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Golden Chain Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:18:00 +0000

The son of a rich bullion merchant left home on the death of his father. All he had with him was a gold chain that consisted of 148 links.
He rented a place in the city center with a shop at the lower level and an apartment at the upper level. He was required to pay every week one link of the gold chain as rent for the place. The landlady told him that she wanted one link of the gold chain at the end of one week, two gold links at the end of two weeks, three gold links at the end of three weeks and so on.
The son realized that he had to cut the links of the gold chain to pay the weekly rent.
Also consider that when any chain is broken to get links, three links are obtained, two partitions and one link from which chain was broken.

If the son wished to rent the place for 148 weeks, what would be the minimum number of links he would need to cut?

The Adam and the God Guess me puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:13:00 +0000

Adam, God made out of dust

But thought it best to make me first,

So I was made before man

To answer God's most Holy plan.

A living being I became

And Adam gave to me my name.

I from his presence then withdrew

And more of Adam never knew.

I did my Maker's law obey

Nor ever went from it astray.

Thousands of miles I go in fear

But seldom on earth appear.

For purpose wise God did see,

He put a living soul in me.

A soul from me God did claim

And took from me the soul again.

So when from me the soul had fled

I was the same as when first made.

And without hands, or feet, or soul,

I travel on from pole to pole.

I labor hard by day, by night

To fallen man I give great light.

Thousands of people, young and old

Will by my death great light behold.

No right or wrong can I conceive

The scripture I cannot believe.

Although my name therein is found

They are to me an empty sound.

No feat of death doth trouble me

Real happiness I'll never see.

To Heaven I shall never go

Or to Hell below.

Now when these lines you slowly read,

Go search your Bible with all speed

For that my name is written there

I do honestly to you declare.

What Am I?

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Match and Lemon-aid Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep Gupta) — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:30:00 +0000

Match and Lemon-aid Puzzle

A man in a restaurant asked a waiter for a juice glass, a dinner plate, water, a match, and a lemon wedge. The man poured enough water onto the plate to cover it.

"If you can get the water on the plate into this glass without touching or moving this plate, I will give you $100," the man said. "You can use the match and lemon to do this."

A few minutes later, the waiter walked away with $100 in his pocket. How did the waiter get the water into the glass?

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License to Kill Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep Gupta) — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:00:00 +0000

License to Kill Riddle

Inspector Ixolite of the Yard was investigating a murder at Nottonmye Manor. It was a difficult case, and Ixolite was completely stumped until he noticed a message sent to him by the killer cunningly hidden in a newspaper advertisement selling Car Licence Plates.
Inspector Ixolite thought about it for a while, and when he had solved the puzzle, immediately arrested the guilty man.

Now answer these :
Q1) How did Ixolite know the advert was a clue for him?
Q2) Solve the code and tell me who Ixolite arrested.

Following is the newspaper advert (Car license plates for sale) that Inspector Ixolite saw.

Plates For Sale
[W 05 NWO]
[H 13 HSR ]
[O 05 EBM]
[D 08 UNE]
[U 10 HTY]
[N 04 BRE]
[N 16 TTE]
[I 26 LHC ]
[T 10 AEE]
[I 26 CNA]
[X 22 VDA]

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The truth of life... 10 advices from Bill Gates to the world

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:05:00 +0000

The truth of life... 10 advices from Bill Gates to the world

1. “Life is not fair - get used to it.”
-> The world is never fair. You know this? You can never change the whole world. Injustice still exists in the current society, so you should try to adapt.

2. “The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.”
-> Your extreme self-esteem may make your job inconvenient. Don't attach too much significance on your self-esteem as people care about your achievements rather than it.

3. “You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with car phone, until you earn both.”
-> Normally you can't be rich if you have just finished high school. However to become an executive, you need to obtain both: a high school certificate and the money.

4. “If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.”
-> Don’t complain that your boss is tough. When you are at school, your teachers always stand by you whenever you meet problems. However if you have thought that all your problems really come from the hard requirements of your teachers, you shouldn't look for a job. Simply if there aren't strict demands from your company, you will do nothing and quickly become unemployed. Then nobody will give you a hand.

5. “If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.”
-> Don't blame your failure on your destiny. All you need now is to stay calm and start from scratch.

