Logic Puzzles Quiz

Try out this Logic Puzzles quiz to test your knowledge. Logic Puzzles trivia explores the history and appeal of problems designed to reward deduction, pattern recognition, and clear reasoning.

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Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
What is the name for a route in a graph that uses every edge exactly once, as characterized by Euler?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
In the classic Königsberg bridges problem, which vertex property makes the desired walk impossible when it occurs at more than two vertices?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
Which theorem guarantees that any planar map can be colored using no more than four colors?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
What is the generalized form of the eight queens puzzle called when it is extended to an n×n board?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
For Towers of Hanoi with n disks, what expression gives the minimum number of moves in an optimal solution?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
Which classic river-crossing puzzle is commonly cited as a state-space search problem?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
What problem asks for a matching in which no blocking pair exists?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Which algorithm is the standard solution method for the stable marriage problem?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
What is the name of an array in which all rows, columns, and the two main diagonals have equal sums?
Question 10 · Hard · 40 pts
Which solid dissection puzzle consists of exactly seven pieces?
Question 11 · Hard · 40 pts
Who invented the Soma cube in 1933?
Question 12 · Easy · 10 pts
What pen name was used by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
Lewis Carroll taught mathematics at which English university?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
Who created Sudoku in 1979 when it was called Number Place?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
The Japanese title Sudoku roughly translates to what?

What is the name for a route in a graph that uses every edge exactly once, as characterized by Euler?

In the classic Königsberg bridges problem, which vertex property makes the desired walk impossible when it occurs at more than two vertices?

Which theorem guarantees that any planar map can be colored using no more than four colors?

What is the generalized form of the eight queens puzzle called when it is extended to an n×n board?

For Towers of Hanoi with n disks, what expression gives the minimum number of moves in an optimal solution?

Which classic river-crossing puzzle is commonly cited as a state-space search problem?

What problem asks for a matching in which no blocking pair exists?

Which algorithm is the standard solution method for the stable marriage problem?

What is the name of an array in which all rows, columns, and the two main diagonals have equal sums?

Which solid dissection puzzle consists of exactly seven pieces?

Who invented the Soma cube in 1933?

What pen name was used by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson?

Lewis Carroll taught mathematics at which English university?

Who created Sudoku in 1979 when it was called Number Place?

The Japanese title Sudoku roughly translates to what?