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http://barryispuzzled.com/first.html

Try this. There are ten puzzles, and if you get all of them right you get to enter some special site. I've got all except the last, and I cannot work it out! Can anyone do any better than me?

I'm willing to offer hints, on the condition that if anyone does get number ten they help me.

http://barryispuzzled.com/first.html

Try this. There are ten puzzles, and if you get all of them right you get to enter some special site. I've got all except the last, and I cannot work it out! Can anyone do any better than me?

I never was good at puzzles. Guess that's why I have so much trouble figuring out aome of the flamming idiots on NS General!

[ Not you, South Osettia! ] :)

This is allowed on this forum, isn't it? I haven't broken any rules, have I? I looked at the rule thread, but I didn't see anything that this would come under. I just want to know what No. 10 is!

Oh wait, I just saw your second bit - never mind.

The crap?

*reads first puzzle*

*mind explodes*

Ow.

the first 1 isn't too bad but i can't figure out the second one

What the hell kinda country gets mail on Sunday?

can someone who got onto the second one please tell me how to do it, it will drive me insane if i don't do it....

Maybe if you tell me what the hell kind of place would let you get mail on Sunday.

Maybe if you tell me what the hell kind of place would let you get mail on Sunday.
in a country with HUTs you might *wink wink nudge nudge*

What is the answer to the first, anyway?

EDIT: DAMN TIME LAG :O

... I'm not even gonna ask ...

:rolleyes: the first one realy isn't that difficult, you're thinking of the wrong kind letters

Yeh, well its easy to trace the way the ball BOUNCEs too.

whats the answer to number one?

Yeh, well its easy to trace the way the ball BOUNCEs too.
i had some of those letters but i dunno where the others came from, oh well, thanks!

whats the answer to number one?
hut

http://geocities.com/baku_baku_shake_and_bake/Bounce.bmp

Easy eh?

People seem to be doing okay. That's good. It took me a few minutes to work out what 3 was, but that's only because I read it wrong.

3 is gonna be difficult for people who don't know the colours of the rainbow

3 is gonna be difficult for people who don't know the colours of the rainbow
Click on REPLAY and stop at the first statement. I just can't figure out 8...
Oh, and the answer to 3 is a senseless word. Just the first letters of the colors.

It does list them all, but they do tend to fade out rather quickly.

what about 4 its a bitch

SO, could you give me a hint on 8, please.

Yes, it is rather hard isn't it? ;)

what about 4 its a bitch
it's easy, it just takes a while

Yes, it is rather hard isn't it? ;)
I think you're trying to help me, but I still don't get it... In fact you're wondering, it's the analogy question.

what about 5? i dont understand the question, could i get the answer

I know, that's a clue, and you'll see why when you get it.

I'll give you another. The answer is the opposite to a fabric softener...kind of.

what about 5? i dont understand the question, could i get the answer
Try to get all the 5-letter words from both blocks and then pair them up; like SHARKSPIRE (not the solution).

what about 5? i dont understand the question, could i get the answer

Basically, you have to get from X to Y on both grids, noting down the letters you pass as you do so. Once you've done it, you'll get two five-letter words, which when you put them together form the 'password' to the next stage.

A lot of people will be stumped by this, I'll bet. ;)

I know, that's a clue, and you'll see why when you get it.

I'll give you another. The answer is the opposite to a fabric softener...kind of.
BIG THX! I got the answer, but I still don't know why...

Neither does anyone else I know who's got it - they got it from hints from other people, who also got it from hints. I don't know the logic, but the special site you get access to at the end gives you all the logic needed...a little too late if you ask me.

i can't do 6

Seriously this is killing me. What is number 5?

Look at the title...'Doing A Turn'. What does that mean?

Then look at the smokers...the lower parts. The smokes a distraction.

Number 5 anyone number 5?

What I did for #5 was write down all the possible words made from Grid 1, then did the same for Grid 2, and then tried out all the possible combinations until I got the right answer. My earlier comment will have you kicking yourself when you get it.

Look at the title...'Doing A Turn'. What does that mean?

Then look at the smokers...the lower parts. The smokes a distraction.
i still don't get it

i still don't get it
Look at the legs of the third dancer and think of a two-letter word...

Got It!!!

