I like to think i'm smart, but really just smrt... these puzzles get me .. always lmao
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Bump! Was fun doing the Zebra Puzzle but holy cow am I stumped on the answer. None of the hints are really doing anything for me and I've just stared at the puzzle for an hour now hoping something clicks lol
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Well... puzzle solved on paper after like 20 minutes. Then almost 3 hours creating something how to answer... I am giving up now... I am not good at english but at least I tried. Good luck everyone.
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I am not intelligent enough for this. The zebra puzzle was easy enough to logic through, but I have no clue how I am supposed to get a one-word answer out of organizing everything in a table.
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I wonder, reading the comments... Am i the only one that tried to input 'answer' as the answer?
It feels like the whole puzzle is just to mess with people without a real answer.
Feels kinda mean and dumb to do a whole puzzle that can be solved but the answer works for nothing because you dont even know what to actually input.
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What to input is just part of the puzzle, which has eluded me also, but according to this comment doing the zebra puzzle is a neccessary step.
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Well, I did it. Solved the zebra puzzle in itself... Now I dont know what the heck im supposed to do next :/
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I'm also puzzled as to what to do next plus I only wanted to enter for Ball x Pit, so I might throw in the towel.
edit - okay I didn't throw in the towel, I was trying to overcomplicate it, my best hint is to just try stuff out 🤷♂️
but indeed, the zebra puzzle is a necessary step.
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The hints people are leaving just serve to make my head spin.
I think I'll learn from the solution when the GAs are over if anyone is willing to share.
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This thread reaffirms my theory that giving really good hints is far, far harder than making really good puzzles.
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That does seem like one of the best, and the guy is named Cluelesson so he must know what he's talking about, but I am currently still stuck.
At least they didn't suggest I create a spreadsheet.
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Took an hour working it all out in Excel and now can't input it, or I'm missing how to interpret a riddle within the answer....
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Bump for solved! Thanks for the lovely puzzle event! :)
Hints:
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That's also how far I came. But what to do with that knowledge?
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Bump for solved. Thanks for the community hints. It really HUGELY helped.
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bump for solved. some leaps of logic required but eventually solvable!
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yep I don't have even 1% clue on how to get to the answe
maybe some other time
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So clever puzzle bump! Agreed that lots of the ideas in the thread helped me hugely getting the puzzle done, then puzzling the puzzle (even the people who are still working on it to figure it out.)
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(even the people who are still working on it to figure it out.)
Some of us are still working on it. I'm currently seeing how a paraceratherium, using entanglement theory, cab fit inside an igloo made by voles.
I'm certainly at this point I'm in the bottom 2% :)
Also, happy cakeday!
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I find lemurs to be more proficient igloo makers. YMMV.
Thanks! 🍰 🐿️
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I hope my hints proved to be helpful, if you happened to see them. Anyway, Happy Cakeday! 🍰🥳
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Bump for finally solved ><
Awesome puzzle, thanks and happy early birthday! :D
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All done! Completed the puzzle, could clearly see the pattern but couldn't quite see how to move forward (I actually quickly dismissed the correct course of action 🙃 probably too tired) then after a 24 hour break I came to my senses!
That was fun, thanks 😊
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Are there any hints for someone who has also recognized a pattern but is unsure how to format it into an answer?
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I'm in same spot as you, solved the zebra, noticed stuff and got stuck since day 1 like that. All the clues given are either something I already knew or something that I have no idea how to connect. At this point I don't even care about the giveaways, I just want to solve the dam thing.
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I guess I would repeat what has been said before: everything is important... When you see a clear pattern, it's easy to get distracted and stop looking at anything else, but noticing the pattern only gets you part of the way there, it's not the finish line.
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Yep. Even if the forest is familiar, it's easy to get lost if you're looking too hard at the trees.
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no idea, i don't see anything in the spreadsheet i made...i've been staring at it for 2 days straight
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Is it important to be good in english to be able to see the solution in the spreadsheet?
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If your English is good enough to make the spreadsheet then it's good enough to solve the puzzle
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Bump for solved (at last!) It was fun! But I would like to call "98%" the exaggeration =)
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I solved the zebra puzzle, found what I think is a pattern, but can't figure out the format of the answer.
I tried every word/verb I can think of that follows the pattern and would answer "In which house does Edward live", but nothing worked. Is there outside knowledge required about Edward, his name, stuff in his house, or is everything contained in the puzzle?
Bump I guess
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I haven't figured out the answer either, but the other clues seem to suggest that the Edward question is a red herring, and that the answer is very long and "everything" from the puzzle matters. I've tried typing all the answers in order though, and that doesn't seem to be it.
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300 bruteforce attempts later and nothing, not sure if the op is lying about the answer being one word (a word with letters that you can find in a dictionary), so i guess it's a cipher
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You can lead a zebra to water... but the zebra might not necessarily lead you to the answer, it might lead you somewhere else.
PS, you really shouldn't try to bruteforce that answer.
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My IRL cake day is coming up soon, so I decided to do GAs that end on that day. Levels are 2-5.
I'm tired of quizes, ciphers and all that crap so I decided to steal idea of some old puzzle.
There was the guy named Epstein or something like that. He invented time, space, quantum physics and the zebra puzzle. Only top 98% could solve it.
Anyway. There are 5 guys who live next to each other on the same street. They all have first name, middle name, last name, distinctive feature, pet and favorite hobby.
In which house does Edward live?
Rules? You can and probably should give each other any hints/clues/ways for a solution other than direct answers.
You can ask me any question and I'll happily ignore them. If there is any mistake - well, I don't speak English and regret nothing.
Solution:
Build the spreadsheet. There are 5 columns in total.
How many symbols does the GA code consist of?There are 3 rows of names and 3 rows of big/small adjectives.Where on SG big/small adjectives are used?Use 1st letters from names and big/small adjectives as upper/smaller case and you'll have the code for the GAs. 3 in total. In their descriptions you'll get symbols for the 4th GA. In 4th you'll get the answer for the "house" question. The house was just the red herring to hide the codes in plain sight - in the spreadsheet itself.Prizes:
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