6. “Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.”
-> You should show your gratefulness to your parents for spending most of their lives for your living and growth. All the “outdated” of your parents today is the price they have to pay for your growth.

7. “Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life may not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.”
-> Keep in mind that you can always become a leader, so that you will have more motivation to strive for your career.

8. “Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.”
-> Don’t always wait for holidays or you will be left behind your colleagues. That backwardness means elimination and unemployment.

9. “Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.”
-> Everybody likes watching TV, but you shouldn't watch it too much. As that actually isn't your life and your thinking will be influenced. You yourself have to determine your own life.

10. “Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.”
-> You should be nice to everyone. Life has happenings you could never expect. Be open to your boss, don’t say bad things behind his back as it will bring you nowhere.

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Fork in the Road

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep Gupta) — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:06:00 +0000

A logician vacationing in the Bahamas finds himself on an island inhabited by two proverbial tribes of liars and truth-tellers. Members of one tribe always speak the truth, while other always lie. He stands at the fork of a road (a Tee-junction) and has to ask a bystander which leg he needs to follow to reach the village. He knows not whether the native is a truth-teller or a liar. The logician thinks for a moment and then asks only one question. What does he ask?

Prisoner's Hat Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep Gupta) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:43:00 +0000

Four prisoners are caught and are to be punished. The judge allows them to be freed if they can solve a puzzle. If they do not, they will be hanged. They all agree.

The four prisoners are lined up on some steps (shown below). They are all facing in the same direction. A wall separates the fourth prisoner from the other three.

To summarize:-
Man 1 can see men 2 and 3.
Man 2 can see man 3.
Man 3 can see none of the others.
Man 4 can see none of the others.

The prisoners are wearing hats. They are told that there are two white hats and two black hats. The men initially don't know what colour hat they are wearing. They are told to shout out the color of the hat that they are wearing as soon as they know for certain what colour it is.

They are not allowed to turn round or move.
They are not allowed to talk to each other.
They are not allowed to take their hats off.
Who is the first person to shout out and why?

Christmas Tree Puzzle Solution

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:15:00 +0000

Christmas Tree Puzzle Solution

Four angels sat on the Christmas tree amidst other ornaments. Two had blue halos and two – yellow. However, none of them could see above his head. Angel A sat on the top branch and could see the angels B and C, who sat below him. Angel B, could see angel C who sat on the lower branch. And angel D stood at the base of the tree obscured from view by a thicket of branches, so no one could see him and he could not see anyone either.

Which one of them could be the first to guess the color of his halo and speak it out loud for all other angels to hear?

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Solution 1

If angels B and C had aureole of the same color, then angel A must have immediately said his own color (other then theirs)

Solution 2

If angels B and C had different colors, then angel A must have been silent and that would have been a signal for angel B, who could know (looking at angel C) what his own color is (the other one then C had).

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Lateral Thinking
Brain Teasers

Answer : Lateral Thinking - The Elevator Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:06:00 +0000

Answer : Lateral Thinking - The Elevator Puzzle

A man lives on the twelfth floor of an apartment building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. In the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator -- or if it was raining that day -- he goes back to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to the tenth floor and walks up two flights of stairs to his apartment.

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Solution
The man is a dwarf. He can't reach the upper elevator buttons, but he can ask people to push them for him. He can also push them with his umbrella.

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More Lateral Thinking
More Brain Teasers

Christmas Tree Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:15:00 +0000

Christmas Tree Puzzle

Four angels sat on the Christmas tree amidst other ornaments. Two had blue halos and two – yellow. However, none of them could see above his head. Angel A sat on the top branch and could see the angels B and C, who sat below him. Angel B, could see angel C who sat on the lower branch. And angel D stood at the base of the tree obscured from view by a thicket of branches, so no one could see him and he could not see anyone either.
Which one of them could be the first to guess the color of his halo and speak it out loud for all other angels to hear?

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Lateral Thinking - The Elevator Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000

Lateral Thinking - The Elevator Puzzle

A man lives on the twelfth floor of an apartment building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. In the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator -- or if it was raining that day -- he goes back to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to the tenth floor and walks up two flights of stairs to his apartment.

