User:Skizzerz/Puzzle Archive

This is an archive of my weekly puzzles. Click here to view their answers here to view the puzzles.

Week 1
There is one mention of five, ten, and fifty in the word search below, can you find them?

T E F I  V   T Y E N E                  N E I F I T N E N T                  E N F T F I E I Y I                    X   E E I N E N T E F                  F E Y E E F I N I E  I T E T F N I N E N  N Y Y N I   L   E T I N  E T Y N I F T F T I

The mentions of five, ten, and fifty in the word search are in roman numerals and there is only one "V", one "X", and one "L" in the search.

Puzzle 1
There are ten numbered statements listed below. How many statements in this puzzle are true and which ones?

The first sentence is a statement that is true and the ninth numbered statement.
 * 1) The number of false statements is one.
 * 2) The number of false statements is two.
 * 3) The number of false statements is three.
 * 4) The number of false statements is four.
 * 5) The number of false statements is five.
 * 6) The number of false statements is six.
 * 7) The number of false statements is seven.
 * 8) The number of false statements is eight.
 * 9)   The number of false statements is nine.
 * 10) The number of false statements is ten.

Puzzle 2
What are the elusive characters? Missing two letters or numbers?

W A T E ? C M ? T L O N

If you look at the question, you will see that the large letters each match up with the beginning of a word. The C is for Characters and the T for Two.

Puzzle 1
Alphametic puzzles are series of numbers and letters that represent a well-known phrase or saying. For example: 52 C in a D (52 Cards in a Deck) 7 D a W (7 Days a Week) 13 in a BD (13 in a Baker's Dozen) So what do you think this one stands for? 5 W in the A 5 Words in the Answer

Puzzle 2
Not including the words in this question, or the hall of fame section, there are six words below, what are they?

RED BOLD ITALIC UNDERLINE lowercase The six words in the puzzle are: Red, Bold, Italic, Underline, Lowercase, and Invisible

Week 4
Here are nine sticks which have been arranged on a flat surface to form a figure that looks like a cube.

Suppose two of the sticks were removed. How could you rearrange the sticks that remained so that they still formed the figure of a cube?

Week 5
Your task for this week is to simply complete the following crossword puzzle? Or is it so simple? Across 1. A completely flat surface 6. A level of thought or existence or development 7. Popular method of aerial transport (abbrev.) 8. Tool for smoothing 9. Type of tall spreading tree with broad leaves Down 1. A state of quiet free from war 2. Otherwise, when all fails... 3. While, when, because, though - used in comparisons 4. Female fowl 5. If at it, relax

The answer to all of the across ones is "Plane", but the downs are a bit trickier. The letters when sounded out phonetically sound like the words that the clues represent. P's for Peace, L's for Else, A's for As (derived from spelling "A's" instead of phonetical), N's for Hens, and E's for Ease.

Week 6
I have listed a few antigrams below. Try to see if you can figure out what an antigram is by these examples.

EVILS AGENTS  (EVANGELISTS) 

REAL FUN  (FUNERAL) 

NICE LOVE  (VIOLENCE) 

NO MORE STARS  (ASTRONOMERS) 

As you can see, when these words are unscrambled, they give the opposite of what the scrambled version says.

Week 7
Which one of the following bulleted numbers is the odd one out, and why? You must provide a reason fairly close to my own.


 * 1367
 * 1243
 * 2791
 * 2450
 * 3958
 * 3462

1243 is the odd one out because it is the only one that can be a time on the 24-hour clock without being rearranged

Week 8
As I was walking into town today, I saw one weapon, two tissues, three oak trees, four sea shores, and five housewives. How many oranges would I have seen? 2. Simply count the number of letters in the word(s) and subtract 5. oranges=7, 7-5=2.

Week 9
In the following image, which one of the four is the odd one out and why? (Your reason must match mine).



The top-right is the odd one out because it is the only square, the bottom-left is the odd one out because it is the only one with a "B," the bottom-right is the odd one out because it is the only one that is yellow. Therefore, the top-left is the odd one out because it hasn't been one of the odd ones out.