29am okay i figured out the "w W o O o L l F" one but i can't find the right words to use any help here would be hot |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Three Hands on Sep 5th, 2004, 1:15pm Joess: What do you think the answer is? And have you remembered to use _ instead of spaces in the phrase? Emshi: what word do you think LOV could be alluding to. what is it missing (and not just in terms of letters). I do hope it doesn't take you forever to work this one out... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Frenchy on Dec 22nd, 2004, 4:26pm on 08/27/04 at 21:47:14, Dny wrote:
too water.. i think but what is the answer to I eradicate problems. My first half, when capitalized, is an acronym related to sleep. What am I? am tired and i want this key so help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Grimbal on Dec 23rd, 2004, 2:01am REM = Rapid Eye Movements The remaining 3 letters are up to you. REMxxx. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by TenaliRaman on Dec 23rd, 2004, 2:06am on 12/22/04 at 16:26:33, Frenchy wrote:
Do u know what is Rapid Eye Movement? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Dec 23rd, 2004, 6:00am Quote:
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Padzok on Jan 3rd, 2005, 2:00pm I finished (yay for me), but I 'm still puzzled about one of them. What is the next letter in this sequence? W - I - T - N - L - I - T The answer is "[hide]S[/hide]". But I found that by random guessing. What is the reason for its being right? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Grimbal on Jan 3rd, 2005, 2:07pm Really, this is one to slap your forehead over and over. Find a 8 words sentence where the words start with W, I, T, ... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Padzok on Jan 3rd, 2005, 2:23pm D'Oh! *slaps forehead* |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by datblygu on Jan 4th, 2005, 2:48pm ive been trying for about a half hour to get into the fire path. i have all the codes, but either i have to do something to the numbers [tried adding them] or my computer is too twp to run the script.. please help |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Padzok on Jan 4th, 2005, 3:27pm You just need to tap them in the keypad. Use your mouse and click on the keypad and the digit should appear on the line below it. I think it tells you what order to do them in; no spaces. Good Luck! |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by lilcutechick77 on Jan 18th, 2005, 9:51am I am so clueless on metal 6. I think i know what it is but I have no clue how to word it I've tried all the ways I can think of. any hints on how to word it?? [smiley=frakcl.gif] [smiley=frakci.gif] [smiley=frakcl.gif] [smiley=frakcc.gif] [smiley=frakcu.gif] [smiley=frakct.gif] [smiley=frakce.gif] [smiley=frakcc.gif] [smiley=frakch.gif] [smiley=frakci.gif] [smiley=frakcc.gif] [smiley=frakck.gif] |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by towr on Jan 18th, 2005, 12:40pm Could you repeat the puzzle here? Because it's been a while since I solved those puzzles, and I haven't memorized them.. |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by Padzok on Jan 18th, 2005, 4:02pm w W o O o L l F the answer is diguised, but you should be able to see thru it; it's a common phrase in the UK, and I assume in Aus too (which is where the puzzler's from)... |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by fireberd350 on Jan 31st, 2005, 7:21pm Metal 6: w W o O o L l F What the hell is it?!?!?!?? It's driving me crazy!!!!! I've tried ever variation of "A wolf in sheep's clothing" possible...please help me before I go insane! on 03/22/04 at 01:05:47, BNC wrote:
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by towr on Feb 1st, 2005, 12:38am on 01/31/05 at 19:21:05, fireberd350 wrote:
Doesn't it say somewhere how you're supposed to enter the answer? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by fireberd350 on Feb 1st, 2005, 9:47am a_wolf_in_sheep's_clothes a_wolf_in_sheep's_clothes. a_wolf_in_sheep's_clothing a_wolf_in_sheep's_clothing. a_wolf_in_sheeps_clothes a_wolf_in_sheeps_clothing a_wolf_in_sheeps_clothes. a_wolf_in_sheeps_clothing. And I tried all of the above with a uppercase A as well.... What am I missing??!?!!?? |
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Title: Re: Entertaining 'puzzle challenge' site Post by towr on Feb 1st, 2005, 10:33am You might also want to try without the 'a' at the front, so just 'wolf_in_sheeps_clothing' |
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