Look at the legs of the third dancer and think of a two-letter word...
I got it but what the hell are the other guys doing then?!

I got it but what the hell are the other guys doing then?!
Distraction? Don't ask me. I still wonder how I figured it out on my own...

Hey, OS! I'm at #10, but I can't figure it out, either...

OK #7 wtf is this one?

OK #7 wtf is this one?
That one ain't that bad, you just need all informations from both pages. And consider that the guy labeled the cups from his left !

8 is really pissin me off, anybody have any clues?

8 is really pissin me off, anybody have any clues?
Look up post #28. You should figure it out...

As said before, 8 is seemingly impossible on its own. Read some other posts for the answer.

9 is pissing me off. My brain wants to interpret the fractions as letters.

Look up post #28. You should figure it out...

I looked at post 28, still can't work it out!

I looked at post 28, still can't work it out!
same here :confused:

same here :confused:
Ignore the clues on the website. Just look at the post. They do not seem to have anything to do with each other.

Ignore the clues on the website. Just look at the post. They do not seem to have anything to do with each other.
i am doing........

#8: What do you use to HARDEN your clothes?
#9: You're on the right path, use a mirror...

Ignore the clues on the website. Just look at the post. They do not seem to have anything to do with each other.

What the hell is the opposite to a fabric softener???

What the hell is the opposite to a fabric softener???
i thought it was starch but it doesn't have enough letters

i thought it was starch but it doesn't have enough letters

That's the only thing I can think of too!!! Actually I've never attempted to harden my clothes, so this isn't really my area of expertise

What the hell is the opposite to a fabric softener???
Take the word fabric, put it in the front of your brain, and give yourself a frontal lobotomy. In other words, ignore it.

I thought I solved 10 for a moment, but I was sadly wrong. It isn't halogen.

OK, put it another way: in general, when you try to soften something, you use a softener; so to HARDEN something, you'll want to use ...! Get it?

Take the word fabric, put it in the front of your brain, and give yourself a frontal lobotomy. In other words, ignore it.

I thought I solved 10 for a moment, but I was sadly wrong. It isn't halogen.
Three letters. Why halogen?

Bah. I thought there was something more to it... it's juist brute force matching? Figuired there would be an elegate solution. Kept on looking for connections with Bright Spark.

OK, put it another way: in general, when you try to soften something, you use a softener; so to HARDEN something, you'll want to use ...! Get it?
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, i feel silly now

OK, put it another way: in general, when you try to soften something, you use a softener; so to HARDEN something, you'll want to use ...! Get it?

Yes I get it! but I've no idea why!!!

ok WE ARE ON 10, BUT NO FUCKIN CLUE WUT ITS BOUT

ok WE ARE ON 10, BUT NO FUCKIN CLUE WUT ITS BOUT
Whooho, wellcome to the club!
I keep wondering, why 'an HAL"?

Three letters. Why halogen?
It doesn't tell us the number of letters. I looked at the title to try to get an alternate word besides analogy.

Join the club. 'Brute force' seems to come up in conversation a lot, but I just don't get why. Any ideas?

It doesn't tell us the number of letters. I looked at the title to try to get an alternate word besides analogy.
Oh yes it does. Click on the sphere and look below.

Can someone please save me the time on #5... it'll take too long and I really don't feel like doing it. I only have like 20 more minutes! lol.

Can someone please save me the time on #5... it'll take too long and I really don't feel like doing it. I only have like 20 more minutes! lol.

Fine...most people seem to be on numbers 8-10 anyway.

STUCKSTAKE

Whooho, wellcome to the club!
I keep wondering, why 'an HAL"?

Partly because 'HAL' is an acronym, not a name: "An H A L, oh gee!" and partly for the pun of reading it fast to hear 'analogy'.

hey this is pretty weird but gd

cant do 2 though the ball bounces and u trace tradjectory but i typed it in and it cant find it

help me please................

Oh my God! I got it!!!!! I looked up HAL on this:

Acronym Site (http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/cgi-bin/acronym)

And it gave me a very big tip - it really was the bottom line for me. ;)

Oh my God! I got it!!!!! I looked up HAL on this:

Acronym Site (http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/cgi-bin/acronym)

And it gave me a very big tip - it really was the bottom line for me. ;)

Yeah, I was just about to start dropping clues myself. The source code can often be very informative.

