Lounge: Puzzles

Once there was a bus conductor, who was very rude to his passengers. One day a young girl tried to board but he didn't stop the bus. The young girl fell under the bus and died on the spot....

You are on a game show and the grand prize is $1,000,000 cash and it is behind either door number one, two or three. You choose one of the three doors, but before your chosen door is opened, the host...

Pinball’s “hidden test” As most know, pinball was a program included in later versions of Windows NT, namely Windows 2000 and Windows XP as per a software deal between Microsoft and the authors of...

This puzzle is driving me nuts... Ever dreamt of winning the lottery? Well, here's your chance! You have just invented a device which allows you to retrieve pieces of information from...

Has anyone been able to run Klotski under Windows 7? One of my favorite games gives a message that it is incompatible with win7 and that I should contact the designer for a Win7 version, but I can't...

As its a newspaper setting the question, I do not wish to infringe copyright by just posting the picture, so I post a link to the original source. Note that there is also a link to the answers, so no...

Some of you may have seen this before but I thought it might be fun to share with you all (my apologies for the US centric nature of the questions). This is based on U.S. info, so use all...

.Hi ........use the same word, 5 times in a row, to create a grammatically correct sentence

Imagine that you have perfect sphere the size of the Earth. Around its equator is a piece of string, tight to the sphere so there is no gap and joined it such away that it is perfectly smooth (no...

http://www.freepuzzlegames.biz/game/1209/Bouncy.html Wish it saved the levels.I did about 6.

Is a useful game an oxymoron? There are some remarkably useful games to be found at THIS SITE and it would be interesting to hear if anyone is hooked on them (or about to be).

This is a real-life 'puzzle'! Problem 1 I have three PCs, A, B and C, each of which contains a directory DIR to which changes (additions, updates and deletions) may be made by that PC during...

The other day Jezza Bear was out for his Sunday morning run and was just taking a little rest by leaning on Farmer Cubbly's gate. As he admired the herd of 6 cows in the field Farmer Cubbly...

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Anyone know where you can download the original MS version? Thanks in advance

A fun challenge ! There always seems to be someone who can look at something and tell you that a line or an angle is off. Now you can try your skill at using 'the eye'. This is tougher than it...

A lot of fun was had with this on another site I belong to, so thought I'd share it here.... http://whatsyourview.net/challenge/ Actually quite easy when you know how.

All I got at work when I asked this was a bunch of blank stares. Name the three-dimensional geometric figure exhibiting the following two properties: infinite surface area and zero volume ...

This is an addictive Physics puzzle game, where you have to build a device using the resources given in order to deliver an object from start to finish over various obstacles. If you skip the ad at...

http://www.haluz.eu/ This wasn't easy for my old brain but I did get through it. Click and drag http://www.haluz2.net/ Never did finish this one.. Got as far as Level code "Dedo" ..the old...

You are driving in a car at a constant speed. On your left side is a drop off' (the ground is 18-20 inches below the level you are travelling on) and on your right side is a fire engine travelling...