Questions tagged [knowledge]
A puzzle whose solution relies on external sources such as tables, dictionaries, Wikipedia, or specifics that may not be common knowledge.
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Identify me through my hobbies [closed]
Rule: I will be posting one hobby per day (in no particular order)(was that a hint?) until the riddle is found.
The riddle's answer is the name of either the real human or their persona.
I ...
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1answer
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A very strange character
My mouth can kill, but my eyes can only damage.
Religious people turn into atheists because of the offhand positions my golf ball is in.
I conceal what I wish to, as small people tend to do.
I'm an ...
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6answers
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I am enclosed by rock and ice - What am I?
I am completely enclosed by rock and ice. I see no light of day. No human has ever been here, but if you could come here then you wouldn't know what time of day it is. What am I?
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How to load balls on conveyor belt? [closed]
A conveyor belt that carries one ball in each of its fixed size slot has to be mechanically loaded from a crate full of balls.
The balls are different in size but no ball is greater than the size of ...
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votes
1answer
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It is a very big state: Says Grandpa
"Wow, this is a very big country, our USA" Said Grandpa. He was looking at the USA map.
"Everyone knows that" My two cents.
"Did you know that California is twice as big as Nebraska?"
"Could ...
12
votes
1answer
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White to mate in 2
This is a cryptic crossword puzzle. Clues are normal, however some entries clash with one another. Each such clash is resolved by adding the clashing letters using the standard A1-Z26 numerology, ...
15
votes
7answers
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ma(c + n + s) =?
This is an original puzzle. It may require some specific knowledge, but nothing that can't be easily acquired.
ma(c + n + s) = ?
To steer you in the right direction, there are no acronyms involved....
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2answers
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Memorial mnemonic - January 15
According to Wikipedia a mnemonic is "any learning technique that aids remembering".
Here is a mnemonic sentence:
Empty City, Green Dwarfs
Can you tell what it is about?
The answer is a six ...
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1answer
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Yes indeed, an Outlaw from the past
I am an outlaw from way past. Not real though.
Look at me forward, backward, or upside down, I remain exactly the
same. Yes indeed, no change.
Can you guess?
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8answers
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My Boss Gave Me A Task
This is an original puzzle. My first. Hope you enjoy it.
Inside my lunchbox
My charge goes every night,
Stored in my cupboard
Until brought back first light.
You see, boss gave me a ...
10
votes
2answers
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Can you help find my mistake?
I wrote this short story a while back, but I'm afraid I made a mistake. Can you spy it for me?
This puzzle is from CG. with love. Good luck
I once knew a Young Young lad
The Guy was Young Lewis ...
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1answer
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What does all this mean? He wondered
When he woke up, he found himself in a beautiful but strange place. He could hear the sound of ocean waves and feel the warm breeze. “Where am I?” he wondered.
He started walking towards the nearest ...
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1answer
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Captain Pun's favourite animals
My good friend Captain Pun's party was a truly excellent event. His new boat - the venue - was a beautiful thing to behold, decorated throughout with nonograms in frames (as anybody who knows him ...
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1answer
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Repeat 16x full and many fragments. By your obese guy (or thin?)
Always correct
approximately
this instant
the
rhythmic
spirit
sibling
Inspect (split to third)
this thing
this instant
the
rhythmic
spirit
sibling
Note: The ...
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votes
2answers
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A riddle set in White Plume Mountain
I'm going to run the D&D adventure White Plume Mountain, and I want to replace one of the puzzles with a good riddle.
Here's what I've got so far:
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votes
1answer
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A famous dodecagon
A 12-sided polygon (Dodecagon) has the property, that neighbouring sides appear 4 times in a ratio of 1:1 and 8 times in a ratio of 7:6.
Where can such a Dodecagon be found?
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2answers
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Freddy Krueger's Lullaby
1, 2.
Freddy is drawing eyeballs.
2½, 3.
One iris got bigger.
3½, 4.
The other got bigger.
5, 6.
Aura passes from and to irises.
[NUMBERS REDACTED]
Never ...
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votes
1answer
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Don't touch my curve
What the heck is this? A zero, or not?
Him after me, no more problem. Take the fourth and the fifth.
You want some uniform? Take my test.
But don't touch my curve. It's in one piece, ...
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votes
2answers
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I always go in first, and come out last. What am I? [closed]
I always go in first, and come out last. What am I?
It's from a Swarovski crystal game I'm playing
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votes
1answer
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The five letter word
I will absorb everything, in some of your jewelries.
People call me the highest, only to some proper me.
Modulo by the highest me, there are so few trees.
Modulo by me being 2357, there ...
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1answer
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Anagram for Umbrella, misspelled
I see you as a circle.
You see me as a point.
And when you need direction
I never disappoint.
You see me when you're sleeping,
And oft when you awake
(Even in the daytime
I sit and burn and bake).
...
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0answers
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Wrap your head around this treasure hunt
You are participating in a treasure hunt, with the following instructions:
X N F
I I
S + N
I G
B W P
Tired sunrays
...
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votes
2answers
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A big playhouse
A puzzle in the spirit of the Density™ puzzle. This one probably requires a bit of googling. Enjoy!
Final answer: (8)
Hint:
Hint 2:
Hint 3:
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votes
2answers
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Which other color belongs in the group?
Group 1: brown, white, green, gray, ___________
Group 2: all other colors
Exactly one other color belongs in group 1. Which color is it (i.e. fill in the blank), and why?
