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Scrabble Tournament |
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Last weekend was the national Scrabble tournament, held in New York
City. Four finalists played three games against each other to determine
the national Scrabble champion of the year. The finalists had been
playing Scrabble for years and competition was fierce... |
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The Hatfield House Maze |
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Enter a garden maze at one entrance, then pass through the maze's center
and after that leave it on the opposite side. That is the simple
objective of the Maze at Hatfield House. |
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Key Word |
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When the four arrows on the four keys are replaced with some respective
letters on them, a very familiar word can be typed with those keys. What
word it could be? |
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Serpentine Lines |
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Choose from among of eight serpentine lines only three ones which can be
stack up so that they will form a beautiful grid... |
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Simple Train Exchange |
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Help two trains to pass by safely on a narrow segment of railroad using
only a switch that is large enough to hold either an engine or a car at
a time. So how on this simple exchange? |
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The Six Pencils |
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Another gem in our series of puzzles where several things should be
placed so that each of them touches every other. This time you'll
need... six and more pencils. |
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Move the Train |
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A train engine that was pulling over a hundred cars loaded with freight
came to a stop at a junction. The engine detached and a new train engine
backed up and coupled onto the long line of freight cars. The new engine
then tried to move forward... but was unable to budge the long line of
heavy freight cars... |
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Heavy Weight |
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Two weighings are required to identify the heavier thing among the four
identical ones. Two weighings are required for the nine things as well.
But how on it in the latter case?.. |
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The Lost Star |
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Several triangles and quadrangles joined together create an intricate
pattern where some perfect star is hidden. Discover that lost one. |
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Tea-Fest |
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Tonight the teashop in town, Bags with Riches, is having a tea-fest.
Along with tasty snacks and pastries, they’ll have a number of different
teas available for customers to try, free of charge. Determine the full
name of each person working at the teashop, the favorite flavored tea of
each worker, and the snack each worker made for the event. |
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Spider Ride |
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What is the shortest trip for a spider to get from one spot on a
rectangular box to another? Does the straight and clear line that it
seems to be at first sight will be the shortest? |
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Pencil Illusion |
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Three pencils are drawn on the surface of a cylinder. When you rotate
the cylinder clockwise you'll discover that the three pencils turned...
into just too. How this could happen? |
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Last Updated: November 22, 2007 |
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