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 Oct 3 2009, 10:48 AM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 26 Joined: 4:17pm July 1, 2008 Location: Enschede. the Netherlands  |
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 This post has been edited by greatpetie83: Oct 3 2009, 02:06 PM |
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Oct 3 2009, 02:22 PM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 25 Joined: 7:49am August 12, 2009 |
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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Oct 7 2009, 11:01 PM
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Getting Fitted for New Dress Robes Posts: 50 Joined: 8:48am January 28, 2005 Location: US   |
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! This post has been edited by Bandersnatch: Oct 7 2009, 11:11 PM -------------------- Exit Bandersnatch, pursued by a bear.
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Oct 9 2009, 03:14 PM
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Quizzing Quibblet  Posts: 4,812 Joined: 4:57pm January 29, 2005 Location: Sweden |
Congratulations to all Puzzle Solvers of our September Issue
 (which came up 2 October due to Swine Flue and suspiciously Vanishing News Editors  )! 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!  And free Butterbeers to all of you! This post has been edited by Evreka: Oct 9 2009, 03:16 PM -------------------- Welcome to Try & Trix, enjoy HP trivia, interactive crosswords, jigsaws, logic, word puzzles...! With Sorting Hat.
Happy birthday to The Quibbler! The online version is now a year old! :-) |
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Nov 4 2009, 07:21 PM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 26 Joined: 4:17pm July 1, 2008 Location: Enschede. the Netherlands |
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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Nov 8 2009, 04:07 PM
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Quizzing Quibblet Posts: 4,812 Joined: 4:57pm January 29, 2005 Location: Sweden |
QUOTE(greatpetie83 @ Nov 5 2009, 01:21 AM)  ..., but to get into the Quibbler again is getting a bit to much. Huh?  What do you mean?Congratulations greatpetie83! 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. This post has been edited by Evreka: Nov 8 2009, 04:09 PM -------------------- Welcome to Try & Trix, enjoy HP trivia, interactive crosswords, jigsaws, logic, word puzzles...! With Sorting Hat.
Happy birthday to The Quibbler! The online version is now a year old! :-) |
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Nov 8 2009, 05:39 PM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 26 Joined: 4:17pm July 1, 2008 Location: Enschede. the Netherlands |
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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Nov 11 2009, 03:32 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 6 Joined: 6:14pm October 19, 2009 |
My answer to the october spot the difference are: pumpkin stem, fang, one eye isn't grey and bag beside pumpkin is missing.
This post has been edited by SnapesSister: Nov 11 2009, 06:19 PM
Reason for edit: Edited by moderator to add spoiler tags :)
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Nov 11 2009, 04:31 PM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 19 Joined: 6:23pm November 8, 2009 |
im defo missing somthing here...where are these puzzles??!?
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Nov 11 2009, 05:27 PM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 26 Joined: 4:17pm July 1, 2008 Location: Enschede. the Netherlands |
Pages 13 and 14 of the latest Quibbler (Halloween edition)
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