Some Interesting Logic Puzzles

[HerlockSholmes]

On second thought, they say "in any direction" rather than "in either direction" -- so perhaps up and down are also allowed? Not quite sure how that'd help, though.

It’s a bit unclear. It’s midnight here so a bit too late for my brain to work properly

[Arcadia]

Well, if you moved the 3 up, for example, you'd have 12 to the 3rd power, which could be useful. Thanks, Carol, I wouldn't have thought of that otherwise!

 

I'm trying to remember if a number moved lower down means anything. Math was never my strong suite.

 

Haven't got a clue on the window one. Nor did I get the tape recorder one. I've always said I'd make a lousy detective. :d

[Carol the Dabbler]

Aha, you're right, the answer could include 2 cubed (AKA 8). Unlikely that any of the later numbers would be used that way, since 3 to the 4th power is 81, and we're not allowed to use a minus sign.

[Carol the Dabbler]

I think I've got it:

1² + 34 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 = 70

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

It’s a snowy night and Sherlock is sitting by the fire when all of a sudden a snowball comes crashing through the window. He looks outside and sees 3 youths running away. He recognises them as 3 brothers, Paul Crimson, Mark Crimson and David Crimson but he doesn’t know which one threw the snowball. Next day he gets a note which reads: “? Crimson. He broke your window.”

 

Sherlock knows who is guilty. Who is it?

 

Think I've got it:

 

 

The key is to read the note aloud:  "Question Mark Crimson.  He broke your window."

 

[HerlockSholmes]

 

 

It’s a snowy night and Sherlock is sitting by the fire when all of a sudden a snowball comes crashing through the window. He looks outside and sees 3 youths running away. He recognises them as 3 brothers, Paul Crimson, Mark Crimson and David Crimson but he doesn’t know which one threw the snowball. Next day he gets a note which reads: “? Crimson. He broke your window.”

 

Sherlock knows who is guilty. Who is it?

Think I've got it:

 

 

The key is to read the note aloud: "Question Mark Crimson. He broke your window."

Sherlock the Dabbler. Spot on

[HerlockSholmes]

Ok, here’s another:

 

Sherlock reviewed the information that they had on the case so far.

 

A lady name ‘Himanshi’ had been found shot and they have a list of suspects: Ankit, Tarun, Harish, Manoj And Manish.

 

The killer is a Sherlock fan who challenges him by leaving notes in various places.

 

The first was found in a toilet room.

The second was found in an art room.

The third was in a restroom.

The fourth in an underwater room.

The fifth in the ‘no smoking’ room.

 

All the notes read the same. ‘ the clues are where you find the notes.’ Yet nothing was found were the notes were found.

 

Sherlock immediately knew who was guilty.

 

Who was it?

[T.o.b.y]

Tarun?

[Carol the Dabbler]

Only if the notes were left by an American, I think. Don't believe I've ever heard a British person say "restroom" (though it's possible I've just hung out with the wrong crowd).

[HerlockSholmes]

Tarun?

Well done T.o.b.y

Edited October 23, 2017 by Carol the Dabbler
Adjusted the initial letters to avoid the "R" turning into a registered-trademark symbol

[HerlockSholmes]

 

 

Tarun?

Well done T.o.b.y

[HerlockSholmes]

Only if the notes were left by an American, I think. Don't believe I've ever heard a British person say "restroom" (though it's possible I've just hung out with the wrong crowd).

You’re right Carol. We don’t use ‘restroom.’

[HerlockSholmes]

Loads of other Sherlock puzzles here.

 

http://www.briddles.com/riddles/sherlock-holmes-questions/2

[Carol the Dabbler]

(T) oilet room.

(A) rt room.

® est room.

(U) nderwater room.

(N) o smoking room.

Don’t know how the r happened?

 

It appears that an R surrounded by parenthesis is BBCode for the registered-trademark symbol.  So if you want to enclose an R in parens, you need to be creative -- for example, add a space as I did in your original post above, change the parens to curly braces or square brackets, etc.

 

The same sort of problem occurs if you attempt to label your points with letters followed by a right-paren.  Your B will then become a smiley wearing sunglasses (like this: B) ), because that's the BBCode for that smiley.  Remedies same as above.

[HerlockSholmes]

 

 

(T) oilet room.

(A) rt room.

® est room.

(U) nderwater room.

(N) o smoking room.

Don’t know how the r happened?

It appears that an R surrounded by parenthesis is BBCode for the registered-trademark symbol. So if you want to enclose an R in parens, you need to be creative -- for example, add a space as I did in your original post above, change the parens to curly braces or square brackets, etc.

 

The same sort of problem occurs if you attempt to label your points with letters followed by a right-paren. Your B will then become a smiley wearing sunglasses (like this: B) ), because that's the BBCode for that smiley. Remedies same as above.

Thanks for that Carol. I wondered why this happened though I’ve come across the ‘smiley’ thing before.

[Arcadia]

Arrrgh, I didn't get any of those.  But congrats, gang! Like I didn't feel dumb enough already! :d

[Arcadia]

Another one. (I enjoy being humiliated, apparently.) The clue to this is: What's in an anagram.

 

[HerlockSholmes]

It’s an anagram for Vatican Cameos but I don’t understand how it fits in with ‘to Sherlock and John what ‘Beth’ is to Mary and John?’

What am I missing Arcadia?

[Carol the Dabbler]

In Sign of Three, Mary and John use "Beth" as a code meaning that they need to talk privately.  In a couple of episodes, Sherlock and John use "Vatican Cameos" as a code that something dangerous is about to happen.

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

And another one:
 

[HerlockSholmes]

In Sign of Three, Mary and John use "Beth" as a code meaning that they need to talk privately. In a couple of episodes, Sherlock and John use "Vatican Cameos" as a code that something dangerous is about to happen.

Ahh. Now I get it.

[HerlockSholmes]

And another one:

 

‘You call yourself a consulting detective but I call you an insulting defective.’

 

You swap each letter for the one that precedes it in the alphabet.

[Van Buren Supernova]

Hey, I missed this! :(

[HerlockSholmes]

Hey, I missed this! :(

Hi VB

 

I bet that we’ve all done the same thing when looking at some kind of puzzle in that we get ‘complicated’ and miss the simpler solution. I’ve done it many times. Sometimes you can think for hours and...nothing.

Sometimes we hit on it straight away. I did the same will the anagram puzzle. I sometimes look at anagrams for ages before getting them (unless I don’t get them at all of course) but as soon as I saw the last one the word ‘vatican’ hit me straight away.

It’s good when it comes to you quickly because you can a bit ‘Sherlock’ about it

[HerlockSholmes]

Of course it helps that ‘vatican’ and ‘vacation’ are so similar