Hey everybody, quick post today, because its Saturday and people should be having fun on Saturdays, so here’s hoping you are
Most of you figured out the answers to the puzzles given out in my Lazy Sunday Post: Puzzles post. Click the link to read it if you haven’t because the link below will give you the answers to them. Look for this Sunday’s post to have more puzzles hopefully challenging enough to keep you busy a while. This time around, I’ll be pulling the puzzles from the game Professor Layton and the Curious Village( again, read my previous Puzzle post to catch up) and, who knows, it might give you the itch to go and pick up the game, because its worth the buy.
So without further delay,
Puzzle #1:
Hans & Gerrie
Hans is standing behind Gerrie and at the same time Gerrie is standing behind Hans.
The Question: How is this possible? They are back to back.
Puzzle #2:
Tour de France
The Question: In the Tour de France, what is the position of a rider, after he passes the second placed rider?
The Answer: Second!
Puzzle #3:
Climbing Snail
A snail is at the bottom of a 20 meters deep pit. Every day the snail climbs 5 meters upwards, but at night it slides 4 meters back downwards.
The Question: How many days does it take before the snail reaches the top of the pit?
Solution to: Climbing Snail
On the first day, the snail reaches a height of 5 meters and slides down 4 meters at night, and thus ends at a height of 1 meter.
On the second day, he reaches 6 meters, but slides back to 2 meters.
On the third day, he reaches 7 meters, but slides back to 3 meters.
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On the fifteenth day, he reaches 19 meters, but slides back to 15 meters.
On the sixteenth day, he reaches 20 meters, so now he is at the top of the pit!
Conclusion: The snail reaches the top of the pit on the 16th day!
Puzzle #4:
Nine Dots
Nine dots are placed in three rows of each three dots, as shown in the picture. These nine dots must be connected by four straight, connected lines (i.e. without ‘lifting up the pen’ in between).
The Question: How should the four lines be drawn?
Answer: ![]()
Puzzle #5:
Lighting Bulb
A light bulb is hanging in a room. Outside of the room there are three switches, of which only one is connected to the lamp. In the starting situation, all switches are ‘off’ and the bulb is not lit.
The Question: If it is allowed to check in the room only once to see if the bulb is lit or not (this is not visible from the outside), how can you determine with which of the three switches the light bulb can be switched on?
To find the correct switch (1, 2, or 3), turn switch 1 to ‘on’ and leave it like that for a few minutes. After that you turn switch 1 back to ‘off’, and turn switch 2 to ‘on’. Now enter the room. If the light bulb is lit, then you know that switch 2 is connected to it. If the bulb is not lit, then it has to be switch 1 or 3. Now touching for short the light bulb, will give you the answer: if the bulb is still hot, then switch 1 was the correct one; if the bulb is cold, then it has to be switch 3.