Why does the person follow such a way to go to his apartment?
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More Lateral Thinking
More Brain Teasers

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:24:00 +0000

Answer to No Sunrise Lateral Thinking Puzzle

In the middle of the night a man gets out of bed, walks to the yard and puts something in a bag. He then gets in his car, drives across town to his friend's house and rings the doorbell. His friend answers and the man says, "Here, you wanted it, so its yours." The man then smiles and drives home. As a result of all this, though, he never sees another sunrise in his life (but yes, he is alive).
How can you explain this? Now think laterally don't go by all what is given!!

Solution:

The man put his rooster in the bag and gave it to the friend who had admired it. Now he could sleep in peace at last until well after sunrise.

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The count puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:16:00 +0000

The count puzzle

The puzzle is too simple, you just need to fill in the blanks below.
The number of 0 in this whole puzzle is ......
The number of 1 in this whole puzzle is ......
The number of 2 in this whole puzzle is ......
The number of 3 in this whole puzzle is ......
The number of 4 in this whole puzzle is ......
The number of 5 in this whole puzzle is ......
The number of 6 in this whole puzzle is ......
The number of 7 in this whole puzzle is ......
The number of 8 in this whole puzzle is ......
The number of 9 in this whole puzzle is ......
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Prime Number Upside down

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:01:00 +0000

Prime Number upside down

If you type the prime 3217001 on a calculator and hold it upside down, you can read the word "IDOLIZE", provided you accept that '0' can be both "D" and "O". Are there any larger primes that become a meaningful word when read upside down like this?
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Rumour-mongers Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:48:00 +0000

Rumour-mongers Puzzle

You surely need me to make a point sound
I could save time or ease your workday
Rumour-mongers in the market pass me around
When you are satisfied you give me away.

What am I?

Golf Tally Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:23:00 +0000

Golf Tally Puzzle

Three friends played golf together regularly all season. At the end of the season they tallied up their scores and compared them to see who had done the best overall. As a result, a heated discussion broke out as to who really did do the best.

David pointed out that he had finished ahead of Robert more often than he had finished behind him.
Robert countered that he had finished ahead of Bailey more often than he had finished behind him.
Bailey claimed that he had finished ahead of David more often than he had finished behind him.

All of the statements are true, how could this be?
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Rungs under water puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:35:00 +0000

Rungs under water puzzle

A boat has a ladder that has six rungs, each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes. Assume high tide peaks in one hour.

When the tide is at it's highest, how many rungs are under water?
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Solution to Railroad Bridge Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:48:00 +0000

Solution to the Railroad Bridge Puzzle posted on 27th July 2008

Click here to view the the puzzle

There is a low railroad bridge in your town. One day you see a large truck stopped just before the underpass. When you asked the driver what has happened, the driver tells you that his truck is one inch higher than the indicated height of the opening. This is the only road to his destination.
What can he do to get through the underpass the easiest way?

Solution:

As the tires of the truck has sufficient clearance between the inner and outer part of the tires via air gap. The tires can be deflated to decrease the height of the truck by one inch and the truck can pass through!!!

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Poisened Drink Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:43:00 +0000

Poisened Drink Puzzle

A rich old man has died. After his death, his children are surprised to learn that he has left all of his money to his oldest son Jeremiah, who loved him dearly, and ignored his other children, who hated him.

So, the funeral is a day or two later, and the other sons and daughters have decided to kill Jeremiah and take his inheritance. Since his father's death, Jeremiah has taken to drinking, and they know that, at the wake, he's going to be gulping down the liquor like it was nectar of the gods. So they decide to poison the drinks. One of the other sons, Wallace, tends bar, and gets the poison all ready.

So Jeremiah comes up, crying and depressed, and orders a scotch on the rocks. Wallace serves him one, and he chugs it down in two seconds. "Give me another." Wallace gives him a second glass of scotch, which he also drinks in a matter of moments. The other siblings are puzzled...the poison is fast-acting; Jeremiah should be convulsing on the floor and retching his guts out. Finally, fifteen minutes later, a rather inebriated and very much alive Jeremiah orders one last glass of scotch, but as Wallace hands it to him, he changes his mind and leaves, sobbing. The other siblings come over to Wallace, and wonder what's going on. They talk about what could have gone wrong for a few minutes, and figure the poison's harmless. So Wallace sips the drink he poured for Jeremiah, and is pronounced DOA thirty minutes later.

