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- For the character in the Chronicles of Narnia series, see Puzzle (Narnia).
A puzzle is a problem or enigma that challenges ingenuity. People often contrive such problems as a form of entertainment, but they can also stem from serious mathematical or logistical problems — in such cases, their successful resolution can be a significant contribution to mathematical research.
Solutions to puzzle may require recognizing patterns and creating a particular order. People with a high inductive reasoning aptitude may be better at solving these puzzles than others. Puzzles based on the process of inquiry and discovery to complete, may be solved faster by those with good deduction skills.
The history of puzzles goes back many thousands of years, a tangram being one of the earliest and still one of the most popular. In certain temples of Japan monks used to write mathematical puzzles on temple walls.
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Daily Puzzle - November 7
BrainBashers Daily PuzzleIf 100 comes after 10 and 1,000 comes after 100, and 10,000 comes after 1,000 what comes after 10,000?
Daily Sudoku - November 7 - Very Easy
BrainBashers Daily SudokuComplete the grid such that every row, every column, and the nine 3x3 blocks contain the digits from 1 to 9.[Copyright: Kevin Stone]
Daily Game - November 7
BrainBashers Daily GameDare Devil Perform stunts on your dirt bike. Upgrade your kit with the points better tricks give you.
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Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Nov 07, 2009)
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The Old Monk and the Staircase Construction of a stronger and more massive bell tower for the monastery to replace the one destroyed during the last civil strife with a neighboring lord was well underway when the old Monk visited the site. The Abbot showed the Monk the drawings and model for the three-bell tower. The Monk was impressed until he stood where the bell chamber would be and saw the spiral staircase in this medieval bell tower running the wrong direction (counterclockwise). "The staircase direction must be changed," said the Old Monk. The Abbot looked at the staircase and agreed. Why? Check Braingle.com for the answer.
Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (Nov 07, 2009)
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"Gone With the Wind" - the Book "Gone With the Wind", the great southern classic of years gone by, was written by Margaret Mitchell. Take the Quiz at Braingle.com
Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Risible
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ris-i-ble adjective :: Exciting laughter; worthy to be laughed at; amusing. "Before long, I began to read aloud with my father, chanting the strange and wondrous rivers -- Shenandoah, Rappahannock, Chickahominy -- and wrapping my tongue around the risible names of rebel generals: Braxton Bragg, Jubal Early, John Sappington Marmaduke, William "Extra Billy" Smith, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard." --Tony Horwitz
Adventure Puzzles - Serial adventures, continuing story and puzzles building towards a final puzzle and solution.
Meta Description: [ Puzzles Puzzles Puzzles - All adventure themed puzzles. Creating, designing, organizing and planning theme treasure hunts. Clues, maps and adventure stories for birthday parties or any kind of party. ]
Holiday Puzzles - Collection of original puzzles developed over the years to celebrate the winter holidays.
Meta Description: [ A collection of puzzles, all rights reserved. ]
Logicville - Educational puzzles, brain teasers, mathematical recreations and word games. A resource for anagrams, cryptograms, alphametics, word puzzles, logic problems, doublets, tangrams, chess, and math quizzes.
Meta Description: [ Logicville is a website collection of mathematical games, puzzles, and brain teasers, including anagrams, cryptograms, cryptarithms or alphametics, word puzzles, logic games, doublets, tangrams, chess problems, and many educational and math problems. ]
MyCharades.com - Includes charades, riddles, and enigmas.
Meta Description: [ MyCharades.com - For intelligent people only... ]
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Perplexing Problems - Logic problems submitted by users in categories including mathematics, words, and mysteries.
Meta Description: [ The home page for Perplexing Problems. Where people can solve problems set by other users. ]
Puzzle Choice - Crosswords, wordsearches, cryptograms, quizzes, wordplay and other interactive and printable puzzles and games.
Meta Description: [ crosswords, word search puzzles, wordsearches, online games, online puzzles, jigsaws, number puzzles, wordplay, anagrams, brainteasers, kids crosswords ]
Puzzle Monster - Original trivia, logic, visual and word puzzles.
Meta Description: [ Puzzle Monster - free online puzzles ]
Puzzletome - Contests of varying difficulty and types. Also has tutorials with worked examples and practice games. [Registration required]
The Game - A puzzle hunt run every year at Stanford.
The Puppeteer's Cosmic Puzzle - Pictographic puzzle microcosm of old and new playing cards, poems, games and lore. New suits: the zodiac, solar system, evolution, human family, ancient elements, astronomical basis of the calendar and compass.
Meta Description: [ The Puppeteer's Cosmic Puzzle - a playing card microcosm: Explore the meaning of familiar playing cards and a world of new cards through the Codex, games, archives and lore. Suits comprise the constellations of the zodiac, the solar system, evolution in a nutshell, the human family, the ancient e... ]
The Substitute Teacher: Puzzles and other Diversions - Printable puzzles and other diversions to help substitute teachers involve their temporary students in mind stretching activities.
Meta Description: [ On line aids for the substitute teacher. ]
Thinking Games - Forum community about online thinking games. Covers brain teasers, jigsaw and
crossword puzzles, Supaplex, Klotski, Lemmings, and other critical thinking
games.
Meta Description: [ Forum community about online thinking games. Covers brain teasers, contest puzzles, math puzzles, Supaplex, Puzzle stools, Klotski, Sokoban, and other critical thinking games. Also, you will find there more than 300 Arcade online games, as well as solutions and new tricks for many levels and games. ]
Tim's World of Puzzles - Information on World Puzzle Championships including links to sample word and logic puzzles.
Meta Description: [ Overview of information on the web about the World Puzzle Championship (WPC).Also WPC-like Logic Puzzles to solve. List of paticipators' e-mail adresses. Links to other Puzzle related sites. ]
Variety Games - Shareware software programs available to create custom crossword and word searches.
Meta Description: [ Leading puzzle maker software programs. Make crossword puzzles and word search puzzles with your words. Try a free demo now! ]
VNC: Volker-Noelle.com - Collection of brain teasers, logic puzzles, paradoxes and mathematical riddles.
Meta Description: [ iNTELLIGENCE - Collection of brain teasers, logic puzzles, paradoxes and mathematical riddles ]
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