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GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Excessive Sums

April 15, 2014December 16, 2017Judd Schorr

Did you find the number of positive integers under 1,000,000 that cannot be written as the sum of exactly two Excessive Numbers?

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Paper Planes

April 8, 2014December 16, 2017Judd Schorr1

Were you able to circumnavigate with the fewest number of planes? If so, then the $50 ThinkGeek Gift Certificate may have your name on it!

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Eight Queens

March 31, 2014December 16, 2017Judd Schorr

Did you determine if 8 queens could be put on a chess board simultaneously? If so, in how many ways? Did you win the $50 ThinkGeek gift certificate?

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Squared Roots

March 24, 2014December 16, 2017Judd Schorr

Were you able to determine the number of counting numbers under 10 million without any squared factors?

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Flipping Digits

March 10, 2014December 16, 2017Judd Schorr

Were you able to find the numeric auction bidding signs that required a “bottom bar” to avoid possible bidding confusion?

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Abbreviated Rivers

March 3, 2014December 16, 2017Judd Schorr

Were you able to determine the rivers’ names, given that their vowels were washed away?

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Presidents’ Day 2014

February 25, 2014December 16, 2017Judd Schorr

Were you able to decipher the Presidential quote?

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Student Dropoff

February 18, 2014December 16, 2017Judd Schorr1

Did you find a set of triplets that let me and 14 other parents park in three parking spots over 7 days, and have no one meet the same parent twice?

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Functional Numeric Wordsearch

February 11, 2014December 16, 2017Judd Schorr

Can you find the largest and smallest value of the function listed with strips of digits pulled from the grid?

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Capacitor Combinatorics

February 3, 2014Judd Schorr

Did you calculate the number of distinct capacitance values that can be created using up to 10 identical 60 µF capacitors?

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Disemvoweled Bacon

January 15, 2014Judd Schorr

Were you able to put the Bacon-related movie titles and co-star names back together?

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Another CrossNumber Solution

October 28, 2013December 16, 2017Judd Schorr

This past puzzle as previously posted: Crossword puzzles are fun, but they can be found in most any newspaper. CrossNumber puzzles are not only more fun, but are found almost exclusively here on GeekDad! Clues: Across 0. Bond 2. length of Marianas (km) 4. 1Z (Base 36) 6. Cr 8. PMs in Oman or Yemen […]

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Another CrossNumber Puzzle

October 15, 2013December 16, 2017Judd Schorr

Do you have the geek culture, math, pop culture, and history chops to solve our latest CrossNumber puzzle?

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Prime Pair Permutations

October 14, 2013December 16, 2017Judd Schorr

Did you find the sets of four primes with 3 or fewer digits that can be selected pairwise in any combination to be stuck together in either order and always make a new prime?

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Fair Logic Puzzle

October 8, 2013December 16, 2017Judd Schorr

Were you able to determine each child’s favorite food and ride? If so, $50 from ThinkGeek could be yours!

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Pirate Booty

September 25, 2013December 16, 2017Judd Schorr

Yarr… Did ye determine how much the found pirate booty was fetchin’, and how much each buccaneer hauled home?

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – That Time of Year

September 18, 2013December 16, 2017Judd Schorr

Were you able to correctly combine the bigrams and trigrams to create words and names relevant to the season?

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Backsplash Backlash

September 9, 2013December 16, 2017Judd Schorr

Did you find (to the nearest quadrillion) the number of distinct ways can we grid off our 12″ x 120″ backsplash?

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Homophones, Heteronyms, and Oronyms – Oh my!

September 4, 2013December 16, 2017Judd Schorr2

Did you determine that to make farm goods was to “produce produce?” Did you correctly find the homophones, heteronyms, and oronyms in this week’s puzzle?

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Palindromic Products

August 19, 2013Judd Schorr

Were you able to find the set of multiplicands of each digits size that make the largest and smallest palindromic product? Is the ThinkGeek prize yours?

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Black Eye Odds

August 6, 2013Judd Schorr

Did you correctly simulate or calculate the odds for each player winning a game of Black Eye? Is the $50 ThinkGeek certificate prize for this week’s GeekDad Puzzle of the Week have your name on it?

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Meaning of Life Word Grid

July 29, 2013Judd Schorr

Did you find all the words that add up to 42, like MATH (13+1+20+8)? Is the $50 ThinkGeek Gift Certificate in your name?

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Euler’s Prime Polynomials

July 21, 2013Judd Schorr

Did your entry for the most prime-producing polynomial produce? Check here to see if the $50 ThinkGeek gift certificate is yours!

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Consecutive Collatz Conjecture Counts

July 15, 2013Judd Schorr

Did you correctly identify the longest Collatz length run under under 10 million? Is this week’s $50 ThinkGeek Gift Certificate coming your way?

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Rearranged Founding Fathers

July 8, 2013Judd Schorr

Who won this week’s $50 ThinkGeek gift certificate by unscrambling a few founding father and other famous figures from the 18th century?

GeekMom Puzzle of the Week #52 – Solution and Winner

July 6, 2013Sophie Brown

Today I get to announce our Puzzle of the Week winner who was selected at random from all the correct entries.

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Roshambo Strategery

July 2, 2013December 16, 2017Judd Schorr1

How did your paper-scssors-rock strategy fare?

GeekMom Puzzle of the Week #51 – Solution and Winner

June 22, 2013Sophie Brown

Many apologies for the delay in this week’s post but I can finally announce our Puzzle of The Week winner who was selected at random from all the correct entries.

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GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Excessive Sums

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Paper Planes

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Eight Queens

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Squared Roots

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – I Scream, You Scream

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Flipping Digits

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Abbreviated Rivers

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Presidents’ Day 2014

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Student Dropoff

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Functional Numeric Wordsearch

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Capacitor Combinatorics

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – State of the States

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Disemvoweled Bacon

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Another CrossNumber Solution

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Another CrossNumber Puzzle

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Prime Pair Permutations

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Fair Logic Puzzle

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Pirate Booty

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – That Time of Year

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Backsplash Backlash

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Homophones, Heteronyms, and Oronyms – Oh my!

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Palindromic Products

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Black Eye Odds

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Meaning of Life Word Grid

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Euler’s Prime Polynomials

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Consecutive Collatz Conjecture Counts

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Rearranged Founding Fathers

GeekMom Puzzle of the Week #52 – Solution and Winner

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Roshambo Strategery

GeekMom Puzzle of the Week #51 – Solution and Winner

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