Round 290

Thanks for all the comments. Look like it is a good answer

Advent Calendar NP rewards:

Day 1: 324 NPs
Day 2: 945 NPs
Day 3: 394 NPs
Total: 324 + 945 + 394 = 1663 NPs

Day 4: 295 NPs
Day 5: 953 NPs
Day 6: 279 NPs
Total: 295 + 953 + 279 = 1527 NPs

Day 7: 273 NPs
Day 8: 479 NPs
Day 9: 374 NPs
Total: 273 + 479 + 374 = 1126 NPs

Day 10: 179 NPs
Day 11: 278 NPs
Day 12: 639 NPs
Total: 179 + 278 + 639 = 1096 NPs

Day 13: 730 NPs
Day 14: 579 NPs
Day 15: ? NPs
Total: 730 + 579 + ? = 1309 + ? = ? NPs

Good luck :)

Round 288

Ra
Shah
Roo
Ee

http://www.neopets.com/pronounce.phtml

check out the first four pets then you know the next one... :)

Round 281

Date Released: October 2nd, 2008.
Date Rewarded: October 9th, 2008.

Walking into Chesterdrawer's Antiques, you notice several clocks on the wall. The first clock reads 9:00, the second reads 6:07, the third 10:45, the fifth 7:45, the sixth 7:52, and the seventh 4:37.

What should the fourth clock read?

Prize


Grandfather Clock

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First we convert the clock time into position of hour and minute hands of 12 hour dial face. Then, we use the Flag Semaphore Character chart [1] to decode the hands.

A	B	C	D	E	F
G	H	I	J	K	L
M	N	O	P	Q	R
S	T	U	V	W	X
Y	Z

9:00 => P
6:07 => E
10:45 => O
(the 4th clock)
7:45 => H
7:52 =>I
4:37 => N

The word would be PEOPHIN (which is a name of a pet species). Therefore, the 4th letter is P which is the same as the first one. The answer is 9:00.

Results: 1885 people guessed the correct answer earning themselves 1062 NP each.

References:
[1] Flag Semaphore Characters

Round 275

Date Released: August 21st, 2008.
Date Rewarded: August 28th, 2008.

You have the following sequence of numbers:

24
___
___
9
___
15
19

If you multiply the three missing numbers together, what will you get?

Prize


Fresh Bamboo Mat

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Check out the calendar.

* Aug 8th - Blumaroo Day
* Aug 11th - Discovery of Brightvale
* Aug 18th - Meerca Day!
* Aug 20th - Annual Usuki Doll Convention
* Aug 24th - Grundo Independence Day
* Aug 25th - Mutant Day
* Aug 29th - Kyrii Day

* Sept 9th - Draik Day
* Sept 13th - Techo Day
* Sept 15th - The Annual Chocolate Ball
* Sept 19th - Poogle Parade (Poogle Day)
* Sept 20th - Faerie Festival. Rumour has it that this is when the Faeries are most generous to Neopians.
* Sept 23rd - Annual Gormball Championships
* Sept 25th - Skeith Day

According to the original sequence, the missing numbers are 25, 29 and 13. Therefore, the answer is: 25 * 29 * 13 = 9425.

Results: 4405 people guessed the correct answer earning themselves 455 NP each.

Round 270

Date Released: July 10th, 2008.
Date Rewarded: July 17th, 2008.

The Monoceraptor was walking down a path one day when a Babaa appeared in front of it at exactly 8:06 AM.

The next day, the Monoceraptor was walking down the same path, and the Babaa appeared in front of it at 6:03 PM.

The next day, the same thing happened at 11:05 AM.

The next three days were at 3:09 PM, 5:05 AM, and 4:01 AM.

What time did the Babaa appear in front of the Monoceraptor on the seventh day? Submit your answer in the exact same time format as above. For example, if it occured at 9:15 in the evening, you would submit 9:15 PM. Do not include any extra information other than your answer.

Prize


Grandfather Clock

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This is a sequence puzzle. The sequence is: 8:06 AM, 6:03 PM, 11:05 AM, 3:09 PM, 5:05 AM, 4:01 AM.