ARRRGH! Ten is really fucking pissing me off.

hal



1. <computer> HAL 9000, the murdering computer on the
spaceship in the science fiction classic "2001, A Space
Odyssey" by Arthur C. Clark.

"HAL" is "IBM" with each letter changed to the one before
and there is an unconfirmed rumour that 9000 is the sum of the
various IBM computer numbers that were in service at the time.
However, in the sequel "2010", Clarke emphatically denies that
HAL's name is supposed to be "one step ahead of IBM". It is,
rather, short for "heuristic algorithm".

I don't know the answer yet, but it's not IBM. I know that's a hint though.

Try an analogy.

Jesus, I just got it. The sad thing was that I had thought of it before but didn't bother typing it in. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

this is just confusing now

i stil dont no the answer to 2 help me the tradjectory letters dont work typed in plus extra two and it didnt wrk

now the spaceship thing all make sense!

Well which way does the ball BOUNCE? i cant get three.

Have you looked on page two?

Stuck on nine. I don't even know where to begin.

And brute force... well... it's because they make you try every bloody possibility. A more elegant puzzle would only have one possible solution.

yes and i didnt get it. the first letters would be ROYGBIV.

They want you to re-order roygbiv

Jesus, I just got it. The sad thing was that I had thought of it before but didn't bother typing it in. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Is this refering to #10?

man like how am i supoosed to see that. how can you mnake a word out of these things.

Er... it's in the instructions. Re-order them so the word RAINBOW can run through them, then type in the first letters: roygbiv re-ordered

ok now i am really confused

Fuck I Cant Figure Out 10

Er, what the hell's up with number 9?

4/W
A/N
5/6
5/3
5/4

this is just confusing now

i stil dont no the answer to 2 help me the tradjectory letters dont work typed in plus extra two and it didnt wrk
solutions is also in the riddle

I am trying to figure this out number three is pissing me off.

I am trying to figure this out number three is pissing me off.
And me :(

PLease just someone give me an answer please.

Er, what the hell's up with number 9?

4/W
A/N
5/6
5/3
5/4
agreed. Especially since there are only FOUR SPACES!!!

Spell out rainbow horizontally and match the colours ("red", "blue", etc) of the rainbow vertically

If No. 3 is the rainbow one...

ROVGBIY

Highlight to read.

Er, what the hell's up with number 9?

4/W
A/N
5/6
5/3
5/4

Try reading it from right to left!!!

Er, what the hell's up with number 9?

4/W
A/N
5/6
5/3
5/4
use a mirror

wow rally confused/.

IY
G ne
r dl
O e il
rVe go
RAINBOW
eno l
dgl u
ee e
tSomeone better appreciate this. Took a LOT of work. x_x

I'm a guy, in his bedroom, and not concerned with his looks, doing this on a desktop PC.

WTH am I going to get a mirror? :p

EDIT: HOLY COW that was obscure and unexpected.

Anyone else with problems on 9, Print Screen, invert with MS Paint.

wtf is that word supposed to mean.

Does #10 require some kind of specialist knowledge! I'm really really stuck, can someone give me a really obvious clue!!!

I'm a guy, in his bedroom, and not concerned with his looks, doing this on a desktop PC.

WTH am I going to get a mirror? :p
ok well the answer is MINE

What I did for #5 was write down all the possible words made from Grid 1, then did the same for Grid 2, and then tried out all the possible combinations until I got the right answer. My earlier comment will have you kicking yourself when you get it.

Or look at where the lightning strikes... gives you a clue about which way to go.

I just did 6... man that was hard but I got it in the end. Seems so simple afterwards too. It was the first thing I thought of when I saw his legs... but I just didn't make the connection.

wtf is that word supposed to mean.
nothing....

Does #10 require some kind of specialist knowledge! I'm really really stuck, can someone give me a really obvious clue!!!
HAL is a computer thing, it stands for something that i can't remember and can't be arsed looking for, it was created (or something like that) in 2001
it has something to do with IBM
if you look at the alphabet it goes:

H I
A B
L M

notice the conection?

now think about

T
E
N

please help again 4 no. 3 managed to get roigbvy but that didnt wrk

help
help
please

please help again 4 no. 3 managed to get roigbvy but that didnt wrk

help
help
please
there are no adjacent vowels - roigbvy

HAL is a computer thing, it stands for something that i can't remember and can't be arsed looking for, it was created (or something like that) in 2001
it has something to do with IBM
if you look at the alphabet it goes:

H I
A B
L M

notice the conection?

now think about

T
E
N

Thanks!!! finished it now, but I still don't get #8 and#10. I needed really obvious clues for those ones!!!

