Tricky Puzzles - Topic 3

StinkerSquad01 · Post by **StinkerSquad01** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 3:40 am

No, it's not. Hint: it's not 1.

As for your puzzle, the answer is obviously that one of the queens is actually a queen bee.

Wonderland King · Post by **Wonderland King** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 3:46 am

StinkerSquad01 wrote:
Wonderland King wrote:I REALLY want to know the answer. Can I at least have a little hint?
Okay, here's a hint: it's not 1

Are you sure? My guesses now are that it's 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, etc. but for some reason, none of those feel right.

And Jutomi, you really have me stumped.

EDIT: SS01 posted as I was writing this post. I think he's right.

samuelthx · Post by **samuelthx** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 3:53 am

THE ANSWER IS 2. Mind boggling!!!

Sorry, I couldn't resist becoming Captain Obvious
But seriously, Jutomi, if the queens are of different colours, does it mean white can't capture white etc?

Jutomi · Post by **Jutomi** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 3:55 am

samuelthx wrote:But seriously, Jutomi, if the queens are of different colours, does it mean white can't capture white etc?

They probably could, but I decided to splatter paint all over them at the last minute any how before delivering them to the person playing this silly match.

Krishiv738 · Post by **Krishiv738** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 6:59 am

Now this is a solution to my puzzle:The man waits till the night and then goes through first door with magnifying glass.The magnifying glass used suns heat,at night there is only moon,So the room will cool down and there will be not danger there.

yot yot5 · Post by **yot yot5** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 10:11 am

Jutomi wrote:Yay! I made a somewhat tricky one!

Or an unfair one. Can you PM me the answer, just so I can see if it makes sense or not?

samuelthx · Post by **samuelthx** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 1:04 pm

Jutomi wrote:Want a hint?

I must say that I'm quite stumped by this. Can you give me a hint? Are there perhaps 2 teams of queens, and each team's queen cannot attack one of its own (eg a black queen cannot eliminate other black queens, with this rule also applying to white)

EDIT: Or what if it's a play on words, and 1 queen is not on the chessboard?

Jutomi · Post by **Jutomi** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 5:09 pm

Well, you could work off of that, if you like.

Sammy_P · Post by **Sammy_P** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:06 pm

yot yot5 wrote:
Jutomi wrote:Yay! I made a somewhat tricky one!
Or an unfair one.

YOU DON'T SAY

samuelthx · Post by **samuelthx** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 11:11 am

Jutomi wrote:Well, you could work off of that, if you like.

Which one? The 2 teams or the word play?

yot yot5 · Post by **yot yot5** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 12:08 pm

Sammy_P wrote:
yot yot5 wrote:
Jutomi wrote:Yay! I made a somewhat tricky one!
Or an unfair one.
YOU DON'T SAY

That adventure wasn't unfair... it was just difficult.

Jutomi · Post by **Jutomi** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 3:35 pm

You could work off of either one...
but the word of play may make you a fair bit ahead in this situation.

samuelthx · Post by **samuelthx** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 4:00 pm

Jutomi wrote:I have an other double post...

but I've been looking through some(all) of the old posts on this topic..,
I think I am addicted to this thread.
when I noticed that there was this 8 queens on an 8x8 chess board thang.

Well, you know how to do that.
What if you had nine queens in a game of chess that could not eliminate an other queen without cheating?

And, nope, there are no other pieces on the board.

feel free to use the quote button to use this as a chess board!

o o o o o o o o
o o o o o o o o
o o o o o o o o
o o o o o o o o
o o o o o o o o
o o o o o o o o
o o o o o o o o
o o o o o o o o

Please use some obviously different looking thing for the queens - I'd recommend either using "X", "Ø", or "¶".

Ok. This is my attempt at solving this puzzle.
1. Jutomi only said that there were nine queens in a game of chess. He did not say that all the queens had to be on the chessboard. So my first guess is that there are 8 queens on the board, and the 9th queen is off the board, in which the solution with 8 queens would follow (I don't think I have to copy it here, everyone knows?), with the last queen off the board.
2. What if there are 2 teams, where a queen from each team cannot attack its own? (If this is the case, then the placement could be haphazard:
B o o o o o o o
o o W o o o o o
o o o o o o B o
o B o o o B o o
o o o o B o o o
o o W o o o o o
o o o W o o o o
o o W o o o o o

B cannot attack B, and W cannot attack W. This solution, however, alters the puzzle, so I think that the first one is more likely.

