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A very simple puzzle: 1,1,2,1,2,2,3
Here's a simple puzzle,
I know that you will find.
As long as you can count,
It shouldn't take much time.
1
1
2
1
2
2
3
1
2
2
3
Find the next 4 numbers in this sequence.
Kingrames
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Fairly Sharing a Frosted Cake
You are serving a cake to $10$ children. The the cake is shaped like a box, whose top face is square. The top and sides are covered with a thin layer of frosting.
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Every child demands a fair share, so you must cut the cake…
Mike Earnest
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Nine Tall Men Are Standing Tall
This one may turn out to be a little too easy but I really enjoyed writing the Seussian rhymes.
Nine tall men are standing tall. Nine tall men here all in all.
As they talk amongst each other, "Wait!" they hear, "There is another!"
In walks…
Engineer Toast
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Owls at sunset - find the odd one out
Quite contrary to the common belief, owls are very social animals and indeed form flocks or rather tightly bound families with a common social codex. At sunset, they all meet before going on their individual hunting trip, and they eye themselves…
BmyGuest
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Who are these teams?
Denny owns a demolition company and has successfully managed a strong, sharp team of more than 30 specialists for over 20 years. His team works well together and has decades of experience, having completed well over 12,000 demolitions and making a…
JLee
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What is leoll2 trying to tell us?
The following image appears on the profile page of leoll2:
It appears to be a binary code, which I've transcribed as follows:
(left-hand side)
01001110 01100001 01110100 01110101 01110010 01100101
(within the prism)
[...] 01101100…
Rand al'Thor
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Sabotage at Sea - Cursed Cruise liner?
(Warning: Heavy reading incoming. I suggest writing stuff down...)
It's now the year 2150, and you're one of the few people who didn't leave earth twenty years ago. Why? A deadly disease overtook the planet, and you happen to have immunity. There…
Aify
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If I described my name, I would do it like this
There's multiple parts to my name. In fact, I'd say there's two short and three long parts.
First is two, second is three. But they're the long ones.
Then things get a bit trickier, but no harder than a simple dot to dot.
My fourth is... Actually,…
Alconja
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Magician, assistant, nine dice, and two cups
A magician and her assistant are performing a magic show today, and you are the only audience member. Since it is a Thursday, the magician is saving her strength for the inevitable dragon attack and only performs simple tricks involving dice, coins,…
zeb
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Which gnome is the tallest?
This is a riddle I and some friends came up with. Say I have four gnomes with different heights. They state the following:
Gnome 1: I am the shortest.
Gnome 2: I am neither the tallest nor the shortest.
Gnome 3: I am the tallest.
Gnome 4: I am not…
user1098302
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My French killer ... what does this mean?
What is the meaning of the following sentence?
My French killer married the hammerer cooked in oil, seated beneath a daily beacon.
(The answer will be obvious once you see it!)
Rand al'Thor
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This diagram needs a name!
This puzzle is a spin-off from the 'This new puzzle type needs a name' series.
I have devised a new diagramming style. The examples below have been deliberately selected and ordered in a way that conceals the name I have given it. I need you to…
Stiv
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Self-contained math crossword with if-then-else clues
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #43: Variety Crossword Grids
Since I'm not good with with words and crosswords, here is a math crosswords: to know all the operands for the calculations you will have to replace the content of the brackets…
melfnt
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Sjudoku - in a world where 9 is replaced by 7
Sjudoku (sju = seven in Swedish).
Rules similar to Sudoku applies:
In each disk, the numbers 1,2,...7 should appear exactly once.
No line may contain duplicate digits (note that there are lines in 3
directions).
Of course, there is a unique…
Per Alexandersson
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My grandfather's socks
My grandfather has a big drawer where he keeps his socks.
The drawer contains more than 900 but less than 1000 individual socks.
Each of his socks is black or blue, and there are more blue socks than black socks. The socks aren't paired by color…
Alexis
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