Puzzles

[nikhilverma]

This topic allows users to ask puzzles to others and since i'm not like bharat or insha so i'm posting some puzzles over here.....

Puzzle No. 1

How can you divide the above field in two equal parts with just one straight line.
Assume the boxes to be identical.
(You just have to draw a straight line don't do anything else)

 

[nikhilverma]

Puzzle No. 2

Ten weary footsore travellers
All in a woeful plight
Sought shelter in a wasside inn
One dark and stormy night

"Nine beds - no more", the landlord said
"Have I to offer you;
To each of eight a single room
But the ninth must serve for two"

A din arose. The troubled host
Could only scratch his head;
For of those tired men no two
Could occupy one bed!

The puzzled host was soon at ease -
He was a clever man -
And so to please his guests devised
This most ingenious plan

A B C D E F G H I

The room marked A two men were placed;
The third he lodged in B
The fourth to C was then assigned;
The fifth retired to D

In E the sixth he tucked away
And in F the seventh man.
The eight and ninth in G and H
And then to A he ran

Wherein the host, as i have said,
Had laid two travellers bt,
Then taking one - the tenth and last -
He logged him safe in I

Nine single rooms - a room for each-
Were made to serve for ten
And this it is that puzzles me.
And many wiser men


How was this possible???

 

[nikhilverma]

Puzzle No 3

Find the next four numbers in this series.


12 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 2 , 1 , 3 , __ , __ , __ , __

 

[nikhilverma]

Puzzle No 4

Divide the figure into four equal parts each having three alphabets.

 

[nikhilverma]

Solve the puzzles and win great prizes.......!!!!!!!
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[barmyarmy]

Originally posted by nikhilverma@Nov 4 2003, 02:07 PM
puzzle No. 1

How can you divide the above field in two equal parts with just one straight line.
Assume the boxes to be identical.
(You just have to draw a straight line don't do anything else)

???

 

[barmyarmy]

Originally posted by nikhilverma@Nov 4 2003, 02:11 PM
Puzzle No. 2

Ten weary footsore travellers
All in a woeful plight
Sought shelter in a wasside inn
One dark and stormy night

"Nine beds - no more", the landlord said
"Have I to offer you;
To each of eight a single room
But the ninth must serve for two"

A din arose. The troubled host
Could only scratch his head;
For of those tired men no two
Could occupy one bed!

The puzzled host was soon at ease -
He was a clever man -
And so to please his guests devised
This most ingenious plan

A? B? C? D? E? F? G? H? I

The room marked A two men were placed;
The third he lodged in B
The fourth to C was then assigned;
The fifth retired to D

In E the sixth he tucked away
And in F the seventh man.
The eight and ninth in G and H
And then to A he ran

Wherein the host, as i have said,
Had laid two travellers bt,
Then taking one - the tenth and last -
He logged him safe in I

Nine single rooms - a room for each-
Were made to serve for ten
And this it is that puzzles me.
And many wiser men


How was this possible???

It isn't.

 

[nikhilverma]

can you explain no 1 or no 2 just saying It isn't won't do.!!!
How did u do that?
Actually it's wrong.

 

[barmyarmy]

There's still two men in room A.
1 and 2 were in A, the story implies that 10 was in there. So either 1 and 2 stayed in A or 10 didn't get a bed.

 

[nikhilverma]

correct you get three cheers!!!!
:cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

but the first one??

 

[barmyarmy]

One straight line. It's all the same line.

 

[nikhilverma]

well here is the answer
the line on the size it bisecting one side of the box
think how was it done?

 

[ramboy]

yawn...... -_-

 

[barmyarmy]

Originally posted by ramboy@Nov 5 2003, 06:40 PM
yawn...... -_-

Yeah well, I was pretty bored.

 

[nikhilverma]

i thought so.......