If we write twenty four hours in words and arrange in alphabetical order, it should be: eight (8 AM), eighteen (6 PM), eleven (11 AM), fifteen (3 PM), five (5 AM), four (4 AM), fourteen, nine, nineteen, one, seven, seventeen, six, sixteen, ten, thirteen, three, twelve, twenty one, twenty three, twenty two, two, zero. Therefore, the next hour should be fourteen or 2 PM.

For the minutes, notice the PI number: 3.14159265358979323846... The 8th digit is 6, the 18th digit is 3, the 11th digit is 5, the 15th digit is 9, the 5th digit is 5 and the 4th digit is 1. Therefore, the next minute should be corresponding to the 14th digit which is 7.

The answer is 2:07 PM.

Results: 50 people guessed the correct answer earning themselves 40,000 NP each.

Round 268

Date Released: June 26th, 2008.
Date Rewarded: July 2nd, 2008.

A Grarrl was walking down a path one day when Illusen appeared in front of it. "Solve this puzzle, and you may pass," she said.

Another ancient tomb in the Lost Desert has the following grid of letters engraved on the tomb door:

If the correct letters are engraved on the tomb door, it will open. However, the last column of letters is missing.

If you figure out what the missing letters are and read down the last column of letters, what will it spell? For example, if the last column's letters were A, B, C, D, E, and F, you would submit "ABCDEF". Please submit your answer with NO SPACES; do not submit ANY information other than the answer. Otherwise, your submission may be disqualified.

Prize


Basic Spelling Songs

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If you convert the letters into numbers using the following scheme, you will get a grid of numbers.

A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, ... X = 24, Y = 25, Z = 26

The grid of numbers is:

3	11	19	1	9	17
3	13	23	7	17	1
11	23	9	21	7	19
9	23	11	25	13	1
10	26	16	6	22	12
16	8	26	18	10	2

Notice that in the first row, each number is larger than its previous number by 8, i.e. 11 = 3 + 8, 19 = 11 + 8... Also, if a number is greater than 26, it can be converted into a modulo [1] of 26 (or subtracted by 26). In this case 19 + 8 = 27 and 27 mod 26 = 1 (or 27 - 26 = 1). So, you can find the last number by adding 8 into the fifth number in the first row (mod 26 if necessary)

In the second row, similar to the first row, but you need to add 10 (and do 26-modulo operation if necessary). Third row, add 12 (mod 26 if necessary). Forth row, add 14 (mod 26 if necessary). Fifth row, add 16 (mod 26 if necessary). Last row, add 18 (mod 26 if necessary).

After you get all the numbers in the last column, convert them back into letters using the above mapping technique. The answer is QASALB.

Results: 5199 people guessed the correct answer earning themselves 385 NP each.

References:
[1] Modulo operation

Round 267

Date Released: June 19th, 2008.
Date Rewarded: June 26th, 2008.

Jhudora was walking down a path one day when a Chomby appeared in front of it. "Solve this puzzle, and you may pass," it said.

An ancient tomb in the Lost Desert has the following grid of numbers engraved on the tomb door:

If the correct numbers are engraved on the tomb door, it will open. However, one of these numbers is wrong.

If you take the wrong number on this grid, and multiply it by the number it should be, what number would you get? For example, if the wrong number was 456 and you knew the correct number was 465, you would multiply the two and submit the answer "212040". Please only submit the answer as a number; do not show your work, or submit ANY information other than the answer. Otherwise, your submission may be disqualified.

Prize


Lost Desert Map Scroll

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If you sort the number in the ascending order, you will get:

6, 15, 35, 77, 143, 221, 323, 437, 667, 897, 1147, 1517, 1763, 2021, 2491, 3127

We know that the prime number sequence is:

2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61 ...

Notice that:

2 x 3 = 6
3 x 5 = 15
5 x 7 = 35

The number in the sequence is the product of two consecutive prime numbers. Therefore, you can continue to test out the sequence until you find the wrong number in the sequence. It is 29 x 31 = 899, not 897. Therefore, the answer should be:

897 x 899 = 806403

Results: 4024 people guessed the correct answer. (earning themselves 498 NP each)

Round 264

Date Released: May 29th, 2008.
Date Rewarded: June 5th, 2008.

A Chomby was walking down a path one day when Jhudora appeared in front of it. "Solve this puzzle, and you may pass," she said.

What is the missing word in this sequence?
allowed
here
entry
________
you
here
you

Please enter only a single word, with no other information. Otherwise, your entry will be disqualified.

