Puzzles – Special “What am I?” Edition
Riddle #1. I don’t have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I’m white and empty. What am I? Riddle #2. I have two arms and a neck, but no head. What am I? Riddle […]
Puzzles 12/7/15
Here are some new puzzles for you to try out: You are in a cabin and it is pitch black. You have one match on you. Which do you light first, the newspaper, the lamp, the candle or the fire? […]
Puzzles 10/24/15
Here are some puzzles for you to try out: 1. How many total squares are there on a chessboard?(Hint. The answer is not 64.) 2. The next two are plexers. Try to find out the hidden meaning a. DOX DOX b. […]
“24” Problem Set: 5/2/15
The “24” game is an arithmetic card game in which players must find a way to manipulate four integers via addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division so that the end result is 24. Each integer can only be manipulated once. Try it […]
2/23/15 e-Scholium Puzzle
Suppose you’re in a hallway with 100 closed lockers. You begin by opening every locker. Then you close every second locker. Then you go to every third locker and open it (if it’s closed) or close it (if it’s open). […]
2/16/15 e-Scholium Puzzle
There are three switches outside of a dark room. Each corresponds to one of the three light bulbs in the dark room. You can turn the switches on and off and leave them in any position. How would you identify which […]
Puzzles are Back!
After a long break, we have decided to resume the weekly e-Scholium math and logic puzzles. The puzzles will be selected or created by Abhay Malik, and answers will be posted the following week. There will also be prizes for […]
This week’s e-Scholium Puzzle
You are given a deck of cards in a completely dark room. The deck you are given has X cards face-up while the rest of the cards are face-down, and you are told the number X. Assuming that you cannot […]
e-Scholium Christmas Puzzle
Santa Claus is holding a Christmas Party for anti-social elves at the North-Pole Pub. The bar at the North-Pole Pub has 25 mini bar stools situated in a line. Whenever an anti-social elf enters the bar, he always tries to […]
This Week’s e-Scholium Prize Puzzle
This week’s prize puzzle is a special type of simple logic puzzle known as kenken. For instructions on how to complete kenken, here is a quick tutorial from New York Times Puzzle Editor, Will Shortz http://www.kenken.com/misc/videos. Another […]