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Help! I need somebody
A friend sent me the following puzzle and claimed that with a bit of general knowledge (or compensatory research skills) and creative thinking I could arrive to the answer. Alas, the puzzle exceeds my ...
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Estimating Time
Here is a descending sequence of seven puzzles sorted from large to small. If you work on one a day, you should finish within a week. So let’s say two weeks to be safe.
The sequence is also ascending ...
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Swarms of Codes
Since the days of old, codes have been devised and utilized to various ends: to relay secret messages, to identify friend from foe, or to record secret formulae.
What ancient dark art is at work here?
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We have the same size, yet we are different
The answer to this puzzle is one that makes sense. Good Luck!
For the colorblind:
Left grid (in order, row by row)-
(GV)(G)(Y)(B)(O)
(R)(RY)(I)
(O)
(B)
(V)(I)
Right grid (in order, row by row)-
(B)(O)...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2021 (Day 15): Optics Experiment
This puzzle is part of the Puzzling StackExchange Advent Calendar 2021. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 50 reputation.< Previous Door Next Door >
Optics ...
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It is said that the two are somehow related
What am I?
Who exactly are my friends?
To find out more about my friends, look at the 4s of them in the 2nd. Fun fact: Split the 4 and those are the only two ways it can be _____ in 2.
My friends' 4s:...
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Just for fun (it's fair)
Try make sense of the image below. The answer is ten letters in total.
Hint:
Hint2:
Note: I added a (4) and an (8). It doesn't affect the puzzle.
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You don't want to sell me matchsticks
Fix the image before completing the sequence. What do I want you to draw your attention to?
103, 91, 79, 0, x, x, 28, x, x, x, 0, 78, x, x, x, x, x, x, 5
Hints:
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Where are you, Sammy Wolfe…?
Adventurer and photographer Sammy Wolfe built a solar-powered airplane to explore the North American wilderness. Unexpectedly, the engine stopped working and he was forced to land his plane in the ...
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Similar, but different
Try figure out the answer to this puzzle. The answer is 13 letters in total.
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Locked in an alien crypt: Jewels on the floor
Dazed, you slowly regain consciousness. You don’t know how you got here, but one thing is certain – your exploration of this otherworldly planet has reached an ugly end. Trapped in an alien crypt, ...
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A week around Europe
I've recently returned from a week of travelling around Europe, visiting a different town or city in a different country on each day, choosing my destinations according to an underlying pattern. I've ...
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A puzzling stained glass window
On a recent trip to Europe, I visited a beautiful gothic abbey. Walking up the dark aisle between old wooden pews, the air heavy with the odour of incense, I could only marvel at the beautiful stained ...
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The Facebook (a double connect wall)
This is a double connect wall puzzle. The objective is to rearrange the sixteen people below in the 4x4 grid such that each row of 4 will be related by a common theme and each column of 4 will also ...
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I was popular in the 1970s
I was popular in the 1970s. I can be represented by the following image:
What am I?
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Circling the rectangle: A strange IQ problem
I'm sure you're all familiar with pattern recognition puzzles where you have to find the next picture in a sequence. Well, I’m completely stumped on this one… Can you help?
There is a sequence of ...
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Does this contain a cosmic riddle?
I have recently returned from travelling the globe, and while I saw many sights on my Ulyssian adventure, one in particular remains with me...
While walking through an ancient Middle Eastern cave ...
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NASA analyzing message from space
$\hskip3in$Newsflash
Since our space probes and radio beams first plumbed the cosmos, mankind has sent into the void numerous notices describing our location. Today NASA announced the recovery of a ...
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Round n round, we go
Try to figure out the answer to this puzzle.
Here's a little info:
Connect
In order
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A weird picture is driving me mad
I discovered this extremely strange thing the other day. I really can't describe to you what it is, but here's a picture of it so you can have a look for yourself and see if you can help me. What is ...
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What language am I learning?
I arrive at the location I've agreed with my European friend, who is teaching me their native language. Today we're learning some history of their country.
But to aid in my learning, I've been banned ...
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This diagram needs a name!
This puzzle is a spin-off from the 'This new puzzle type needs a name' series.
I have devised a new diagramming style. The examples below have been deliberately selected and ordered in a way that ...
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An Elementary Magnum Opus
The image below is modified from a part of an absurdly high-resolution "magnum opus" picture. Based on the magnum opus's contents, answer the following questions:
What is the meaning of the ...
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The messy chemist
This morning I walked into my Chemistry teacher's office to ask him a question and felt my foot collide with something. I looked down at the floor and saw a load of Periodic Table element flashcards ...
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Twenty Questions - a visual puzzle
"Okay, are you male?"
"Yes. 19 left."
"Are you alive?"
"Well, that's... complicated..."
"Okay, are you real?"
"No – 17."
"17? You're ...
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To remember them
The answer to this puzzle consists of three words with a total of 13 letters. Combining what you see below should lead you to the correct answer.
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Mystery instruction manual
My uncle recently passed away* and it fell to me to sort through all his papers. Most things I came across were just old documents, bills, manuals, private correspondence, maps... that kind of thing. ...
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A mathematical term
The answer to this puzzle is a one word answer.
Use this to get the answer:
51 12 31 23 22 43 21 52 11 41 32 42
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A Clear and Crescent Danger
I was putting up a poster at work the other day when I looked at it and saw this:
What word was the poster trying to convey? And for bonus points, where do I work?
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Company brands and logos: Some are not right
A friend of mine, who is a student in the area of Brand Marketing, sent me an e-mail:
Hey
I am working on a a Class Project that relates to Logos and Brands- what makes them so attractive. I have ...
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Celebrity Four Square
Which celebrity completes this four square?
Thanks to Megaptera novaeangliae for inspiring this puzzle. See here:
Who am I? (visual puzzle)
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Who's Missing? (A metapuzzle)
Task
Solve the sub-puzzles to enable you to solve the meta-puzzle at the end.
Partial answers contributing to the overall solve are welcome (but, of course, do try to answer as much as you can!).
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Different from each other
The answer to this puzzle consists of two words with 14 letters in total.
Hint1
Hint2
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Some say, obsessed
The final answer consist of 11 letters and i'm looking for a name!
After you find the answer to the puzzle above, use this (to get the final answer):
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👎💑😐Scrambled emoji tale❤️👩⭐ #️3️⃣
Today is July, 17th - World Emoji Day 📅 🥳
So, today is time to post a new scrambled emoji tale. 😂😂😂😂
This is the emoji tale#️3️⃣. Click here and here to see the previous two.
Since my previous ...
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A maze of placed faces
Twenty-nine images of famous people have been specifically selected and carefully placed so as to form a maze (below). However, two of the images - both of US Presidents - have been redacted (marked '...
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This rebus is gold (and loud)
What television programme does this rebus stand for? Why is the rebus gold* and loud?
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