Questions tagged [reverse-puzzling]
This tag is for questions where the answerer must identify a puzzle type based on deliberately limited information about its nature, such as notes made in the course of solving it. For questions where the asker genuinely needs to know the puzzle type, use the [puzzle-identification] tag instead.
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Reverse Puzzling 2
This puzzle was inspired by Dr Xorile's first reverse puzzle! Kudos to him for coming up with such a fun format.
Intrigued, I gave George yet another famous puzzle to ponder over. Once again, I was ...
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Reverse Puzzling
George is a great puzzler, so I was extremely surprised when he didn't immediately know the answer to a really famous puzzle. It's a puzzle that you probably did years ago, and have heard so often ...
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What is this magic trick with 6 cards featuring numbers between 1 and 60?
I hope this is on topic. I have a set of kids' magic tricks but I have lost the instructions! I was hoping this might be a good place to get some help.
Here is the first one.
What is the trick and ...
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