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What secret is this massive technical puzzle hiding? [riddles and data puzzles]
There's a game development company which released a mysterious "countdown to reveal" web page, and the page is designed pretty fancy, so everyone in that gaming community is curious about this.
This seems to be a secret puzzle, to which hints are…
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Teacher, teacher on the wall, Who's the dumbest of them all?
A maths teacher writes a very large number on the blackboard and asks her pupils (of whom there are $n$ in the room) about its factors.
The first pupil says, "The number is divisible by 2."
The second says, "The number is divisible by 3."
The third…
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The Importence of Proper Spelled and Grammar
Most accomplished autohrs are aware of the critical importance of proper grammar and spelling. The the neccessity of riting one's ideas succinctly, appropriately, and without error is parmaount. Occassional oversights may be forgived, but generall…
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A 600 foot Rope, and an 800 foot Drop
You find yourself trapped atop an $800$ foot tall building. The surrounding land is completely flat, plus there are no other structures nearby. You need to get to the bottom, uninjured, and can only safely fall about $5$ feet.
You look down the four…
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I am the first in Earth, What am I?
I am the first in Earth,
The second in Heaven.
I appear twice in a week,
Never in a month,
Once in a year.
And I am found in the middle of the sea.
What am I?
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The Oracle's IQ Test
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #2: IQ Puzzle Parody
I was feeling pretty confident and secure about my intellect so I decided to ask the Oracle for her opinion. I sent her a message and she responded immediately with three…
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A crossword with no clues?
This crossword doesn't appear to have any clues... or does it?
Solve the crossword to get a bonus puzzle, and find the final word to describe the crossword!
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Beastly Gerbil
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Whites of Their Eyes
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #1: Restricted Title: xkcd 1xxx
Encoding where F equals seventy
_____ Tenkula, a heavy metal musician
Vadodara financial services company & bank
Tall brother in Super Mario
Tomohiro _____, a…
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An easy trillionth power
Hardy was revisiting Ramanujan and this time arrived in taxicab number 1792. He remarked that this number seemed rather dull.
Ramanujan replied, "It is very interesting, it is the product of the first six digits of a trillionth power."
Please find a…
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Between you and me
⬛⬛
⬜⬜⬜⬜ air pollution
⬜⬜⬜⬜ wildebeests
⬜⬜⬜⬜ bullets
⬜⬜⬜⬜ whine
⬜⬜⬜⬜ cozy
Your final answer should be an appropriate image.
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The hangman game backward
So, @JLee has posted a hangman game (Hangman- No misses left) on SE. I would like to create one too, but let's do it backward - guess what was the question, with only 1 letter missing:
fill in an "a" - you wish you have it for your lovely home
fill…
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Mystery instruction manual
My uncle recently passed away* and it fell to me to sort through all his papers. Most things I came across were just old documents, bills, manuals, private correspondence, maps... that kind of thing. But one thing stood out.
Among all the paperwork…
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Sum of the first 86 square roots
Without using a calculator or a computer, can you compute the sum of square roots of the first 86 natural numbers, rounded to the nearest integer? In other words, we are looking for $\sqrt{1} + \sqrt{2} + \ldots + \sqrt{86}$ rounded to the nearest…
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What is the name for "mash-up" sentences like "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Malfunction?" or "How I Met Your Mother Theresa?"
On Jeopardy, there are clues called "Before and After" which asks contestants to answer questions like
Period of rest in Genesis where working parents leave toddlers
SEVENTH DAY CARE CENTERS
However, I'm sure this form of wordplay has a name and…
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A fairy tale in a golden toy
Once upon a time, long long ago, in the days when good stories were far more beautiful and far harder to come by, a king was asked by his spoilt but beloved princess daughter to give her a fairy tale. In answer to her request, he bestowed upon her a…
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