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Did you know that ingesting a nutrient called Choline during pregnancy could “super-charge”, for life, the brains of the Dinfant in the womb. Choline intake by adults might help the aging brain. Now, don’t go around searching for food products high in Choline. An egg, daily, should do the trick. Choline, a member of the vitamin B family is found in egg yolk, liver and other meat. Exactly the kind of stuff people avoid to keep themselves healthy. The doctor recommends a generous dosage of Choline before you tackle this week’s quota of Sudoku.
What do you prefer? Skipping breakfast, or breakfast accompanied by a Sudoku puzzle?.
Riddle # 1
Why did the burglar take a shower?
Instruction:
Fill in the grid with digits in such a manner that every row, every column and every 3×3 box accomodates the digits 1 to 9, without repeating any.
Sudoku for Beginners: Puzzle # 1
Sudoku for Buffs: Puzzle #1
Riddle # 2
What is an Extra-Terrestrial’s favorite show?
Challenge Puzzle Prizes
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Challenge Puzzle: Holygrailer
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Math Puzzle
Ever used mind mapping? Mind-maps have been used for centuries - for learning, brainstorming, memory, visual Ethinking, and problem solving by educators, engineers, psychologists and people in general. The idea of mind mapping is to think creatively and in a non-linear manner.
When you are accosted with a tough number puzzle which you vaguely remember to have solved sometime in the past, don’t hesitate; just try mind-mapping.
Riddle # 3
Why did the mummy leave his tomb after 2,000 years?
Math Puzzle
During the start of the school year there was a demand for binding of books. It was found that 19 binders could bind 1140 text-books in 10 days. But 1404 books were to be bound in 9 days. How many binders had to be employed to finish the work?
Riddle # 4
How do you straighten crooked apple trees?
Word Puzzle
What do you think of the word ‘pleonasm’? Sound puzzling?
There’s actually such a word - the use of more words, than is necessary, is called pleonasm. Unnecessary repetition of words can be irritating to listeners.
According to Confucius: “If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what ought to be done remains undone”.
So let’s all resolve to make our speech short, crisp and brief, by avoiding pleonastic words. And what better way to start, than by solving this week’s word puzzles?
Anagrams
Unravel this week’s clues to find the names of favorite cities Americans prefer to live in.
The Clues:
1. Out, Nosh!
This is the largest city of Texas.
2. Is A Nut
This city promotes itself as the live music capital of the world.
3. Let’s Eat
This city in the Pacific Northwest region is informally referred to as “Jet City”.
4. Ant At LA
This city hosted the 1996 Summer Olympics.
5. Dais Gone
This Californian city has miles of beaches.
Logic Puzzle
Bionic brains! Though it sounds a bit scary, using electrodes to send small currents to the brain is thought to help give it a boost. Alternatively, some even suggest the controversial option of having genetically engineered brain cells.
I don’t mind a bit of engineering, if it’ll help tackle this week’s logical puzzles.
Riddle # 5
What’s the best way to catch a fish?
# Word Logic
In this verse, I have spelt out a word, letter by letter. By “My first”, I refer to the word’s first letter, and so on. What word have I described? A. Nobody who drives a car will try flying a plane.
My second in party but not in cheer
My third in up but not down
My fourth in settlement not in town
My fifth in tree you plainly see
My whole a food for you and me
Riddle # 6
What monster likes to dance?
Chess
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Riddle # 7
What’s it like to be kissed by a vampire?
New Game of The Week
Agreat family game…It’s a race to ring the bell! Can your Eagle Eye spot an item on your card that’s also on your game board? Look hard, there’s only one. Could it be the green race car, or the red ball? Once you find it, ring fast, and you win that round! Whoever spots the most objects wins the game. Fast, furious and fun! I Spy Eagle Eye is for 1 to 4 players, ages 5 and up.
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Sudoku Humor
Aichael was an extremely avid Sudoku player with a cynical attitude and arrogance. After he died he approached the Pearly Gates where St. Peter was waiting for him. ichael was an extremely avid Sudoku player with a cynical attitude and arrogance. After he died he approached the Pearly Gates where St. Peter was waiting for him.
“Before I agree to come in, I want to know exactly what kind of Sudoku club you have here” he said to St. Peter. “If I can’t see it, then I’m not coming in!” “Before I agree to come in, I want to know exactly what kind of Sudoku club you have here” he said to St. Peter. “If I can’t see it, then I’m not coming in!”
