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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I can be found near gentle green hills and stony mountains
I can be found near gentle green hills and stony mountains,
Alongside the gas in the clouds and the iron of the earth,
At times I can be white and frosty, red and fiery, or blue and stormy,
What am ...
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The shortest , largest number [on hold]
"Write a number", said Grandpa
"Which is the shortest number, that is also the largest"
"Shortest?" I asked
"Yup. You can write it with six straight lines, period"
"So you want me ...
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A partially ugly group with a casual secret
I’ve assembled a group with nine members but you’ll have to guess what their names are.
One letter from each name will spell the name of a 10th group member that everybody talks about but nobody ...
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Hangman game backward #12
Time to get back to Puzzling! Hangman game backward #12 - guess what the question was:
fill in "a" - In some area it proves to be a big problem to kids / teens or even adults these day, which ...
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Frequent or rare?
Which common thing do these words have uncommonly in common?
mole kiss breath
Mates! Please note, that until you have not found the answer, it helps you find your way back to the real world.
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Truth of OR - Logical puzzle
This puzzle is not very difficult but it is knowledge based.
In front of you there are 4 switches. From these switches there are 4 right combinations to open the gate to the control room. You can ...
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1answer
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The Strange Abductor
Someone, or something, has been abducting members of your community! Though no deaths are reported, recovered victims are said to have suffered from a severe, albeit temporary, case of what could best ...
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Which animal does this weird thing? [closed]
Which reptile eats its skin after sunbathing?
HINT:
Hint2
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Recurring Meeting
The computer scientist's assistant is late at work once again, trying to once again decode their bosses directions for the day. Under meetings, the boss has listed only a single meeting:
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1answer
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Piece de Resistance - Jack in all Tags… But Master in All?
Jack in all Tags... But Master in All?
This puzzle is part of the "Piece de Resistance" series. Go back to Part 1 (Ace) for the story.Ace Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Queen King... ...
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Beware! Beware!
What are, famously...
Ebon, sienna
High, low
Within, without, ubiquitous
Distant, close
Absent, present
Swift and slippery, not to be trusted
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Give the name of this “outlaw” [closed]
Who/what am I?
I am a
stunning fresh shiny bandit
HINT:
HINT2:
HINT3:
HINT4:
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It's right here. It's very very far
IT IS DIVINE
IT’S A KILLER
IT’S A GIFT
IT’S A MEASURE
IT’S A SOLID
IT’S A LIQUID
IT’S QUICK
IT’S A CAR
IT’S HERE IN A GLASS HOUSE
IT’S VERY VERY FAR
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Find the missing link from the following verbal series
Three links are missing from the following series, one of them is a word. The answer is the word.
bass gland guitar venom
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The hard-to-understand chain
I have a chain.
I can extend this chain indefinitely.
For beginners, this chain is hard to understand.
They call it magical, yet it is not in reality.
I used to only declare.
But with this chain, ...
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0answers
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The Quest For My Northern Home
I am a hybrid, a part of two wholes
I became accomplished and then I was sold
But enroute to my new home
Down I rocketed to the frozen bowl
Encased in iron for three days
I lost the courage I had
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Mint, orange or pear
My prefix prefix comes from near the Med,
my infix infix is slightly weird,
my suffix suffix is brightly coloured,
I am something sweet which may be sprayed.
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1answer
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Piece de Resistance - King Deusovi, Flag this Blo*dy Post!
King Deusovi, Flag this Blo*dy Post!
This puzzle is part of the "Piece de Resistance" series. Go back to Part 1 (Ace) for the story.Ace Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Queen King...
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1answer
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I'm half of a hundred
I'm half of a hundred and both halves of a Belgian detective, two thirds of solar exposure and one eighth of an Age.
If you know who I am, post your answer, plus your explanation for each of the ...
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1answer
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An Era of Change
Despite their appearances, the following are not ways of change... at least, I hope not.
Kids shows (8+?)
Lizard (6+?)
Missiles group (5+?)
Body manipulator (4+?)
Bird (3+?)
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How did these grassy hillsides become unevenly terraced? [closed]
In Colombia, many grassy hillsides are unevenly terraced, like in the photo below. How did this happen?
This terracing can also occur on hillsides that never had these palm trees on them. It probably ...
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Remove last letter 4 times, get a real word each time, starting word is a car model [closed]
The best I tried so far:
Ford Explorer
Explore
Explor - not real
Explo - not real
Expl - not real
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1answer
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Fire and Water, Hear Me Roar
My first is the first of an outrageous utterance
My second the second of appropriate circumstance
My third's the essence of heat, why anything cools
My last a procedure, all about the rules
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3answers
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MSSNG VWLS CNNCT WLL
The words and phrases in the following connect wall are missing their vowels. Insert the missing vowels into each word or phrase (all of the words/phrases are spaced correctly), then sort them into ...