Jutomi · Post by **Jutomi** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 4:07 pm

Well, I did mention that I splattered them all with paint.

Though, I suppose it was my fault for not implying that in the first place...

As for the "off the board" thing, you're pretty close!

However, could you tell me how this queen could be off of the board, and yet still in the game?

Wonderland King · Post by **Wonderland King** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 4:15 pm

IT GOT CAPTURED?

samuelthx · Post by **samuelthx** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 4:17 pm

Jutomi wrote:Well, I did mention that I splattered them all with paint.

Though, I suppose it was my fault for not implying that in the first place...

As for the "off the board" thing, you're pretty close!

However, could you tell me how this queen could be off of the board, and yet still in the game?

The off the board one was because "in the game" meant that 9 queens exist in this puzzle. The queens could have be captured/eliminated previously, or simply not put on the chessboard.

Jutomi · Post by **Jutomi** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 6:17 pm

I don't know, to me it sounds like they were knocked out of the game at that point, or never joined the game to begin with.

Though, at least you could say they were all in one game...

So, those are great answers; but what about the "I don't believe you could have 10+ queens" part?

I could see that if you had some sort of newfangled invention, you could potentially have more queens, but I highly doubt that it's possible as of the time of this posting.

Emerald141 · Post by **Emerald141** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 6:42 pm

yot yot5 · Post by **yot yot5** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 7:21 pm

Emerald141 wrote:Just post the answer to the question, please, so we can see if the riddle was unfair or badly designed. It's obvious we're never going to get it at this point.

It's not unfair. I've got the answer.

Sammy_P · Post by **Sammy_P** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:00 pm

yot yot5 wrote:
Emerald141 wrote:Just post the answer to the question, please, so we can see if the riddle was unfair or badly designed. It's obvious we're never going to get it at this point.
It's not unfair. I've got the answer.

that's easy for you to say

yot yot5 · Post by **yot yot5** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:03 pm

Sammy_P wrote:
yot yot5 wrote:
Emerald141 wrote:Just post the answer to the question, please, so we can see if the riddle was unfair or badly designed. It's obvious we're never going to get it at this point.
It's not unfair. I've got the answer.
that's easy for you to say

think about the definition of the queens. maybe it, like, changes between the 9 queens.

Wonderland King · Post by **Wonderland King** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:23 pm

Queen bees, actual queens, chess queens, etc. could ALL be on the board.

Jutomi · Post by **Jutomi** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:37 pm

Well, I wouldn't say that queen bees would really actually be in a game of chess.

At least, not in this current day and age.

But you guys are like inches away from the mile-long answer.

StinkerSquad01 · Post by **StinkerSquad01** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:37 pm

yot yot5 wrote:
Emerald141 wrote:Just post the answer to the question, please, so we can see if the riddle was unfair or badly designed. It's obvious we're never going to get it at this point.
It's not unfair. I've got the answer.

Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations!

Jutomi wrote:But you guys are like inches away from the mile-long answer.

So we have another mile to go? Figures.

Jutomi · Post by **Jutomi** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:38 pm

I just read "Congradulations" and then "MAKE IT STOP!"

Edit: No, I mean, you guys went the other 5279 ft 7 in. You've got like five inches to go.

StinkerSquad01 · Post by **StinkerSquad01** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:47 pm

Jutomi wrote:I just read "Congradulations" and then "MAKE IT STOP!"

...good.

Wonderland King · Post by **Wonderland King** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 10:25 pm

Actual queens are the ones PLAYING chess?

Jutomi · Post by **Jutomi** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 11:15 pm

Yes!!!

Well, one queen.
Technically, 2+ queens couldn't be playing chess with each other because if they got mad during the game, they could pretty much terminate each other.

But yes, you win!

StinkerSquad01 · Post by **StinkerSquad01** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 11:28 pm

Wuh... that's seriously the answer? ...figures again.

Jutomi wrote:Technically, 2+ queens couldn't be playing chess with each other because if they got mad during the game, they could pretty much terminate each other.

Eh?

Jutomi · Post by **Jutomi** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 12:45 am

You know, like one queen human would throw a rock at an other queen human, and she'd be unconscious.

If she's unconscious for the rest of her life, she's out of the game.