St. Peter pointed to the poorest, most rundown, excuse for a Sudoku club that it made Michael sick to his stomach. St. Peter pointed to the poorest, most rundown, excuse for a Sudoku club that it made Michael sick to his stomach.
“There is no way in Hell I’m going to spend eternity playing Sudoku in that club!” “There is no way in Hell I’m going to spend eternity playing Sudoku in that club!”
Michael saw the most absolutely fabulous building he had ever seen!
“I want to play in THAT club!”
St. Peter pleaded with Michael as he headed off with the Devil and the gates closed behind him. Michael walked up to the club and said “I can’t wait to play! Where are the puzzles? The Devil roared with laughter. “Oh, there aren’t any.” St. Peter pleaded with Michael as he headed off with the Devil and the gates closed behind him. Michael walked up to the club and said “I can’t wait to play! Where are the puzzles? The Devil roared with laughter. “Oh, there aren’t any.”
Answers to Riddles
Riddle # 1
He wanted to make a clean getaway!
Riddle # 2
Extra!
Riddle # 3
He thought he was finally old enough to leave home!
Riddle # 4
You send them to an orchardontist!
Riddle # 5
Get somebody to throw one at you!
Riddle # 6
The bogeyman!
Riddle # 7
It’s a pain in the neck!
Last Week’s Solutions
Sudoku for Beginners: Puzzle # 1
Sudoku for Buffs: Puzzle # 1
Math Puzzle
Answer:
Bob saved time and took 210 minutes less than Martin. The number of seats occupied in the afternoon show was 200, while 400 were occupied in the evening show.
If it took 30 seconds per person in the queue, it took 499 * 30 =14970 seconds for Mart to reach the ticket counter.
Similarly, as there were 5 queues in the evening show, it took Bob 400/5 * 30 - 30 = 2370 seconds to reach the counter.
So it took Martin 12600 seconds or 210 more minutes to reach the counter.
Now the attendance for the shows was in the ratio 1: 2 or there were double the number of persons who went to the evening show.
If x be the number of people in the afternoon show,
then the number of persons who went to the evening show was 2x.
So we have 5x + 6 (2x) = 3400.
Or 5x + 12x = 3400. x =3400/ 17.
x = 200. so, 2x = 400.
# Word Puzzle
Anagrams
Answers:
1. Hitman
2. Silent Hill
3. Double Dragon
4. Street Fighter
5. Super Mario Bros
# Word Logic
Answer: Everybody who drives cars will be penalized by a policeman.
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What daily activity seems to have a great impact on how people perform, in their workplace? Eating Breakfast! WIn a recent study conducted in the United Kingdom,school children were randomly given one or four breakfasts, on four consecutive days, and then tested for cognitive skills (attention,working memory and episodic memory) throughout the morning.The breakfasts consisted of wheat cereal and milk, oat cereal and milk, a sugar-based beverage, or nothing at all. The children scored significantly better on the days following those on which they had the two cereal-based breakfasts, than when they had no breakfast at all, or only a sugar-based beverage for breakfast.
What do you prefer? Skipping breakfast, or breakfast accompanied by a Sudoku puzzle?.
Riddle # 1
What do you get when you cross a bat with a bell?
Instruction:
Fill in the grid with digits in such a manner that every row, every column and every 3×3 box accomodates the digits 1 to 9, without repeating any.
Sudoku for Beginners: Puzzle # 1
Sudoku for Buffs: Puzzle #1
Riddle # 2
How do you make an egg roll?
Challenge Puzzle Prizes
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Challenge Puzzle: Pflem
Challenge Cross Sum:Cayle
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Math Puzzle
Heard of the phrase “Out of the box”? When you think out of the box, you think creatively, or in an unconventional form. The origin of this phrase can be traced back to a puzzle created by the British mathematician, Henry Earnest Dudeney. This puzzle has nine dots arranged in three rows of three dots each. The challenge is to connect all the nine dots, making use of just four lines, without taking the pencil, off the paper. You guessed it - the solution to the puzzle is “out of the box”. What about you? Are you an “out of the box” sort of person? Here’s your chance to prove it..
Riddle # 3
What should you do with a green monster?
