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Well, I thought it would be a fun idea to post random puzzles and problems. This would be a daily event, or until someone solves the given problem. The answerer would then add a new problem, they would have to have an answer and possible explanations for other feasible answers.
Question #1. "I'll Make A WISE PHRASE" is an anagram for what/who/where?
William Shakespeare.
#2. This is one of my favourite crossword clues - I felt it applied to me as a student: She writes mechanically, producing nothing original. (4,6)
Jane Austen? If correct, I'll have to get back to you on a puzzle.
Jane Austen, writing mechanically? Producing nothing original? Certainly not!! Try again....
Was she not a consistent writer? As far as her works being completely original, I was never aware of her inspirations. But that clue could describe a lot of people.
Is it copy typist, or is it altogether more subtle?
Quite right, Mick - but not subtle at all - it came out of a Daily Telegraph crossword.... :)
Your turn.
Here's one for all those under 30's (This is the kind of thing we used to know before the digital age.)
As I was going to St Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits,
Kits, cats, sacks,wives how many were going to St Ives?
I know everyone will have heard it, but I enjoyed reliving some childhood here.
I'll let someone else put the answer to that old chestnut, Mick!
And don't you dare follow up with the one about the man looking at a photograph saying 'That man's father was my father's son' or however it went. I know the answer but I could never unravel it.
That would be just the one (yourself) mick
A man and his two sons need to cross a river there is only one row boat which can hold a max weight of 14stones. The man is 14stones and his sons both weigh 7. how do all 3 get across (none can swim)?
The two sons cross, one returns for the father, who crosses alone, then the so on the far side brings the boat back across and the brothers cross together.Quote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
An eye in a blue face
Saw an eye in a green face.
"That eye is like to this eye"
Said the first eye,
"But in low place
Not in high place."
Quote:
Originally Posted by kasie
Is that the one where you end up being your own Grandad?:lol:
Tallefred:The answer is the Sun looking down on a daisy in a meadow. I'll try and think of something more original, but in the meantime, as my 10 year old daughter once asked me:- Whats brown and sticky?
Whats brown and sticky?
A stick.
Crossword clue: SGEG (9,4)
Incidentally, I suspect one could look any of these up on the internet, but only a cad or a bounder would do such a thing.
And on the St Ives thing, even as kid I thought that was a cheat. People often meet - in fact one might say they were more likely to meet - on their way to the same place. If they didn't, there'd be no Canterbury Tales.
Thats just what I thought, but I preferred that answer to doing the maths.
SGEG is tricky, I've got "sergeants" stuck in my head and can't progress.
Okay - no progress, so I'll give you the answer, shall I?
scrambled eggs
A body was discovered next to a home, foul play was suspected.
The time of death was estimated to be 0200 hours.
The victim was male, around 20 years old.
There were cigarette butts found next to the victim.
What was the victim's name.
John Doe?
no luck this time
but thanks for playing
The same as it is currently.
cheater, NAME please
SMOKEy ROBinSON!!!!?
uh, no
:smilielol5:Quote:
SMOKEy ROBinSON!!!!?
I've exhausted all my puzzle tricks, and will look at it with a fresher mind in the morn.
The juxtaposition of the words home and foul keep making me think it's baseball related, but that is almost certainly incorrect. At least I hope it's incorrect.
It is incorrect.
A hint
punctuation is key
Assuming that this...
A body was discovered next to a home, foul play was suspected.
... was not deliberate, and it should be two sentences separated by - at the very least - a semi colon, then I'd say that his name was What. Then again, I wouldn't say that, because if that's the right answer, there's no question.
WINNER!
your turn
OK...My turn..again.
The following is true under a very special circumstance. What is it?
11+8+8=17
Stumped....but I hope I can use the answer at work!
1/1 ?Quote:
Originally Posted by iamnobody
You are playing Blackjack, right? An Ace can be a 1 or an 11.
Whether or not that was the answer you were looking for, it must have been a suitable answer.
Now:
Determine which of these letters does not belong:
D V O N A S W
Blackjack it is.
As for yours, stumped for now.
Sorry, thought I had an answer and realised it was wrong as soon as I posted it. Doh...
W wasn't a part of the classical Latin alphabet, it was added later. I'm not sure that's what you were getting at though.
:) I could take that answer for the reason you have given, I suppose, but there is a simpler, different answer to this one. And it's not W, in this one anyway. Although it's great that the puzzle can have more than one answer!
The A can't be traced over without lifting the stylus, or re-tracing a section a second time.
:) That's the answer I was looking for. Well done! But OrphanPip is right in another way, which is also good. I guess I'll be ridiculously rulebound and let you go next, billl....
This is one a lot of people might know, so if you haven't heard it before try and have some fun thinking about it before reading the responses.
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You have been trapped inside of a strange pyramid, following the mysterious collapse of its entrance. You keep exploring and soon encounter two mummies standing in front of two doors.
A sign above the doors says the following:
ONE OF THESE DOORS LEADS TO A PASSAGE OF PITS, TRAPS, AND ULTIMATE DOOM. THE OTHER DOOR LEADS TO YOUR SAFETY AND FREEDOM. THESE TWO MUMMIES EACH KNOW WHICH DOOR IS WHICH, BUT ONE OF THE MUMMIES ALWAYS TELLS LIES, WHILE THE OTHER MUMMY ALWAYS TELLS THE TRUTH.
What will you do? How can you learn which door is the one to freedom without leaving the room?
Ooh, and is there another mummy that stands beside them and strangles people who ask the other two complicated questions ? ;)