Here is a first go for you in the puzzles. I would have liked to show the actual dice throws on here in picture form, but im not sure how so i have written the numbers on the dice next the the roll number. Sorry about that.
Petals Around the Rose
The name of the game is Petals Around the Rose. Newcomers to the game can be told that much. They can also be told that every answer is zero or an even number. They can also be told the answer for every throw of the dice that are used in the game. And that's all the information they get.
The person who has the dice and knows the game, rolls five dice and remarks almost instantly on the answer.
For example: in Roll #1 the answer is two.
Roll #1:- 4, 1, 6, 3, 6
"The answer is what?" says the new player.
"Two."
"On that roll?"
"Yes."
"Would it still be two if I moved the dice without turning any of them over, just rearranging the pattern?"
"I can tell you only three things: the name of the game, the fact that the answer is always even, and the answer for any particular throw. In this case the answer is two."
"So that's how it is. What am I supposed to do?"
"You're supposed to tell me the answer before I tell you. I'll give you all the time you want, but don't tell me your theory, just the answer. If you figure it out, you don't want to give the idea away to these other jokers around you. Make them work for the answers, too. If you get the answer right on six successive rolls, I'll take that as prima facie evidence that you understand the game."
"OK, roll again."
Roll #2:- 5, 6, 5, 4, 4
"I give up. What's the answer?"
"The answer is eight."
"Roll again."
Roll #3:- 3, 5, 5, 5, 6
The answer is fourteen.
Roll #4:- 2, 6, 2, 1, 4
The answer is zero.
Roll #5:- 4, 3, 2, 1, 3
The answer is four.
Roll #6:- 6, 5, 6, 2, 2
So what is the answer to Roll #6, and why?
Can you figure out the game?
An integral part of the puzzle is that those who have solved it are urged to keep the solution a secret, it is not a hard puzzle to figure out however.
A claim that often accompanies these instructions is that the smarter an individual, the greater amount of difficulty the individual will have in solving it. If such a statement is true, it may be attributed to the fact that "smarter" people tend to be more knowledgeable in a wide range of information that they may unnecessarily attempt to draw upon to solve the puzzle.
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Here is a first go for you in the puzzles. I would have liked to show the actual dice throws on here in picture form, but im not sure how so i have written the numbers on the dice next the the roll number. Sorry about that.
Petals Around the Rose
The name of the game is Petals Around the Rose. Newcomers to the game can be told that much. They can also be told that every answer is zero or an even number. They can also be told the answer for every throw of the dice that are used in the game. And that's all the information they get.
The person who has the dice and knows the game, rolls five dice and remarks almost instantly on the answer.
For example: in Roll #1 the answer is two.
Roll #1:- 4, 1, 6, 3, 6
"The answer is what?" says the new player.
"Two."
"On that roll?"
"Yes."
"Would it still be two if I moved the dice without turning any of them over, just rearranging the pattern?"
"I can tell you only three things: the name of the game, the fact that the answer is always even, and the answer for any particular throw. In this case the answer is two."
"So that's how it is. What am I supposed to do?"
"You're supposed to tell me the answer before I tell you. I'll give you all the time you want, but don't tell me your theory, just the answer. If you figure it out, you don't want to give the idea away to these other jokers around you. Make them work for the answers, too. If you get the answer right on six successive rolls, I'll take that as prima facie evidence that you understand the game."
"OK, roll again."
Roll #2:- 5, 6, 5, 4, 4
"I give up. What's the answer?"
"The answer is eight."
"Roll again."
Roll #3:- 3, 5, 5, 5, 6
The answer is fourteen.
Roll #4:- 2, 6, 2, 1, 4
The answer is zero.
Roll #5:- 4, 3, 2, 1, 3
The answer is four.
Roll #6:- 6, 5, 6, 2, 2
So what is the answer to Roll #6, and why?
Can you figure out the game?
An integral part of the puzzle is that those who have solved it are urged to keep the solution a secret, it is not a hard puzzle to figure out however.
A claim that often accompanies these instructions is that the smarter an individual, the greater amount of difficulty the individual will have in solving it. If such a statement is true, it may be attributed to the fact that "smarter" people tend to be more knowledgeable in a wide range of information that they may unnecessarily attempt to draw upon to solve the puzzle.
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