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1answer
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They say I should work on bigger things
I'm an important figure in my field. Who am I?
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| seat | heat | fish | line |
|---------------------------------------------|
| go ...
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33 Months on Death Row
Every day, execution delayed,
Cheating death creatively,
Bearing children blissfully,
A clever eloquent girl finally earns exoneration.
Who am I?
Bonus:
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What is an Encoding Number™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with Number version puzzles.
If a number conforms to a special rule, I call it an Encoding Number™.
Use the following ...
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1answer
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Ode to the Lassitude of 88th Street
This glancing blow,
In freezing snow,
Of a cat woman,
In faux platinum,
Dedicated to bonneted lassies,
Elegant ladies so classy,
Boy loving Mona Lisas,
Dressed like fashionistas,
...
12
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1answer
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The Riddle - I Could be Used in Many Ways
In whole, you may use me in the measuring.
With my $1^{st}$ & $2^{nd}$ part, you may use me in the coloring.
With my $2^{nd}$ & $3^{rd}$ part, you may use me in the casting.
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2answers
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What is lost can never be saved
Donnie and Violet are Ivy-League college students, and don't have fancy names or costumes or anything. But they do have superpowers and are attempting to track down and stop whoever is trying to ...
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2answers
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Time is shorter, but the fun will never end
Come around, come around, glad you all came.
Welcome to the land where a small, hairy ball got its fame.
Here you can see a dysfunctional family.
A man who beat his wife and left his son ...
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1answer
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Did I get free gas?
I was sitting at home one day when I felt a strong hunger overtake me. So I grab my keys and hop in the car. A quick glance at my gas gauge showed I had exactly half a tank. I drive a few miles over ...
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Who are ET, GE and CB?
There once was a kid named ET,
Whose father was known as GE.
In his early years,
ET soared over his peers,
But then lost to a kid named CB.
What are ET and CB? Who ...
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Everyone Gets a Window Seat
I and my friends periodically go on a trip. This is a "round" trip as we always end up back in our original location.
I noticed something curious:
Even though...
We all take the same vehicle,
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Answering the Question of Life
Researchers from Ecuador knocked down an important obstacle in the road to a complete understanding of the human mind. "The initial plan to map specific areas of the human brain is 95% complete", Dr. ...
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3answers
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Can you work out the word? (My original puzzle)
Help - the evil word splitter has been cleaving words in two with an evil curse! Fortunately, the word split in two can be reunited by saying its name correctly. But unfortunately, each half of the ...
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3answers
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A quick music puzzle
What am I, and what is the next note?
Some call me unemotional and austere, but I will bring the sunshine into anyone's life.
I am my next note, though we are not the same.
I'm a common ...
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All Aboard the Factorio Train to Far Harad
It’s been a while since you started up your Factorio game and you are trying to remember what you had done with your four trains. Use the clues below to work out which deposit each train is collecting ...
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The Marching Tune
And a one, and a two, and a three four five six!
Or a one, and a two, and a three four five!
From my home right here,
To the end way down there!
And then I have a choice
Of a one, a two, or a ...
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Who am I? can you recognize me by the given hints?
I am known for the "Worst generation"
a part of me known for the naval battle.
I am also known for White City.
I am the survivor of the Most Dangerous Disease.
Who am I? I will add more hints if ...
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Relationship Advice
I have big news! I finally have a girlfriend! She's really nice and is studying to be a cartographer. As you know, I don't have much experience with the ladies, so I need some advice.
I have been ...
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Talk about Grandpa's weird talk: Who are these folks?
"These guys are strange" exclaimed Grandpa
"Why?" I opened my mouth. Too late.
"They constantly talk about only one country and only one sport-- boring sport if you ask me, and, get this, only one ...
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See the Line Where the Sky Meets
Walking along the beach one day, I came across a glass bottle with a piece of parchment inside. I quickly opened the bottle and unfurled the scroll. On it the riddle below was written.
i sail ...
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Eccentric keepers
There are four keepers in our fantastic creatures preserve who have certain preferences in the kinds of creatures they care for. Can you figure out what kind of creature is arriving soon?
Colleen
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1answer
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Puzzle from puzzles
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Email message from benefactor (1, 7, 3)
Order logic puzzle(s) to die for (3, ...
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The case of the pranking snowplow
It’s circa 1990, and there is a big snowfall in Some City, USA. The mayor has left his car parked in a public parking lot, and the next morning, he discovers that the lot has been plowed, but the ...
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Improbable Inequalities
I'm making a work decision, and in my as I weigh the digits {0-9} as they pertain to this particular situation, I find:
In one case, this is true:
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