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Gomez
candid chimera
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:55 pm Post subject: 1 |
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So the powers that be have restricted the internet settings at my office. I don't know what they've done, but the upshot is that, while I'm unable to get into most of the sites I used to enjoy wasting time on, I now have free and easy access to the GL. Good times!
Since it is customary, even for a lazy oaf like myself, to make the occasional token concession to work at various strategic points throughout the day, I've decided to start a thread devoted to nice and easy puzzles, so I and others like me (but mostly me, if I'm being honest) can dip into the thread whenever we get a free moment for a quick hit of puzzling enjoyment. The puzzles can be about anything at all, but they must be designed to be solved in 5 minutes or less. For those wondering why I didn't just use the 'Quickies' thread, I must confess that, for mediocre solvers like myself, the Quickies aren't, in actual fact, particiularly quick, and are thus unsuitable for my present purpose.
Anyway, enough faffing about. Here's my first, to kick off the thread. Simply work out the nine letter word below.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
9213599 - An emotion
23456 - An emotion
45356789 - Charitable |
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Zag
Unintentionally offensive old coot
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:15 pm Post subject: 2 |
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| I don't think I can get this one -- it's too much of a risk. Besides, it might make me melancholy or really ticked off, or maybe even cause me to give away all my money. |
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Suspence
Daedalian Member
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:21 pm Post subject: 3 |
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Zag beat me to it, but:
ANGER
SADNESS
GENEROUS
DANGEROUS _________________ I hate people who try to write interesting things in their signature. |
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bgg1996
BeeGees are awesome!
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:11 am Post subject: 4 |
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456 - A beam
3456 - A plate
23456 - (to) Deviate _________________ The one member below 18 |
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bgg1996
BeeGees are awesome!
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:12 am Post subject: 5 |
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1 is also a word. _________________ The one member below 18 |
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Antrax
ESL Student
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 5:06 am Post subject: 6 |
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[RAY
TRAY
STRAY
Assuming 1 can't just be "A" again (so ASTRAY for the top one), I have no clue what it can be. ] _________________ After years of disappointment with get rich quick schemes, I know I'm gonna get rich with this scheme. And quick! |
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bgg1996
BeeGees are awesome!
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 5:18 am Post subject: 7 |
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astray was my intention, but would've accepted estray. _________________ The one member below 18 |
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Antrax
ESL Student
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 5:28 am Post subject: 8 |
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is "e" a word? _________________ After years of disappointment with get rich quick schemes, I know I'm gonna get rich with this scheme. And quick! |
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bgg1996
BeeGees are awesome!
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Gomez*
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:52 am Post subject: 10 |
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A sequence:
3, 1, 0, 1, 4, 3, 1, 3, 1 (or 3), ?, ?, ? |
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3iff
very unbifflike
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:09 am Post subject: 11 |
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1, 3, 2 the way I write them. |
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Gomez*
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:18 am Post subject: 12 |
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Very good. Here's another one:
Tony likes taxis but not cabs. He likes love but not lust. He likes chicken but not lamb.
Does he like birds or cats? |
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groza528
No Place Like Home
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:19 am Post subject: 13 |
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| Paladin did a similar sequence in one of the rounds of his (second?) competition. Except his list had a lot of infinities. |
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groza528
No Place Like Home
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:23 am Post subject: 14 |
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| Gomez* wrote: |
Very good. Here's another one:
Tony likes taxis but not cabs. He likes love but not lust. He likes chicken but not lamb.
Does he like birds or cats? |
No? But I think he likes rabbits. |
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3iff
very unbifflike
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:26 am Post subject: 15 |
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Which reminds me of a puzzle that I found somewhere.
A new taxicab service has started in my area...and it has an unforgettable phone number. What is it? |
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groza528
No Place Like Home
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:27 am Post subject: 16 |
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867-5309
Well ok, probably not.  |
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Gomez*
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:33 am Post subject: 17 |
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| Tony does indeed like rabbits, but I can also confirm that he likes either birds or cats. |
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Gomez*
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:35 am Post subject: 18 |
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| Also, is the taxicab number 8294222 to spell out 'Taxicab' on a phone keypad? |
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groza528
No Place Like Home
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:38 am Post subject: 19 |
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| Ah, the pattern I saw was that Tony liked things with two vowels but not with one. Guess that was just coincidence then. |
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3iff
very unbifflike
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:42 am Post subject: 20 |
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| Taxicab answer is correct Gomez! |
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3iff
very unbifflike
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:04 am Post subject: 21 |
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| How can you fold a piece of paper into a regular pentagon? (no tools allowed). |
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Gomez*
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:56 pm Post subject: 22 |
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No idea on the folding one.
