From time to time we are receiving your
messages with seemingly simple requests which turn out to be hard puzzle
nuts even for us, though. In these cases our search was unsuccessful.
Nobody can know everything!
It easily can be that somebody of you knows some answer to any of the
questions below, so any your tips or help will be greatly appreciated -
simply
Contact
Us.
Question: Hello
puzzle friends,
there are lots of solutions for the puzzle SEND + MORE = MONEY if you
allow M=0, for example:
3712 + 0467 = 04179
3821+ 0468 = 04289
6415 + 0734 = 07149
6524 + 0735 = 07259
6851 + 0738 = 07589
Greetings,
monika.
Answer: We want to thank
Monica for this finding! It is very useful in context of the enhanced
solution to the Send More Money challenge when M is allowed to be
zero.
Question: I have a
similar problem to
Meeki L. (posted Feb 5, 2007). Unfortunately, my dots are arranged in
a different way, and so I haven't been able to use your solution.
The dots are arranged in a sort of cross pattern, as I've tried to draw
below.
* *
* * * *
* * * *
* *
They must also be connected using 5 lines, without crossing over the same
dot twice and without lifting your pencil from the paper.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Karen I.
Answer: This message has
inspired us to include the problem into our
Puzzle Playground sector. You can find it
here. Thank you!
For more information on the Dots Puzzle Family, read
item
#065 and
item
#144.
Question: For about
the last month I have been working on this puzzle called Scramble Squares.
I spend at least 2-3 hours on it a night but I get nowhere. It has been
driving me insane. I cant even find any solution on the internet. Please
help me!!!
Paul S.
Answer: We assume this
is one of the puzzles from the ScrambleSquares series produced by
b.dazzle,
inc. There are many different variations of Scramble Squares, our
recommendation would be to contact their original manufacturer directly,
i.e. b.dazzle, inc. They have a whole list of Scramble Squares
categories, and their contact information can be found at the bottom
of every page of their site.
Question: i was
cleaning up the other day and i thought i should get on to somebody about
the answers to the eternity puzzle that was launched in about 2000 around
the world ! its the one with about 160 pieces that you end up filling in
an octagon
wondering if youve heard of it and if you can help !
Regards
Chris B.
Answer: Yes, the
original Eternity puzzle has been successfully solved back in 2000. The
article about it with the link to solution can be found
here.
Also, its sequel,
Eternity II, has been released at the beginning of 2007.
I am a blind writer and am currently working on a series of newspaper
articles about the Harry Potter series for our local paper. I am devoting
several installments to Rowling’s use of puzzles and word games and I
would greatly appreciate your input on one thing which is driving me nuts.
In Chapter Sixteen of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, there is a
puzzle about seven differently shaped bottles standing in line on a table.
I’m sure I’ve heard something like it before and I would like to give
credit where credit is due. Harry, Ron and Hermione have lulled Hagrid’s
three-headed dog, Fluffy, to sleep by playing a flute in order to get
through the trap door where they expect to find Professor Snape trying to
steal the sorcerer’s stone. After getting past four more magical obstacles
(including the chess game which gets Ron knocked out cold), Harry and
Hermione come to a room with “a table with seven differently shaped
bottles standing on it in a line.” Flames shoot up behind and in front of
them and they are confronted with Snape’s protection for the sorcerer’s
stone. Hermione reads this poem from a scroll.
“Danger lies before you while safety lies behind,
Two of us will help you, whichever you would find,
One among us seven will let you move ahead,
Another will transport the drinker back instead,
Two among our number hold only nettle wine,
Three of us are killers waiting hidden in line,
Choose, unless you wish to stay here for evermore,
To help you in your choice we give you these clues four,
First, however slighly the poison tries to hide,
You will always find some on nettle wine’s left side,
Second, different are those who stand on either end,
But, if you would move onward, neither is your friend,
Third, as you see clearly, all are different sized,
Neither dwarf nor giant holds death in their insides,
Fourth, the second left and the second on the right,
Are twins once you taste them, though different at first sight.” The
smallest bottle gets Harry through to the stone and “a rounded bottle at
the right end of the line” allows Hermione to go back to help Ron.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Donna H.
Answer: Unfortunately,
we weren't able to come up with the answer to this puzzle. Thus, we've
decided to contact a noted puzzler Shelly Hazard on it. The puzzle seems
to be a classic form of logic puzzles and she recommended us to visit
several links. It seems all the relevant information on the puzzle can be
found there.
