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The Puzzled Podcast

Abhijith Kesavan

Science

Frequency: 1 episode/1d. Total Eps: 13

Welcome to "The Puzzled Podcast"! Get ready for a daily dose of brain-teasing fun that will challenge your wits and leave you craving for more. With a new puzzle presented every day, this podcast is perfect for puzzle enthusiasts, riddle lovers, and anyone who enjoys a mental workout. We delve into a world of intriguing conundrums, mind-bending brainteasers, and perplexing enigmas that will leave you scratching your head in wonder. But don't worry, we've got you covered! At the end of each episode, we'll reveal the solution, providing you with that "aha" moment you've been waiting for.

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Who Owns the Fish? - Solved

Season 1 · Episode 12

Monday, April 24, 2023 • Duration 02:51

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There are four houses on a street: red, blue, green, and yellow. Each house is occupied by a person of a different nationality: American, British, French, and German. Each person also has a different pet: cat, dog, bird, and fish.

Using the following clues, can you determine who owns the fish?

The American lives in the red house.
The British live in a house next to the blue house.
The French owns a cat.
The German lives in the green house.
The bird is owned by the person in the yellow house.
The person who owns the fish lives next to the person who owns the cat.

Who owns the fish?

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The 100 Prisoners Hat Puzzle - Solved

Season 1 · Episode 11

Saturday, April 22, 2023 • Duration 04:02

Welcome to The Puzzled Podcast, a show that explores the fascinating world of puzzles, riddles, and brain teasers. In each episode, we'll dive into a different puzzle, challenge, or mystery and explore the creative thinking and problem-solving skills required to solve it. Today's puzzle is named 'The 100 Prisoners Hat Puzzle'. There are 100 prisoners in jail, all of whom have been sentenced to death. The jailer, who is feeling somewhat merciful, gives them a chance to go free if they can solve a puzzle. He explains the puzzle to the prisoners as follows: "You will be placed in a room one by one, and each of you will be given a hat, either red or blue, chosen at random. You can see the hats of the prisoners who come before you, but not your own. Once you are in the room, you may not communicate with any other prisoner or leave the room. Then, you must guess the color of your own hat. If at least half of you guess correctly, you will all be set free. If not, you will all be executed." The prisoners have one night to come up with a strategy. What strategy can they use to ensure that at least 50 of them go free? Note: The hats are chosen independently for each prisoner, and there is no collusion between the prisoners beforehand. Also, the prisoners cannot communicate with each other in any way once they are in the room.

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Coins And Levers Puzzle - Solved

Season 1 · Episode 12

Friday, April 21, 2023 • Duration 04:17

You are a prisoner in a strange land, and the king has decided to play a game with you. The game works as follows:

The king will place 100 gold coins on a table in a room that is otherwise empty.
You will then be taken to another room, where you can't see or touch the coins. In this room, there are two levers, labeled "A" and "B".
You must pull one of the levers, which will either flip all the coins or leave them as they are. You don't know which lever does which.
You will then be taken back to the room with the coins, where you can see the result of your lever pull.
You must repeat this process as many times as you like, pulling either lever A or lever B each time.
Your goal is to ensure that there is an even number of heads (i.e. gold side up) on the table when you are finished. If there is an odd number of heads, the king will execute you.

The catch is that you can't keep track of which coins are heads or tails, and you can't communicate with anyone else while you're in the room with the coins. You also can't take any of the coins out of the room with you.

How can you ensure that you always leave an even number of heads on the table, no matter how many times you pull the levers?

Solution.

The key to solving this puzzle is to use binary numbers. Each digit in a binary number represents a power of 2, so for example, the binary number 1011 represents the number 11.

Now, back to the puzzle. If you start with all the coins showing tails (i.e. gold side down), then there are an even number of heads on the table. Each time you pull a lever, you flip some of the coins, so the number of heads on the table changes. Let's say that you pull lever 'A' k times and lever 'B' m times, for a total of k+m pulls. Then the number of heads on the table will be:

N = 100 + k - 2km

Here's how we get this formula. Each pull of lever A flips all 100 coins, so it changes the number of heads from x to 100-x. Similarly, each pull of lever B changes the number of heads from x to x+1 or x-1 (depending on whether there are an even or odd number of heads to start with). We can combine these two cases into one formula:

The Impossible Task - Solved

Season 1 · Episode 10

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 • Duration 01:27

You have been given the task to measure exactly 4 liters of water using only a 3-liter jug and a 5-liter jug. The jugs do not have any markings on them, and you have no other measuring tools. How can you accomplish this task?

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The Prisoner's Dilemma - Solved

Season 1 · Episode 9

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 • Duration 00:56

You and your friend are caught by the police for a crime, and you are both placed in separate cells. The prosecutor makes the following offer to each of you:

If you both remain silent, you will each get 1 year in prison.

If you betray your friend and they remain silent, you will go free and your friend will get 3 years in prison.

If you both betray each other, you will both get 2 years in prison.

What do you choose?

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The Missing Dollar - Solved

Season 1 · Episode 8

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 • Duration 01:06

Three friends decide to split the cost of a hotel room equally. They pay $10 each, totaling $30. Later, the hotel owner realizes that the room rate was only $25, so he gives $5 back to the bellboy to return to the friends. The bellboy, being dishonest, pockets $2 and gives back only $3 to the friends. Now, each friend has paid $9, totaling $27, and the bellboy has $2. But $27 + $2 = $29, so where is the missing $1?

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The Two Trains Puzzle - Solved

Season 1 · Episode 7

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 • Duration 01:12

Two trains are traveling toward each other on the same track. Train A is traveling at 80 miles per hour, and Train B is traveling at 60 miles per hour. They are initially 200 miles apart. A bird starts flying from Train A towards Train B at a speed of 100 miles per hour. When the bird reaches Train B, it immediately turns around and flies back towards Train A, and so on. What is the total distance the bird travels before the trains collide?

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The Four Jars Puzzle - Solved

Season 1 · Episode 6

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 • Duration 00:49

You have four jars, each containing a different number of marbles. The jars have the following labels: "A contains twice as many marbles as B," "B contains half as many marbles as C," "C contains one more marble than D," and "D contains 100 marbles." How many marbles are in each jar?

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The Odd Die Out - Solved

Season 1 · Episode 5

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 • Duration 01:04

You are given 8 identical-looking balls, but one of them weighs slightly less or slightly more than the others. You have a balance scale to determine which ball is different, and you can use it only twice. What is the minimum number of weighings needed to find the odd ball and determine whether it weighs less or more?

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The River Crossing Puzzle - Solved

Season 1 · Episode 3

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 • Duration 01:07

You have a fox, a chicken, and a sack of grain. You need to transport them all across a river in a boat that can only carry you and one item at a time. However, if you leave the fox alone with the chicken, the fox will eat the chicken, and if you leave the chicken alone with the grain, the chicken will eat the grain. How can you transport all three across the river without any of them getting eaten?

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