City of Light
Get from START to END in this watercolor maze, created by Sean Jackson.
SOLUTION
The solution is shown below.
Category: Puzzles
Sean Jackson is a broadcast designer and art director based in New York. He has been creating mazes for over 30 years. He finds creating them and solving them both fun and relaxing.
Hidden Objects Piles
Can you find the objects which are hidden in the images below?
SOLUTION
The solution is shown below.
Movie Conundrums 1
Can you recognize which famous movies are depicted by these images?
SOLUTION
- The Dark Knight Rises
- No Country for Old Men
- The Silence of the Lambs
Fastest Stalemate
Can you design a chess game that ends up with a stalemate in the 10th move?
SOLUTION
One possible game is:
1. h4 h5
2. c4 a5
3. Qa4 Ra6
4. Qxa5 Rah6
5. Qxc7 f6
6. Qxd7 Kf7
7. Qxb7 Qd3
8. Qxb8 Qh7
9. Qxc8 Kg6
10. Qe6
Flat as a Leaf
It is flat as a leaf, round as a ring,
Has two eyes, yet cannot see a thing.
What is it ?
SOLUTION
The answer is BUTTON.
Broken Window
One snowy night, Sherlock Holmes was in his house sitting by a fire. All of a sudden a snowball came crashing through the window, breaking it. Holmes got up and looked out just in time to see three neighborhood kids who were brothers run around the corner. Their names were John Crimson, Mark Crimson
The next day Holmes got a note on his door that read:
“? Crimson. He broke your window.”
Which of the three Crimson brothers should Sherlock Holmes question about the incident?
SOLUTION
He should question Mark. The note read: “QUESTION MARK Crimson. He broke your window.”
Selfmate
White starts and forces Black to mate him in 8 moves.
SOLUTION
1. Nb1+ Kb3
2. Qd1+ Rc23
3. Bc1 axb6
4. Ra1 b5
5. Rh1 bxc4
6. Ke1 c3
7. Ng1 f3
8. Bf1 f2#
WWII Planes
During World War II, the mathematician Abraham Wald was asked to help with determining which parts of the allied forces’ planes must be armored better. After examining the surviving American planes, he noticed that there were many holes in the fuselage, and very few in the engines. After careful thinking, he suggested that the armor on the engines must be improved. Why?
SOLUTION
Abraham Wald realized that the holes should have been distributed more evenly across the planes. Therefore the planes which had more holes in the fuselage survived, while the planes which had more holes in the engines got destroyed.
Dragon Maze
Find your way from the moon to the treasure, knight!
SOLUTION
The solution is shown below.
Puzzle Sum 20
What two American cities do these sums spell?
SOLUTION
SEAT + CATTLE – CAT = SEATTLE
BOY + AWL – YAWL + STONE – E = BOSTON