For my likes/dislikes puzzle, it might help to know that Julius also likes the same things Tony likes, and for the same reason.
Here's a 3x3
SKIN
STORY
EYES
LIFE
BOAT
SUPER
FUN
PUPPY
RATTLE |
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Zag
Unintentionally offensive old coot
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:02 pm Post subject: 23 |
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| 3iff wrote: |
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1, 3, 2 the way I write them. |
I guess I'm dense, but could someone explain this one. |
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3iff
very unbifflike
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:09 pm Post subject: 24 |
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| Zag wrote: |
| 3iff wrote: |
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1, 3, 2 the way I write them. |
I guess I'm dense, but could someone explain this one. |
>>Straight lines in letters...specificially J,K,L
Pleased I actually got one right. |
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Zag
Unintentionally offensive old coot
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:11 pm Post subject: 25 |
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| Gomez* wrote: |
For my likes/dislikes puzzle, it might help to know that Julius also likes the same things Tony likes, and for the same reason.
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I got the same answer as groza, and I have no idea how this hint helps. Perhaps if you could tell us the name of someone who uses the same criteria but doesn't like the same things, that might help? |
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Gomez*
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:19 pm Post subject: 26 |
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| Zag wrote: |
I got the same answer as groza, and I have no idea how this hint helps. Perhaps if you could tell us the name of someone who uses the same criteria but doesn't like the same things, that might help?
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How about if I tell you that Romulus and Remus also like them  |
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Zag
Unintentionally offensive old coot
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:25 pm Post subject: 27 |
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3x3
Snake: rattle, skin, eyes
Love: puppy, story, boat
Size?: super, life, fun
king?
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3iff
very unbifflike
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:29 pm Post subject: 28 |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7773974.stm
Actually this allows 10 minutes (but I took 4:30 and scored 15/15), much to my relief.
This is aimed at 10/11 year olds so players here should not have a problem. |
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Zag
Unintentionally offensive old coot
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:40 pm Post subject: 29 |
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| It took me almost 7 minutes (6:56) but I also got them all right. |
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Gomez*
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:16 pm Post subject: 30 |
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| 15/15 in 5:23. Go me! |
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Zag
Unintentionally offensive old coot
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:08 pm Post subject: 31 |
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Another 3x3. A tough one, I think.
ass
bone
box
pass
pin
replacement
sight
under
wounded |
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Quailman
His Postmajesty
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:32 pm Post subject: 32 |
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| A guess for Zag's 3x3: Trick? |
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Zag
Unintentionally offensive old coot
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:42 pm Post subject: 33 |
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| yep |
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3iff
very unbifflike
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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:19 am Post subject: 34 |
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| 3iff wrote: |
| How can you fold a piece of paper into a regular pentagon? (no tools allowed). |
Answer spoilered
Take a strip of paper, say 10 units * 1 unit. Now fold the paper into a knot, pull the ends taut and fold the 2 flaps back. You now have a regular pentagon. |
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Gomez*
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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:02 am Post subject: 35 |
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I've taken some song lyrics and reworded them.
1) “We did not initiate this conflagration! It has persisted since the world first commenced rotating on its axis”.
2) We expend the bulk of our time and energy residing in a utopia for hooligans and scallywags!
3) When two rapscallions, plotting nefarious activities, commenced a brou-haha in my district. It took only a single altercation before my mater, taking fright, expelled me to live with her brother.
What were the original songs and artists? |
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3iff
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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:54 am Post subject: 36 |
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| 1) We didn't start the fire - Billy Joel |
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Zag
Unintentionally offensive old coot
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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 1:45 pm Post subject: 37 |
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| Zag wrote: |
3x3
ass
bone
box
pass
pin
replacement
sight
under
wounded |
Quail got it right, above, but I figured some people might like to see the whole thing.
hat : box ass pin
over: under sight pass
knee : wounded bone replacement
TRICK |
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ralphmerridew
Daedalian Member
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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 1:57 pm Post subject: 38 |
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1: You left out It was always burning since the world was turning.
2: We spend most our lives living in a gangster's paradise
3: ... I got in one little fight, and my mom got scared. You're living with your uncle down in Bel Air. |
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jesternl
Yankee Doodle Dutchie
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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 5:56 pm Post subject: 39 |
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And the Artists:
1:Billy Joel
2:Coolio?
3:The Fresh Prince |
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Coyote

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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 6:32 pm Post subject: 40 |
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On a 4x4 board, place seven white rooks so that each rook commands a different number of unoccupied squares. (This of course means one of the rooks will 'command' a total of zero squares.)
There's three essentially different answers, but one will do. |
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