Month: August 2004

After getting complaints that the last puzzle was too complicated here is a simpler one for everyone to try. What is the fewest number of White chess pieces from the start of a game, that can be placed on a standard chessboard in order to make it impossible to place a Black piece on the…

After seeing Garden State all I have to say is I’ve never felt so touched before. All my life I’ve had one main fear. Not those tiny insignificant ones like heights or spiders but a genuine fear that will wake me up at night with my skin soaked in sweat and that’s the fear of…

Matt Gordon posed this one to me and I found it quite tough, no fair playing if I told you the answer. There are 23 prisoners. The warden will randomly select a prisoner each day and take them in to the room with two light switches, at least one light switch must be flipped when…

Greatest feeling in the world, Vince and I just completed our loft last night. Though it lacks a post modern art feel, it definitely is very stable and nicely carpeted. This is actually the first time I’ve ever really gotten my hands dirty and built something. It was actually really fun, like not as in…

Ok This puzzle is completely new to me so you better leave a good explaination to be deemed correct There is a group of N soldiers arranged in a straight line, standing side by side. Soldier number 1 is at the extreme left and soldier “N” is at the extreme right. Each soldier has a…

We’re Number 1!!! Well at least according to US News and World Reports. For the Sixth straight year we have won this honor under the amazing leadership of President Hulbert. Hopefully the current President of Rose John Midgley will be as much of shining example to all of us as Professor Hulbert was.

Ok so after Burgner proclaiming himself champion of the last puzzle I posed, I’ll ask a slightly more difficult one. How many places are there on the Earth that I could walk one mile south, then one mile east, then one mile north and end up in the exact same spot? For a bit of…

I got a raise!!!

Last night was quite interesting, now all of you know I’m not the most religious person, and I constantly question all that is around me. Well Tim King, Brent, Kenny, and I had a long, extremely detailed discussion about core beliefs. The arguments came down to what the definition of the criteria to get in…

You have eight balls of identical volume, but one weighs more than the other seven. You also have a balance. How can you determine which object is the heaviest while using the balance only twice. Hint: A balance is a two-pan setup like the blind folded figure of justice holds.