answers to Mind Quiz 4

Completed MindQuiz-4 yesterday and as requested by some, below all the answers. Don't giveup and try to solve the puzzle yourself...it's obviously solvable 'coz I solved it. Look at the answer, only as the laaaaaaaast resort.

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S1:
Q: Cockroach, Rat, Cat series
A: Dog

S2:
Q: a, bc, def, ghij series
A: klmno

S3:
Q: Mars Rocket
A: Mars

S4:
Q: quatre next level?
A: cinq

S5:
Q: India cod boxer
A: Carbondioxide

S6:
Q: Knee Light
A: neonlight

S7:
Q: Boy Pizza fill in the blanks
A: American

S8:
Q: Elf, an alien, doesn't understand significance days of the week. If he was asked on which day he would like to cook Fry-Fish, what would his IQ say?
A: Friday

S9:
Q:What does this represent? H I J K L M N O
A: Water

S10:
Q: Find a hidden country in this: When I was on a trip to Java islands, I went for a trip to forests. The most dangerous incident that took place with me was the one that took place in night. I was walking on the ground when a banteng landed just in front of me. Thank god, I was with a hunter.
A: England


1: Malayalam : English
A: hsilgne

2: DEEPS
A: speedup

3: A.D.I.D.A.S.
A: AllDayIDreamAboutSports

4: Which of the seven black shapes are identical to the red one?
A: bde

5: 1000, hundred, 366, twenty-four series
A: 60sixty

6: You are given a 10x10x10 cube composed of 1x1x1 "mini-cubes" glued together. If the outer most layers fall off, how many "mini-cubes" would have fallen off?
A: (1000-8.8.8 = 1000-512 =) 488

7: Forwards, I am quite heavy, but backwards I am not.
A: TON

8: Mukul, the astronaut has 5 sons; youngest is Venus, then Mars, then Saturn, then Neptune. What is his fifth son's name. Use fifth son's name to move to next level.
A: What. (Also worth trying is entering Mars)

9: If it is given that you breathe more in summers than in winters and also that you breathe more in day than at night, that in which month you breathe the most and in which the least?
A: JulyFebruary

10:
A: (View Source) billgatessucks

11: illusion
A: badeyes

12: If you are given that you can use only four different weights to measure all whole number weights lying between 1 and 80, including both, then what would be those weights?
A: 261854

13: Rapidshare recently released a new Captcha, when made people irritated, truly irritated. And I will also irritate you. Enter all the letters containing cat over them in this Captcha:
A: yocko (One of the worst puzzles)

14: alphabet towers
A: mumbai

15: FIND THE COMMON
A: adsbygoogle

16: Your mission is to transfer frogs of left hand side to right hand side, and vice versa. After completing the mission, you will see a message. First word of the message is the answer.
A: parabens

17: Here are few interesting statements. Some are true, and some are false. Indentify each to move to next level. Use T for True and F for False.

1. One meter long stick can be divided into three exactly equal parts.
2. Sherlock Holmes said, 'Elementary, my dear Watson!'
3. Consumers need to be cautious that water boiled in a microwave oven can suddenly "explode."
4. No Nobel Prize is awarded for mathematics because Alfred Nobel's wife had an affair with a mathematician.
5. Lightning strikes have killed people who were talking on the telephone.
6. The winning numbers in a New York state lottery drawing on 11 September 2002 were 9-1-1.
7. Venus has days longer than years.
8. Weight of all the ants in the world combined is much lighter than weight of all the humans combined.
9. 1/0 is equal to infinity.
10. Cheese is a mouse's favorite food.

A: fftftttfff

18: At this moment, clock is showing 11:56:45 PM. What will be time after 23999999994 hours 911515 minutes and 5615985 seconds? (Write answer as HHMMSS)

A: 055130

19: 33 444 66 7777 8 33 444 66 is the answer

A: einstein

20: In a land ruled by a powerful King, everything was going peacefully. But one day, his Queen, at night, screamed like hell. When king got to her, she told that her Two diamonds, Seven rubies, Nine pound gold, Three pound platinum, Five plates of silver, Ten dozen of bronze utensils, Four necklaces, Six gowns, end Eight crowns had been stolen by some thief. Hearing that, king became angry like hell, and called his private detective Jack, to handle the case. Within a day jack was able to spot the name of thief. What the name of thief? (Add "s" after the answer. Eg, if your answer is xyz, then type xyzs).

A: aces

21: what you see is what you don't get

A: naruto (One of the best puzzles)

22: I have three dice. I spin them randomly. After spinning, I note the numbers on top of each dice. I take number on top of first dice and multiply it by 2 and add five. Then I multiply the result by 5. After that I add it to number on second dice. Then I multiply it by 10 and add number on third dice. My total is 686. What were the numbers I got on the die?