Why did Jeremiah live? (He had no immunity to the poison, he didn't know it was coming, and the poison was obviously deadly.)
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Engineer vs Management

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:57:00 +0000

Engineer vs Management

A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She reduced altitude and spotted a man below.
She descended a bit more and shouted, 'Excuse me sir, can you help me ? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago but I don't know where I am.'

The man below replied, 'You're in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude.'

'You must be an engineer,' said the lady balloonist.
'I am’, replied the man. 'How did you know ?'

'Well, answered the balloonist, 'everything you told me is technically correct, but I've no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me at all. If anything you've delayed my trip even more.'

The man below responded, ‘You must be in management.'
'I am,' replied the lady balloonist, 'but, how did you know ?'

'Well,' said the man, 'You don't know where you are, or where you're going. You have risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air within. You made a promise, which you've no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you, to solve your problems
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Klueless Puzzle IV - Solution/Answers - Level 11-18

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:53:00 +0000

Klueless Puzzle IV - Solution/Hints - Level 11-18
The klueless puzzle at IIM Indore have newer version. Klueless 4 The fourth in its series. haven't actually got time to go through but here are few answers/spoilers for level 11 thru 8. Will be adding the hints later. For Answers to Level 1thru 10. Click here
WARNING : Dont look at these if you want to try it yourself

Level 11. This was easy.. being a cricket follower. The three names - Warner, Edrich and Compton are the three stands of Lord's Cricket Ground, others being Mound , Tavern, Allen , i suppose. Further it is also called as the Mecca of Cricket. Hence it makes perfect sense that this level belongs to this ground. But Lord's is a single name and page source suggests it should be two words. A further searching revealed its original name which made perfect sense saying "Four" in the title and bingo here it is .... "Dorset Square"

Level 12. The image shown is a fractal(i felt this was physics but why "Maths is fun" here?). Thanks to a course in IIT, i recognize this fractal (after all the only fascinating thing in course was fractal), and the name was so easily suggested by Nelson Mandela. I keyed in.... Mandelbrot

Level 13. Now that was pretty bad. I was stuck for 3 hours, i admit i am bad at ciphers. The source says "letters" but what letters and "Title is nothing more than the title". Then kept looking at the title, searched Google. Then i saw "TITLE = This Is The Level Entry". One of the first tries to decipher a cipher was to take first letter of each word. Now that said for typing in the complete text

"To order reigning utterly lethal executor that has exhibited most amateur lustful longings. To override fundamentally intoxicating natural disaster that has emitted martyrdon. To observe bolts rescinding in new garden that has everything mortified and lack-lustre; and no day in new time has ever dawned after royal kingdon nested every sober serenity bound in natural devilry that has ever materialized"

Took the first letters :
T o r u l e t h e m a l l
T o f i n d t h e m
To b r i n g t h e m a l l a n d i n t h e d a r k n e s s b i n d t h e m
made:
to rule them all
to find them
to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

And now it was easy "Lord of the rings". The movies which my brother saw every third day and have 10 CDs and 6 DvDs. How can i forget this. The complete dialogue was
One ring to rule them all
One ring to find them
One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

SO it is... onering. Change the url now to onering.asp

Level 14. Now search page source hint on Google "the precious ring of Victorian times". It tells the complete history about the rings. Now i came to know, where from the words "Love, dearest, regard etc" came. These are actually the name of stones like Regard: Ruby, Emerald, Garnet, Amethyst, Ruby, and Diamond. Now i had to find a seven letter word as suggested by these stones. That was ..... DEAREST

Level 15.
Level 15a : "many very elderly men just snooze under newspapers" .. a mnemonic to learn the planets of solar system in order. Source says find the missing one.. That would be .... Pluto

Level 15c: Muted Lamb refers to the movie "Silence of the lambs" .“man eating man” suggests the character "Hannibal the Cannibal"

Level 15x: Dead end is a dead end. Come back to level 15 and choose other door.

Level 15b: Butterfly effect suggests us to go back in the puzzle and put your user name and password there to find the way to next level

Level 16: Look at the title. You need to change some words to make it second person. Use the chat lingo. Source says: Why have many when only one is sufficient? remove many and keep one." need to keep an I on all the minor things all by urself or b doomed”
Look at the title, remove it from wht u have after removing many…. Decode it

Level 17:Follow the hints provided in title. Hanged man? Funny things cards. You can use them even if they are held upside down.