I need help on seven.

I've worked out the logic of #8!

Look at the title, especially the second word.

Now compare the second halves of the two complete analogies and see what they have in common (in terms of letters). Notice anything?

Think of a four-letter synonym for weave and put all you've got together and rearrange. What do you get?

I only started this thread 2 hours ago and it's already over 100 posts!

Thanks!!! finished it now, but I still don't get #8 and#10. I needed really obvious clues for those ones!!!
#8: you get 'darn' from weave and then 'here' from the other words in the question (don't remember what they were, one of the was horsemen i think, mix 'darn' and 'here' around a bot and you get 'hardener'

Oh hossanah, I did it!

The logic behind the puzzles is extremely "out there" at times though.

Neither does anyone else I know who's got it - they got it from hints from other people, who also got it from hints. I don't know the logic, but the special site you get access to at the end gives you all the logic needed...a little too late if you ask me.

Where is that I can't find it!!!

Goddammit! I've tried every combination on the lightning thingy :headbang:

Goddammit! I've tried every combination on the lightning thingy :headbang:
well obviously you havn't :rolleyes:

HELP!!!!
What is the answer for #6????? :confused:

well obviously you havn't :rolleyes:
I have.... I've written them down on my whiteboard and tried them all.... I'm not gonna try again. Somebody PLEASE tell me the solution

I posted the answer to #5 a few pages back. It's ten letters long and is in capitals.

HELP!!!!
What is the answer for #6????? :confused:

Look at the third man's legs.

I posted the answer to #5 a few pages back. It's ten letters long and is in capitals.
thanks

To repeat an earlier reply, Legless...

I'd bet you're stumped right now. ;)

I'm going to have #8 as my sig. :D

Third Man's legs didn't help.

Anybody just want to tell me????

HELP!!!!
What is the answer for #6????? :confused:
which one was it?

Ten is corny. SIgh.

Third Man's legs didn't help.

Anybody just want to tell me????
oh right, that one, the answer is pi

which one was it?
4 balls and cups

The man labled them from HIS left. Only one possible answer for that one.

The man labled them from HIS left. Only one possible answer for that one.
I've been trying it, but it doesn't work :( :confused:

0211 <- is this right?

I've been trying it, but it doesn't work :( :confused:

0211 <- is this right?
no, the answer is A0B2C0D2 i think

no, the answer is A0B2C0D2 i think
weird...... just weird.... Or I'm not reading the questions right

FairyTInkArisen's right

weird...... just weird.... Or I'm not reading the questions right
pause the question at the first bit of writing to make sure you get all the information

FairyTInkArisen's right
I'm always right! :cool: (and call me Tink little one)

This is getting worse and worse..... jesus :confused:

THX Tink.
:D

Why is IDENTITIES misspelled IDENTITES?

It's not. Misspelled, that is.

This is getting worse and worse..... jesus :confused:
lol, ok

there's 4 cups, the man says:

cup A: 1
cup B: 1 or 0
cup C: 2
cup D: 0 or 2

there is a total of 4 balls

it says 3 out of those 4 statements are lies

in the picture it shows that cup A has no balls under it, therefore, the first statement is a lie. this also means the other 3 cups add up to 4

if the man is lying about cup B there must be 2 balls under it
if the man is lying about cup C there must be 0 or 1 balls under it
if the man is lying about cup D there must be 1 ball under it

the man is lying about 2 of them, all you have to do is figure out which combination of 2 lies and 1 truth makes it add up to 4

THX Tink.
:D
no problem

lol, ok

there's 4 cups, the man says:

cup A: 1
cup B: 1 or 0
cup C: 2
cup D: 0 or 2

there is a total of 4 balls

it says 3 out of those 4 statements are lies

in the picture it shows that cup A has no balls under it, therefore, the first statement is a lie. this also means the other 3 cups add up to 4

if the man is lying about cup B there must be 2 balls under it
if the man is lying about cup C there must be 0 or 1 balls under it
if the man is lying about cup D there must be 1 ball under it

the man is lying about 2 of them, all you have to do is figure out which combination of 2 lies and 1 truth makes it add up to 4
I did THAT..... TO THE LETTER

*shakes head*

must be me..... any help on 8 (analogies)

I'm always right! :cool: (and call me Tink little one)

Of course you are =) I'm not QUITE so little, used to be Chardonay... not that that probably means anything to you, we only interacted once, briefly. I was in a debate you were in back before the jolt switch. And you've changed your name... wasn't sure it was you.