Math Puzzle
Mart went to see a circus in the afternoon, and stood in a queue of 500. It took about 30 seconds for each person in the queue. Bob went to watch the evening show when there were 5 queues and he was the 400th person to join the queue. Who saved time and how much? The afternoon show tickets sold at $5 a ticket and the evening ones at $6. The number of seats was 600, and the total income earned by the circus was $3400. How many seats were occupied in each of the shows, given that attendance was in the ratio of 1:2?
Riddle # 4
What do you call a monkey in a tree?
Word Puzzle
There is no expedient, to which a man will not go, to avoid the real labor of thinking, said Thomas Edison. Making an assumption is the mark of a lazy communicator.
Much of our language is nothing more than wild generalization, and assumption. That sort of language can suck the guts, out of real communication. If people could tell you with precision, what,specifically, is bothering them, and if you can find out what they want instead, you can deal with it.
Use of vague phrases, and generalizations, results in mental fog. Need to break through that fog? Picking up new words and phrases, and using them in the appropriate place, helps. So, shall we start right away?
Anagrams
We unravel this week’s clues to reveal the names of movies derived from video games.
The Clues:
1.Tan Him
This one starts with the contract killing of the Russian president by a
contract killer.
2. Lint Is Hell
In this movie, a girl has severe nightmares. The movie is named after
the town her parents take her to which she names when she sleepwalks.
3. Blue On Odd Rag
A group of ninjas looking for a dragon medallion land in New
Angeles (Los Angeles after an earthquake).
4. Test Freighter
The Allied Nations fight against the armed forces of drug-lord
turned General M. Bison.
5. Airs Pure Brooms
The film follows the exploits of Mario Mario and his brother Luigi
Mario in a comical dystopia ruled by King Koopa.
Logic Puzzle
Millions across the world opt for a diet, high in protein and low in carbohydrate content. This was particularly so, in the 1970’s, before saturated fat and heart disease became closely associated. In recent times, high-protein, lowcarb diets have once again become popular, due to the faster initial weight-loss they can help achieve. However, dietitians retain doubts, about the long-term health effects, of these carb-restricted weight-loss plans..
Experts say that carbohydrate is a nutrient group which is readily converted to energy. Minimizing carbohydrate intake, and only consuming diets, high in protein, can quickly lead to tiredness and fatigue. Researchers have found that carbohydrates are also good for one’s brain. A shortage of carbohydrate can cause loss of concentration, and a slow-down in reactions.
You need to concentrate hard, to solve logical puzzles. So, the next time you plan your diet, remember to include carbohydrate-rich foods. And proceed to make the logical puzzles look illogically simple!
Fortunately for you, the logic puzzles that follow don’t involve paint or brush, although they do demand an iota of grey matter…
Riddle # 5
If twenty monkeys run after one banana, what time is it?
# Word Logic
Consider the following:
A. Nobody who drives a car will try flying a plane.
B. Everybody who flies a plane will break the sound barrier.
C. Anybody who has never ridden a motorbike without wearing a helmet has never earned a speeding ticket.
D. Anybody who rides a bike without wearing a helmet will be penalized by a policeman.
E. If you haven’t got a speeding ticket, it’s only because you didn’t break the sound barrier.
Which of these conclusions logically follows from the above clues?
1. Nobody who drives cars will break the sound barrier.
2. Nobody who drives cars will get a speeding ticket.
3. Everybody who drives cars will be penalized by a policeman.
4. Everybody who drives cars will not be penalized by a policeman.
5. None of the above.
Riddle # 6
What was written on the hypochondriac’s tombstone?
Chess
White to mate in three moves
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Riddle # 7
What is smarter than a talking monkey?
New Game of The Week
Ever play “Hot Potato” with a spud that ticks and talks? Welcome to ElectronicCatch Phrase,the battery-powered (three AAA, not included) blend of clue deduction and race against the clock. Two teams of two or more players each alternate turns, guessing the answers to clues in 11 categories, from Food & Drink to Tech & Inventions.Set the timer on the discus-like game unit, and the clue-giving countdown begins; if a team’s guess matches the response on the game’s readout, pass the unit to the opponents. Just don’t get caught holding this potato when the buzzer sounds (after about a minute of increasingly insistent beating), as the other team will score a point,possession being nine- tenths of the “Awww!” With its infectious mix of fast, nerve-wracking, high- pressure passing the buck, Electronic Catch Phrase spreads a serious case of fun.
