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### How do I solve this numerical puzzle?

I am trying to answer this numerical puzzle - which of the five potential answers is correct, and why? 6*3*5 = 183033 5*4*3 = 201532 7*2*7 = 144928 8*2*9 = ? ...
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### Best angle to attack

Suppose a circle (O,R) and a point A within its area having distance r from O (0<=r<=R). Which points X of the circle minimize the angle between the line AX and the tangent on X? I was ...
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### Know the right method, get your share

You took part in a bank heist and wait for your share. Finally this message comes in: ...
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### Dissecting the exotic bulbfish

Can you cut the following black shape into exactly three pieces, and then rearrange those pieces into a square?
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### Kryptos Scroll. Look on the bright side [duplicate]

The most basic of the crypto-form. The cypher is fully of physical nature. I offer that correctly when at the time, the place, the position satisfies the greatest photo-temporal keeper, the reveal ...
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### Turning a fan on

I bought an air purifier which has [off, low, medium, high] settings and a single button. If it is on, the first button press activates the lights and subsequent presses increment the level with off ...
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### What are the next three numbers in this sequence?

What are the next three numbers in this sequence, and why? 110, 150, 230, 350, 550, 910, 1510, 2510... Hint 1: here's another sequence that follows identical rules. Hint 2: here's a third ...
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### It’s a secret sound with clues: eat, climb, build, milk and bowl also step?

wanted to know if I’m on the right track giving an answer to the radio station question for a jackpot win! I believe if I guess a cereal container being crushed for recycling- I may have it right IF ...
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### A shoe in the safe

A woman travels often, and when she does, she stays in hotels. Every night, before going to bed in a hotel, she takes off her shoes and puts one of the shoes into the hotel safe. Why?
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### What is a Thanos Word™?

This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles. If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Thanos Word™. Use the ...
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### Find the next number in the weird sequence

The following sequence has been made using a specific pattern and the last number is kept secret. We have to find that number along with the pattern followed to make the sequence. 3, 11, 32, 71, ...
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### Missing Number Picture Puzzle

This is is logical reasoning puzzle in which your challenge is to find the relationship among the given numbers and then find the value of the missing number. Source: https://www.funwithpuzzles.com/...
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### Locked Door Number Puzzle

I'm supposed to make a delivery to a crazed botanist. In case you're curious, the shipping manifest is: ...
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### Same word on both sides makes it right

Insert same one word on both sides (in place of the ?) of the following to make it correct. (No inserting any math operators or not equal to, > or < signs) ? (? V(LXVII)) = ? XIII Explain why. ...
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### How to tell somone at random you want to speak with him using only numbers and the first 4 letters of the Alphabet? [closed]

There’s a token on Ethereum which seems to be very famous according to the number of peoples using it and the amount of money collected. But yet, Googling the function names as well as the ...
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### Puzzle Hunt 02: Echoes of Change

This is part two in my clichéd treasure island puzzle series. The story carries directly on from part one. You take an incredulous look at the map. spoiler for part one "That's a bit of a cliché. "...
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### Ball-passing game with a surprise ending

You are organizing the following game: Requirements: Participants: About 15 players. You are Player 1, and the other 14 players have (preferably) no prior knowledge of the game. ...
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### What kind of help does he need?

Old newspaper ad: "Handler of purple cows needed on farm. Leave a message on lj36@dropmail.me or call (31)725-618171421" What does he need help with? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Hint 4
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### Reader Beware, You're In For a

I can keep you grounded, or I can rile you up. I can facilitate your travel, or I can discourage you from going. I have assumed many forms including that of a cyborg, a professor, and a ...
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### Hands-on murderer

I'm a deadly solution Applied in revolution With even distribution On two parts in involution Causing mass execution Of things Lilliputian Used by resolution To achieve ablution What am ...
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You are given several pieces of paper which are as follows: (Unfortunately, a textual rendering is very difficult with this puzzle, so if someone can offer a suggestion on how to do it, that would be ...
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### Tailoring is a lot harder with these threads

I am a needle you can't unthread, The mark of Christ upon my head (or sometimes a slash or hexagram) driven to fix is where I am. What am I?
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### Well-known American figure with Roman numerals

Which well-known American figure has an 8-letter name, with 6 consonants and all of them are Roman numerals?
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### Code Breaking ( Sort of )

So someone sent me this code breaking/riddle to solve and I got really confused on it. I do need help on it, The Code needs to come out into a Phrase ( group of words ) CLUE 1: 2210232013400 - ...
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### What's an Everyday Word?

