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Nerd
26th December 2008, 08:31 PM
Just in time :fishgrin:
Rebuses (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rebus)
1. WINEEEEEE
2. TIMING TI MING

thamizhvaanan
26th December 2008, 08:38 PM
Just in time :fishgrin:
Rebuses (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rebus)
1. WINEEEEEE
2. TIMING TI MING

Split time(Timing)? :huh:

Nerd
26th December 2008, 08:50 PM
Pretty close. One word missing which will make the answer *complete*!

Shakthiprabha.
26th December 2008, 09:16 PM
Split in time

:roll:

Nerd
26th December 2008, 09:24 PM
Hi SP, there are two timings in the question. Your guess and TV's did not take that into account :P

NOV
26th December 2008, 09:29 PM
Two-timing Split :P

pavalamani pragasam
26th December 2008, 09:30 PM
a split second!

Nerd
26th December 2008, 09:31 PM
The order is important !

pavalamani pragasam
26th December 2008, 09:34 PM
second is split?

Nerd
26th December 2008, 09:40 PM
:confused2: Then why the word timing there? It could have been anything right!

NOV
26th December 2008, 09:41 PM
Timing is split

thamizhvaanan
26th December 2008, 09:45 PM
Split second timing

first one... is it whine?

NOV
26th December 2008, 09:48 PM
:x

Nerd
26th December 2008, 09:51 PM
TV :clap:
Why whine for #1? it's not right btw :P

pavalamani pragasam
26th December 2008, 10:00 PM
VICTORY
:yessir:

thamizhvaanan
26th December 2008, 10:13 PM
TV :clap:
Why whine for #1? it's not right btw :P

when I pronounce it, it sounds close to whining.. thats why :ashamed:

Shakthiprabha.
26th December 2008, 10:13 PM
long whine

nonstop whine

Nerd
26th December 2008, 10:15 PM
In (most) rebus puzzles, there won't be *new* words in the answer :) So victory, whine rejetted.

thamizhvaanan
26th December 2008, 10:17 PM
In (most) rebus puzzles, there won't be *new* words in the answer :) So victory, whine rejetted.

wine, alcohol matter la ellam naan weak... enakku badhil Arshu vandhu badhil solva.. kettukongo :yes:

Nerd
26th December 2008, 10:18 PM
WINE is not the word I m looking for :fishgrin:

thamizhvaanan
26th December 2008, 10:21 PM
[tscii:ca1ad27c3f]Seri, adhuku badhil vara varaikum idha try pannunga..

Smith, Jones and Robinson are engineer, brakeman and fireman on a train but not necessarily in that order. Also riding the train are three passengers with the same three surnames, to be identified in the following premises with a “Mr.” before their names.

• Mr. Robinson lives in Los Angeles.
• The brakeman lives in Omaha.
• Mr. Jones long ago forgot all the algebra he ever learnt at High School.
• The passenger with the same name as the brakeman lives in Chicago.
• The brakeman and one of the passengers, a distinguished mathematical physicist, attend the same church.
• Smith beat the fireman at billiards.

What is the name of the engineer?[/tscii:ca1ad27c3f]

Nerd
26th December 2008, 10:37 PM
Is the question complete thamizh? The answer is either Rob/Jones/Smith and not Mr.smith/mr.rob/mr.jones right?

pavalamani pragasam
26th December 2008, 10:42 PM
Hurray! WIN with E's(ease)! :2thumbsup:

thamizhvaanan
26th December 2008, 10:44 PM
Is the question complete thamizh? The answer is either Rob/Jones/Smith and not Mr.smith/mr.rob/mr.jones right?

yes it is complete. And no prizes for your terrific conclusion :lol2:

Shakthiprabha.
26th December 2008, 10:44 PM
wowww :clap:S

thamizhvaanan
26th December 2008, 10:44 PM
Hurray! WIN with E's(ease)! :2thumbsup:

:yes:

Nerd
26th December 2008, 11:14 PM
PP :2thumbsup:

The distinguished mathematician's name has the prefix Mr?

Nerd
26th December 2008, 11:21 PM
Jones is the breakman and smith is the engineer!

thamizhvaanan
27th December 2008, 08:38 AM
Yes!!! :2thumbsup:

sgokulprathap
27th December 2008, 02:44 PM
Nov 20 - Dec24 no one has participated in Puzzles thread.
ippa 3 days la 5 pages pOyiduchu.
:roll:

sgokulprathap
27th December 2008, 02:45 PM
Robinson is the Fireman. :wink:

sgokulprathap
27th December 2008, 02:49 PM
some more rebus...