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Unit’s clock counts down and buzzes when time is out
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For 4 or more players
Sudoku Humor
Atour bus driver was driving with a bus load of seniors down a highway. He noticed a little old lady solving a Sudoku puzzle, behind him. The driver was a Sudoku fan himself, and soon they were chatting with each other like old friends.
A little later, the little old lady tapped him on the shoulder and offered him a handful of peanuts, which he gratefully munched up.After about 15 minutes, she tapped him on his shoulder again and she handed him another handful of peanuts. She repeated this gesture about five more times. When she was about to hand him another batch again he asked the little old lady, “Why then don’t you eat the peanuts yourself?”
He took them inside his office, and asked his secretary to write two flight tickets and book a room in a five-star hotel. The old lady and gentleman, as could be expected, gladly accepted, and were off!
“I can’t chew them because I’ve no teeth,” she replied.The puzzled driver asks, “Why do you buy them then?” The old lady replied, “I just love the chocolate around them.”
Answers to Riddles
Riddle # 1
A Ding-Bat!
Riddle # 2
You push it!
Riddle # 3
Wait until it ripens!
Riddle # 4
A Branch Manager!
Riddle # 5
Twenty after one!
Riddle # 6
“I told you I was sick!”
Riddle # 7
A Spelling Bee!
Last Week’s Solutions
Sudoku for Beginners: Puzzle # 1
Sudoku for Buffs: Puzzle # 1
Math Puzzle
Answer:
The dealer mixed 12 pounds of Pistachio with 12 pounds of cashew nuts.
The nut dealer mixed 12 pounds of cashew nuts at the rate of $6 with pistachio at the rate of $4 a pound to make 24 pounds of the mixture to sell at the rate of $5.
Let x be the amount of pistachios.
So we have 12 * 6 + 4x = 24 * 6.
So 4x = 144 - 72 = 72.
So x = 72/4 = 19 pounds.
So he made a mixture of 12 pounds each of cashew nuts and 19 pistachios.
# Word Puzzle
Anagrams
Answers:
1. Mars Delight
2. Clodhoppers
3. Kittyland
4. Dairy Milk
5. Wispa Mint
# Word Logic
Answer: The numbers are 5.8 + 9 = 14.8 and 8.7 + 9 = 17.7. Their difference is 2.9
Chess
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9. Math Puzzles
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Millions of people think they think, but few create anything new, for thought must be molded and correlated in a definite pattern, with continuity.
Concentration is the ability to focus upon a train of thought, to the exclusion of all else. Each day should add at least a crumb of constructive mental progress. Life and thought are akin to a kaleidoscope that brings to light, new and beautiful forms and patterns. Similarly, new shadings of thought help broaden our perspective. This is bound to elevate our minds, into new and higher planes of inspiration.
So, cheer up, and try to think of an easier way to solve your sudoku puzzle!
Riddle # 1
Who is a spider’s favorite NBA player?
Instruction:
Fill in the grid with digits in such a manner that every row, every column and every 3×3 box accomodates the digits 1 to 9, without repeating any.
Sudoku for Beginners: Puzzle # 1
Sudoku for Buffs: Puzzle #1
Riddle # 2
What is a snake’s favorite summertime activity?
Challenge Puzzle Prizes
Winners forJune 6 - 12
Challenge Puzzle: Magpie
Challenge Cross Sum:Catman
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Here’s what the winner of this week’s Challenge Puzzle stands to win! Sudoku Dispenser
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This week’s Challenge Cross Sum winner will get this wonderful Sudoku Booklet
Carry your portable daily fix of spicy puzzles! Contains 30 Sudokus (with solutions)! Have your fill. Anytime, anywhere!
Math Puzzle
During the early 20th century, Henry Ernest Dudeney, one of the pioneers of mathematical puzzles, came up with the Harbadasher puzzle.
The Harbadasher puzzle is about cutting an equilateral triangle into four pieces, and rearranging it, to form a square. This puzzle was first published in 1907, in Dudeney’s book, “The Canterbury Puzzles”.
Every math problem may in fact appear to our subconscious mind,as a Harbadasher, forming a metaphorical ‘geometric pattern’.Perhaps, all you need to do is ‘read’ your subconscious, solve the ‘jigsaw’, and apply the solution, to the problem that confronts you.
