Puzzles

Puzzles - October 2019

Riddle Me This
Emily Spencer

1.
I make your teeth go chitter,
At the same time I am sweet,
Some of my friends are bitter,
But people them do eat.

My name consists of two words,
With a hyphen in between,
One part is food for owl-birds,
The other one is cold, if you know what I mean.

So be careful when you choose me,
For I am more than I seem,
But don't hesitate to take me,
I see it in your eyes, the gleam.

What am I?

2.
Looks can be deceiving,
And they certainly were with me.

Betrayal and lying,
People dying,
Makes no difference to me.

I'd do anything to help him get that wretched boy.
That would make my master's empty heart fill up with bubbling joy.

Much in common I have with him,
We killed the people we "loved" or not.

I disguised myself for this man,
I'm doing everything I can.

For years and years I endured it all
Just to see that Potter's life come to a sudden halt.

Who Am I?

3.
The opposite of active,
the state of calm atoms
the end of my name
is the end of this word

I am one of ten
like my brethren
I am native
to a specific area

Given a name
by one whom I belonged
I was taken away
but not forgotten

The beginning of my name
is the combining of two
but not this or that
neither and both

The fourth letter of my name
sounds like she who stings
only one letter
the second of a complete set

Who am I?

4.
I came to Hogwarts and graduated 1988,
I came back at the time of Harry's almost, yet terrible fate.
I came in first in a family of nine,
I handle money but it's definitely not mine.
I've got a fang on a part of my body, long hair is my style,
A woman was once staring at me, which was caught by Harry's eye.
I took a desk job and that's where my love started,
I joined the Order of which cannot be parted.
I wear dragon hide on my feet, Muggle clothes is what I've got,
My charm would outwit anyone, do you think they have not?
I respect my family with pride, unlike a dear brother that is so uncool,
One quality we share is that we were both Prefects at our dear old school.

Who am I?

5.
Your Headmaster had me, when he was young and free
Years later, he had me a second time around
You can have just one, but numerous are we
If I am the wrong one, I can end up on the ground
If you ask me if I am small, my response would be "yup"
Be very wary, for I could make you puke
I am so tiny, many of me can fit in just one cup
If you want to find me, you can start at Honeydukes

What am I?

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Visual Sudoku

Send your solution to Vanessa Tilley for 20 beans.

There are 20 words hidden in this Discovery Word Search. I will award 1 Bean for each word found for a maximum of 20 Beans. If you would like the word list, I will award 1 Bean for every 2 words found for a maximum of 10 Beans. Please send a link to your completed puzzle to Polaris Black via HOL message

Treasure Map Puzzle

Send your solution as a HOL message to Gail Allen for 10 beans.

Rules:
The completed puzzle is a single network of paths which all lead to buried treasures, without any cut off loops. Every buried treasure is connected to every other buried treasure and every square is used in the network of paths. To connect the paths, rotate the squares until it fits. Pieces can move exactly 90, 180, 270 or 360 degrees in each rotation, but never move from their original position in the grid.

Battleship Puzzle

Send your solution as a HOL message to Gail Allen for 10 beans.

Rules:
The clues at the edges indicate how many ship parts are in that column or row, but the ship parts are not necessarily connected to each other. Once a ship is used, it cannot be used again. No two ships can touch each other horizontally, vertically or diagonally. The ships at the side of the puzzle indicates how many ships there are and how many segments they consist of (by the number of their sails).

Fallen Letters

Send your solution to Vanessa Tilley for 20 beans, plus 5 additional beans for identifying who said the quote.

Logic Puzzle

Send the solution to Iverian Gnash for 15 beans.

Five people drove for a different amount of time to go hiking together. Figure out who look how long to get there and what they brought for the group.

1. Of the person who brought the backpacks and the person who brought the snacks, one is Lucas and the other took 2 hours to get there.

2. Dorian took an hour less to get there than the person who brought walking sticks.

3. Grace didn't bring snacks.

4. Oliver took more time to get there than Charlotte.

5. The person who brought the water took more time to get there than the person who brought the backpacks.

6. Charlotte took more time to get there than the person who brought water.

7. Dorian brought the water.

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