1) IN VADERS

2)
L
O
V
E

sgokulprathap
27th December 2008, 02:59 PM
3) INMADEINDIA
4) O_ER_T_O_
5) XQQQME

Shakthiprabha.
27th December 2008, 03:11 PM
1. invaders broke in :?
2. falling in love
3. made in india
4. painless operatoin or operation without pain
5. excuse me ( x qs me)

Nerd
27th December 2008, 03:18 PM
1. Space invaders

pavalamani pragasam
27th December 2008, 03:22 PM
:D Happy to find the thread kicking and alive!

thamizhvaanan
27th December 2008, 04:38 PM
[tscii:80b282f03a]
Robinson is the Fireman. :wink:

:clap: :P

OK, here is the explanation.


1) Mr. Robinson lives in Los Angeles.
2) The brakeman lives in Omaha.
3) Mr. Jones long ago forgot all the algebra he ever learnt at High School.
4) The passenger with the same name as the brakeman lives in Chicago.
5) The brakeman and one of the passengers, a distinguished mathematical physicist, attend the same church.
6) Smith beat the fireman at billiards.


The passengers (suffixed Mr) are from 3 different locations:
Los Angeles - Mr.Robinson (clue 1)
Omaha - Physicist (clue 2 & 5)
Chicago - The only guy left.. Mr.Jones (he can't be the physicist being poor at algebra). This implies that brakeman's name is Jones (Clue 4)

Smith can't be fireman (clue 6) and he HAS to be the engineer. :)

[/tscii:80b282f03a]

thamizhvaanan
27th December 2008, 04:42 PM
Nov 20 - Dec24 no one has participated in Puzzles thread.
ippa 3 days la 5 pages pOyiduchu.
:roll:

ellaam neenga vandha neram than GP :)

sgokulprathap
27th December 2008, 05:12 PM
:clap: sp and Nerd

sgokulprathap
27th December 2008, 05:22 PM
Next round...

1) uplatm
2) flubadence
3) 1000000air
4) vit_min

pavalamani pragasam
27th December 2008, 05:40 PM
3.millionaire
4.vitamin A deficiency

pavalamani pragasam
27th December 2008, 06:58 PM
2. bad influence?

madhu
27th December 2008, 07:05 PM
1, platinum

sgokulprathap
27th December 2008, 07:13 PM
pp, madhu :thumbsup:

thamizhvaanan
30th December 2008, 11:07 PM
Those who love to crack crossword can try cracking this. It is similar, just words being replaced by numbers. Now that I
m done with it I am posting it here. Good fun :lol2:.

It belongs to early 20th century, so current date may not represent this year. People can also use this to convert units:

a rood = a quarter acre = 1210 sq yds; a mile = 1760 yds;
a pound is 20 shillings.
Enjoy!


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| |####|5 | |####|6 | |
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| |####| |####|7 | | |
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|####|8 | |9 | |####|####|
|####| | | | |####|####|
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|10 | |####|11 | |12 |13 |
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| |####|####|####|14 | | |
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|15 | |####|16 | |####| |
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General clues:

X. One of the solutions across is the same as one of the solutions down.

Y. One number in the puzzle happens (by chance) to be the area in roods
of the rectangular field called Dogsmead.


Clues Across:

1. Area of Dogsmead in sq yds.

5. Age of Farmer Dunk's daughter, Martha.

6. Difference between length and breadth of Dogsmead (yds.)

7. Number of roods in Dogsmead times 9 Down.

8. Date (year) when little P became occupied by the Dunks.

10. Farmer Dunk's age.

11. The year of birth of Mary, Dunk's youngest.

14. Perimeter of Dogsmead (yds.)

15. Cube of Dunk's walking speed (miles per hour).

16. 15 Across minus 9 Down.


Clues Down:

1. Value of Dogsmead in shillings per acre.

2. Square of Mrs. D's age.

3. Mary's age.

4. Value of Dogsmead in pounds.

6. Age of Dunk's first-born, Ed, who will be twice as old as Mary next year.

7. Square of the number of yds which is the breadth of Dogsmead.

8. Number of minutes Farmer Dunk takes to walk one and a third times round Dogsmead.

9. see 10 Down.

10. 10 Across times 9 Down.

12. Sum of digits in second column plus 1.

13. Length of tenure in years of little P by the Dunks.

pavalamani pragasam
30th December 2008, 11:15 PM
In spite of my predilection for crosswords this is frightening. Not just because I am half asleep now! :lol:

thamizhvaanan
31st December 2008, 09:18 AM
In spite of my predilection for crosswords this is frightening. Not just because I am half asleep now! :lol:

hehe, it is completely solvable with the given clues alone eventhough there are no direct answers.

