Puzzle 493
If tomorrow's yesterday is today…
…what day is yesterday's tomorrow?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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Tomorrow's yesterday is always today.
Answer
Today.
Reasoning
Tomorrow's yesterday is always today.
And yesterday's tomorrow is also always today.
Puzzle 494
Using exactly four straight lines, without taking your pen off the (virtual) paper, can you join all nine dots?
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and cannot be clicked.
A Charming Puzzle, Twentieth Century Standard Puzzle Book, A. Cyril Pearson.
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Think outside the box.
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Start from the top left dot, and go past the top right dot, and then diagonally down to the bottom left dot, back up to the top left dot, and diagonally down to the bottom right dot.
Puzzle 495
How many squares, of any size, are on a board divided up into 6 squares by 6 squares?
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How many 1 x 1 squares are there?
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91 squares.
Reasoning
Squares of size:
1 x 1 = 36
2 x 2 = 25
3 x 3 = 16
4 x 4 = 9
5 x 5 = 4
6 x 6 = 1
Total = 36 + 25 + 16 + 9 + 4 + 1 = 91.
Puzzle 496
What is the minimum number of queens required on a chessboard such that all squares are attacked?
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Try this with a real board.
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5 queens are required.
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