A: 436

23: A+A+B+C = 13
A+B+C+D = 14
B+B+C+D = 13

A: 4325 or 2183 or 3254 etc.

24: 1.2 + 4.5 + 6.7 + 9.0 + 7.68 = ?

A: 540

25: Today is April 22, 2008, Today is ___________

A: earthday

26: The IDEA of selling ORANGE instead of a SPICE has really worked out.

A: mobile

27: In recent racing championship, Harry finished above Jason and Imotep. Dick finished above Harry, Jason and Imotep. Tom finished above Nevill and Dick. Dick finished above Vince and Ronald. Jason finished below Ronald and Dick. Vince finished before Nevill, Imotep and Jason. Imotep finished below Vince, Ronald and Nevill. Harry finished below Ronald and Dick. Nevill finished below Dick, Vince and Jason. Imotep finished below Jason and Dick. Vince finished below Harry and Dick. What was the order of their finishing the Race?

A: gafbhdec

28: This is a tricky one. In order to solve this puzzle; you really need to employ your brains. But remember, once a gentleman said, "If you don't succeed, look around for something to help you." Well, ok, I must admit this is not the answer. But does it worth to believe a gentleman's saying who doesn't even know you are solving Mind Quiz?

A: oneorderpuzzle

29: Tom and Jerry went for picnic. Jerry had bought his favorite cheese sandwich for himself. But Tom forgot to bring his lunch. When he asked Jerry to share, Jerry refused. This made Tom angry. Seeing this, Jerry started running away with his sandwich and Tom started chasing him. Nearby there was a 399424 sq. feet forest. How far can Jerry run into this forest?

A: 316feet

30: In English alphabet, there are only 7 letters that hold particular property. Four of which are A B D and O. Find out the remaining three (first spot the property, of course).

A: pqr

31: Suppose, as your punishment for playing Mind Quiz so slow, you are locked inside a mystic room. The room has six doors, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Of these doors, you can use three to enter only, and three to exit only. One person comes in through the door 6, and three minutes later another person comes in through door 1. He says: "We will set you free, if you pass a test to prove yourself for Mind Quiz. You will have to pass through all six doors, each door only once, and in correct order. Also, door 1 must be followed by door 2 or 5, door 2 by 3 or 5, door 3 by 4 or 6, door 4 by 1 or 6, door 5 by 2 or 4 and door 6 by 3 or 4." After that, they left threw the door 2. in which sequence you must pass the doors?

A: 364125 (One of the good puzzles)

32: 25 7 15 5 21 14 1 9 18 21 5 19 1

A: youareagenius

33: There are two slips of paper (with two numbers written on them), and three persons Amit, Bobby and Coole. Amit and Bobby are told to pick up the two slips, one each, and read what's written on them. Now, they see each other's slip, without showing it to Coole. They come to know that number on Bobby's slip exceeds number on Amit's slip by 1. Coole then asks about their numbers. Amit and Bobby only tell him the above fact, and also that sum of digits on Amit's slip is 89 and Bobby's slip is 45. Using this information Coole is able to find the two numbers. What is number on Amit's slip?

A: 9999899999 (Another good puzzle)

34: A century cannot end on perticular day(s) of the week. What are those day(s)? (Use short form of the days eg, Sunday=sun, Monday=mon, Thursday=thu)

A: tuethusat (another good one)

35:

One day wondering around in a nearby garden in my town, I met an interesting person. His name was "Oliver Kanzekame". Hearing his name, I instantly got into a conversation with him. It might fell quite awkward that how can someone start talking to a stranger just by hearing his name. I myself couldn't understand it. As I believe, there was some dark magic controlling me. By the way, conversation got interesting soon. He told me many things about himself. He was a great fan of Harry Potter. He loved social networking sites. His e-mail address was oliver.mystery@gmail.com. From my side, I told him that I was making Mind Quiz, and about my writing hobby. He was very much impressed by idea of Mind Quiz and offered to contribute something for it. He wished to tell you something. But What?

A: alohmora

36: Mirror Image of 04:25:37

A: 073423 (loved this puzzle)

37: 10 11 101 111 1011 1101 10001

A: 1001110111

38: What could represent the next two symbols in this series?

A: 8899 (extremely easy for level 38)

39: Sometime ago, while traveling in US, I read about a peculiar case in newspaper. A man was accused to have stolen some precious jewels. He was trying to run away with them, when a smart policeman overtook him and caught him. The lawyer for the accused asked the police officer how was he able to catch the accused, who was already 27 steps ahead of him, when he started running after him? Officer replied, "Yes, he takes 8 steps for every 5 of mine." Then lawyer interrogated, "If that was the case, how were you ever able to catch him?" Officer answered, "That's easy sir, I take longer stride. Two steps of mine are equal to five of his. So, it took me lesser steps then his, and I was ultimately able to catch him." After making few calculations, officer was able to tell the number of steps taken by him, and the thief, before he was able to catch him. Find out total number of steps taken by each.

