Brain Teasers

[Gettingbetter]

Second try....!! That impresive, it took me ages, I became very adapt at drawing 5 by 5 grids and almost ran out of post-its..

Well Done !!

 

[schielrn]

Actually see my new post. I'm up to attempt 6 right now.

 

[Scott Huish]

You put more than 1 dog in the same cell:

Excel Workbook
	A	B	C	D	E
1	dog/dog				dog
2
3		cat		cat
4			cat
5	dog				dog
Sheet1

 

[Oaktree]

Nice puzzle! Took a few attempts:

Book3
	A	B	C	D	E
1			dog	dog
2	cat
3					dog
4				dog	dog
5	cat	cat
Sheet1

 

[jgthtrotih]

Hi,

Pronounced differently but spelled the same
I have many meanings from obscure to mundane
In a trip across water I get there before you
In precipitation amazing, a marvel to awe you
One naming of me means to acknowledge the praise
I move fastest in music as the violin maestro plays
Taught to children of all ages , or trip up they would
I was also much favoured by a notorious Hood.

Thanks!

 

[Sandeep Warrier]

Hi,

Pronounced differently but spelled the same
I have many meanings from obscure to mundane
In a trip across water I get there before you
In precipitation amazing, a marvel to awe you
One naming of me means to acknowledge the praise
I move fastest in music as the violin maestro plays
Taught to children of all ages , or trip up they would
I was also much favoured by a notorious Hood.

Thanks!

I guess Bow.... the only thing i felt matched

Pronounced differently but spelled the same - Bow (as in cow) and Bow (as in toe),
I move fastest in music as the violin maestro plays
and
I was also much favoured by a notorious Hood.

Not very sure on how it fits the others....
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[jgthtrotih]

I guess Bow.... the only thing i felt matched

Pronounced differently but spelled the same - Bow (as in cow) and Bow (as in toe),
I move fastest in music as the violin maestro plays
and
I was also much favoured by a notorious Hood.

Not very sure on how it fits the others....
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Bow is right.

 

[Gettingbetter]

Well done OakTree!!! Unlucky Hotpepper (I did mention no tricks etc..just logic).

I will add another,

Two guys are sat at a table both with apples in front of them.

The first guy turns to the second and says
"If you give me one of your apples I will have twice as many apples as you"
The second guy replies,
"yeah but if you give me one of your apples we will have the same amount of apples"


How many apples did they both originally have??

Once again no tricks or half apples or bites of apples or anything daft like that (Apples is just a variant and so could have been pins/dogs/unbrellas doesnt mean anything)

Just logic (for those who used to like difficult simultaneous equations)

 

[Sandeep Warrier]

Well done OakTree!!! Unlucky Hotpepper (I did mention no tricks etc..just logic).

I will add another,

Two guys are sat at a table both with apples in front of them.

The first guy turns to the second and says
"If you give me one of your apples I will have twice as many apples as you"
The second guy replies,
"yeah but if you give me one of your apples we will have the same amount of apples"


How many apples did they both originally have??

Once again no tricks or half apples or bites of apples or anything daft like that (Apples is just a variant and so could have been pins/dogs/unbrellas doesnt mean anything)

Just logic (for those who used to like difficult simultaneous equations)

1st guy has 3 apples and the 2nd has 2.

If the 1st guy had 1 apple from the 2nd then his total would be 4 which is double of what the 2nd guy has. Similarly if the 2nd guy got 1 from the 1st, his total would be 3 which is the same as the 1st guy...
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[Sandeep Warrier]

Another possible answer....

Guy1: 7
Guy2: 5

Guy1 gets 1 apple from Guy2 =>
Guy1: 8
Guy2: 4
=> Guy1's total is twice Guy2's remaining apples.

Guy2 gets 1 apple from Guy1 =>
Guy1: 6
Guy2: 6
=> Guy2's total is same as Guy1's remaining apples.
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