puzzles &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://wordpress.com/tag/puzzles/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "puzzles" Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:34:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[Cryptoquote Spoiler - 10/15/08]]> http://unclerave.wordpress.com/?p=928 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:00:26 +0000 unclerave http://unclerave.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/cryptoquote-spoiler-101508/ "The true essentials of a feast are only fun and feed."   ---   Oliver Wendell Holmes

]]> <![CDATA[(Simple) Jumble Spoiler - 10/15/08]]> http://unclerave.wordpress.com/?p=925 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:58:11 +0000 unclerave http://unclerave.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/simple-jumble-spoiler-101508/ LEKAN = ANKLE, TIHHC = HITCH, KRAYBE = BAKERY, NITTEK = KITTEN   ---   Giving us:  KEHTAEKI

Visual Description:  Hikers on different levels.

Clue/Question:  What she thought when their paths crossed on the trail.

Answer:  TAKE A HIKE

]]> <![CDATA[Genesis 45 Puzzle]]> http://lemmonsaid.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/genesis-45-puzzle/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:38:04 +0000 lemmonsaid http://lemmonsaid.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/genesis-45-puzzle/
You can find a crossword puzzle on the content of Genesis 45 by clicking H-E-R-E.  The solution can be found by clicking H-E-R-E.

]]> <![CDATA[1 Peter 2 Puzzle]]> http://lemmonsaid.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/1-peter-2-puzzle/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:51:17 +0000 lemmonsaid http://lemmonsaid.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/1-peter-2-puzzle/

You can find a crossword puzzle on the content of 1 Peter 2 by clicking H-E-R-E.  The solution can be found by clicking H-E-R-E.

]]> <![CDATA[Cryptoquote Spoiler - 10/14/08]]> http://unclerave.wordpress.com/?p=923 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:49:13 +0000 unclerave http://unclerave.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/cryptoquote-spoiler-101408/ "No man is more than another unless he does more than another."   ---   Miguel de Cervantes

]]> <![CDATA[Jumble Spoiler - 10/14/08]]> http://unclerave.wordpress.com/?p=921 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:23:21 +0000 unclerave http://unclerave.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/jumble-spoiler-101408/ OVEEK = EVOKE, LAUFT = FAULT, SNUFIL = SINFUL, FROGLE = GOLFER   ---   Giving us:  EOLTSFOFR

Visual Description:  Golddigger at a cocktail party.

Clue/Question:  She chased the real estate developer because he had . . .

Answer:  "LOTS" TO OFFER

]]> <![CDATA[cor-nu-leh-tze]]> http://mindonastring.wordpress.com/?p=22 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:04:31 +0000 mindonastring http://mindonastring.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/cor-nu-leh-tze/ TASTE

delicious nutty, sugary, floury crumbliness. not the kind from coffee cakes and such, but from a pastry that appears quite solid at first, and yet as soon as you bite into it, seem to be floating about with atoms only barely linked to one another, deriving its appeal from this unexplainable fragility. it's an ordinary product that you might find at a cofetarie, or pastry shop, and people at home call them 'cornulete,' (little horns), given their traditional half-moon shape. but our tradition of making them veered slightly off the traditional path.

it would be a family venture, much like the hundred-piece puzzles (thousand-piece, as we later advanced) that we would bond over. dad would be in charge of preparing the nuts, breaking them open with a hammer and then grinding them through a mysterious metallic device that my visual memory is mixing up with the meat grinder, but which made a distinct creaking sound when dad turned the handle. mom would be in charge of mixing the nuts with all the other ingredients and preparing the dough that would then be divided up among ourselves and shaped into almost anything but the half-moons you'd normally expect. we'd make intricate shapes that we would insist we still recognized in the sugar-powdered cookies swollen and deformed by the baking. we'd eat them with the same joy that we felt when deciding which part of a gummy bear's body was to first be amputated - culinary customization. the ones we didn't eat right away would go into the living room in the red and teal-stained plateau, but they never lasted long.

