Light Control Puzzle

In this puzzle there are four rooms.

Room A

Room B

Room C

The Control Room

In the control room there are three switches: switch 1, 2 and 3.  Each switch controls one of the light bulbs in room A, B or C.

 You are in the Control Room.  You may turn the switches on or off.  It is up to you.  When you have done what you wish to the switches, you may then go into room A, B and C to see the effect.  When you have visited each of the rooms you may not return to the Control Room.  You will now know which switch operates which light bulb.

How is this possible?

Solomon’s Sons

A man called Solomon told his three sons that when he died they would inherit his camels.  Sadly the day came when Solomon died and his brothers read the will.

The eldest brother was to inherit half of the herd of camels.

The middle brother was to inherit one third of the herd of camels.

The youngest brother was to inherit one ninth of the herd of camels.

The brothers had a problem because there were only 17 camels in the herd.  To try to solve the problem they went to their uncle.

“You may have one of my camels, so that you will have eighteen altogether,” he said.

“May we give you something for the camel, uncle?” the elder brother asked.

“No, nephew.  Whatever is given in love will come back to you.”

Work out how many camels each son inherited and if the uncle’s statement was true or false.

Puzzle Ten

By The Robot

What is greater than God but worse than the devil;

poor people have it but rich people don’t want to have it?

Puzzle Nine

By NinjaBean

 A cowboy left town on Monday, was gone for two days and came back on Friday.

How is this possible?

Puzzle Eight

Here is a puzzle for you. I know the answer but you have to work it out yourself.

He was so tempted,
he couldn’t help himself
so he helped himself.

By Lyds

Puzzle Seven

I think you may find this one a bit easier, especially you, Midget.  Still, hopefully it will get some more of you into solving these codes and writing your own for us to solve.

1  1knht  1sht  1s  1  1nf  2dc  1t  1kcrc.   1  2ph  2y  1d  2t.

Get cracking!

Puzzle Six

Hos ol swpld heo ie dnp?

 By Midget.

Puzzle 5

Ahwod tlod ihpd snnirk?

Thanks to TeddyBear Lover for the idea behind this encryption.

Puzzle Four

– …. .    .-.. — -. –. . … –    .- -. .. — .- .-..    .. … 
  – …. .   
.-. .. -… -… — -.    .– — .-. —
By Midget.

Puzzle Three

A horse galloped a long way.  Two of its legs only galloped twenty miles while its other two legs galloped twenty-one miles.

How was this possible?