For starters, we know that it belongs to early 20th century and hence the year entries begins with 19_ _ . Perhaps except for 8A.

And 15A is a cube but only 2 digits. So it can be either 27 or 64.

16A is (15A - 1) and hence it must either end with 6 or 3. But since 7D is a square and no square number can end with a 3, we can be pretty sure that 15A is 27 :)

thamizhvaanan
2nd January 2009, 09:16 AM
Where is TSO and Southie Cook? :huh:

No one is attempting this one? Too much time to waste eh? :P Nerd, GP? :wink:

Nerd
2nd January 2009, 09:23 AM
Where is TSO and Southie Cook? :huh:

No one is attempting this one? Too much time to waste eh? :P Nerd, GP? :wink:
I am not able to spend too much time at work these days (at a stretch). I will attempt it on Saturday if its still open. I love crosswords as long as they don't involve vocabulary, word-play, word-twisting etc :lol:

I am also missing TSO and Southiecook :(

Wibha
2nd January 2009, 09:49 AM
TV can you post the link to the puzzle?

thamizhvaanan
2nd January 2009, 10:46 AM
Hey Wibhs.. See the previous page :)

sgokulprathap
3rd January 2009, 09:21 AM
sorry pa. aapeesla neraya vEla kudukarAnga.
monday try panrEn, if not solved.

NOV
3rd January 2009, 05:41 PM
porumai illai, will try if not solved by pongal.

thamizhvaanan
5th January 2009, 09:45 PM
Seri Seri, yaarachum try pannunga.

It is not a great thing to know that you are the vettiest guy around :roll: :P

sgokulprathap
6th January 2009, 02:21 PM
jujupi. :wink:
Left to right, row wise

387205
49144
2384
1110
721918
9792
27169

sgokulprathap
6th January 2009, 02:31 PM
Clues Across:

1. Area of Dogsmead in sq yds. 38720

5. Age of Farmer Dunk's daughter, Martha. 91

6. Difference between length and breadth of Dogsmead (yds.) 44

7. Number of roods in Dogsmead times 9 Down. 384

8. Date (year) when little P became occupied by the Dunks. 1110

10. Farmer Dunk's age. 72

11. The year of birth of Mary, Dunk's youngest. 1918

14. Perimeter of Dogsmead (yds.) 792

15. Cube of Dunk's walking speed (miles per hour). 27

16. 15 Across minus 9 Down. 16


Clues Down:

