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Jerry Mayor of Smellville

Games / Brain Teasers /

One day Jerry Mayor from Smelliville was visiting the neighbouring country of Madadia and was sitting in the Penistone mainline railway station. He was sitting very uncomfortably in the waiting room and was staring intently at two doors that were at the opposite end of the room. Jerry Mayor was not a happy man at that point. In fact he was in dire distress. He then noticed a young man enter one of the doors. Instantly Jerry, with a great smile, followed the young man through the door and after a few moments he returned with an even bigger smile on his face.

Why would Jerry Mayor be so happy after following a young man through the door?

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White to Play

Games / Chess Puzzles /

One hint: you don’t have to be concerned about any rooks check on a1.

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A Great King

Games / Brain Teasers /

Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it,
Five in the middle is seen;
First of all letters, the first of all figures,
Take up their stations between.
Join all together, and then you will bring
Before you the name of an eminent king.

Hint: Bible Verses readers will love this riddle.

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Argument

Games / Brain Teasers /

Can you decipher this phrase:

friends
standing
miss
friends

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White to Play

Games / Chess Puzzles /

This is a very instructive position I found in Joel Johnson’s book “Formation Attacks”—a real classic of a book. The attack here combines several themes into one assault and well worth playing over.

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Dogs

Games / Brain Teasers /

There are two dogs, a black one and a white one. One is male. What is the probability they are both male?

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Acquainted

Games / Brain Teasers /

You and your spouse invite four other couples to a party. During the course of the conversation, it is discovered that, prior to the party, each person except you was acquainted with a different number of the people present. Assuming the acquaintance relationship is symmetric (i.e., if you are acquainted with someone, that person is also acquainted with you), then how many people did your spouse know prior to the party? How many people did you know?

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Three Creatures

Games / Brain Teasers /

There were three creatures outside a building. One of the creatures did not move itself but entered the building and knew that it was in the building. The second creature moved itself, entered the building, and knew that it was in the building. The last creature did not move itself but entered the building, and the creature did not know that it was in the building. What are the three creatures?

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Black to Play

Games / Chess Puzzles /

Considering the nature of White’s threat, you should figure out the first move. Can you see it all the way to the finish?

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World Series Gamble

Games / Brain Teasers /

The winner of the World Series is the first team to win four games, so the maximum number of games that could be played is 7. You want to place a $100 bet (even money) on your team to win the whole series. A bookie says he will not take bets on the whole series, but would be willing to let you bet on each individual game. Is there a betting strategy you could put in place to replicate your $100 bet?

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Fred and Ethel

Games / Brain Teasers /

Fred and Ethel go to the golf course. They meet 3 other couples there, and everybody gets introduced. After introductions, Fred asks everyone how many hands they shook. He gets seven different answers. Presume that no one shook their partner's hand

How many hands did Ethel shake?

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White to Play

Games / Chess Puzzles /

Viktor Korchnoi was famous for his counter-attacks; however, he could attack brilliantly as well. This is a game from the 50s against Zakharov.

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Even So

Games / Brain Teasers /

What's the secret to the sequence? What's the next number?

4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14...

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Lost City of Kebabylon

Games / Brain Teasers /

Once again, Madadia's insipid explorer, Wigan Smith is on the trail of lost treasure. He has come across a map showing that somewhere in the middle of the Chillivalley desert, there is the lost city of "Kebabylon". To reach it, he will have to travel overland by foot from the coast. On a trek like this, each person who goes on the journey can only carry enough rations for one person for five days and the farthest Wigan Smith and his group can travel in one day is 30 miles. Also, "Kebabylon" is 120 miles from the starting point.

What Wigan Smith is trying to figure out is the fewest number of persons, including himself, that he will need in his group so that he can reach the "Kebabylon", ...

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White to Play

Games / Chess Puzzles /

A win by Spassky from the 60s. It’s a mating attack.

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Today or Tomorrow

Games / Brain Teasers /

When the day before yesterday was referred to as the day after tomorrow, the day that was then called yesterday was as far away from the day we now call tomorrow as yesterday is from the day which we shall now be able to speak of last Monday as a week ago yesterday. What day is it?

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Chess Board

Games / Brain Teasers /

You have a 5 x 5 chess board. You must place 5 queens so that you can place three pawns on the board and they will not be taken.

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Satellite Depression

Games / Brain Teasers /

What expression is represented below?

depressed 111111 satellite

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White to Play

Games / Chess Puzzles /

I reached this position in a five-minute game. I had about two minutes left, so now so do you. Well, OK, you can have 5 minutes!

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Movie Star

Games / Brain Teasers /

Name the famous movie star from the rebus below.

Srintn

Hint: Not all movie stars are human!

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