]]> <![CDATA[Neuheiten von Djeco!]]> http://pimpalou.wordpress.com/?p=76 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:12:33 +0000 pimpalou http://pimpalou.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/neuheiten-von-djeco/ Kreativ-Sets für kleine Künstler von 4 - 14 Jahren: Kleine Kunstwerke gestalten mit Hilfe von Stempeln, Guache-Farben, Pinselstiften, Dekosand, Wachsmalkreiden, u.v.m.! Ideale Mitbringsel zu Kindergeburtstagen  - ein ganz besonderes, bildschön verpacktes Geschenk, das garantiert für Begeisterung sorgt!

Spiele und Puzzles in verschiedenen Schwierigkeitsstufen, von 24 bis 200 Teilen! Die Verpackungen: bildschön. Die Motive: Kleine Kunstwerke!

Wiederverwendbare Wandsticker, Messlatten und Bordüren & passende Hängelampen: Prinzessin Marguerite, Der fantastische Ritter, Piraten, Blumen, u.v.m. - tolle Qualität, wundervolle Motive!

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]]> <![CDATA[The Tipping Point Is That Third Bowl Of Gravy]]> http://hroman.wordpress.com/?p=854 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:42:28 +0000 hroman http://hroman.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/the-tipping-point-is-that-third-bowl-of-gravy/ Happy Thanksgiving, Canada. And a special happy thanksgiving to those of you in the far reaches of Calgary, Montreal, and Osaka, who cannot see the gravy drip down my chin in warmly goodness.

I'll be driving back to Toronto this Monday: so, this is an auto-post message from the not too distant past. What follows is a set of stereogram images from a sample set at "Magic Eye." If you're not familiar with this type of hidden image puzzle, then click on the two links above that I provided. The trick is to find the hidden image by focusing your eyes "behind" the image (or unfocusing your eyes).

There are four images. Your task is to name the three dimensional objects hidden in the images. Happy Scheming.

]]> <![CDATA[Cryptoquote Spoiler - 10/13/08]]> http://unclerave.wordpress.com/?p=919 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:15:07 +0000 unclerave http://unclerave.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/cryptoquote-spoiler-101308/ "Your precious moments are the times when you can be alone."   ---   John Miller

(Mr. Mom?)   YUR

]]> <![CDATA[Jumble Spoiler - 10/13/08]]> http://unclerave.wordpress.com/?p=917 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:08:44 +0000 unclerave http://unclerave.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/jumble-spoiler-101308/ PLUJE = JULEP, ACOME = CAMEO, RUPPLE = PURPLE, BOTERD = DEBTOR   ---   Giving us:  EPCMPURBOR

Visual Description:  Sod-buster at an after-market auto parts emporium.

Clue/Question:  What the farmer saw when he visited the junkyard.

Answer:  A "BUMPER" CROP

]]> <![CDATA[Math Club: Counting 101]]> http://letsplaymath.wordpress.com/?p=1653 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:29:31 +0000 Denise http://letsplaymath.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/math-club-counting-101/
[Photo by ThunderChild tm.]

The last couple of weeks, in Math Club, we've been learning to count. My new set of MathCounts students have never heard of combinatorics, so we started at the very beginning:

Counting and Probability I By Keone Hon

The science of counting

One of my favorite things about coaching MathCounts is that I learn as much as the kids. When I was in school, as far as the curriculum was concerned, discrete math didn't exist. The first year I coached our math team, I struggled with this topic, but I've learned enough over the years to stay at least two steps ahead of my students.

I typed up a one-page summary of the basics for my students:

Counting and probability basics (pdf 57KB)
Permutations, combinations, probability, odds --- what's the difference? This tip sheet gives you just the facts, with an absolute minimum of factorial notation. Mix with plenty of problems to solve, stir well, and discuss.