Level 18: A matrix of number and a few lines.
Find the answers to the first 2 questions,Connect the answers Watch the title.
You need to use this dictionary to find out the answer. Try differenct permutations and combinations remembering its a matrix
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Totem Destroyer Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:49:00 +0000

Totem Destroyer Puzzle Game

Description : There are 25 Totems located in each world. You need to bring them down, but don't just go pulling the trigger everywhere. You must rescue golden idol, the Idol must not fall on the ground.

A good enough mind boggling puzzle. Size being 2.5 Mb you may need to wait for a while or download here : right click here and save to your system.
Here is the link to the puzzle where i actually found it. Puzzles could be available at many locations.

Enjoy!!!!

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Klueless Puzzle IV - Solution/Hints - Level 1-10

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:20:00 +0000

Klueless Puzzle IV - Solution/Answers - Level 1-10
For level 11 thru 15 answers click here
The klueless puzzle at IIM Indore have newer version. Klueless 4 The fourth in its series. haven't actually got time to go through but here are few answers/spoilers for level 1 thru 10. Will be adding the hints later.
WARNING : Dont look at these if you want to try it yourself

Level 1. Good enough.. Click on enter.

Level 2. fill it with the colored word .. Play

Level 3. copy the missing/incorrect letters.. Cakewalk

Level 4. This one is country specific. I got no clue from numbers, Ji Mantriji refers to Prime minister. Look at the source code, it says 'None Before'. So the first prime minister of India. You go and type - Jawaharlal Nehru. It will tell you to put only the second name ... Nehru

Level 5. Need to fill in the missing word, i.e. Power of " ..... " . Something is different on the page, only one Sponser , Page source also tells about "business technology consulting has emerged in IT" , so that tells something related to Cognizant. Page Url "cbc.asp" . Whats the connection in cbc and cognizant? find it out. Thats Cognizant Business Consulting.. easy on google. Now go to CBC page on Cognizant site, again get the url through google or from the sitemap. Now look at the content of the page. Hey its visible clearly ... "power of advice"

Level 6. Donald Duck. Page source says "you are stuck in middle of nowhere" and nAMe.. the middle part is highlighted. Try the middle name of donald duck, just google it.... its - "Fauntleroy"

Level 7. ottff--en-- : find the series, en makes it find easy. its first character of counting.. o=one , t=two, t=three, f=four, f=five, ..... So missing characters sste. Now the source code, image url is 1432.jpg. Just put it in this order. 1=s,2=s,3=t,4=e.. this makes it .. sets

Level 8. Comet : whizzing by in the sky and one of the reindeer of Santa. It says the answer is of two words. Hence it must now be a comet. The first comet that came to my mind.... halley’s comet

Level 9. Just look at the url, it says gibberish. I didnt know what that is. Just google it. Found Gibberish is the other name of a game called PIGLATIN hence... piglatin

Level 10 The relation being the married celebrities. The ones missing are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. It suggests the combination is required.. brangelina

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Fastest to 50 Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:24:00 +0000

Fastest to 50 Puzzle

Two players are playing a time pass game. They decide to take turns and out integers. The first person to call out “50” wins keeping in mind the following rules:
1. The person starting first should call out the number between 1 to 10 (inclusive)
2. The next player should call out a new number which must exceed the most recent number called by at least one and by no more than 10.

Do you want to go first, and if so, what is your strategy?
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Catch the cheating husband puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:14:00 +0000

Catch the Cheating Husband Puzzle

In a certain matriarchal town, the women all believe in an old prophecy that says there will come a time when a stranger will visit the town and announce whether any of the men folks are cheating on their wives. The stranger will simply say “yes” or “no”, without announcing the number of men implicated or their identities. If the stranger arrives and makes his announcement, the women know that they must follow a particular rule: If on any day following the stranger’s announcement a woman deduces that her husband is not faithful to her, she must kick him out into the street at 10 A.M. the next day. This action is immediately observable by every resident in the town. It is well known that each wife is already observant enough to know whether any man (except her own husband) is cheating on his wife. However, no woman can reveal that information to any other. A cheating husband is also assumed to remain silent about his infidelity.

The time comes, and a stranger arrives. He announces that there are cheating men in the town. On the morning of the 10th day following the stranger’s arrival, some unfaithful men are kicked out into the street for the first time.

How many of them are there?
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