1. Value of Dogsmead in shillings per acre. 340

2. Square of Mrs. D's age. 7921

3. Mary's age. 21

4. Value of Dogsmead in pounds. 544

6. Age of Dunk's first-born, Ed, who will be twice as old as Mary next year. 48

7. Square of the number of yds which is the breadth of Dogsmead. 30976

8. Number of minutes Farmer Dunk takes to walk one and a third times round Dogsmead. 12

9. see 10 Down. 11

10. 10 Across times 9 Down. 792

12. Sum of digits in second column plus 1. 19

13. Length of tenure in years of little P by the Dunks. 829

sgokulprathap
6th January 2009, 02:43 PM
Explanation:
:arrow: Since 8 Across and 11 Across are years, both should start with a 1.
:arrow: 15 Across ("the walking speed (in miles per hour) of farmer Dunk, to the power of three") can only be 27 (33) or 64 (43). However, if 15 Across would be 64, then 16 Across ("15 Across minus 9 Down") would end on a 3, and 7 Down ("the square of the width (in yards) of Dog's Mead") would also end on a 3, which is impossible. So, 15 Across is 27.
:arrow: Since 16 Across equals "15 Across minus 9 Down", 16 Across must be 16 and 9 Down must be 11.
:arrow: Since 9 Down equals "10 Down divided by 10 Across", 10 Across must end on a 2.
:arrow: 8 Down ("the number minutes in which farmer Dunk walks 11/3 times around Dog's Mead") is therefore 12, the number of minutes in which farmer Dunk walks 1 time around Dog's Mead is 9, and since from 15 Across it follows that farmer Dunk walks 3 miles per hour, 14 Across ("the circumference of Dog's Mead (in yards)") is 792.
:arrow: 12 Down ("the sum of the ciphers of 10 Down plus 1") can now only be 19.
:arrow: 11 Across ("the year in which Mary was born") must start with 191, and since the current year is 1939, 3 Down ("the age of Mary, the daughter of farmer Dunk") must start with a 2.
:arrow: Since 6 Across ("the difference between the length and width of Dog's Mead (in yards)") is at least 10 and at most 99, and the sum of the length and width of Dog's Mead equals 396 (because of 14 Across), the minimum value for the width is 149 and the maximum value is 193. Because of 7 Down ("the square of the width (in yards) of Dog's Mead"), the width must end on a 4 or a 6. Therefore, only eight possible values remain: 154, 156, 164, 166, 174, 176, 184, and 186. Of these values, only 176 has a square that ends on 976. Now we can calculate that the length of Dog's Mead is 220, that 7 Down ("the square of the width (in yards) of Dog's Mead") is 30976, that 1 Across ("the area of Dog's Mead (in square yards)") is 38720, that 6 Across ("the difference between the length and width of Dog's Mead (in yards)") is 44, and that 7 Across ("the number of roods in Dog's Mead multiplied by 8 Down") is 384.
:arrow: Since 6 Down ("the current age of Ted, son of farmer Dunk, who will be in 1945 twice as old as his sister Mary will be in that year") is 48, we can calculate that 3 Down ("the age of Mary, the daughter of farmer Dunk") is 21 and that 11 Across ("the year in which Mary was born") is 1918.
:arrow: 13 Down ("the number of years that Dog's Mead is owned by the Dunk family") can now only be 829, and therefore 8 Across ("the year in which the Dunk family became owner of Dog's Mead") is 1110.
:arrow: Because of 9 Down ("10 Down divided by 10 Across") and 12 Down ("the sum of the ciphers of 10 Down plus 1"), 10 Across ("the age of farmer Dunk") can only be 72 and 10 Down ("see 9 Down") can only be 792.
:arrow: Since 2 Down ("the square of the age of the mother-in-law of farmer Dunk") is a number of four ciphers, starting with a 7 and ending on a 1, the age of the mother-in-law of farmer Dunk is at least 84 and at most 89. Of these numbers, only 89 has a square that ends on a 1. Therefore, 2 Down is 7921.
:arrow: From the description of 1 Down ("the value of Dog's Mead (in shillings per rood)") we can deduce that the price per rood is at least 15 and at most 19 pounds. Since the area of Dog's Mead is 32 roods (see 1 Across), and because of 4 Down ("the value of Dog's Mead (in pounds)"), the price per rood can only be 17 pounds, and we find that 1 Down is 340 and 4 Down is 544.

sgokulprathap
6th January 2009, 03:56 PM
Try this simple.

The number of times the digit 0 appears in this puzzle is _____.
The number of times the digit 1 appears in this puzzle is _____.
The number of times the digit 2 appears in this puzzle is _____.
The number of times the digit 3 appears in this puzzle is _____.
The number of times the digit 4 appears in this puzzle is _____.
The number of times the digit 5 appears in this puzzle is _____.
The number of times the digit 6 appears in this puzzle is _____.
The number of times the digit 7 appears in this puzzle is _____.
The number of times the digit 8 appears in this puzzle is _____.
The number of times the digit 9 appears in this puzzle is _____.

Complete these sentences with digits until they are all true.

Which two solutions are possible?

sgokulprathap
13th January 2009, 04:38 PM
adhaan andha crossword puzzle solve panniyaachu illa.
yellOrum thirumbi vaanga. :evil:

NOV
13th January 2009, 07:23 PM
yellOrum thirumbi vaanga. :evil::rotfl:

NOV
13th January 2009, 07:25 PM
The number of times the digit 0 appears in this puzzle is 1.
The number of times the digit 1 appears in this puzzle is 11.
The number of times the digit 2 appears in this puzzle is 2.
The number of times the digit 3 appears in this puzzle is 1.
The number of times the digit 4 appears in this puzzle is 1.
The number of times the digit 5 appears in this puzzle is 1.
The number of times the digit 6 appears in this puzzle is 1.
The number of times the digit 7 appears in this puzzle is 1.
The number of times the digit 8 appears in this puzzle is 1.
The number of times the digit 9 appears in this puzzle is 1.

sgokulprathap
15th January 2009, 04:25 PM
:thumbsup: Nov.
there is atleast one more possibility.
try that too.

thamizhvaanan
15th January 2009, 07:20 PM
:omg:

Sorry GP, I totally forgot to check this thread. So someone finally answered :clap:

thamizhvaanan
15th January 2009, 08:11 PM
Clues Across:

