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What is Mike's formula for naming software packages?
Mike works for the marketing department of a software company.
His job is to come up with names for new products, and he has devised a formula for doing so.
For example, when the company developed a new Payroll System, Mike named it 'Ps'. When they…
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The Baconian Tower
The picture below depicts Sir Richard Mervyn Bacon, a (very) distant relative of Francis Bacon, leaving his flat on a clear autumns night in order to get his favourite book from the local library. Your task is to:
Name the title of the book
The…
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Dissection Puzzle - The Umbrella Stand
You own a square-shaped table. You want to drill a small hole in the center to place an umbrella stand. Unfortunately, you're a little drunk:
Alas. Fortunately, not all is lost. You are sober now, and have a hacksaw.
(a) Cut the table into two…
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Should I Take the Bus or Refill My Bottle First?
This is a real-life puzzle encountered by one of my friends.
I want to arrive early to my class today. Exactly every $7$ minutes, there is a bus that arrives at the station near my dorm and will bring me to my school. In addition, I also want to…
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Prove that 11111=0
Background: I am a French educated person.
My old math teacher keeps posting some small and funny riddles, here's one of his:
The next equation is correct:
11111=0
Can you prove it?
Note: Hopefully, when the answer is revealed, the tags will have…
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Oh dear, I've got my puzzle all stuck to itself, please help!
Oh dear.
It seems I've got myself in a spot of extremely circumstantial and convoluted bother again.
I was building this quick puzzle for a Fun Friday session, but I seem to have got the ends stuck to each other. I can't even remember where the…
user41531
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A loving marriage?
A simple puzzle of my own creation:
The heartless man threw down his shovel and laughed as his wife fell into the hole.
There is a very simple explanation as to what is happening here, can you tell me what it is?
I think the answer should be…
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Who drinks beer while running anyway?
A variant (I don't have the book in front of me, so this is a paraphrase) of this puzzle was in the book Brainteasers and Mindbenders, by Robert Hamilton. It has stuck in my mind since I read it in junior high or whenever.
A runner is running…
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Just common sense
Below are nine ordered groups of words and phrases. Use common sense to solve the first eight. This should then tell you how to continue with the last group.
objective; break; happening at night; friend; dominant; not fake; stamp; beacon; complete…
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Guy who understands if a diamond is genuine by just looking at it
There is a guy who can determine if a diamond is genuine or fake by just looking at it. His name is Richard.
One day, he is summoned by the leader of a gang of thieves. It turns out that thieves have stolen a lot of diamonds from a jewelery store.…
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What is a Green 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 certain rule, I call it a Green Word™. Use the following examples to find the rule:
Green…
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A broken mirror
Oh no, I broke a mirror! That means bad luck or something, doesn't it? Can you help me fix it?
I made an image of my mirror below. You have to move some pieces so that a laser pointed in the direction of the red arrow will bounce on the mirror lines…
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Parallelisation
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #32: Grid Deduction Hybrids
Puzzlers, I am presenting a set of six duo-grids! Of course, I need to tell you how they work - you are given a grid. Looking at it, you are given the two puzzle types embedded in…
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All the moderators have been kidnapped!
I'm a bit worried. I just got an email from mods@puzzling.stackexchange.com. It looked like this:
Dear Puzzling Users:
Hello - you don't know me, but I have been watching your site for months. I have looked at new puzzles, monitored the election,…
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Who Stole My Friends' Car?? Help!
Help! Last night my friends' new car was stolen!
I'm pretty sure it was one of the gangs that hang around here, and they've been a bit cocky. Where the car was parked, they spray-painted the following on the ground.
But I can't make head or tale of…
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