The Free Travel !

In his satirical History of Lunar States and Empires(1657), the witty 17th century French writer Cyrano De Bergerac describes an amazing thing which had supposedly happened to him. Experimenting one day, he was lifted up in the air with all his retorts. On landing several hours later, he was astonished to find himself not in his own land of France nor even in Europe, but in Canada.

Strangely enough Cyrano De Bergerac believed his transatlantic flight quite possible, claiming that while he was up in the air, the earth had continued to rotate eastwards which is why he had landed in North America and not France.

A very cheap and simple mode of travel, I must say ! Just ascend and stay suspended for a few minutes and you'll return to a totally different place much further westwards. why tie yourself globe-trottin? Simply hover in mid air and wait till your destination reaches you.

What do you say ?

What Am I 2

What is neither in the house, nor out of the house, but still is part of the house?
Riddle Maker

What Am I

As long as I eat, I live, but when I drink, I die.
Riddle Maker

Unique Problem !

The problems says, re-arrange numbers one through eight, in the grid so that no two consecutive digits are adjacent horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

1

2 3

4 5

6 7

8

Can you do that ?

Chess Tournament

At an international chess tournament the four semi-finalists, Zena Le Vue, Dr. A. Glebe, Rob E. Lumen and Ann Ziata, each represented one of four continents: Europe, Africa, the Americas and Austrailia. Can you correctly match each of the four chess masters with the continent which of the four chess masters with the continent which they represented?

Figure it out

There is a single feature that unites all of these words, can you figure it out

Enumerate
Unoccupied
Onerous
Unusual
Bird

Basic Arithmetic

Using only "arithmetical" signs, complete the following equation correctly

10 10 10 = 9.50

Bilbo's Riddle

"A box without hinges, key, or lid. Yet golden treasure inside is hid.
Nick

Hold and Cold

Alone I am hot. Take two letters away and i am cold. Take another away and i am warm up a bit.

What am I?

Alphabetical Order

What is the longest English word which has its letters in alphabetical order ?

Back to Square One

This time Mr. and Mrs Smith planned to go around a square track ( remember the pentagon problem). While Mr. Smith runs one side of the square, Mrs. Smith; being young, completes two sides and a diagonal in the same time.

One morning Mr. Smith decided to test Mrs Smith's intelligence. He said "I will cover all four sides of the square and you cover all the tracks twice (all sides and two diagonals). We must start from the same corner and in the same direction and must finish together, moving in the same direction again." Mr. Smith added. "I will only tread my foot on a path which you have already taken and I don't want you to meet me anywhere en-route".

Assume ABCD is the square, can you help Mrs. Smith route the path?

Time Sequence

23 minutes past one, 26 minutes to one...

What is the next item in the sequence.

Where 4

A retired man lives on an island in sunny California in the 1940's. He has a great view, which he stares at for many hours every day from his room. He gets free room and boarde and is surrounded by others of his kind. He lives out his final days on the island surrounded by very valuable real estate, but feels trapped and burdened nonetheless.

Where does the man spend his final days and why does he feel trapped?

~as always i have clues if needed
~Valerie

The Old Gardener (Easy)

A old gardener had a brother who died. What relation was the old gardener to the brother who died?"

Brother" is not the answer.

-Rx

Where 3

A woman immigrate to the United States from France. Although she lives in New York for many years, she never learns to speak Englsih or hold down a job. Nonetheless, she becomes one of America's most famous residents.

Where in New York does this woman live and who is she?

~i realize this is a simple on. don't kill me....
~as always i have hints, but i doubt you will need them.
~Valerie

Who Comes Next ?

Who/What comes next in the following perplexing sequence

QAZ, WSX, EDC, RFV, TGB, ?

Puzzle

This is one of these puzzles that gets dusted off at Christmas - fun for all the family
(better than a poke in the eye, but only just)
example: 12DOC = 12 Days Of Christmas

1. 7WOTW
2. SWAT7D
3. 365DIAY
4. 2BON2B
5. 66BOTB
6. 5GR
7. 180WTD
8. ASITS9
9. 12IIAF
10. SO69

pramsay13

Ridiculous Riddle

This is one of the most ridiculous riddle i've heard but here it is....
cuz i gots nothing better to do...

You're trapped in a room with no doors or windows...
The only items in the room is a table, and a mirror...
how do you get out...


-Rx

Troop Loss

As Napolean retreated from moscow, he was pursued by General Janvir through deep snow and blinding blizzards. At the first skirmish the General Janvir lost 20% of his troops. At the second skirmish he lost 20% of those left. If the lost count was 7,200 men, How many did he start with ?

