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Arc (&) Reactors
(Note: This puzzle may require a small amount of research if you aren't familiar with the work from its theme.)
It was exactly 11 years ago -- April 14, 2008, in Sydney -- that the first Iron Man movie premiered, featuring the power-generating "arc…
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Shapes and letters. What is the missing box?
Finally, someone has figured it out. Good job.
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Casey likes latte but dislikes cappuccino
Casey likes latte but dislikes cappuccino.
Casey likes suburbs but dislikes cities.
Casey likes wheat but dislikes cereal.
Casey likes rococo but dislikes baroque.
Casey likes flannel but dislikes wool.
Casey likes groups but dislikes crowds.
Casey…
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Using only 1s, make 29 with the minimum number of digits
Use the minimum number of ones to make 29.
Here is the list of operations permitted:
"Standard" operations, such as: $x+y$, $x-y$, $x\times y$, $x\div y$
Negation: $-x$
Exponentiation of two numbers: $x^y$
The square root of a number:…
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Not a Long-Winded Riddle
I'm not very serious when I am rolled.
If memory serves me, I spread uncontrolled.
If you see more of me, I'll be given more slack.
With her, I'm famously pink or black.
I was expecting against 101 before.
On my own, I'm a greedy man…
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Shrinking very large barcodes
My apologies is this is not the right place for this question, please advise if it needs to be moved or deleted.
So my city has an art installation of some very tall Dr.Suess style flowers.
These flowers have barcodes that runs down the length of…
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A notable collapse
Larry Leprechaun was dancing on a table,
but keeping balance, he was not able.
Falling, he nearly did _____ himself,
and wailed "__ __!" while some guy said "Give this __ __" .
Find one word, split sometimes, which may complete the blanks.
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That gap is a bit jarring
... but there doesn't seem to be anything missing.
$0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,1527465$
What then could cause that rather large gap?
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Three easy pieces
Cram. No Crete lust.
She. Who Kyle? Till.
Out! I'm dinner elder.
Find three objects beginning with an E, each described by one line, given they are clued similarly.
Hint:
a) Each object has three pieces.
b) The three triplets have spatial…
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Time for the Dessert!
The answer is one word.
Hint 1:
I've added a "cipher" tag.
Hint 2:
Had I been content with less mouth-watering desserts, I could have used this pic for the top middle slot:
Mariia Mykhailova
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How many queens can be on a chessboard without attacking each other?
What is the maximum number of queens that can be placed on a standard 8x8 chessboard such that no one of them is capable of attacking any of the others in a single move?
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Muddled video games titles
First of all, this is totally a rip-off of @ferret idea, but with video games instead of movies.
So, basically the same story: I have a friend that use to mix things up and is unable to clearly describe what he is talking about. However, he always…
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Can you name the two?
TWO came forth from the very same mother
and most people could not tell one from the other
They arrived the same day, on the very same spot,
they look just the same, yet twins they are not
To further explain this perhaps I should say
that one of…
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Born on the same day, but one is two years older
Two people were born on the same day, same year, and share the same birthday.
One is 2 years old, the other is only a few days old.
What's going on here?
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Use us, fop. All kin ill
Behold a set of ten anahomophonagrams: expressions taken from well-known idioms, song lyrics, and pop culture, converted to like-sounding words and then reordered into new expressions.
For example,
Wise motto: use hate, home sate, ohm toe…
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