| Sunday Puzzle – 15 November 2009 – Three letter sequence |
[Nov. 16th, 2009|02:11 am] |
What are the next three letters in the following sequence?
UNE, NUS, URN, TER, ARS, RTH, NUS, ?
(I’ll post the answer in a few days time, unless someone wants to put the answer in a reply.)
(Puzzle courtesy of Clifford Pickover 2003 – their Monday January 12 puzzle.) |
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| Sunday Puzzle – 8 November 2009 – Jumbled Quote |
[Nov. 16th, 2009|02:00 am] |
(Posted a week late.)
Solve this cryptogram, substituting the actual letters for these bogus letters.
“OWUUZACKK ZK ASIOZAH DSEC IOWA HSSY OCWBIO WAY W MWY DCDSET.” – WBMCEI KJOXCZIGCE
(I’ll post the answer in a few days time, unless someone wants to put the answer in a reply.)
(Puzzle courtesy of Clifford Pickover 2003 – their Thursday January 8 puzzle.) |
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| Sunday Puzzle – 1 November 2009 – Arduous Journey |
[Nov. 2nd, 2009|11:40 pm] |
(Posted a day late.)
You have completed a long and arduous journey, finally arriving at a king’s palace in the mountains. On his bookshelves are books of various sizes and colors. Oddly enough, one book lists the months with April appearing first and September appearing last. What book is this?
(I’ll post the answer in a few days time, unless someone wants to put the answer in a reply.)
(Puzzle courtesy of Clifford Pickover 2003 – their Friday 11 June puzzle.) |
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| Sunday Puzzle – 25 October 2009 – Jumbled Quote |
[Oct. 25th, 2009|07:51 pm] |
Solve this cryptogram, submitting the real letters for those you see here.
“UI MGL OJI IX DJ NWXAJS IMGI USIJCCUBJSRJ MGL GSO LPWAUAGC AGCPJ.” – GWIMPW R. RCGWTJ
(I’ll post the answer in a few days time, unless someone wants to put the answer in a reply.)
(Puzzle courtesy of Clifford Pickover 2003 – their Monday September 6 puzzle.) |
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| Sunday Puzzle – 18 October 2009 – Word with 1 consonant |
[Oct. 23rd, 2009|12:05 am] |
(Posted a few days late.)
To open a safe, one letter on each of four rows of buttons must be pressed in order, starting with row 1 and sopping at row 4. (For example, ‘haie’ would be a code.)
Row 1: h, c, g, i, f, o
Row 2: a, e, p, b, j, p
Row 3: i, o, d, e, n, k
Row 4: e, i, s, r, m, l
To make the combination easier to remember, the safe’s owner spells out a four-letter word that has only one consonant.
Can you open the safe?
(I’ll post the answer in a few days time, unless someone wants to put the answer in a reply.)
(Puzzle courtesy of Clifford Pickover 2003 – their Tuesday 20 April puzzle.) |
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| Funny ad |
[Oct. 20th, 2009|02:45 am] |
On another blog they were posting this ad, and others, and talking about whether some regional accents were seen as funny.
But I just think it's a very very funny ad. It's the way she talks.
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| Sunday Puzzle - 11 October 2009 – 3-digit numbers |
[Oct. 11th, 2009|10:06 pm] |
What is the significance of this sequence?
235, 711, 131, 719, 232, 931, 374, 143
(I’ll post the answer in a few days time, unless someone wants to put the answer in a reply.)
(Puzzle courtesy of Clifford Pickover 2003 – their Wednesday 26 May puzzle.) |
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| Sunday Puzzle – 4 October 2009 – two 5-sentence lists |
[Oct. 5th, 2009|11:32 pm] |
Eve has engraved two lists of words on a clay tablet.
1. primate, gibbon, jerk, yellow, poodle.
2. three, some, however, blindfold, chosen.
What criterion did she use to place the words in the two separate lists?
(I’ll post the answer in a few days time, unless someone wants to put the answer in a reply.)