For further study

In addition to Mr. Hon's tutorial, we'll be using several of these online resources from the amazing Art of Problem Solving website:

  • Why Discrete Math Is Important
    "Because discrete math does not figure prominently in most states' middle or high school "high-stakes" progress exams, and because it also does not figure prominently on college-admissions exams such as the SAT, it is often overlooked. However, discrete math has become increasingly important in recent years, for a number of reasons..."
  • Probability Using Areas
    "Point C is chosen at random atop a 5 foot by 5 foot square table. A circular disk with a radius of 1 foot is placed on the table with its center directly on point C. What is the probability that the entire disk is on top of the table (i.e. that none of the disk hangs over an edge of the table)?..." From AoPS Introduction to Counting & Probability, chapter 10.
  • Three Types of Probability
    "If you think about it, labels are a big key to the way we organize ideas... In short, labels help us organize --- and organization simplifies problem solving! This article seeks to demonstrate the power of intelligent classification using types of probability as an example..."

Links, links galore

Here are two more websites with links to tutorials and discrete math puzzles:

Student Guides to Combinatorics

Discrete Math

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]]> <![CDATA[Sunday Cryptoquote Spoiler - 10/12/08]]> http://unclerave.wordpress.com/?p=915 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:47:02 +0000 unclerave http://unclerave.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/sunday-cryptoquote-spoiler-101208/ "When it comes to cars, only two varieties of people are possible - cowards and fools."   ---   Russell Baker

]]> <![CDATA[Sunday Jumble Spoiler - 10/12/08]]> http://unclerave.wordpress.com/?p=913 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:39:02 +0000 unclerave http://unclerave.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/sunday-jumble-spoiler-101208/ NYWIRT = WINTRY, THROYP = TROPHY, QUAPLE = PLAQUE, REGLED = LEDGER, GYNHID = DINGHY, VONCLE = CLOVEN   ---   Giving us:  WNTOLUEGRNHON

Visual Description:  Victor at the finish line of a marathon race.

Clue/Question:  What the novice marathoner did unexpectedly.

Answer:  WON IN THE "LONG RUN"

(Barack Obama?)   YUR

]]> <![CDATA[Magic Eye]]> http://joyerickson.wordpress.com/?p=2844 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:46:58 +0000 Joy http://joyerickson.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/magic-eye/

]]> <![CDATA[Popsicle Riddle #2]]> http://thewrongwords.wordpress.com/?p=563 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:11:07 +0000 bumbler http://thewrongwords.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/popsicle-riddle-2/ What time is it when seven hungry lions are chasing you?

Click to see the answer

]]> <![CDATA[Cryptoquote Spoiler - 10/11/08]]> http://unclerave.wordpress.com/?p=911 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:18:00 +0000 unclerave http://unclerave.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/cryptoquote-spoiler-101108/ "Be a good listener; listen eighty-five percent of the time.  Develop the ART of listening."   ---   A.A. Montapert

]]> <![CDATA[Jumble Spoiler - 10/11/08]]> http://unclerave.wordpress.com/?p=909 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:12:31 +0000 unclerave http://unclerave.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/jumble-spoiler-101108/ DUPON = POUND, DALIP = PLAID, HUCNAH = HAUNCH, FEWLOU = WOEFUL   ---   Giving us:  PODPLDHUHOUL

Visual Description:  Police stop-check causing a traffic jam.

Clue/Question:  The police roadblock led to a . . .

Answer:  HOLDUP HOLDUP

]]> <![CDATA[My Obsessions]]> http://stacybuckeye.wordpress.com/?p=645 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:03:06 +0000 stacybuckeye http://stacybuckeye.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/645/ I've been tagged by Don  to confess my obsessions/addictions.  Today I turn 37 and since I'm feeling contemplative I think I'll list one for every year. 

Shot of Espresso CoffeeFlavored coffee, black is my favorite way to start the day.  And continues until the afternoon begins.