A: 3075

40: __, RY, CH, IL, AY, __, LY, ST, __, __, ER, ER

A: RYNEERER

41: ziv blf mfgh

A: areyounuts

42: On seeing 48 as a number, you don't notice anything special. But, tell it to a mathematician, and it will give a curious fact about it. This number is such that, if you add one to it, it becomes a perfect square, and also if you add one to half of it, then also it becomes a perfect square. Interesting, isn't it? Well, you gotta find out next such number to move to next level.

A: 1680

43: In city of Dhushivas, a traditional gathering was organized, consisting of people from three different villages. Each village has people of only one distinct tribe. So, gathering had people of three different communities. In total a hundred people were invited. After some traditional functions, it was time for group meal. In the meal, people belonging to Vishvas community were served four plates each, people of Dhushas community were served two plates each and of Shivas were served only one plate among four of them. Not a single person was spare, and not a single plate was left. Then how many people of Shivas, Vishvas, and Dhushas were there?

A: (two correct answers, but only this works) 721315

44: figure shows a grid of ten circles, in which ten numbers are to be placed. Numbers in A, B and F, G have already been filled. Condition for filling the numbers is such that sum of squares of any two adjacent numbers must be equal to sum of squares of diagonally opposite numbers. For example, 16*16 + 2*2=260 and 14*14+8*8=260. you need to fill the remaining circles, and combine them as CDEHIJ to get the correct answer.

A (most stupid puzzle of all..this has too many correct answers, but this one works) 492219472613

45: Clue: Just work on the positions of the peices. No checkmate, No famous game, nothing else. I've made this puzzle, so don't go researching for this board. Think why I've written "Use L for white, D for black"! After that, you need to look for a series, and predict position of missing piece

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For those who were not getting the above puzzle, here is a choice. This puzzle will also take you to next level.

You just have to arrange 8 queens on a chess board, so that none of the queens attacks any other. And also no three queens are in same straight line. Just note down the positions of the queens(eg, a5, g7, etc.) then sort them using word or excel (to prevent confusion of arrangement of postions) and then combine the postions (eg, a5b7c8d4...) to form the answer!

A: (first one is impossible to understand, and second has 92 correct answers...so another stupid puzzle...here's the one that worked) : a4b2c8d5e7f1g3h6


46: He is like the fox, who effaces his tracks in the sand with his tail.

• The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone.
• The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.

And you also need some physics to crack this!!!

A: bohr


47: Find next term in series:

0, 36, 168, 480, 1080, 2100, 3696, 6048, __________

Here are few advices for you:

1. Don't waste your time using google for this one. You will not find anything, I have made it sure.
2. No use of hit and trial!!! (or it may work if try in right way and try too many times)
3. You will now be able to understand the series just by staring at the screen. note it down, work it out on paper, and then use your mind! Good luck!

A: (most time taking puzzle of all, and also one of the most difficult series, i have ever seen) 9360


48: say "A" and transfer the card on top of the arranged pack, to the bottom of the pack without turning it. Now, say "C" and do the same with next card and now "E" and do the same. Observe that you have pronounced "Ace" and transferred three cards one by one to the bottom of the pack. Now turn over the card on the top now. It must be ace. Separate the Ace and place it on the table, separated from the pack in your hands. Similarly, spell "TWO", "THREE", "FOUR", "FIVE", "SIX", "SEVEN", "EIGHT", "NINE", "TEN", "JACK", "QUEEN", "KING" one by one, and you must get respective cards on top. Separate them one by one. In the end, you must be having all the cards from Ace to King arranged in serial order.
A: 387AQ642JK1095

49: image gives you the road map of interconnection of towns 1 to 16. A person needs to visit each town, starting from town 1 and return to town 1. But, he is bounded by a condition that he can visit any town only and only once, and can move only on straight roads connecting the towns. He cannot turn from one road to another, at the crossing of two roads. Find out the sequence in which he must visit the towns. (Combine the numbers in the sequence without spaces to get the answer. For example, if your answer is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, then you use 12345.htm as file name.)
A: (Great puzzle) 195148415610213731116121

50: Suppose 26 frogs are arranged in this manner (i.e. 17 more follow ninth one). The first block is empty. What you have to do is to make the frogs arrange in reverse order, ie, from 1, 2, 3, 4 ...... 25, 26 change it to 26, 25, 24 ...... 3, 2, 1. The empty box must be in current position only. This you have to do in fewest possible moves. Legal moves are (1) Frog can go backwards or forwards (2) Frog can jump to the empty box, if only it is present next to it (3) It can leap only one frog. As said, you have to do this in least possible moves. When you get it, the number of moves you took is the answer (type it in words). (HINT: this puzzle has a general formula. Try to get it using your brain. Type the answer in words.).
A: threehundredfiftyone


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