Boats and Ladders

A 10 foot rope ladder whose rungs are one foot wide is hanging over the side of a boat. At this time there is only 1 foot of ladder under the water. It now begins to rain heavily, if it rains at the rate of 1 foot every two hours, how many hours will it take to cover half of the ladder?

-Rx

Ciggies

ok ill try to make it abit more accurate this time...

if you can make 1 stick of cigarette from 8 cigarette butts, how many can you make with 376 cigarette butts?



-Rx

Where 2

After bidding goodbye to his daughter and granddaughter, and Englishman sets out from his small village on a long journey. Three years later he returns, only to find that his village is empty and has been abandoned for some time. Despite some clue and numerous searches, the fate of the village inhabitants is never discovered.

Where is the village and what is it called?

~As always i have clues if needed, good luck
~Valerie

Think Brain

What is the minimum steps required to go from

THINK -> BRAIN

* assuming you change one letter at a time and each step makes a meaningful word. Show the steps !

Illustration for Trick of Mind

Hey Guys,

I have a friend, Elar Alexander (web site still under construction), who has voluntarily agreed to create some occasional illustration for the daily trick questions. You be the judge and tell me your opinion.


The survey will end in a week.


I would be delighted to see, any other comments you may have

Happy Puzzling

Rajesh

The Archimedes Problem

Archimedes' greatest achievement was his anticipation of some of the fundamental ideas of calculus. The problem given here is a classic example of a problem that most mathematician today would regard unsolvable without a knowledge of calculus (indeed it is found in many calculus textbooks) but that yielded readily to Archimedes ingenious method.

Two circular cylinders intersect at right angles. If each cylinder has a radius of one unit, what is the volume of solid figure that is common to both the cylinders ?

No Surviving record was found how Archimedes solved this problem. there is, however, a startling simple way to obtain the answer; indeed, one need to know a little more than formula for the area of the circle(Pi times square of the radius) and the formula for the volume of the sphere (Four-thirds Pi times the cube of the radius). It may have been the method Archimedes used. In any case, it has become a famous illustration of how calculus often can be sidestepped by finding a single approach to the problem.

Bottles

if 5 empty botlles is equal to 1 full bottle,
how many full bottles in total will you get if you have 77
empty bottles?


-Rx

Underwater Talking Apparatus

A revolutionary device Self Contained Underwater Talking Apparatus (SCUTA) was invented, which create a baloon of text of what you speak, much like a comic strip. A lot of people were tested with the invention under water. when a women was tested, the following apeared in the bubble

"itne verra insbu titpo urs"

So what language is she speaking and what country she is from ?

Quizzical Karl

On sunday, one week after leeny's death, The whole Ingrum family gathered for his funeral. It was at the beginning of the funeral and the pastor was giving a long and mourningful speech. The family teared, then quizical karl said something to his niece, "I wonder how much dirt is covering leeny at this moment", She said, "I don't think that is an appropriate thing to be talking about, the pastor is giving the speech." Karl said, "Well assuming the hole is 6' deep 3' wide and 3.5' long and the coffin is 2' deep 2.5' wide and 3' long, I wonder".

Well can you help Karl with this problem?

-Show your work!

Peculiar Groups

Mrs. Connar wrote the following letters in the board

1 2 3 4
5 7 8 9


and said to the class.

"I want you to arrange the eight numbers I have written on the board into two groups of four numbers each. When you add up each group, the sums must be the same.

Your time starts now."

The Fingerprint Mystery

A man stabbed his wife to death. He was alone with her before and after the crime. To throw the police off, he decided to leave false fingerprints. How is this possible?

Where

So now that you guys conquered who and what, we're now up to where.
I'll start with the easiest one. Good luck everyone!

A 12-year old girl walks into an establishment alone and picks up a small magazine to read. She is then cornered, led to the backroom and instructed to sit still and be quiet. Fearing for her safety, she obeys this request, but is attacked with a sharp object anyway. By the end of the ordeal, she feels no pain and actually pays money to a woman before she leaves the place.

Where is the girl and why does she pay the woman?
~as always hints are available.
~Good Luck
~Valerie

Fill in the Blank

The sentence has ______________ letters.

There are atleast three ways to fill in the blank and make the statement correct. Can you tell them ?

What 4

Michelle slowly slides her fingers against the silver blades in her hand to check their sharpness. Next, she glances in the mirror to see how she looks, Finally, she enters and area where a group of solemn people from around the world holds her in judgment. Michelle has not committed any crime nor has she entered a courtroom, yet the group's judgment may affect both her and her county.

What is Michelle doing and why is she doing it?