It's not. Misspelled, that is.
wtf is "identités" then?

I did THAT..... TO THE LETTER

*shakes head*

must be me..... any help on 8 (analogies)
that's a tough one, if you didn't want something to be soft any more you'd use a ....................?

I did THAT..... TO THE LETTER

*shakes head*

must be me..... any help on 8 (analogies)

Nope... I see what you did. A counts as the first lie, which means he's telling the truth aboiut one of the other three.

that's a tough one, if you didn't want something to be soft any more you'd use a ....................?
What? :confused:

Of course you are =) I'm not QUITE so little, used to be Chardonay... not that that probably means anything to you, we only interacted once, briefly. I was in a debate you were in back before the jolt switch. And you've changed your name... wasn't sure it was you.
it rings a bell.......i was in a debate?!?!? (the damn oppressive mods deleted me!!)

wtf is "identités" then?
French? =)

What? :confused:
the opposite of a softener is a ...............? this is a really hard puzzle!

Nope... I see what you did. A counts as the first lie, which means he's telling the truth aboiut one of the other three.
Dammit.... now I see what I did wrong. It wasn't the reasoning, but I just wrote a wrong number over and over again.... dammit

it rings a bell.......i was in a debate?!?!? (the damn oppressive mods deleted me!!)

Or discussion, or something. I was moderately active on II... hadn't made it to 1000 posts. Then I got bored of my country.

Pity about the mods... what were you deated for?

French? =)
Obviously, but what does it have to do with horsemen?
And dwelling with ethernet?

the opposite of a softener is a ...............? this is a really hard puzzle!
What? Softener? Why?

The puzzel is more or less impossible. If you want to soften something, you use a softener. If you want to harden something you use a...

The puzzel is more or less impossible. If you want to soften something, you use a softener. If you want to harden something you use a...
Got the solution, but WHY? I don't get that riddle at all :(

Obviously, but what does it have to do with horsemen?
And dwelling with ethernet?
the word 'here' is in horsemen, take it out and it leaves you with 'osmn' rearrange that and you get 'noms' which is french for names, identites is french for identities, i'm sure you can see the connection between names and identities. ethernet also has 'here' in it, take it out and you'r eleft with 'tent' , i'm sure you can see the connection between tent and dwellings, the answer has the word 'here' scrambled up in it as well as a word that is connected to weave

I have IBM and UFO but I don't see any connection between the two?

Okay (I still hardly see the logic of that riddle, but what the heck. (And what has the solution to do with "weave")).... next one

DON'T tell me what it is... just guide me a little, please

I have IBM and UFO but I don't see any connection between the two?
H I

A B

L M

see the connection?

now look at:

T
E
N

Okay (I still hardly see the logic of that riddle, but what the heck. (And what has the solution to do with "weave")).... next one

DON'T tell me what it is... just guide me a little, please
Weave ------> darn

darn + here = hardener (scrambled about a bit)

Okay (I still hardly see the logic of that riddle, but what the heck. (And what has the solution to do with "weave")).... next one

DON'T tell me what it is... just guide me a little, please

don't look at it as fractions! try reading it as a sentence!

Weave ------> darn

darn + here = hardener (scrambled about a bit)
Darn???? never heard of it

Or discussion, or something. I was moderately active on II... hadn't made it to 1000 posts. Then I got bored of my country.

Pity about the mods... what were you deated for?
i don't normally take part in discussions or debates (maybe it was to do with feminism or gun control, i took part in a couple of those i think) and i definatley never go in II except when i went to spam it

i got deated for spamming a tiny little bit and the nasty oppressive mods needed something to do so they just thought 'hey, lets deat Tink, mwaahahahhahahahha'

don't look at it as fractions! try reading it as a sentence!
haha.... mistake one :p

Now what? I've got a numbersequence.... is that any good?

