Hello, I am Jimmy, half of SpotTheJaguar, and I am currently studying Computer Science at Wash U. When interviewing for big tech company jobs, you need to be prepared for at least one challenging puzzle to solve on the spot, with the interviewer staring at you. Talk about nerve-racking. Anyway, in preparation for these interviews (and because I think they’re fun), I have tried to solve as many of these as I can get my hands on. Elise, the other half of STJ, gave me several more great puzzles to solve and then share. So, we’re now going to share our collection of these puzzles with the Geocaching world, manipulating them slightly to make them work for a puzzle cache. Good luck! We will post hints and suggestions for solving each riddle after FTF, but it is definitely possible to solve without any, and we hope you attempt each of them before looking for a hint. Try to do each one before you look at the hint because the next hint could catch your eye!
Theres a puzzle under the lid of the container. take a picture of it, or solve it while you're celebrating the find. You will need these numbers for the final cache of the series, STJ's Riddles Part 4.
congrats to the crew of FTF finders, Dr. Funktastic, Strider, Crowsfeat30, sgtmta, and Ecks. They were patient with me as i learned how to post a puzzle cache (this was our first one!). The others in the series have been fixed and tested so there shouldn't be any issues once they get published!
- This guy i used to know was a somewhat strange character. In fact, he was so strange, that he only told the truth one day a week. I remember the first three days i met him, three days in a row. On the first day he said to me “i lie on Mondays and Tuesdays” the next day, he tells me “today is either Thursday, Saturday, or Sunday.” on the third day, he exclaimed “I lie on Wednesdays and Fridays”. Needless to say, we have only talked on 3 days. But I have figured out when he tell he tells the truth!
A = On what day of the week is he honest? Sunday = 0, monday = 1, tuesday = 2, wednesday = 3, etc…
2. Four friends, John, James, Joey, and Jacob, need to travel through a tunnel. Their parents need them home very soon, so they need to find the quickest way to get everyone on the other side. The boys each have different levels of fitness, and depending on the boy, they can make it one way in 1, 2, 4, and 5 minutes, respectively. the problem is, they only have one flashlight, and only two people can go into the tunnel at a time. Thus, they each need to travel at the slower persons pace, and the other two need to wait for someone to come back with the flashlight. For example, if James and Jacob go together first, and james comes back with the flashlight, it would take 5+2 = 7 minutes (because they go at Jacobs pace on the way down, and James goes at his own pace on the way back.)
B = the amount of time, in minutes, it takes for all 4 friends to get to the other side of the tunnel, as fast as possible.
3. two hours ago, it was as far from 7PM as it was from 7 AM.
C= what time is it?
4. a man coming back home from a hunting trip finds a river. he is traveling with a dog, a cat, and his backpack. the man can swim across the river carrying any one of these animals/objects, but no more. the problem is, if he leaves the cat alone with the backpack, the cat will tear apart the bag. If the dog and cat are alone together, well, lets just say bad things would happen.
D = number of trips the man needs to go down the river (going back to the starting spot doesn't count), so all animals and objects arrive safely ( if you figure out a solution, it is probably the fastest).
5. 1, 11, 21, 1112, 3112, 211213, 312213, 212223, 114213, …..
E = the last 3 number of the next number in the series added together
F = C
G = E-(D*A)
H = A
I = B-C
J= E-C+A
K=B-(C+E)
coords are at 38 36.FGH 90 22.IJK
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