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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File Extensions
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #1: Restricted Title: xkcd 1xxx
I’ve been tasked with auditing a certain computer. I was advised that the owner of the computer might have deleted ...
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Where Do Birds Go
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #1: Restricted Title: xkcd 1xxx
Where do birds go?! A famous ship? A Channel Island? A river in Greece? A Caribbean island? A conifer leaf? A ...
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IATA Airport Abbreviations
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #1: Restricted Title: xkcd 1xxx
I had a visit yesterday from my good friend Major M. Provement. I say 'good friend' but he can actually be pretty ...
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A Letter and Puzzle From Grandma
[ EDIT: It's OK to skip the long, boring letter for now, and go straight to Stage 1 of the puzzle.]
Dear Grandson,
I could use a break, so I came to your grandpa's farm to unwind. However, woe to me! ...
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The perfect heatmap
Forget about these:
I just found the perfect one. Can you explain why I think the below heatmap is perfect?
Sad Side Note: There would be a perfect xkcd title in here, but that would just completely ...
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Simplicity Itself?
Usual format: each ellipse represents an as-yet-unknown category. Each tile belongs in at least one ellipse - but which ones where and why?
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Emotional Depth
Clifford in his 35th book? (4 3)
Shrek's pep? (4 6)
So-called "Sidney"'s sadness about cookie inevitability? (Pardon my French) (7 5)
What do these characters display?
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Enthusiastic Expression (in Blue)
Pardon the bad poetry, but who am I thinking of?
Uncle Sam took a journey to France,
Sky-high wisps for to move with his feet,
And to feel a particular emotion,
A feeling so down-low and sweet.
He'd ...
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Basketball Earth
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #1: Restricted Title: xkcd 1xxx
Below, you will see a map with twenty UN members or observer states labelled with one or more letters from A-G (...
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Famous faces, different ways
I'm looking for a two-word phrase. One of the words starts with C and contain eleven letters ;). The other one is up to you to figure out. Good luck!
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Never Seen Star Wars
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #1: Restricted Title: xkcd 1xxx
Shortly after Cueball dodged a bullet, he receives an e-mail from Megan. To his misfortune, the topic is once again ...
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Is this maths equation leading me through the first or second door?
I needed to speak to my professor who has gone into hiding.
I followed her directions, leading me underneath the university until I got to corridor with two doors, labeled with the Roman Numerals: I ...
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A message, for you only!
The image below holds a secret.
The question is: Which letter should replace the question mark and why?
Hints:
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The favorite movie puzzle
Here is a list of my favorite movies in order.
The Godfather II
Ben-Hur
Airplane!
Goodfellas
Dr. Strangelove
Seven Samurai
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
?
Once Upon A Time In The West
French Connection
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A rebus representing a Christian prayer
This is a rebus representing a Christian prayer, I spent hours conceiving the idea and executing it.
The rebus itself is very simple, it contains 16 images, each corresponding to an English word, but ...
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Volcano express – A letter from Gladys
Letters from Gladys are geography-themed standalone crosswords. Each puzzle has five thematic answers, which are places, sights or landmarks in or around a certain location (in this case, a chain of ...
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A rebus puzzle describing a name
This is a rebus puzzle describing a singer's name. This puzzle will still be pretty straight-forward, though you really need a little knowledge in programming this time...
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A Splity Situation
I use to be one
But now that is done
Now I am feeling rationed out
Wine party is over, bummer about
Father is large, mother is small
Both were once isolated and all
But with this, records stand no ...
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A rebus puzzle consisting of four characters
This is a rebus puzzle consisting of four characters. The puzzle is very simple if you're knowledgeable enough.
Given four characters, guess two words:
ΔΕὖ%
The first word consists of 5 basic Latin ...
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ARCADE: PACMAN - I met a beautiful girl 5 years ago. Where did I meet her?
I met a beautiful girl 5 years ago. Where did I meet her?
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A simple visual association puzzle
This is not image steganography, I am going to show you six images, the images seem to be unrelated to each other, but they are all in fact related to some aspect of a hypothetical scenario, they ...
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I’m lost, can you find me?
I am at the furthest distance possible of a major city located 7.53481e-11 parsecs from Canberra.
I am at a municipality with over a thousand inhabitants.
Now where am I?
Hint 1
Hint 2
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Will you regret solving this puzzle?
It's February and you walk into the Smithsonian American Art Museum. A piece of artwork was recently bought for $2,061,966 USD, but you are confused that the museum bought this ugly artwork that even ...
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The Doors in the Hallway
On the phone, an acquaintance of yours sounds panicked
I know it sounds crazy, but you gotta listen to me.
