#611 - Who Is The Killer

A murder took place on the Baker Street. The murderer seemed a fan of Sherlock Holmes evident with the notes he/she left behind at the house at different locations.

When Sherlock Holmes arrived, he found out that the victim was a lady named Martha. She was shot and there were five suspects:
Ben
Lisa
Catherine
Marcus
Phil

The notes that were left by the murderer were placed at different places and had a little description on them:
The first note was found in the compound.
The second note was found in the art room.
The third note was found in the restroom.
The fourth note was found in the underwater room.
The fifth note was found in the smoking lounge.
The sixth note was found in the makeup room.

All the notes had only one thing written on them:
"The clues are where you find the notes."

On examination, nothing was found anywhere. Can you help Sherlock to decipher this puzzle?

While it may have sounded a bit too difficult, it is not that difficult to crack.

The murderer is Marcus.

The notes were found in the Compound, Art Room, Restroom, Underwater Room, Smoking Lounge and Makeup Room.

Now, if we just look at the first letter of each, we will have - C, A, R, U, S and M.
If you arrange the letters, you will get the name Marcus.

#612 - Cool Words Riddle

_ _ _ IE _ _
_ _ _ IE _
_ _ IE _ _
_ _ IE _
_ _ _ _ IE

Like you see, some letters have gone missing from these words that contain the IE pair at some or the other place. The letters that will be used to fill the blanks are given below. Use them and form meaningful words. Can you do that?

A, C, D, F, H, K, L, M, N, N, O, R, R, S, S, S, T, T, Y and Y.

The words are
Society
Shriek
Friend
Alien
Stymie

#613 - Wacky Word Rebus

For this puzzle, you might have to find logic in something illogical. But hey, its fun and a healthy little break from your strenuous puzzle solving sessions.

Can you decipher the meaning in the following cluster of letters?


ITIT,NCENTCENT

To frame a meaning, we will have to divide this big chunk into three smaller groups of letters. Lets see.

ITIT can be rewritten as 2 ITs or simply ITs or ITs
,N can be rewritten as Comma + N or Common
CENTCENT can be rewritten as 2 Cents or simply Cents or Sense


Now we have three words and when we combine them together, we get:
Its Common Sense.

#614 - Analyze The Logical Pattern

What you read below is true and follows a pattern:

7 + 7 = 2
8 + 8 = 4
8 + 5 = 1
6 + 9 = 3
10 + 11 = 9

Can you analyze the pattern and find out the answer for:
4 + 9 = ?

Here, the first number represents the time in AM. The second number is the number of hours you have to add in that time to get the time in PM.

7 + 7 = 2
Can be written as
7 AM + 7 hours = 2 PM (7 + 7 = 14:00)

Following the same pattern,
4 AM + 9 hours = 1 PM (4 + 9 = 13:00)
Or, 4 + 9 = 1

#615 - which number should replace the question

Can you replace the question mark with the correct number?

6 30 870 756030 ?

571580604870

Explanation:
6 * 6 - 6 =>30
30 * 30 - 30 => 870
870 * 870 -870 =>756030
756030 * 756030 - 756030 => 571580604870

#616 - Find Three Numbers Riddle

Find three number such that ?

* When we multiply three numbers, we will get prime number.
* The difference between second and the first number is equal to third and second.

-3 -1 1

Details:
-3 * 1 * -1 is prime.
Difference between second and first number is equal to third and second = 2

#617 - What Word Its It

What is It?
Hints:
* Its a nine letter word.
* Exact opposite of phrase "friendly and outgoing"
* It contains the word "over".
* It starts will a vowel.

Introvert

#618 - Complete the sequence puzzle

Can you complete the sequence puzzle ?

AR TA GE CA LE VI LI *

SC

zodiac signs are : Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces

#619 - The Miser Loan Puzzle

A Miser man decided to go for a vacation for a month. He goes to the bank and ask the trip loan of $500. The bank officer asks the man that the loan can only be approved when he mortgage some valuable thing at the bank. Miser man mortgages his only car whose worth was a whopping $80000. Bank officer laughed at him and approve the loan instantly. After vacation when the miser man returns, bank officer asked him "Are you an idiot, why your mortgage such an expensive car for such a short loan?".

Miser man replied with some reason and bank officer agreed that the miser man is actually not an idiot.

What did miser man replied to the bank loan officer?.

Miser man tells the loan officer that he takes the loan to keep his expensive car safe and he also saves money on parking.

#620 - Toughest Matchsticks Problem

By including only four matchsticks in below picture, you have to make "Four Triangles And Two Squares".

Toughest Matchsticks Problem

Done as shown.