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wordsaremagic
post Feb 10 2009, 12:10 AM
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Post your guesses, solutions, questions and comments regarding puzzles here. Xeno and Hermione have been told about this new thread also.
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The solution to the December issue crossword:

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"And, if there is need to speak in brief summary of this power, we shall find that none of the things which are done with intelligence take place without the help of speech, but that in all our actions as well as in all our thoughts speech is our guide, . . ." Isocrates, Antidosis
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greatpetie83
post Oct 3 2009, 10:48 AM
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Solution to the rune puzzle

sickles
knuts
galleons

wizard money

gringotts
goblins
griphook
gobbledegook

Doing the sudoku later and thanks again for the great puzzles.

Did the sudoku and I think the answer is: magic

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post Oct 3 2009, 02:22 PM
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I think I've also solved the sudoku but as I haven't solved the cipher above I'll just describe the symbols.

The First is a coloured in diamond.
The second is a weird z that ends in a squiggly thing.
The third looks like the head of an ant i.e. a circle with two lines that look like antennae.
The fourth looks like an empty diamond with curved sides.
The fifth is basically just an x.
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post Oct 7 2009, 11:01 PM
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Prankster's Logic Puzzle in the October Quibbler:

Answer: the first to be Sorted was a wizard.

Explanation: Unless Hogwarts was accepting house-elves and trolls back in '89, the first to be Sorted was either a witch or a wizard. Since the twins make opposite claims about the initial Sortee's gender, one of the twins must be telling the truth. And since we are told that only one of the three pranksters tells the truth, Lee must certainly be lying. But if Lee lies when he says that George is lying, then in fact George must be telling the truth. So the first to be Sorted was, as George claims, a wizard.

Alternate Explanation: One can also simply consider each prankster as the lone truth-teller in turn -- in two cases, this leads to more than one person being truthful simultaneously, which is not allowed. To wit: if Fred tells the truth, then Lee would be lying when he says that George is lying, so George would in fact be telling the truth -- but that is impossible, since Fred and George can't both tell the truth. And if Lee is telling the truth when he says George is lying, then George would indeed be lying and the first to be Sorted would have been a witch -- but then Fred would be telling the truth in addition to Lee, so we have another impossibility. Therefore George must be the sole truth-teller, and a wizard was Sorted first. (In this case, Fred is lying since he claims the first-Sorted was a witch, and Lee is lying since he deceitfully claims that George is lying.)

ETA: Aha! Looking back at previous posts, I see that Fabian Prewett concurs! Cheers, FP!

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post Oct 9 2009, 03:14 PM
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Congratulations to all Puzzle Solvers of our September Issue towel.gif (which came up 2 October due to Swine Flue and suspiciously Vanishing News Editors wink.gif)!

Special congratulations to:
Fabian_Prewett who was first to post the solution to the Pranksters Logic, although omitting the explanation. And also posted a correct solution to the Rune Sudoku, by way of describing the symbols.

Retrograde15 who got the hidden crossword creature!

greatpetie83 who was first to solve the Rune Riddle and first to find the hidden word in the Rune Sudoku.

And finally... to Bandersnatch who was first to provide the explanation to the Pranksters Logic (along with the solution)!

Congratulations to all! woohoo.gif

And free Butterbeers to all of you!

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post Nov 4 2009, 07:21 PM
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Got the solutions to all puzzles, but to get into the Quibbler again is getting a bit to much. Maybe I should make a puzzle for the next Quibbler?

Rune Puzzle:
Ghosts:
Fat Friar
Professor Binns

Quote:
Troll in the dungeons, thought you ought to know
By
Professor Quirrel

Happened at Halloween:
Lily and James Potter murdered
Baby Harry orphaned
Death Day Party

Sudoku:
Ginny

Crossword:
Halloween, but with an extra e?

I apologize for my quickness, but have some time on my hands and enjoy the puzzles.
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post Nov 8 2009, 04:07 PM
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QUOTE(greatpetie83 @ Nov 5 2009, 01:21 AM) *
..., but to get into the Quibbler again is getting a bit to much.
Huh? huh.gif What do you mean?

Congratulations greatpetie83! woohoo.gif A perfect score, indeed!

As for the crossword word, my appologies. There seems to indeed be one 'e' too many! Sorry about that!


So far we still have two puzzles unsolved (or at least not reported back here), though: "Where is Gilderoy Lockhart?" and the five differencies between the pumpkin images.

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post Nov 8 2009, 05:39 PM
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I've been mentioned in several quibblers in a row for getting (mostly) the rune puzzle first. It's flattering, but even I think it's to much. That's what I mean.
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post Nov 11 2009, 03:32 PM
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My answer to the october spot the difference are: pumpkin stem, fang, one eye isn't grey and bag beside pumpkin is missing.

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Reason for edit: Edited by moderator to add spoiler tags :)
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post Nov 11 2009, 04:31 PM
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im defo missing somthing here...where are these puzzles??!?
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post Nov 11 2009, 05:27 PM
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Pages 13 and 14 of the latest Quibbler (Halloween edition)
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