Darn???? never heard of it
darning is like weaving

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :headbang:

Nope, still don't see anything.
I've got

HI
AB
LM

and

TU
EF
NO

but I've tried most things and they don't seem to work.

haha.... mistake one :p

Now what? I've got a numbersequence.... is that any good?

No you want a sequence of letters, out of which you can make a sentence (no rearranging required). There is only one way to read it in which all the symbols look like letters!!!

darning is like weaving
Hehe.... obviously a riddle for people with English as first language

Nope, still don't see anything.
I've got

HI
AB
LM

and

TU
EF
NO

but I've tried most things and they don't seem to work.
what don't you get? you must be able to see:

abcdefg H I jklmnopqrstuvwxyz

A B cdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

etc etc

No you want a sequence of letters, out of which you can make a sentence (no rearranging required). There is only one way to read it in which all the symbols look like letters!!!
WHAAAAT?!? How?

WHAAAAT?!? How?

It's not as straight forward as reading it from left to right. try reading it backwards!

WHAAAAT?!? How?
try using a mirror!

It's not as straight forward as reading it from left to right. try reading it backwards!
*tries*

Is the word "inside" supposed to be in there?

I apologize for being stupid, I know they're in alphabetical order, I've tried alphabet, alphabetical, abefhilmnotu, ibmufo but I just can't get it.

try using a mirror!
I've got a shiny knife :p

*tries*

Is the word "inside" supposed to be in there?

Yep, two words, then inside, then another word!

Okay... got it.

I apologize for being stupid, I know they're in alphabetical order, I've tried alphabet, alphabetical, abefhilmnotu, ibmufo but I just can't get it.
HAL does stand for something though i'm not sure what but i thonk it actually got it's name from each letter being 1 letter before each letter in IBM in the alphabet

H comes before I
A comes before B
L comes before M

so you're given the word TEN and n the alphabet:

T comes before U
E comes before F
N comes before O

*sob* I still don't get it! how can it be so hard. why am I the only one that can't get it?

*sob* I still don't get it! how can it be so hard. why am I the only one that can't get it?
i'm really sorry but i can't think of another way to explain it :(

i'm really sorry but i can't think of another way to explain it :(
You figured it out, but you can't explain it?

Man, 7 is an unholy bitch, can't find a combo that works.

Edit: Because I was typing it in wrong ...

You figured it out, but you can't explain it?
i've explained it loads of times! he just doesn't understand

*sob* I still don't get it! how can it be so hard. why am I the only one that can't get it?

I think we finally found that guy whose IQ actually IS lower than room temperature :rolleyes:

you have actually found UFO and you still can't see the solution? :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

Hey man, ease up, lots of people have IQs lower than room temp, they're called mentally handicapped. No glory in picking on the special olympics crowd ... I hope you feel like an asshole.

I think we finally found that guy whose IQ actually IS lower than room temperature
and I'm meant to be in the top set in my year
it's ridiculous, I got through all the others as easy as pie... but this one... :mad:

I think we finally found that guy whose IQ actually IS lower than room temperature :rolleyes:

you have actually found UFO and you still can't see the solution? :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
that's harsh dude, just chill.....

and I'm meant to be in the top set in my year
it's ridiculous, I got through all the others as easy as pie... but this one... :mad:
don't worry, i had to tell my super intelligent genius friend who's set to go to Oxford or Cambridge the answer to the first one

ARGHHH! you've got to be joking. :headbang: I just got it! I was expecting some uber hard one, but that's not that much more complicated than the others once you know IBM.
oh well, goes to show that sometimes the solution is in the simplest place

I spent 20 mins typing ALPHABET, ALPHABETICAL, IBMUFO, UFOIBM ABCDEFGHI, HALTENIBMUFO and many many more

lol, well you got it in the end

Hey man, ease up, lots of people have IQs lower than room temp, they're called mentally handicapped. No glory in picking on the special olympics crowd ... I hope you feel like an asshole.
I do actually, but SOMEONE had to say it
that's harsh dude, just chill.....
it was meant to be harsh, sometimes that's the only way ... anyway I know I actually went to far and since it didn't help anyway, I guess I'll apologise for that ... sorry Viat Jing, your IQ is probably much higher than the room temperature (unless maybe when that room is a sauna(sorry, just kidding, can't help myself))

whe i first saw the title of this thread i thought it was going to be about bad breast implants.i am glad it wasn't.

whe i first saw the title of this thread i thought it was going to be about bad breast implants.i am glad it wasn't.