Elementary, my dear Watson!
Riddle # 3
Why did the little piggy begin hiding garbage in the Spring?
Math Puzzle
A nut dealer wished to make a mixture of cashew nuts and pistachios. He mixed 12 pounds of cashew nuts at $6 a pound with pistachio at $4 a pound. How many pounds of pistachios did he mix to sell the mixture of 31 pounds at $6?
Riddle # 4
Where does a turtle get its gas?
Word Puzzle
When you say that your boss is a “workaholic”, what kind of word have you used to describe him? WPortmanteau! That’s it! Workaholic is a portmanteau word.
What is portmanteau? Humpty Dumpty first uses this word to describe the word ’slithy’ to Alice in Lewis Caroll’s book “Through the looking glass, and What Alice Found There”.
‘Slithy’ is formed from two separate words and eanings, ‘lithe’ and ’slimy’. When two different words and meanings are packed in one,they are said to form a portmanteau word.
So hey! Does that make crossword a cross word, then?
Anagrams
This week, we hunt through the clues to try and find the names of favorite candy bars.
1. Al’s Red Might
Plain nougat, almonds, caramel and milk chocolate are the main ingredients of this candy, whose American version is no longer sold,since 2003.
2. Cold Shop Rep
These candy bars are crunchy, fudge-covered graham clusters made in Canada.
3. Tick Hunk Kit
This is a chunkier version of a universal favorite from Nestle.
4. Rid Kim Ray
Milk is the chief ingredient of this brand of chocolate bar from Cadbury’s which is popular around the world.
5. I Spawn Tim
This mint layered candy bar reappeared after four years, in 2007,after several campaigns and an online petition to bring it back.
Logic Puzzle
The word Logic, originates from the classical Greek “Logos”,meaning ‘word’ or ‘what is spoken’. Through history, TTvarious cultures from the world over, have contributed intricate systems of reasoning. Whereas, logic as an explicit analysis of the method of reasoning, evolved originally, in three places: India in the 6th century BC, China in the 5th century BC, and Greece between the 4th and the 1st centuries BC. So mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most logical ‘puzzler’ of all?
Riddle # 5
Why do tigers have stripes?
# Word Logic
Three basketball players, Chad, Eric, and Harry, play for different teams in the NBA playoffs. One plays for the Lakers, another for the Rockets and the third for the Spurs.
From the following statements, guess who plays for which team,assuming that only one of the statements is correct:
1. Chad does not play for the Spurs.
2. Eric does not play for the Lakers.
3. Chad plays for the Lakers.
4. Eric does not play for the Spurs.
Riddle # 6
Why did the silly troll put his ear to the piano?
Chess
White to mate in three moves
Courtesy:www.ChessVictory.com
Riddle # 7
How do you make a slow reindeer fast?
New Game of The Week
How’s your tolerance for puns? You’ll need some for Pass the Pigs, Ha simple game of chance built around a pig theme. Instead of dice, you roll two cute pink piglets, and you gain or lose points depending on how the critters land. For example, if both land on all fours, called a “double trotter,” you get 20 points; if they land lying opposite each other, called a “Pig Out,” you gain no points and cede your turn. There are a number of other rules as well as a variation called “Hog Call.” This would be a good travel game (the pigs, instructions, and scoring pad fit in a small, tidy box) or a fine present for someone who’s, well, into pigs!
Go hog wild with the pig-tastic game, Pass the Pigs. Players attempt to rack up points by rolling the pig dice - but if they’re not careful they might ‘Pig Out’ and lose all their points. Pass the Pigs is the sizzlin’ fun, shakin’ bacon game!
Product Features
2 pig dice, score pad, score guide, 2 pencils
Attractive plastic carrying case
Fun for all ages!
Sudoku Humor
The local Sudoku club held a contest, and an old lady won.
“I know that on your pension you could never hope to have a holiday, so I am sending you to a fabulous resort at my expense.Aren’t you glad you learnt to solve Sudoku?” said the president of the club, who owned a travel agency.
He took them inside his office, and asked his secretary to write two flight tickets and book a room in a five-star hotel. The old lady and gentleman, as could be expected, gladly accepted, and were off!
About a month later, the little lady came to the travel agency.”And how did you like your holiday?” the agent asked eagerly.