1. Area of Dogsmead in sq yds. 38720

5. Age of Farmer Dunk's daughter, Martha. 91

6. Difference between length and breadth of Dogsmead (yds.) 44

7. Number of roods in Dogsmead times 9 Down. 384

8. Date (year) when little P became occupied by the Dunks. 1110

10. Farmer Dunk's age. 72

11. The year of birth of Mary, Dunk's youngest. 1918

14. Perimeter of Dogsmead (yds.) 792

15. Cube of Dunk's walking speed (miles per hour). 27

16. 15 Across minus 9 Down. 16


Clues Down:

1. Value of Dogsmead in shillings per acre. 340

2. Square of Mrs. D's age. 7921

3. Mary's age. 21

4. Value of Dogsmead in pounds. 544

6. Age of Dunk's first-born, Ed, who will be twice as old as Mary next year. 48

7. Square of the number of yds which is the breadth of Dogsmead. 30976

8. Number of minutes Farmer Dunk takes to walk one and a third times round Dogsmead. 12

9. see 10 Down. 11

10. 10 Across times 9 Down. 792

12. Sum of digits in second column plus 1. 19

13. Length of tenure in years of little P by the Dunks. 829

:clap: :clap: Almost all the answers are same as what I got, but some of these don't match. As a result we are getting some weird combinations:

5. Age of Farmer Dunk's daughter, Martha. 91
10. Farmer Dunk's age. 72

???? :P

I will go through your solution later and find out where it differs from mine :D But idhu varaikum solva pannadhuku :thumbsup: :clap:

thamizhvaanan
16th January 2009, 10:15 AM
The number of times the digit 0 appears in this puzzle is 1.
The number of times the digit 1 appears in this puzzle is 11.
The number of times the digit 2 appears in this puzzle is 2.
The number of times the digit 3 appears in this puzzle is 1.
The number of times the digit 4 appears in this puzzle is 1.
The number of times the digit 5 appears in this puzzle is 1.
The number of times the digit 6 appears in this puzzle is 1.
The number of times the digit 7 appears in this puzzle is 1.
The number of times the digit 8 appears in this puzzle is 1.
The number of times the digit 9 appears in this puzzle is 1.

The number of times the digit 0 appears in this puzzle is 1.
The number of times the digit 1 appears in this puzzle is 7.
The number of times the digit 2 appears in this puzzle is 3.
The number of times the digit 3 appears in this puzzle is 2.
The number of times the digit 4 appears in this puzzle is 1.
The number of times the digit 5 appears in this puzzle is 1.
The number of times the digit 6 appears in this puzzle is 1.
The number of times the digit 7 appears in this puzzle is 2.
The number of times the digit 8 appears in this puzzle is 1.
The number of times the digit 9 appears in this puzzle is 1.

sgokulprathap
16th January 2009, 10:18 AM
:thumbsup: TV

thamizhvaanan
16th January 2009, 10:21 AM
GP, your dimensions of the farm is correct. That is where I stammered a bit, :thumbsup: for that.

But there are some assumptions which I dont find in the original questions, some of them are even contradicting too.. :?

since the current year is 1939,

son of farmer Dunk, who will be in 1945 twice as old as his sister Mary => current year is 1944???

13 Down ("the number of years that Dog's Mead is owned by the Dunk family") can now only be 829

Pls explain :D

sgokulprathap
28th January 2009, 02:26 PM
Thamizh, I browsed for the puzzle to take printout to workout with. adhula indha assumption irundhuchu.
more details later. no time now.

Indumathi
17th February 2009, 06:54 PM
Mother and daughter's age in the ratio 5:2

Sum of their ages is 63. Their ages are?

mgb
17th February 2009, 07:52 PM
Indu.. unga school problemslaam inga try panringala :x it is 45 and 18

Shakthiprabha.
17th February 2009, 08:04 PM
x and y solving problems :sigh2:

sgokulprathap
21st March 2009, 02:59 PM
Time to revive the thread.
Try this simple one.

Arrange the numbers 1 to 9 in a 3X3 grid meeting the following criteria
--> Add the first and last number and subtract the middle one. The answer should be equal in all 8 cases (ie vertical, horizontal and diogonal).

Wibha
25th March 2009, 09:24 AM
:redjump: :D

sgokulprathap
25th March 2009, 06:01 PM
summa jump pannA mattum pathaadhu.
answer sollanum.

thamizhvaanan
25th March 2009, 06:55 PM
6 9 8
3 5 7
2 1 4

sgokulprathap
26th March 2009, 10:36 AM
:thumbsup: TV