Counting Puzzle "All right, here's a 20-point question for you. Fill in the blank, so the sentence is correct. There are three possible answers. If you get all three, I'll give you 60 points." "This sentence has ________________ letters." Spelling Puzzle A scholar
to another : "You'll never
believe this! I wrote on the board, 'One of the words in
this sentence is mispelled. What word is it?' Not one of
my students got it!" Zero Puzzle Can you make 120 using five zeros within a minute or two? (No Kidding!!) Hero Puzzle Arrange the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 in such a manner that when they were added up they would total 99,999. Eights Puzzle You have to arrange four eights in such a way that they total exactly 100. Let's see if you could solve it in under 8 minutes. Number Puzzle
Rearrange numbers one through eight, in the grid, so no two consecutive digits are adjacent horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Ghost Puzzle What is that form which you may take away the whole and yet have some left? Keyboard Puzzle In the keyboard of a modern typewriter, the second row from the top contains these letters :
The question is simple. What is the longest English word that you can type using only the letters from this row? You may use the letters more than once. If you miss the answer, you'll find yourself asking, "Why didn't I think of that?" Brothers Puzzle
The two boys had the same father and mother and were born on the same day in the same hospital during the same year. As you can see, they look alike, but they're not twins. How do you substantiate? Balancing Puzzle The problem is to drop a match stick, from waist level, to the ground and have it land on its narrow side edge, not on its flat sides. Try the puzzle to see if you can light upon a solution before resorting to the answer section. Rectangle Puzzle
The twelve dots above are all evenly spaced from one another. How many rectangles, of varying sizes, can you find that would use any four of these dots for their vertices(corners)? Remember, a square is also considered a rectangle. Math Puzzle
Can you figure out what makes this arithmetic unique? Chess Puzzle Over a hundred years ago, Kempelen's famous Automation Chess Player could not only beat most players that challenged it, but it could also formulate chess puzzles that stumped the best minds of the day. Here's one of the hardest. You are required to place four black queens and a black bishop on a chessboard so that they control the entire board. In other words, after the five pieces have been positioned, it will be impossible to place the white king on any vacant square without being in check. Radio Puzzle
In 1930s radio, the Puzzle Answer Man was very popular. Can you help him prove that six minus one equals twelve? If you succeed, pay yourself one shiny, silver dollar, the standard radio prize in those days.
A N S W E R S Counting Puzzle The three correct answers are: thirty-one, thirty-three and 22. Spelling Puzzle The misspelled word is "mispelled." Zero Puzzle [( 0! + 0! + 0! + 0! + 0! )]! = 5! = 120 Hero Puzzle Here is the answer: 98,765 + 1,234 = 99,999 Eights Puzzle The four eights are arranged as follows: 88 / .88 = 8800 / 88 = 100 Number Puzzle
Ghost Puzzle What you are looking for is the word wholesome. Take away the whole and you are left with some. Keyboard Puzzle The answer I was looking for is TYPEWRITER, but there are a few more 10-letter words that you can type from this single row of keys. Brothers Puzzle They were two brothers from a set of triplets. How do you like the delivery on that one? Balancing Puzzle Just bend the match stick in half before dropping it. It will then come to rest on its narrow edge when dropped from any height.
Rectangle Puzzle You can draw 20 rectangles using the 12 dots in the illustration. The 2 that everyone seems to miss are shown here. I hope that you didn't miss them.
Math Puzzle If you turn the addition problem upside down, you find that the numbers once again add upto 5074. The 6's become 9's, the 9's become 6's and the 1's and 8's stay the same. All in all, this makes an interesting problem. Chess Puzzle
Radio Puzzle The word is DOZENS. Take away one letter, the S, and you have DOZEN, which of course is twelve. |
