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A Day at the Beach |
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Yesterday was such a beautiful day, four couples decided to spend the day
at the beach. They had a great day of fun in the sun. At one point, each
couple went off on their own for a while to enjoy their favorite beach
activity. Determine each couple's full names, the color of each woman's
bathing suit, and each couple's favorite activity. |
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Circus! Circus! |
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The circus is in town! Four families got tickets for a day of fun
under the big top. Each family brought a different number of children
and each family had a different favorite act of the day. Determine the
full name of each couple, how many children each had, and what each
family's favorite act was. |
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The Egg of Columbus |
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Break the Egg apart and arrange it in the other way to complete a few
extra figures. Explore on your own and invent new shapes! |
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The Mutilated Chessboard |
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Another classic puzzle gem that should bring you an "aha!" no matter, if
you solve it by yourself or go right to the solution page. Enjoy the
beauty of the logical proof! |
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Arcade Time! |
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For Tim’s birthday, his mother brought him and three friends to the
local arcade for an evening on fun and games. The boys spent the evening
competing with each other for the highest scores on their favorite
arcade games, all of them classic older games... |
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How Many Squares? |
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It's the visual one but it's not an illusion. Count how many
dot-per-corner squares are hidden in the given figure and don't let the
answer square your error. |
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Nine Points |
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Nine points, four lines, a pencil and... possibly an eraser. Go through
all the points not lifting a pencil off the paper. |
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Four Circles |
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The four intersecting circles have to be drawn in the traditional way -
neither taking a pencil off the paper, nor going over any part of the
line twice. |
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The Treasure at Medinet |
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Restore the map of an ancient kingdom with a network of roads and eight
fortresses, and make no more than one fortress accessible on every road. |
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English 16 |
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The English 16 puzzle was very popular in Victorian England and Europe.
The puzzle applet was written by Bob Kirkland as a birthday gift for our
site. Enjoy this puzzle classic! |
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The Six Pennies |
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Transform the two rows of coins into a perfect hexagon simply sliding
them. And there is only one additional spec for the sliding... |
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Silhouettes |
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If several silhouettes are superimposed in a pile in some certain way a
silhouette of a rabbit can appear. Moreover two different rabbit's
silhouettes can be obtained. Can you find them both? |
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Last Updated: November 22, 2007 |
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