(Puzzle courtesy of Clifford Pickover 2003 – their Monday July 12 puzzle.) |
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| Irish Police win award |
[Oct. 2nd, 2009|04:15 pm] |
In another LJ it says, I quote, 'At the annual Ig Nobel awards ceremony earlier tonight, the Prize for Literature was awarded to the Garda Síochána na hÉireann (i.e. the Irish Police Force) for the 50 or more speeding tickets they've issued in the name "Prawo Jazdy", Polish for "driver's license." '
http://improbable.com/ |
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| Wildlife near where I live - renegade squirrel |
[Oct. 1st, 2009|08:25 pm] |
This squirrel was caught doing naughty things in Solo's garden. He or she escaped, but not before I got this photo.
We intend to use this photo to pick this squirrel out of a line-up, should he or she ever be caught.
Now I'm off to ring 999 (which is the UK equivalent of 911).
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| Sunday Puzzle - 27-September-2009 – 4 Sentences – Odd One Out |
[Sep. 27th, 2009|09:41 pm] |
Which one of these sentences is the odd one out?
(I know there are always more than one answer to these types of questions, but I want the answer in the calendar.)
1. My aunt is not eloquent.
2. Urchins travel against him.
3. Nine eggs value amber dead ants.
4. My sister is an eloquent urchin.
(I’ll post the answer in a few days time, unless someone wants to put the answer in a reply.)
(Puzzle courtesy of Clifford Pickover 2003 – their Monday March 1 puzzle.) |
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| Sunday Puzzle - 20-September-2009 – 3 President’s Names. |
[Sep. 20th, 2009|05:57 pm] |
Which of the 3 following is not an anagram for an U.S. President?
THREE ORB HOVER
BANAL NORMAL CHI
FOUR SPHERES HOVER
(I’ll post the answer in a few days time, unless someone wants to put the answer in a reply.)
(Puzzle courtesy of Clifford Pickover 2003 – their Thursday May 13 puzzle.) |
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| Sunday Puzzle – 13-September-2009 – Turtle and Mouse Age . |
[Sep. 13th, 2009|07:07 pm] |
A turtle and a mouse are talking to each other. The mouse mentioned to the turtle what age she was, then she asked the turtle how old he was.
The turtle replied, “My age is now six times yours, but two years ago it was eight times yours. If you can tell me my age, as a reward I will bring you a thimbleful of cheese every day for a month.”
How old is the turtle?
(I’ll post the answer in a few days time, unless someone wants to put the answer in a reply.)
(Puzzle courtesy of Clifford Pickover 2003 – their Saturday/Sunday August 28/29 puzzle.) |
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| Wildlife near where I live, pigeon |
[Sep. 12th, 2009|07:35 pm] |
Here's that pigeon that I posted earlier. This was taken a couple of days ago, but it could have been taken today as the pigeon was on the same chimney.
There seem to be two, I see them quite a lot, I think their wood pigeons, so I wonder if they have a nest up there or something?
There's also a cheeky squirrel, it ran right by me today (on the fence behind me), but I didn't get to take a picture. It did leave a present behind ... and acorn. |
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| Sunday Puzzle – 6-September-2009 – Childrens’ Names |
[Sep. 6th, 2009|07:11 pm] |
A father is a bit strange. He decides on the name he’s going to give his children before they are born, and they get that name, regardless of whether they are a boy or a girl baby. (His wife always likes the names he picks.)
He has 7 children, and he names them;
Rose, Kenneth, Wanda, Mike, Bruce, Emma, and Randolph.
Then his wife becomes pregnant again. So the father asks his friend for suggestions for the next child’s name.
The friend suggests;
Jacqueline, Julie, Cliff or Ellen.
Which of the names does the father pick?
(I’ll post the answer in a few days time, unless someone wants to put the answer in a reply.)
(Puzzle courtesy of Clifford Pickover 2003 – their Monday August 16 puzzle.) |
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