“The flight was exciting, and the room was lovely,” she said. “I’ve come to thank you. But, one thing puzzled me. Who was that old guy I had to share the room with?”
Answers to Riddles
Riddle # 1
Chris Webber!
Riddle # 2
Boating!
Riddle # 3
She wanted to do her Christmas slopping early!
Riddle # 4
At a Shell station!
Riddle # 5
Because they would look silly with polka-dots!
Riddle # 6
He was playing by ear!
Riddle # 7
Don’t feed it!
Last Week’s Solutions
Sudoku for Beginners: Puzzle # 1
Sudoku for Buffs: Puzzle # 1
Math Puzzle
Answer: Rod won 2 prizes in the first hour and won a total of 16 prizes.
Let us say the kids won y prizes in the first hour.
Then they won 4y prizes in the second hour, having a total of 5 * 4y prizes by the second hour.
After the third hour they had 20y * 5 or 100y prizes by the end of the third hour.
In the fourth hour they had 100y + 5 prizes or 130 prizes. So 100y + 5 = 205. 100y = 200. Or y = 2.
So each got 1 prize, in the first hour.
Now by the ratio we know that there are 26 parts
(2 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 8).
Rod won 8 parts out of 26 parts or 8/25 * 200 = 16 prizes.
# Word Puzzle
Anagrams
Answers:
1. Pidgey
2. Machop
3. Porygon
4. Shadow
5. Charmander
# Word Logic
Answer: If you know all three legends on the doors are wrong and you pick a Dancer from the “Musicians and Dancers” room, then you know that the “Musicians and Dancers” room is actually the “Dancers” room.
That said, you know that the “Musicians” and “Dancers” doors are labeled wrong. Since the “Musicians” room cannot be labeled “Dancers” (because the “Dancers” only room is actually the “Musicians and Dancers” room) it must itself be the “Musicians and Dancers” room. Finally, the “Dancers” room must be the “Musicians” only room.
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Lateral thinking, a term coined by Edward de Bono, a Maltese psychologist, physician and writer, is a technique of problem Lsolving. To approach problems indirectly at diverse angles, instead of concentrating on one approach at length, is lateral thinking.
Trying harder in the same direction may not be as useful as changing direction. Thinking or talking about a familiar subject, over and over again, means following the same old neuronal path. Unless the cells are forced to find unfamiliar neurons or new parts of cells,they will stick to known paths. You exercise the same cell connections, while you are in a familiar place with familiar people,listening to known subjects. Introducing something new will enhance the properties of neural circuits, improving their processing speed.So, try a new approach, the next time you solve Sudoku… like, now!
Riddle # 1
Why did the doughnut man stop making doughnuts?
Instruction:
Fill in the grid with digits in such a manner that every row, every column and every 3×3 box accomodates the digits 1 to 9, without repeating any.
Sudoku for Beginners: Puzzle # 1
Sudoku for Buffs: Puzzle #1
Riddle # 2
What happened to the wolf who fell into the washing
machine?
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Math Puzzle
Cryptograms, first used by the Spartan military in the 5 th century BC, are now seen in newspapers and magazines, as a fun game. In a cryptographic puzzle, each letter is replaced by a different one. Recovering the original letter is the only way to solve the puzzle.
American Cryptogram Association, a non-profit organisation, is trying to promote the art of cryptanalysis. Cryptograms do act as good fuel for the brain. The Math puzzles that follow, though not too cryptic, should prove good fuel, too…
Riddle # 3
What did the policeman say to his tummy?
Math Puzzle
Carol, Mike, David, Cathy and Rod each won an equal number of prizes in the first hour of a talent show. Then in the second hour they won 4 times as many prizes they won in the first hour. By the end of the third hour they had won 5 times the number of prizes they won in the first hour. In the fourth hour they won 5 prizes only. The total number of prizes was 130. If the ratio of the prizes won by them was 3: 4: 5: 6: 8, how many prizes did Rod win?
Riddle # 4
What do you get when you cross a pig and a dinosaur?
Word Puzzle
Heard of a language exclusively for women? No show? Nu shu! That’s a language spoken secretly by Se women, in China. Since Chinese women were discouraged from learning Nan shu, the Chinese written language, they developed this secret language, to communicate among themselves. With over 1,200 characters, the language has only 700 still in use.