:confused:

Right...most people seem to have done it now, which is good. Does anyone know of anything else like this - it was pretty fun whilst it lasted.

The man labled them from HIS left. Only one possible answer for that one.

Looks to me like there are 9 possible answers.

Looks to me like there are 9 possible answers.
there isn't

lol, ok

there's 4 cups, the man says:

cup A: 1
cup B: 1 or 0
cup C: 2
cup D: 0 or 2

there is a total of 4 balls

it says 3 out of those 4 statements are lies

in the picture it shows that cup A has no balls under it, therefore, the first statement is a lie. this also means the other 3 cups add up to 4

if the man is lying about cup B there must be 2 balls under it
if the man is lying about cup C there must be 0 or 1 balls under it
if the man is lying about cup D there must be 1 ball under it

the man is lying about 2 of them, all you have to do is figure out which combination of 2 lies and 1 truth makes it add up to 4
i explained it all there

Made it to puzzle 6 in about a brain-drenched hour, without assistance or looking at any of the "clues" in this thread. Pausing now to recuperate. Puzzle 6 is NOT cooperating...;)

The first five were pretty simple logic (avoids missiles from disgruntled puzzlers): six is where brain goes into overdrive.

Managed to get to 9 fairly easily. But I am now just completely flumuxed.

Managed to get to 9 fairly easily. But I am now just completely flumuxed.
#9 isn't too bad, 8 was the hard 1!

#9 isn't too bad, 8 was the hard 1!
8 was hard, but at least I managed it. (Helped slightly by the fact I had seen a similar puzzle before)

9 is just making no sense. Even with the CD I am using as an inpromptu mirror.

8 was hard, but at least I managed it. (Helped slightly by the fact I had seen a similar puzzle before)

9 is just making no sense. Even with the CD I am using as an inpromptu mirror.
well if you're using a mirror u should be able to get it

well if you're using a mirror u should be able to get it
Well I can't :( . Probably missing something really obvious.

Well I can't :( . Probably missing something really obvious.
it's the easiest one of the lot :rolleyes:

if you get really stuck, you can just cheat: MINE

Well I can't :( . Probably missing something really obvious.
use the mirror, but look at it from the other side

Well I can't :( . Probably missing something really obvious.
I'm so stupid! I was Looking at it upside down :)

I'm so stupid! I was Looking at it upside down :)
:rolleyes:

use the mirror, but look at it from the other side
Yeah, did that. But for some reason I decided to look at it upside down. :headbang:

:rolleyes:
I know, I know. I deserve it.

Told you I was missing something obvious.

Click on REPLAY and stop at the first statement. I just can't figure out 8...
Oh, and the answer to 3 is a senseless word. Just the first letters of the colors.

I still can't get number 3...

I still can't get number 3...
Spell out "RAINBOW" horizontally and try to match the colours of the rainbow vertically ("red" "blue" "yellow" etc)

Great, now 4 is really annoying me.
I'm bad at these : (

ummm, number 2...am I supposed to rearrange the letters to form a word?

Read back.... enough hints and spoilers for everyone

Watch where the ball bounces, and make a note of the letters it touches. Eventually it spells out a six letter word.

By the way, I just told you the answer. :)

Number 4, please?

Edit: MMMM, PIES!

can anyone give me a hint for number 6??

and for problem 4, if it's the door problem, there are only 24 possibilities so i just kept guessing.

YAY I did it

I was here this mornin. But guess what?


I BEAT IT LIKE IT OWED ME MONEY.

Fuck yea, I am namin today, Piquantrax's Puzzle Day.
Celebrate as you see fit.

I'm bored, so here's all the answers. Don't look at 'em unless you want to ruin the "fun". :rolleyes:

Highlight to view.

1. HUT
2. BOUNCE
3. ROVGBIY
4. PIES
5. STUCKSTAKE
6. PI
7. A0B2C0D2
8. HARDENER
9. MINE
10. UFO

Yay?