Friday 13 November 2015

riddle - Dutch dice puzzle


Someone posted this over on Reddit then promptly removed it (I don't think it was someone trying to cheat on a test - seems an unusual question for such a thing), thought thus stack sub might find it amusing:


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The text of the first three panels translates (roughly) to:



  • THIS IS:

  • H holes in the ice

  • P Polar bears

  • F fish


  • M missed the boat


where H, P, F, M are the corresponding numbers of each for each panel.


The last panel asks WHAT IS THIS?



Answer



This is a variation of



the puzzle known as petals around the rose. This gives us some pretty big hints - though the latter two parts stumped me for a while anyways.



Holes are




the central pips of each top face of a die.



Polar bears are



pips that touch a hole. They are looking for fish.



Fish are



the pips under the ice. That is, pips on the bottom faces.




Missed the boat are



pips on the faces of a standard die that are the top face of no die on the table.



For the fourth set of dice, the results are:



3 holes; 10 polar bears; 13 fish; 11 missed the boat



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