I haven't read this thread since around post #9. Tomorrow, just for fun, I'll give my answers to the riddles without spoilers, and then I'll read the rest.
Sorry for the delay, there's a lot to read.
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1. C
The strange numbers confused me, but after thinking about it and Googling the periodic table, it became easy.
2. D
Well, I'm not sure, maybe I missed something, but he should need 3 minutes from the landing point to the treasure chamber and 5 minutes to carry the treasure from there to the point to escape. That's 8 minutes per cycle. So, 7 attempts, and he will return to the treasure chamber on the 8th, but won't have time to take it out.
3. B
1-2. Kaya carries the canvases, and returns herself.
3-4. Raphael carries Alma, and returns himself.
5-6. Raphael carries the cat, and returns himself.
7-8. Raphael carries the monkey, and returns himself.
9-10. Kaya carries Raphael, and returns herself.
11. Kaya transports the screw for the guys.
4. D
A simple riddle about the alphabet, solved in half a minute.
5. C
It's a geometric progression, right?
50 mm - 25 mm - 12.5 mm - 6.75 mm?
6. D
I'll still believe in the laws of symmetry.
7. C
Also easy, solved in a minute.
I'll go read the rest of the thread.
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I see......