Yet another side of women’s nature, not understood by men! Men are from Mars, after all! But whether in Mars or Venus, word puzzles are a shared interest among men and women. So, let’s all be compatible with this week’s word puzzles…
Riddle # 5
What kind of animal talks the most?
Anagrams
This week we use the clues to search for favorite Pokemon characters.
The Clues:
1. Dye Pig
A bird-like Pokemon, this is one of the first wild Pokemon players encounter.
2. Ham Cop
Though small, this Pokemon has the strength to lift 10 adults.
3. Pry Goon
This Pokemon is known for its ability to change shape at will to fit its needs.
4. How Sad
The only Pokemon that doesn’t love human beings.
5. Red Can Harm
One of the three “starter Pokemon” in Pokemon Red and Blue.
Logic Puzzle
The Psychologist William James defined attention as: “Everyone knows what attention is. It is the taking possession by the mind in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought….It implies withdrawal from some things in order to deal effectively with others”
Attention is a cognitive process of selectively concentrating on one thing while ignoring other things.
Look sharp! Who Knows - you might end up discovering the puzzle whiz in you, doing the logic puzzles that follow!
Riddle # 6
Why do bees hum?
# Word Logic
At a talent show, there are three rooms. A door of one room is marked “Music”; another is marked “Dance”. The last one is marked, “Actors”. You know that each is marked incorrectly. You may ask me to pick one talented person from one room that you choose.
How can you mark the doors correctly?
Riddle # 6
What did the shoe say to the craftsman?
Chess
White to mate in three moves
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New Game of The Week
It sounds so simple: get your team to name common words without voicing a few choice Idescriptors. But could you describe a wristwatch without mentioning time, wrist, or clock? Taboo rewards those who think–and speak- -fast. The team that correctly identifies as many words as possible in a minute (measured with an hourglass timer) wins. If a member of the opposing team, armed with the blaring buzzer, catches the clue giver using any of the taboo words, a point is deducted from the group’s score. It’s a good idea to separate people who know each other well, because their familiarity can be too great an advantage. If the clue is spinach, prompting with “Mom made this every Monday” just doesn’t seem fair, though it is permissible according to the rules. Playing Taboo requires an AA battery and a sense of humor–you’ll need them both! The timer is included. Taboo is for four or more players.
Our Recommended Age: 16 - 127 years
Sudoku Humor
Awidower and widow, both Sudoku addicts, had known one another for a number of years. One evening a Sudoku contest was announced at the local Sudoku club.Each contestant would be allowed a partner whom he/ she could consult. The widower decided take part. The next time he met the widow, he asked her, “Will you partner me at the Sudoku contest?”
Without hesitation, she answered. “Yes. Yes, I will.”
Next morning, he was troubled. Did she say “yes” or did she say “no”? He couldn’t remember. Try as he would, he just could not recall. Not even a faint memory.
He went to the telephone and called her. He explained to her that he didn’t remember as well as he used to, before saying, “When I asked if you would partner me at the contest, did you say ‘Yes’ or did you say ‘No’?”
He was delighted to hear her say, “Why, I said, ‘Yes, yes I will’ and I meant it with all my heart.” Then she continued, “And I am so glad that you called…because I couldn’t remember who had asked me.”
Answers to Riddles
Riddle # 1
Because he was tired of the hole business!
Riddle # 2
He became a wash and werewolf!
Riddle # 3
You’re under a vest!
Riddle # 4
Porkzilla!
Riddle # 5
A yak!
Riddle # 6
Because they don’t know the words!
Riddle # 7
Nothing. Shoes can’t talk!
Last Week’s Solutions
Sudoku for Beginners: Puzzle # 1
Sudoku for Buffs: Puzzle # 1
Math Puzzle
Answer: The speed upstream was 3 miles per hour and the speed downstream was 6 miles per hour.
Let the speed upstream = x.
Then, the speed downstream = 2x.
Now we have 30/x + 30/2x = 15.
So (60 + 30)/2x = 15.
Or 90 = 30x.
So x = 3 = the speed upstream.
2x is the speed downstream = 6 miles per hour.
# Word Puzzle
Anagrams
Answers:
1. Watermelon
2. Apricot
3. Pomegranate
4. Cantaloupe
5. Passion Fruit
# Word Logic
Answer: Dave arrived first in the Cadillac. Bill arrived immediately after and drove the BMW. Bart was the third to arrive in the Mercedes Benz. Next followed Ken, who drove the Rolls Royce. Stan joined in next driving his Toyota Camry. Jack was the last to arrive in his Ferrari.Answer: Jenny was the mother of Alex, Dorothy and Chad. Ben had 3 children: Dan, Eric and Carol.