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votes
0answers
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Three Fathers Gathered
Three Fathers gathered
Cross a score minus two
The Assembled Ones gathered
Cross a score plus five
To rebut the Rebuttals
Cross five score minus five
Handed down their Decrees
...
4
votes
3answers
435 views
Grandpa really likes these brands [closed]
Grandpa is a foodie. But he is also kind of picky
He likes Sara Lee but not Betty Crocker
He likes Hershey but not Godiva
He likes Carling but not Sapporo
I wonder why.
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0answers
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Zed's E-mail: My Good Ol' Uncle Sugar
My friend Gabby and I constantly look out for each other. Just the other day, she received a strange message from what I thought was an uncle of hers. "Problem is," she started with a worried look, "I ...
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votes
1answer
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Party Time with Captain Pun
The other day my good friend Captain Pun invited me to a party on board his new boat.
"What will the dress code be?" I asked.
Captain Pun said he'd email me the details. Later that day I received ...
10
votes
2answers
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The answer to this puzzle is a three letter word
Easy riddle. Even kids should be able to get this.
In the end, the answer to this puzzle is a three letter word and also a single
letter.
Ignore the Excel sheet lines
Hint
Each row is a clue ...
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votes
1answer
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By what means does the King wage war?
A King over all
The nations will fall
His garment of white
Its hem stained red
The darkness made light
For sinners he bled
In one hand a sword
The word of his power
In the other a ...
7
votes
2answers
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What game am I?
Can you work out what game I am? (My original puzzle):
Head hung low in… (5) - Best card of the deck (3)
Written much by peer and shakes, often read for the love it makes (6) - Certainly not pretty ...
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votes
2answers
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Professor Pun's Personal Project
When I first met my good friend Captain Pun, he invited me to dinner to meet his wife, a physics professor at the university. Over a glass of wine I inquired into her research interests.
"Let me show ...
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2answers
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Mostly One Way Travel : Says Grandpa
"You know these tiny travelers?" says Grandpa
"Billions of them! Born to travel. They have travelled to all
continents, nations, and towns."
"But they always need help, a chaperone so to ...
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votes
1answer
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Replace “?” in a squence of numbers
Replace the "?" in the following sequence:$ $
2 7 10 13 14 22 26 27 28 31 49 53 54 57 78 79 ? 90 101 106 109 110 111
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votes
1answer
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Twelve Labours - #12 Pluto Pups
This puzzle is part of the ‘Twelve Labours’ series, but can be solved independently. Previous instalments can be found here: Prologue | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11
It was ...
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votes
1answer
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1answer
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Weren't we supposed to know more of the story by now…?
This happened almost exactly a decade ago, so excuse me if I get some of the details wrong.
I overheard a couple of people talking about somebody I assumed was a mutual acquaintance who had died very ...
7
votes
1answer
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Three Tongues of Rock
Three tongues of rock
My royal decree
To ancient lore
would hold the key
Who am I?
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What's the girl's name? [closed]
Here is what happened:
He sailed along 25 reefs, passing 1 chameleon, in order to see her sweet bosoms.
What's her name?
Hint:
Hint 2:
Hint 3:
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1answer
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Captain Pun's new boat
My good friend Captain Pun has bought a new boat.
"And this is a picture of its sail!" he said, showing me this:
"Solve the nonogram and you'll soon know what type of boat it is!"
Can you solve ...
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votes
1answer
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Name the product
I’m from northwestern Europe.
I have a two-word name, and each word has six letters.
If you take the first two letters of my first name, plus the first two letters of my last name, it spells a new ...
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0answers
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Excavation Study
Layer by layer, we continue our journey to the center.
Excavation area (in order)
Excavation plans
Expect plenty of overlap!
Answer is a thematic phrase.
Text transcript of the excavation area (...
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votes
2answers
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United States Towns/States Traversing by Name Puzzle
I’m new to puzzle solving in a structured way, so please go easy on me, but I thought the following was interesting (sorry if it’s not or seems like grunt work). I came up with this while staring ...
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votes
1answer
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An original non-recursive sequence
16, ?, 19, ?, ?, 15, 16, 9, ?, ?, 14, ?, ?, ?, ?, 1
According to my measure, this sequence is more original than that of Fibonacci.
Replace the question marks with the missing numbers.
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2answers
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Puzzling is a Forte of Mine
(Click image for larger size)
Answer is a two-word phrase.
Text transcript of the clues (for copy-paste purposes)
...
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votes
1answer
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1answer
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The Root is Constantly Changing
A negative sign is not a Peanuts character!
-264.66409225
-462.71021449
-20.60615236
-21.38877504
-92.13888121
-213.77948944
-58.14977536
-276.29420841
-242.07314569
-276.16789489
...
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1answer
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What is in those numbers?
" I am famous" declared Tom, flashing a newspaper.
He showed me some scribbled numbers."Because of this, I made the
papers" He said.
8 = 4
8 = 3
6 = 2
6 = 3
3 = -1
...
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votes
2answers
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Troubling Triples
The points appear to be connected, but in the end, we should have worked under aqueous conditions.
$$
\begin{array}{|l|c|c|}
\hline
\textbf{Substance} & \textbf{Temperature (K)} & \...
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2answers
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A letter sequence with curious repetitions
There was a time when I created some letter series puzzles. This one is an old one. Replace the question marks.
P, Ca, ?, ?, O, Ca, P, Ca, ?, ?, ?, Ca
Hints(1-3): I will reveal three question marks....