Prize


Top Secret Skeith Stuff

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Check out the Neoboards and the description of each board:

Avatars/Neosignatures: ... Item pools are a scam and are not allowed!
Battledome: ... Anything and everything Battledome is in here.
Beauty Contest: ... regarding YOUR OWN Beauty Contest entry!)
Customisation: ... that would be embarassing.
Evil Things and Monster Sightings: ... This board is for you.
Fan Clubs: ... Discuss it here!
Games: ... Yup, the Games board is for you.

Each word in the sequence is the last word of each board's description. Therefore, answer should be embarassing. Note that the answer is a common misspelling word.

Results: 3983 people guessed the correct answer earning themselves 503 NP each.

Round 263

Date Released: May 22nd, 2008.
Date Rewarded: May 29th, 2008.

A Chomby was walking down a path one day when Jhudora appeared in front of it. "Solve this puzzle, and you may pass," she said.

What is the next number in this sequence?
1
721
727
5767
5791
5792
___

Please enter only a single number, with no other information. Otherwise, your entry will be disqualified.

Prize


Megachilli Hot Dog

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First, you subtract the number to the previous number (assume that the number before the first one is 0). The sequence becomes:

1 721 727 5767 5791 5792 -> 1 720 6 5040 24 1.

We realize that 1 = 0! = 1!, 6 = 3!, 24 = 4!, 720 = 6!, 5040 = 7!, where ! is factorial [1].

Therefore, the original sequence can be decomposed at:
1 = 1! or (0!)
721 = 1! + 6!
727 = 1! + 6! + 3!
5767 = 1! + 6! + 3! + 7!
5791 = 1! + 6! + 3! + 7! + 4!
5792 = 1! + 6! + 3! + 7! + 4! + 1!
next number = 1! + 6! + 3! + 7! + 4! + 1! + n!

So, the sequence becomes:

1! (or 0!) 6! 3! 7! 4! 1! (or 0!) n!

Temporarily ignore the factorial sign and 'or 0!' part, we can rewrite the sequence as:

1 6 3 7 4 1 n

The sequence is the number of letters in each word of the first sentence of the puzzle.

"A Chomby was walking down a path one day..."

Therefore, n is 4. The next number should be: 1! + 6! + 3! + 7! + 4! + 1! + 4! = 5816.

Results: 1167 people guessed the correct answer earning themselves 1714 NP each.

References:
[1] Factorial

Round 261

Date Released: May 8th, 2008.
Date Rewarded: May 15th, 2008.

What's the next word in this sequence?

Cream
Radish
And
______

Submit only a one-word answer.

Prize


Radish Meringue

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Check out


The 1^st item in Appertisers: Maraquan Cream Broth.
The 2^nd item in Main Courses: Spicy Radish Salad.
The 3^rd item in Desserts: Peachpa and Stramberry Shell.

We observe that the words in the sequence are the second word in the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd items on the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd menu. Therefore, the next word should be the second word in the 4^th items on the 4^th menu (Cocktails): Phear Juice Tonic.

Results: 3477 people guessed the correct answer earning themselves 576 NP each.

Round 8

Date Released: May 8th, 2001.
Date Rewarded: May 15th, 2001.

What's the next letter in the following sequence?

W T N L I T F _ ?

Prize


Shadow Paint Brush

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Each letter in the sequence is the first letter of each word in the question. Therefore, the answer is S.

Note: The prize used to be named Shadowed Paint Brush.

Round 5

Date Released: April 19th, 2001.
Date Rewarded: April 25th, 2001

The total number of Neopoints worth of goods bought every day in Neopia is 8,549,176,320 NP. What is special about that number?

Prize
Unknown

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All the digits in the number are in alphabetical order: Eight, Five, Four, Nine, One, Seven, Six, Three, Two, Zero.

Round 4

Date Released: April 10th, 2001.
Date Rewarded: April 19th, 2001.

This weeks conundrum is less confusing than last weeks... but it's still quite tricky.

My question is : What are the next two letters in this series: A E F H I K L M ?

It's too hard!!!

Prize
Unknown
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Those letter are made of straight lines only. Other letters between the above letters: B, C, D, G, J having curves in them. Therefore, the next two letters are N and T.