Question: My wife
and myself were putting on the finishing pieces of Springbok's "Spirit of
New York" when we noticed a piece was missing!!. Could you direct us to
Springbok's "Missing Pieces" department because this is KILLING US!!!
Thanks for any and all help you can offer.
Ryan D.
Answer: It is always
very unpleasant with jigsaws to discover one last piece missing or lost!
Concerning this jigsaw, our recommendation would be to visit their
original manufacturer Springbok's
website directly. The site also includes their
contact information.
Comment:X in a
box is a well-known unicursal challenges, where the object is to draw
X in a square box in one continuous line without going over any part of
the line twice, or crossing it, and without taking the pencil point off
the paper (please, see
Item
#086). Unfortunately, in accordance with the
proof it is not possible to solve the challenge in a straight and
clear way following the rules given. At the same time there are a number
of ideas how challenge still can be solved in a non-standard approach.
Some of these ideas from our visitors are presented below.
Idea: I was just reading
through your website and there is a puzzle to which you say there is no
solution, but you are wrong! It's
#086
A Box with the x.
It IS possible to draw a square box with an X inside without taking your
pencil off the paper. What you have to do is draw the square, then 1 line
of the X, then you FOLD the paper so that it is flush with the bottom of
the box, and without taking the pencil off the paper, go onto the folded
part of the paper. Move your pencil (on the folded part) to the opposite
corner of the box you just drew - then going Off the folded paper, back
into the box, draw the last line.
Hope that makes sense.
Peace,
Becky :)
Idea: Attached is a
solution to your X in a box.
Luke M.
From time to time we are receiving your
messages with seemingly simple requests which turn out to be hard puzzle
nuts even for us, though. In these cases our search was unsuccessful.
Nobody can know everything!
It easily can be that somebody of you knows some answer to any of the
questions below, so any your tips or help will be greatly appreciated -
simply
Contact
Us.
Comment: A
well-known Water-Gas-Electricity puzzle, where the object is to connect
three utilities to each of the three houses with no lines crossed (please,
see
Item #004), has no straight and clear solution following the rules of
the puzzle. Nevertheless, there always was and still is (we also hope
always will be) a temptation to overcome the rules of the puzzle finding
some kind of "catch" in them, and thus, solving the challenge. From time
to time we receive innovative points of view on the puzzle and suggestions
how it can be solved in a kind of out-of-the-box approach. Some of these
ideas are presented below.
Idea: When I was told
this problem, you had to make a line go from each house to each utillity
without crossing. I was told you are able to place the houses and
utillitys in any order, anywhere on the paper. Have you seen the puzzle
that is a circle with the dot in the middle, using only one line? If you
know the answer to that, you know that is a cheap, ... answer. With that
in mind, this would be a correct answer.
ph 17
Idea: Dear puzzle
ponderers:
I have come up with a possible (viable) solution to the old puzzle about
connecting up three houses with GAS, ELECTRICITY AND WATER. The answer
lies in how the puzzle is worded. The instructions given are that in
connecting the houses, no two lines can cross. Well, as water and gas are
PIPES and ELECTRICITY is the only line....where is the problem?
Ian (Mexico)
Idea: This puzzle is a
classic one which has no solution in 2D. However, if you place the items
on a doughnut shape in 3D you can solve it. In the picture below, E is
linked to 3 by going over the top and re-entering through the hole in the
middle.
DHyett...
Idea: ...I did find the
answer thou. Its not a 2D puzzle. Its answer is create when using a 3rd
dimesion. Here is the answer [see the image above]
Question: Dear
Sir/Madame,
I purchased the puzzle "To kill a Mother in law" ISBN #0922242933 It seems
to have all of the pieces but is missing the book that includes the story.
I am an 8th grade teacher and would like to use this puzzle in my
classroom. Is there any way I could download the story? If you could mail
me a book, that would be fine also. Thank you for your quality products!
Thank you in advance for your help!
Sincerely,
Lisa H
Answer: As we can
conclude it from the puzzle's title, it is manufactured by BePuzzled.
Thus, it is better to contact University Games Corporation - they acquired
BePuzzled from Lombard Marketing, Inc. in 1999. University Games can be
visited online at
www.universitygames.com and their contact information is provided
here.