If a word conforms to a certain rule, I call it an Everyday Word. Use the examples below to find the rule. \begin{array}{|c|c|}\hline \textbf{Everyday Words}&\textbf{Not Everyday Words}\\\hline ...
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### A Puzzle for You and Mi

Several weeks before final exams were to commence, the enigmatic Dr. Noteworthy issued a challenge to their music theory students. "Each year, I like to test my senior students with a brain teaser," ...
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### Day Long Word Chain

What is the least amount of words you can use in a word chain when starting from "Dawn", using "Noon" in the middle, and finishing with "Dusk", and using only 4 letter words? Please try to stick to "...
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### Replace the question marks with one single word

This one needs a lot of lateral thinking In the equation below replace all the question marks with one single word (same word at every question mark). Then show that the equation is correct.
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### I have a brother, who's almost like me. Who am I?

I have a brother, who's almost like me, but not quite. We have distant relatives too, but they live far away. I live in equilibrium, just like you, but completely differently. Who am I? ...
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### Hoping for a satisfying conclusion (a musical connect wall)

Hoping for a satisfying conclusion In this puzzle, the melodies of 16 songs are given in musical form. You first must identify the 16 songs from the melodies. Then, arrange the songs into four ...
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### Puzzle Hunt 01: A cliched treasure map

This is my first puzzle, but strongly influenced in style by the type of puzzles you see monthly at Puzzled Pint. If you are fortunate enough to live in a city where they are hosted, I would really ...
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### Given a width of tic-tac-toe board, what is the smallest dimension such that X is guaranteed a winning strategy [duplicate]

The title says it, I'm stuck on this question.
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### 3 bags of coins, find which bag contains fake coins, doing only 1 weighing

Probably a very easy puzzle for you guys; my point is more a mathematical one. FYI, it was shown in an episode of Columbo. You have 3 bags of coins. Each bag contains 50 identical coins. Two bags ...
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### Either You Or It

On the left, I am "you". On the right, I am "it". On the forward, I am either "you" or "it". What am I? Subtle hint: Moderate hint: Decisive hint:
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### 2 fake coins from a pile of 30 coins

You need to find two fake coins from a pile of 30 coins. You know that a fake coin has a different weight to a real coin, but you don't know whether it is lighter or heavier. You also know that all ...
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### In the top five, I'm odd

When I am done, I'm served. When you are me, be proud. In the top five, I'm odd. I'm one of the unlucky ones, or royally envied. What am I?
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### At The Square Brackets

The sky is so clear As if I am in emptiness. "Insert coin here" Says the arcade just emplaced. I will bring my eraser If my paper is swapped with a scrap. Nothing to extract from the scrap ...
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### What is the rule?

I have a secret rule. Can you find out what it is, with this rule, I take in any number, and output two numbers! The answer to this puzzle is the same as the answer to the question: How do I get the ...
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### I'm a respectable predator (?, 7, 9, 7)

My head hurts... I feel like I'm missing something. "Avoid notes" starts with the left heading, reportedly. Ends firsts, like extremely terrifyingly impressively clearly plainly solved: ...
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### Another Colombian Sudoku

Solve the Sudoku on the left, where the usual rules apply. The dots outside the board on the right indicate how many cells in the corresponding column or row of that board contain precisely the same ...
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### What is the hidden passcode?

The passcode is hidden in these sequences of numbers. Can you find what it is?
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### Complete the poem

Facetiously I now pose you this question, Confuse you, and I do so with a smirk. The answer open to much speculation You won't find palindromes in this short work. What word is longest in its ...
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### Oh you, I need in every second

You fill all earths emptiness The higher I go, you get less If you go away nobody will stay The jellyfish might still play Oh I, representative of all being Oh I, just you I will keep needing Oh ...
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### Complete the Pointer Set

The following items all have something in common. A Scandinavian country. A manual consisting of aphorisms. A famous former English professional footballer. Beef or mutton fat. A ...
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### 30 fake coins out of 99 coins v2

Follow up question to my other question, but totally different methodology required. You are given 99 coins which consists of 30 fake ones. You also have a digital balance scale with perfect ...
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### Scrambler and key!

You are given three files. One is a snippet from scrambler.py file: ...
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### Look who's talking?

Can you tell me who's talking... ...and what is she trying to tell us? Hint:
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### Double features: The wrap-up

This puzzle is the final part of the Double feature series (first part here). Note: This answers gives away the answers to previous puzzles. The answers to the twelve Double feature puzzles are ...