I know a thousand faces, and count the tailed heads, feasting bright upon the eyes, of many who have died. Wielding well a mighty power, who hath but humble stature.
What am I?
I'm posting one puzzle, riddle, math, or statistical problem a day. Try to answer each one and post your answers in the comments section. I'll post the answer the next day. Even if you have the same answer as someone else, feel free to put up your answer, too!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Riddle Without Weapons
I defend without weapons, stand without legs, wound without force, and am harder to fight than to kill. What am I?
Monday, March 28, 2011
Keys Made by Jake
- None of the five has the same first and last initial.
- The first customer duplicated a key to her boat and the fifth duplicated her car key.
- Sam was Jake's customer before John, but not just before.
- One customer, not John, duplicated a house key.
- Smith is not the one who got a key to a garage duplicated.
- Susan got a copy of her office key made.
- Mills got a key after the one who got a garage key made.
- Larkin isn't the one who got an office key.
In no particular order:
Order: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
First Name: Sam, John, Susan, Mary, Linda
Last Name: Jones, Silkwood, Smith, Mills, Larkin
Type of Key: Boat, Car, House, Garage, Office
Friday, March 25, 2011
A Plumber, a Carpenter and an Electrician Walk Into a Bar
A plumber, a carpenter, and an electrician applied for jobs with a famous construction firm. From the information given below can you identify each worker's full name, job, and age?
1.
Names: Federer, Nadal, Agassi.
Surnames: Tim, John, Bjorn.
Ages: 25, 30, 35 (but not respectively).
2. Tim, the electrician, is older than Federer.
3. Nadal is the carpenter.
4. The plumber is 30 years old.
5. The youngest worker of the three is not called Bjorn.
1.
Names: Federer, Nadal, Agassi.
Surnames: Tim, John, Bjorn.
Ages: 25, 30, 35 (but not respectively).
2. Tim, the electrician, is older than Federer.
3. Nadal is the carpenter.
4. The plumber is 30 years old.
5. The youngest worker of the three is not called Bjorn.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Lady or the Tiger
The king explained to the prisoner that in Room 1, if a lady is in it, then the sign on the door is true. But if a tiger is in it, the sign is false. In the Room II, the situation is the opposite: a lady in the room means the sign on the door is false, and a tiger in the room means the sign is true. It is possible that both rooms contain ladies or both rooms contain tigers, or that one room contains a lady and the other a tiger.
Room 1 Sign: Both rooms contain ladies
Room 2 Sign: Both rooms contain ladies
Pointing to the signs, the king asked the prisoner which room did he wish to choose?
This puzzle comes from the Lady or the Tiger
Room 1 Sign: Both rooms contain ladies
Room 2 Sign: Both rooms contain ladies
Pointing to the signs, the king asked the prisoner which room did he wish to choose?
This puzzle comes from the Lady or the Tiger
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Dancing Partners
Can you determine who danced with whom and which dance they each enjoyed?
Monday, March 21, 2011
Which Spy Did the Deed
- First Name - Surname - Code Name
1. Nick - Hing - Hadenov
2. Choo - Anfit - Fingsarov
3. Hans - Errs - Nodapov
4. Baz - Teale - Tikelikov
At the Spy-of-the-Year competition, the results had just been announced. The problem was, someone had tampered with the paper they were written on, altering the order, so that although each item was in the correct column, only one item in each column was correctly positioned. The judges could only remember the following facts about the correct order.
1) Hing was not second
2) Nodapov was one place above Teale
3) Neither Fingsarov nor Nodapov was first
4) Hing was one place below Nick
5) Neither Hans nor Nick were third.
1. Nick - Hing - Hadenov
2. Choo - Anfit - Fingsarov
3. Hans - Errs - Nodapov
4. Baz - Teale - Tikelikov
At the Spy-of-the-Year competition, the results had just been announced. The problem was, someone had tampered with the paper they were written on, altering the order, so that although each item was in the correct column, only one item in each column was correctly positioned. The judges could only remember the following facts about the correct order.
1) Hing was not second
2) Nodapov was one place above Teale
3) Neither Fingsarov nor Nodapov was first
4) Hing was one place below Nick
5) Neither Hans nor Nick were third.
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