Brain Teasers and Puzzles

http://www.stoveinafield.com/ Verry hard puzzles, well worth a go.

I completely stole this from iGoogle brainteasers. Move one number to make this equation correct: 101-102=1

The Petpet Supplies shop is 655 metres from the Smoothie Store, 393 Metres from the Defence Magic shop, and 314 metres from the Grooming Parlour. The Defence Magic shop is 236 metres from the Grooming Parlour and 524 metres from the Smoothie Store. Assuming the distance between the Grooming Parlour and the Smoothie Store is less than the distance between the Petpet Supplies shop and the Smoothie Store, what is the distance between the Grooming Parlour and the Smoothie Store? Please round to the nearest metre.

Here is my intelligence test: describe the four corners of a square napkin folded twice. Are any two the same? (I failed.)

Tli tate hlluk ht ealaee e eme lopa vav lvlris eyeat lwnt rnh. This isn't nearly as hard as the some of the others, and can very easily be solved with a paper and pencil, but I thought it was fun. Plus, this section doesn't have too many recent posts, so I'm hoping to spark some interest. The sentence doesn't really make sense (It is all real words in a grammatically correct sentence, I just couldn't think of anything serious to write so I had fun with it). I'm just going to go ahead and take a guess, and say it'll last 4 hours

Hi everyone! I've been trying to solve this for a while and with no success ( suck at logic puzzles ) so I thought I'd post it here for you guys to try. If you work it out please post a hint for the rest of us mere-mortals -- Ryan Jones

why is this # interesting? :-) 854917632

45056358416013

this is my first post on the board so i dont know if this has been used before. There are two animals (the term animal being used very loosely). if you change the second letter of the name of the first animal to the next letter in the alphabet (ex. change A to B), then you will get the name of the second animal.

I have 10 riddles, whoever can answer them all correctly first wins. 1)A metal neither black nor red As heavy as man's golden greed What you do to stay ahead With friend or arrow or steed 2) Two guardians, two doors. One always lies, one always tells the truth. You can ask one of them just one question. You must choose the right door, one leads to death the other to freedom. possible questions: a)Which door is corect? b)Which door is not corect? c)Which guard is lying? d )Are you the guard who lies? e )Is he the guard who lies? f)Which door would I say is correct? g)Which door would the other say is correct? h)Do both doors lead to death? i…

Ok, I will post a riddle, and after about 10 replies (guesses) to the riddle I will give the actual answer...I'll start There are 3 objects- One is hungry and will never be full- One has gone and will never return- One is here and will never leave- What are the 3 objects? (I realize that the answer may not scientifically be true, but its just a riddle)

I am a number between 1 and 1000 I am bold, I am strong, I provide lift for birds that travel far.. i'm fast, i'm resourceful, I tear through barriers 30 seconds from the start. Good Luck

do any of you know to write/solve base 16 or hex, if so could u explain it to me in a way that is easy to understand?

01010101//01100001/01110010/01100101//23/5/18/25//01110011/13/1/01110010/20 go for it.

what does this mean? 01000001/011011/01100001/01110011//01000001//01010111/01101001/01101110/01101110/01100101/01110010 ???

1,3,4,5,6,7,9,1,2,3,4,6 what 3 #'s come next??? use a calculator if u have to, you may need one Also,once u figure it out u may also explain it so that the next guy that looks at this won't have to ask me, who made the pattern, but the champion who solved it.

902315144518081523012151470 208919023912120201115 This is just a code i made when i was bored, so try it.

I need help solving this The numbers "$6465776579" look like ASCII except the 64. (Pun on Ass-key) I'm not sure what the $ indicates (string in QBASIC) but I think a change of base is invloved somewhere. Please help!

what's the hardest brain teaser? One where you have to figure out the question AND the answer. I got past level one, but that was really just a training course. I'm completely stuck now. http://www.zeronews-fr.com/flash/cdt3.php

Bus For Alaska Fay Chester was a busy housewife with a demanding husband, six children and a large house. The only relief she got from her chores was the twice-a-week bridge game she shared with a dozen other women. The only flaw in the bridge club relationship was that Fay loved to tell off-color stories and the girls didn't want to hear them. To teach Fay a lesson, the other women decided that the next time she told an off-color story, they'd just get up, walk out, meet at another home but without Fay. Sure enough, at the next meeting, Fay started, "You know, girls, there's a rumor going around that a busload of prostitutes will be leaving in the morning …

Sorry if this riddle has already been posted. You have eight wooden blocks. 7 have exactly the same mass, while 1 has slightly more. The difference is so slight, you cannot tell by touch and feel alone, and must rely on the very precise balance scale you have in front of you. In only two measurements, how can you absolutely determine which of the 8 blocks is the odd one out?

Is there an equation for this problem? Each candy bar comes with a coupon, if you get 7 coupons it's good for a free candy bar. What is an eqation that gives you the final amount of candy bars you get (including free ones) using X as the originial number you bought? EX if I bought 27 candy bars, I'd get 27 coupons > 3 free bars + 6 left over coupons. But then those 3 will come with 3 more coupons, making the total amount of coupons 9, which is enought to get another candy bar. So, in the end I'd have 31 candy bars. And it gets even more difficult with higher numbers. This question was given in class (too late to get any credit for it ), but I could neve…

Hello A peer in another science class @ school was given this challenge which was passed onto me...however Im not sure how to contruct this... Any ideas/suggestions/tips on how to create the paper boat so it meets the requirements? Materials: Each final design (i.e. the boat, bridge, and airplane) must be made out of a single sheet of 8.5" x 11" copier paper. You may use the staples and tape provided, but the quantity of each will be limited. You will not be limited in the number of pieces of paper that you use to converge on a final design but only one final entry will be accepted. Scissors will be supplied. For each final design you may use at most 30 staples and…

This puzzle was from a famous puzzle maker Dudeney. Don't give it away if you know the answer In a rectangular room, 30' x 12' x 12', a spider is at the middle of an end wall (one with dimensions 12' x 12'), one foot from the ceiling. The fly is at the middle of the opposite end wall, one foot above the floor. The fly is so scared it can't move. What is the shortest distance the spider must crawl in the room to capture the fly? No web spinning. Hint: It is less than 42 '.

If your itching for a challenge, I suggest you try your hand at these. I'm pretty rubbish with ordinary rubik's cubes anyway:-p , but I thought I'd give the 4d one a go. The maths inviolved is pretty interesting too. The web addresses from which you can access both of these are as follows; For 4d:http://www.superliminal.com/cube/cube.htm For 5d:http://www.gravitation3d.com/magiccube5d/ Now dont forget to have fun:D !