Tricky Puzzles

Nobody · Post by **Nobody** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:13 pm

Sorry, no.

Silence HAS been broken by people, and I don't think that the beginning of time was nessecarily loud.

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:27 pm

Well in that case...

The word "broken"? It's a past tense of break, and it always has been so. I think. (I'm willing to bet this is wrong however

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Nobody · Post by **Nobody** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:15 pm

Stop second guessing yourself, you always do when you're right.

Your turn...

dlcs18 · Post by **dlcs18** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:35 pm

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:56 pm

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm... I don't have a good puzzle at this point in time, so if Dlcs has one, he can go.

Nobody · Post by **Nobody** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:20 pm

dlcs18 wrote:I think I know the answer!

Is it...

the world?

My post saying Qloof was right was twenty minutes before yours.

ben-09 · Post by **ben-09** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 6:19 am

Am I allowed to say one?

here is one that is quite easy:

Turn these three matches into 6 matches. You can not break the matches.

l l l

Muzozavr · Post by **Muzozavr** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:02 pm

A proper wording would be "there are three matches, turn them into six", because a roman numeral VI doesn't mean there are six MATCHES which is what your (probably faulty) wording implies.

Nonetheless, I still hold that most likely the solution is to arrange them in the roman numeral VI.

ben-09 · Post by **ben-09** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:16 pm

yes, I did word that wrongly. You were right.

Muzozavr · Post by **Muzozavr** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:24 pm

This one is very hard, so if you figure it out, major kudos to you. (I figured it out only after a long time btw)

If no one manages to figure it out in a few days, I'll just post the answer and we'll move on to the next one, OK?

You have five toggling buttons (no relation to Wonderland!) arranged in a row like this:

12345

Each time you toggle one of them to "on" the next two buttons will also toggle themselves to the other state. If you toggle button 2, it also toggles buttons 3 and 4.

If you toggle (for instance) button 4, it "wraps around", and toggles buttons 5 and 1.

One additional problem is that you can only toggle buttons that are currently off. If a button is on, you cannot directly toggle it, and must manipulate other buttons to toggle it back off.

At the beginning, all five buttons are off. Under these rules, find a sequence that toggles ALL of them on.

Additional mad props to you if you can figure out a way to do it in just five presses.

Blast!10 · Post by **Blast!10** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:37 pm

Is it in any way like Panderling 234?

If so, it might be easy for me. I don't know, but I'll see.

Muzozavr · Post by **Muzozavr** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:45 pm

A bit yes, in that buttons activate/deactivate other buttons.

Problem is, I have no idea what the goal actually IS in Panderling 234, so I can't judge that.

Blast!10 · Post by **Blast!10** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 2:21 pm

Found one very long solution so far,

3, 1, 3, 5, 1, 3, 5, 1, 3, 5, 1, 4, 3, 1, 2.

Going to go find more now.

If this is enough, though, I can try to find a puzzle.

EDIT: Found a 7-step solution:

2125423

Muzozavr · Post by **Muzozavr** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 2:49 pm

Since I didn't require finding a 5-step solution (the shortest one AFAIK) you may post the next puzzle... or try and find a 5-step solution if you want to.

Blast!10 · Post by **Blast!10** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:49 pm

Theer are two mistaeks in this sentenke.

How many mistakes are there in the above sentence?

Also: 5-step solution = 32451. Yay.

bround · Post by **bround** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:54 pm

Blast!10 wrote:Theer are two mistaeks in this sentenke.

How many mistakes are there in the above sentence?

Also: 5-step solution = 32451. Yay.

4 problems.

[color=#******]Tell me the secret word here [/color]

dlcs18 · Post by **dlcs18** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:54 pm

nvm... bround posted first

speegled · Post by **speegled** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:53 am

bround wrote:
Blast!10 wrote:Theer are two mistaeks in this sentenke.

How many mistakes are there in the above sentence?

Also: 5-step solution = 32451. Yay.
4 problems.

[color=#******]Tell me the secret word here [/color]

The secret word here?

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:59 am

I think the stars in the color tag were an attempt at censoring the secret word. Unfortunately, that didn't seem to work well.

speegled · Post by **speegled** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:14 am

speegled wrote:
bround wrote:
Blast!10 wrote:Theer are two mistaeks in this sentenke.

How many mistakes are there in the above sentence?

Also: 5-step solution = 32451. Yay.
4 problems.

[color=#orange]Tell me the secret word here [/color]
The secret word here?

peegman · Post by **peegman** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:49 am

bround wrote:
Blast!10 wrote:Theer are two mistaeks in this sentenke.

How many mistakes are there in the above sentence?

Also: 5-step solution = 32451. Yay.
4 problems.

[color=#******]Tell me the secret word here [/color]

FF4000
Is that the answer?

Nobody · Post by **Nobody** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:55 pm

This is a failure lol.

However, I guess beef.

That's right, beef.

Muzozavr · Post by **Muzozavr** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:17 am

Maybe we're supposed to take it literally, as in the secret word "here".

So, "here".

lynx204 · Post by **lynx204** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 1:11 pm

Or find a hidden word.....

I found 'these.'

Sammy_Bro · Post by **Sammy_Bro** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:15 pm

Muzozavr wrote:Did you know that Pacman goes berserk at level 256?

Its also known as the split-screen.

Muzozavr · Post by **Muzozavr** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:33 pm

It is. It has many names really. A glitch so bizarre, it needs to have more than just one name!

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I've just seen the other post about you having a fever -- get well soon!

Fevers are bad.

Sammy_Bro · Post by **Sammy_Bro** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:52 pm

I got a hard one.

TOM SWIFTY

Unscramble the letters in each word below, then unscramble the order of words to create a Tom Swifty sentence. (Tom always speaks adverbially.)

LBWE TUO DEIYLGHDETL LAL I HET DLENCAS ISDA TMO

Have fun...

(You can get hints.

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Nobody · Post by **Nobody** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 12:50 am

Get Well Soon! Hey, that gives me an idea for wefight... *shot*

Muzozavr · Post by **Muzozavr** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:16 am

Sammy_Bro wrote:I got a hard one.

TOM SWIFTY

Unscramble the letters in each word below, then unscramble the order of words to create a Tom Swifty sentence. (Tom always speaks adverbially.)

LBWE TUO DEIYLGHDETL LAL I HET DLENCAS ISDA TMO

Have fun...

(You can get hints. )

It's not that hard to unscramble the words themselves, but somehow I can't understand what do you mean by a "Tom Swifty" sentence. Maybe it's because I woke up five minutes ago.

I SAID: TOM DELIGHTEDLY BLEW OUT ALL THE CANDLES

Is this word order OK?

Sammy_Bro · Post by **Sammy_Bro** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:40 pm

ANSWER: "I blew out all the candles," said Tom delightedly.

Close.