~As always I have clues if you need them. Good luck!
~Valerie

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Can you arrange four Eights in such a way that they total exactly 100 ?

Puzzle

JBJBJATWOWFIITRIAOHOSOJBJBJATWOWFIITRIAOHOS.

Explain?

pramsay13

What 3

A man prepares for a dangerous mission at work by putting on a constricting uniform. Halfway through the mission, he sense danger and immediatly presses a button. He escapes that threat, but moments later is found 100 feet away unconscience. He later dies.

What is the man's occupation and what was the cause of death?

~as always i have clues if needed
~good luck
~Valerie

Pentagon Problem

Every morning Mr. and Mrs Smith, go over a track around a pentagon, each side of which is a mile. Mr. Smith walking and running rates are 2 and 6 miles per hour respectively. The difference between the walking rates of the two is the same as the difference in the running speeds.

They start together from one corner but in different directions. Mr. Smith runs and Mrs. Smith walks till they meet; thereafter Mrs. Smith runs and Mr. Smith walks. They finish together after Mrs. Smith has covered the track twice and Mr. Smith just once.

Where all do they meet and how long do they take to finish?

Belly Dancers

If seven belly dancers can lose a total of 20 pounds in eight hours of dancing, how many more belly dancers would be needed to lose a total of 20 pounds in only four hours of dancing provided the new dancers shed weight only half as fast as the original dancers

What 2

Furious with her black cat, Angela attempts to shoot it. Instead, she hits and kills her elderly father, while the cat flees. To hid her crime, Angela drags her fathers body into the cellar and walls up the corpse. Alerted by worried neighbors, the police incestigfate the cellar and, by listening carefully, quickly discover the body, along with something else quite enexpected.

What did the police hear and what else did they find.

~As always I have clues if you need them, Have fun.
~Valerie

Caesar

SOGXBMSSAOKCMENWKYO!


clue: box/4, shift 17


title and clue should make it obvious

-Rx

whuh?

HWAYETRDETISNECHV
OMNLTESOSHSETNEAE...???

-Rx

Who am I?

Not many people like Penny. Some people hate her. Part of the fact is because she doesn't do anything! She used to, but now she doesn't. She always got tossed in the street, left alone, and was very poor. Also part of the fact was that she was burnt when she was little.

Who is Penny?

Emilio C.

What ?

Hey everyone, this one is from the same book as the who questions and i fugured you could use a bit of change. I'll start with the first one, the easiest one. Hope you guys like it

Two men in white suits have worked in a large, dark room for over thirty years. They create small controlled ezplosions and experiment with animals. Though people have noticed some of the animals disappear, the men in white claim this is all done in the name of conservation.

What are the men's names and what do they do for a living?

~As usual i have clues if you need them.
~Valerie

Bigger the Better ?

The bigger it is.
The less you see.
What is it ?

Who 5

Laurel lives a peaceful life in a wooded region of the United States. One day, a person approaches and savagely attacks Laurel with a sharp weopon. Laurel is mortally wounded and dies. The person sells Laurel's body for a good price.

Who was Laurel and why did the person sell Laurel's body?

~i have clues if you need them, good luck, i looked further in the book for this one. if it's too easy comment it i'll get you harder ones.

~Valerie

Solving a Rubik's Cube

You have a standard Rubik's cube which you bought from ToysRus whose sides can be rotated to change the face of each of the cube. Now assume the Rubik's cube HAVE 27 cubes somehow placed, one upon the other in the 3 X 3 X 3 fashion and solving a Rubik's cube means having same colors at each of the 6 faces.

What are the total number of combination you can get out of a Rubik's cube and how many of these combination is equal to solving a Rubik's cube.

* Note that the corner pieces of the rubik's cube only rotate and align with other corner pieces and so on.

Who 4

Deep in the woods, a portly and unassuming fellow ambles along humming to himself. He finds a large hole in the ground, which he figures must house some animal, maybe a rabbit, He squirms into the hole, but on the way back out manages to get quite stuck because of his formidable girth. Fially, a little boy comes along and rescues him by pulling him out.

Who is this individual and where does he live?

~I have clues if you need them.
~Also how in the world do you work the make your own blogger thing, i made a gmail account, went to the blogger site, and can't find out how to post to trick of mind. So if anyone can comment how to help it would be appreciated.
~Valerie

Word fun

MILONELION ?

Coin Conundrum

You have a pile of 24 coins. Twenty-three of these coins have the same weight, and one is heavier. Your task is to determine which coin is heavier and do so in the minimum number of weighings. You are given a beam balance (scale), which will compare the weight of any two sets of coins out of the total set of 24 coins. How many weighings are required to identify the heavier coin?


-Rx