It’s the Friday Puzzle!

Please do NOT post your answer, but do say if you think you have solved the puzzle and how long it took. Solution on Monday.

Can you figure out what these seven words have in common?

1. Banana
2. Dresser
3. Grammar
4. Potato
5. Revive
6. Uneven
7. Assess

I have produced an ebook containing 101 of the previous Friday Puzzles! It is called PUZZLED and is available for the Kindle(UK here and USA here) and on the iBookstore (UK here in the USA here). You can try 101 of the puzzles for free here.

Can you spot the circles?

@MattBloomFilms brought my attention to this great image.  How many circles can you see?

Bad, bad posters…..

@Letitia_Potorac brought my attention to this great site containing unfortunate positioning of ads and CDs.  Here are my favourite three….

 

 

 

Illusion dance

Everyone and their dog has sent me this…. enjoy!

Answer to the Friday Puzzle….

On Friday I posted this puzzle….

A man spends a fifth of what is in his wallet, and then one fifth of what remained. He has spent a total of £72. What was the amount originally in his wallet?

If you have not tried to solve it, have a go now.  For everyone else the answer is after the break.

It’s the Friday Puzzle!

Please do NOT post your answer, but do say if you think you have solved the puzzle and how long it took. Solution on Monday.

A man spends a fifth of what is in his wallet, and then one fifth of what remained. He has spent a total of £72. What was the amount originally in his wallet?

I have produced an ebook containing 101 of the previous Friday Puzzles! It is called PUZZLED and is available for the Kindle(UK here and USA here) and on the iBookstore (UK here in the USA here). You can try 101 of the puzzles for free here.

Amazing magic clerk

@Letitia_Potorac sent me this lovely video featuring fab magician Michael Carbonaro….

Possibly my favourite photo ever….

First, news of a remarkable offer.  The first 10 people from the UK to order my trick, The Grid, will get a free signed copy of The As If Principle (the US version of Rip It Up).  I know, it’s amazing isn’t it!

So, onto an illusion.

This was sent to me via @LozCream13m and @NathanGibson_ , and I love it so much.  Just shows the power of making a small change…..

The never-ending story…..

This is a lovely visual version of the Shepard tones illusion (from here).  You zoom in, but never get any closer to the centre (you might have to click on it to get it moving)….

Can you explain what is going on?

Answer to the Friday Puzzle….

On Friday I posted these puzzles…..

- My house is the fourth house away from one end of the street and the ninth house away from the other end of the street.  How many houses are there in the street?

- Points A and B are 100 miles apart.  A car leaves A at the same time as a bike leaves B.  The car travels at 40 mph whilst the bike travels at 10 mph.  Which is further from A when they pass?

If you have not tried to solve them, have a go now.  For everyone else, the answers are after the break.

It’s the Friday Puzzle!

Please do NOT post your answers, but do say if you think you have solved the puzzles and how long it took. Solution on Monday.

Two puzzles this week:

- My house is the fourth house away from one end of the street and the ninth house away from the other end of the street.  How many houses are there in the street?

- Points A and B are 100 miles apart.  A car leaves A at the same time as a bike leaves B.  The car travels at 40 mph whilst the bike travels at 10 mph.  Which is further from A when they pass?

I have produced an ebook containing 101 of the previous Friday Puzzles! It is called PUZZLED and is available for the Kindle(UK here and USA here) and on the iBookstore (UK here in the USA here). You can try 101 of the puzzles for free here.

I am not sure why…..

….. but this really made me laugh (via @garethkalyan)

Like it?

Can you work this out?

Great image via @DrHamHock

Can you figure it out?

Weird weird great video

Diarmuid S kindly sent me this link – I love the video and have a funny feeling you will like it too…..

and here it is in the other direction….

Answer to the Friday Puzzle…..

On Friday I set this puzzle…

Jenny and her friends have gone away for the weekend to a big country house.  She is having a secret affair with one of her friends and wants to pass a message to her lover.  She sneaks into the kitchen and leaves the following strange list.

sew
val
bead
ice
ben
hop
mat

Her lover adds a letter to each item in the list and instantly heads to part of the house.  Where does he go?

If you haven’t tried to solve it, have a go now.  For everyone else the answer is after the break.