Earlier today I got assaulted by a group of robed people, and now I just woke up in the ...
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A Serious Tale of Two Countries
The seven regions formed by the intersecting ellipses are each home to exactly one of the seven tiles.
Can you place the tiles so that those in each ellipse can be rearranged to solve the ...
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Tribulation and Jubilation
Happy weekend puzzlers
As ever from me a Venn-based game. The three circles represent as yet unknown categories - their intersection forms seven curved regions - and your job is to place the right ...
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A place on Earth, a visual association puzzle
This is not a rebus or a connect wall. Or steganography.
This is a visual association puzzle.
Each of these pictures remind me in some way the same place somewhere on this planet.
(And it is not ...
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->Transitions->
Here is a crossword to solve; the yellow squares hold a relevant word.
Online tools will be useful/needed.
partial text transcription:
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Entry to CIA Part #2
Previous Part: Part #1
After successfully completing Part #1's puzzle, you receive another message from the CIA on your black screen:
Dear Reader, we are glad to state that you have been accepted ...
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Well… perfect timing…
boutonniere
Gaia
frazil
Bezier curve
Devanagari
chasuble
bdelloid
Remember what Taylor Swift removed with Brandon Urie!
And it’s the day this puzzle was posted. Be good, and avoid cacoepy!
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Entry to CIA Part #1
As I searched for different topics on Google, my whole screen suddenly went black and gave me this letter:
Dear Reader,
if you have come across this message, you may be applicable for the CIA.
We are ...
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The return of the messy chemist
My Chemistry teacher is at it again. Today, I cautiously approached his office and stopped in the doorway instead of walking right in - and it's a good job I did. There he was again - bent over on the ...
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What is the next word in this long sequence?
Which one of the four answers fit the word sequence below and why?
Am
As
On
An
Or
Or
On
?
Four choices: 1. At 2. Or 3. Law 4. Over
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Wanderlust? Scales and scarves
Happy Mondays everyone
Each circle represents a category (as yet unknown)
Each tile belongs in at least one category - but which ones where and why?
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The Alchemist's Secret
This is Part III of a series. Other parts: The Alchemist's Grimoire and
The Alchemist's Cauldron
Yet again told from the perspective of my fantasy self.
The story nor the front of the letter are ...
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A colorful Connect Wall you can almost taste
The 16 prompts below may be separated into 4 groups.
Additionally, there is a word absent from the wall which may be placed in all four of those groups.
#F0F8FF
(240, 100%, 50%)
(255, 215, 0)
Aqua
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I got ninety-nine problems - so here's another one!
To date, on Puzzling.SE I have contributed (counting: 10, 20, 30...) 99 problems to the site. So to mark my 100th, here's a massive meta-puzzle to celebrate the occasion!
Task
Solve the nine sub-...
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You have my sword – A signed letter from Gladys
Letters from Gladys are geography-themed standalone crosswords. Each puzzle has five thematic answers, which are places, sights or landmarks in or around a certain location (in this case, an ...
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FIND 4 sets of 5-letter words using these non-repeating letters: [closed]
Find 4 sets of 5-letter words using these non-repeating letters:
N, C, A, V, M, S, E, Y, U, R, O, F, G, T, I, L, H, K, P, D
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Why do I have so many unanswered puzzles?
I can't understand. I mean, I'm trying to be interesting. Maybe I'm just bad at this. Huh, maybe I should try clickbait... or something special... another type... no, not just another type... GOT IT! ...
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What is an EQÜAL WORD (patent pending)
An EQÜAL WORD (patent pending) is a special type of word. You'll know it when you see it.
Here are some examples, sponsored by the original, @JLee! It’s based off of the "What is a ___ Word" ...
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Merely Players they
What is the relationship shared by the following celebrities?
Deneb
Betelgeuse
Antares
Aldebaran
Altair
Rigel
Adhara
(besides the obvious fact that each is an astronomical object comprising a ...
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A musical response
This puzzle is my own creation.
The other day one of my coworkers asked me whether I was up for a challenge. I said sure, so he handed me a piece of paper.
"Find the response that's hidden in ...
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What is this 3 word phrase?
If I say
" 1 2 3"
You might thank me politely.
But if I
" 1 2 3"
You might scream loudly
If I bowl
" 2 3 1"
You might cut it squarely
What are the three ...
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Three people sit down for a meal in France, who is the time traveller?
As the time traveller and the two others sit down at a table to eat and drink, they discuss who they are (but without giving their names). Then one of the three says, "We are all..." And ...
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