Alvin Wan

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The following are a few riddles that I have came up with. They are either original or modifications of popular questions.

Complete Directory of my riddles

math

Poisoned Wine

The King is hosting a party. Each of his guests must bring him a bottle of wine, with the guest's name engraved. Exactly one

easy

math

More Poisoned Wines

The King is hosting a party. Each of his guests must bring him a bottle of wine, with the guest's name engraved. Exactly two

medium

logic

Learning the Ropes

Consider ropes that take exactly 1 hour to burn. Note that these ropes may burn unevenly (i.e,. It may not take exactly 30

hard

logic

Hats Off to The Enemy

Four logicians have been captured by The Enemy and will only be set free if one of the four logicians can win the game.

medium

logic

Sum of Dots

The Grand Master paints 3 dots on one logician's forehead, 2 on another, and 2 on the last. Each logician cannot see his

easy

logic

More Sums of Dots

The Grand Master paints dots on three logicians' heads, where there are at most five dots between any two logicians.

medium

logic

Trans-Kuaui Flight

Mr. Doofus is on vacation in Hawaii, enjoying the island of Kaua'i. He wishes to fly from one end of the island to the

medium

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