Red wine is my relaxation in the evening.  I probably like it a little too much, but it's healthy, right?

Buying books seems like a healthy addiction, but it can override common sense.  I can go to a bookstore and purchase 10 books for a $10 and not have time to read any of them before more books find their way into my shopping bag a few days later.  I do have a reading and writing addiction which seem to fit in with my book problem.

My grandparents passed onto to me the puzzling gene.  Working on jigsaw puzzles is a good way to work out stuff in your head.  If I've got a problem I need to work out, doing a jigsaw is the best medicine.  I am currently finishing (600 pieces or so)  a 5,000 piece jigsaw puzzle of Florence, Italy.  I will include a picture when I get it done because it is a much anticipated achievement.

The Cheesecake Factory at the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack, New York.Chocolate and cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory are two addictions.  I am currently eating a piece of Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cheesecake and it is heavenly.

 Ohio State football season is my favorite season of the year!  And that explains my favorite color, red.

I love my family and they are my rock.  On a related note I frequently become obsessed with genealogy when I find a new branch in my family tree.  Which leads me to trees - I love them and never feel more at peace with nature than when I am surrounded by them.  I also feel very much at peace when I am surrounded by my wonderful friends.  Cleveland has made me appreciate and look forward to snow.  On the other hand, I adore saunas.  This time of year always reignites my interest in politics (just ask my dad who was here this weekend).  I have become more interested in my blog- and in yours- than I thought I would when I started.  I check email constantly.  But I love getting snail mail.  I also love to send letters and cards. I love meeting new people and going to parties, which go together very nicely, thank you.  My only fashion addiction is Kathy Van Zeeland bags (I've given away everything else!) and I won't confess to how many I own.  I love romantic movies and can watch my favorites over and over. On the TV front...I can spend too much much money at QVC, I tape The View everyday, if I'm home I watch General Hospital with only a little guilt, and when the tv is on, its default station is CNN.  I love to play board games and am a bit competitive.  Especially during March Madness when I become completely obssessed with beating my husband on our brackets.  I go to New York City as often as I get the opportunity (which isn't often enough!).  I love getting into the hot tub on a cool night with my husband. 

Which leads me to my obsession with getting my cat, Scout, to gain weight and getting my dog, Max, to lose the pounds.  Of course, my best obsession is my husband, Jason.  And for #37 I asked Jason what he thought my obsession was.  He thought about for a few minutes and said, "You like to make other people happy."  Maybe I should just make him addictions 1-36 :)

 I'm tagging Kathy & Elena to confess their obessions/addictions.

]]> <![CDATA[Magic Eye directions ]]> http://joyerickson.wordpress.com/?p=2872 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:42:58 +0000 Joy http://joyerickson.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/magic-eye-directions/ I don't know if any of you will enjoy these or not.  I just love looking at them and there are very few I can't see.  I know others who can't see them at all.  I hope you will enjoy to see them every once in a while.  If you don't, scroll past them.


]]> <![CDATA[Cryptoquote Spoiler - 10/10/08]]> http://unclerave.wordpress.com/?p=901 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:07:45 +0000 unclerave http://unclerave.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/cryptoquote-spoiler-101008/ "To live is the rarest thing in the world.  Most people exist; that is all."   ---   Oscar Wilde

(HE certainly lived his life.  You need to be a little self-centered to really live your life . . . unless you have a really understanding spouse.)   YUR

]]> <![CDATA[Jumble Spoiler - 10/10/08]]> http://unclerave.wordpress.com/?p=899 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:52:16 +0000 unclerave http://unclerave.tl.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/jumble-spoiler-101008/ DRIAP = RAPID, PYTEM = EMPTY, DIALIN = INLAID, PLOUCE = COUPLE   ---   Giving us:  PIMPNAUP

Visual Description:  Young couple dancing at a street festival.

Clue/Question:  What she experienced when she danced in her new shoes.

Answer:  PAIN AT THE "PUMP"

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