Puzzle week – Day 1
- All, but one of the images in the collage below appear two times. Which is the odd one out?
- The plots below show the movement of the ball in different games. By analyzing the movement of the ball, find the games portrayed in each of the pictures below. Please explain your answer i.e. explain as to how the plot matches the movement of the ball. This would help cases where the game you think the plot belongs to, is different from our answer.
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Each colour represents a direction. Blue – Left, Green – Right, Yellow – Up and Red – Down. The number in each square represents the number of squares to move. Starting at the middle of the grid, follow the instructions to traverse every square of the grid. Which is the square which you will go to at the end?
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4. Write the answer to each clue in the clockwise direction. Every answer overlaps the next by few letters (1/2/3). Each answers starts in its numbered section. The answer to the last clue ends with the letter in the first section.
1 Alloy of Zinc and Copper
2 Attacked
3 Large and impressive structure
4 Stringed Instrument
5 Ek Chalis ki Last ….
6 Frightening
7 Snatch Eagerly
8 Explosive device
5.
Fill in the 3*3 magic square below with nine consecutive numbers such that all rows, columns and the two diagonals add up to the same value. 10 points
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Answer to ball motion puzzle:
1. Volley ball: Ball is served, blocked by the center of the opposition and tossed to the lifter, then to smasher, who hits it over the net and ball land on ground. the bounces damp away on the court. Point lost by serving team.
2. Basket ball: starts with dribbling, then pass in the box, some more passing and dribbling, then a 3 pointer (maybe a 2 pointer), balls hits the board and goes down the ring.
3. Cricket: Bowled by the bowler and batsman hit it in the air, then ball lands on the ground and goes to the boundary.
4. Bowling: The player charges to the alley, swings his hand back and releases the ball. The ball hits the alley, knocks down the pins and comes back to player on the conveyor mechanism.
Cheers,
Rohit.
The answer to first one is – Maritini Glass, the conical one, in the third row second from the left.