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For you, Mathematics began with counting fingers. How about beginning with counting cards, the way Ken Uston did? A Mathematics genius from Harvard, with an IQ of 169, quit the Pacific Stock Exchange, to join a team counting cards. With an innovational card counting system, Ken and his team, during the 70’s and the 80’s, popularised ‘blackjack’.
Counting cards is still a sought after game. No wonder, “Million Dollar Blackjack” , authored by Ken, is still considered as a definitive book on blackjack.
Meanwhile, we folks have sudoku to count on……
Riddle # 1
Why do bananas wear suntan lotion?
Instruction:
Fill in the grid with digits in such a manner that every row, every column and every 3×3 box accomodates the digits 1 to 9, without repeating any.
Sudoku for Beginners: Puzzle # 1
Sudoku for Buffs: Puzzle #1
Riddle # 2
Why does a witch fly on a broomstick?
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Math Puzzle
For centuries, Chinese have used Ginkgo Biloba leaves to treat memory impairment, to improve blood flow to the brain and so on. Germans have now approved of ginkgo leaves, for treating Alzheimer’s disease.
Wouldn’t you like a large dose of Ginkgo leaves for yourself, before you tackle the math puzzles that follow?
Riddle # 3
Why didn’t the turkey cross the road?
Math Puzzle
Hank went boating on a weekend. The speed downstream was twice the speed upstream. If he traveled 30 miles each way, and completed the journey in 15 hours, what were the speeds recorded of both the journeys?
Riddle # 4
Why did the dog run to the corner of the room when the
bell rang?
Word Puzzle
What do you think of just 26 alphabets in the English language trying to convey the infinite number of noises in nature? You call those words Onomatopoeic.
Onomatopoeia is the imitation of natural sounds by speech sounds. Derived from late Latin and the Greek word, onomatopiia, “the making of a name or word”, it can be broken into two. “Onomatos” meaning ‘word or name’ and “Poiein” meaning ‘compose or make’.
Riddle # 5
What did the mommie door say to the baby door?
Anagrams
This week, try and find the names of favorite fruit. So, go ahead and unravel the clues.
The Clues:
1. Renew A Molt
This fruit grows on a vine and ha a thick rind and fleshy center.
2. Pat Coir
This fruit is similar to a small peach, 1.5-2.5 cm diameter, ranging in color from yellow to orange.
3. Ram Open Gate
This fruit is opened in order to consume the red arils (seeds) inside, which can vary from sweet to sour.
4. Paul, At Once
This oblong fruit is a variety of muskmelon.
5. Units For a Sip
This fruit is round to oval, yellow or dark purple at maturity, with a soft to firm, juicy interior filled with numerous seeds.
Logic Puzzle
Know of Rosemary leaves? Shakespeare did! Ophelia in “Hamlet” says: “There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance.”
To help improve memory and quicken the senses, a 17th century herbalist, Nicholas Culpeper, suggested rubbing rosemary leaves, on the temples. According to him, even brewing the leaves, into the tea,helps. The antioxidants in rosemary help prevent aging in cells, and aging, in turn, is associated with memory loss.
Riddle # 6
Why did the tomato go out with a prune?
# Word Logic
Alex, Ben, Jenny, Dorothy, Chad, Dan, Eric and Carol enjoyed being with one another. Some were related to one another while others were not. Use the clues to find out who is related to whom.
a) Jenny met Ben after a very long time.
b) Alex liked Carol more than Dorothy, but gave no clue as to who
was related to him.
c) Chad enjoyed playing with Dan, Alex and Eric.
d) Jenny loved her son Chad.
e) Ben went for a scout camp with his son Dan.
f) Dorothy loved her brother Chad.
g) Jenny and Ben were siblings who had 3 children each.
h) Carol loved her brother Eric
Chess
White to mate in three moves
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New Game of The Week
One of the most successful games of all time, Settlers of Catan is a trading and building game set in the mythical world of Catan.
Players roll dice to determine which resources are generated each round and then must strategically trade those resources with other players to get what they need to build their settlements, cities, and roads.