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title: Petals Around the Rose
date: "2005-10-16T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - games
wp_id: 526
description: I shared Petals Around the Rose, a classic dice-rolling riddle where players must deduce the secret rule for calculating totals. The name provides the crucial hint, though Bill Gates reportedly solved it through brute-force memorization.
keywords: [petals around the rose, dice games, lateral thinking, pattern recognition, bill gates, riddles]
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[Petals Around the Rose](http://www.borrett.id.au/computing/petals-bg.htm). A simple dice parlour game that Bill Gates apparantly cracked by memorising the sequences.

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## Comments

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- **SlaSh** _17 Oct 2005 11:15 am_:
  hey is that you who writes articles and does interviews by the name S.Anand in the mag Outlook
- **S Anand** _17 Oct 2005 1:29 pm_:
  No, that is someone else.
- **jayant** _18 Oct 2005 4:08 pm_:
  Any place where I can get a solution. Sorry to say but I am dumb..:-(
- **Raghav** _18 Oct 2005 7:41 pm_:
  As the man says - "The name of the game is petals around the rose, and the name is important" :-)
- **Dhar** _19 Oct 2005 3:29 am_:
  Arrgh! I have not been able to figure this out. Utterly Frustrating...Solution appreciated... **Please** mail me at sumit.dhar at gmail
- **Aman** _19 Oct 2005 10:59 am_:
  the solution is in the name.......for every odd no throw of dice, simply add the digits surrounding the centre on on each dice...
- **A** _19 Oct 2005 2:37 pm_:
  aman, I dont know if I shld kill you for posting the solution or shld thank u for making my day...
- **R** _20 Oct 2005 3:22 am_:
  what happened to your blogroll?
- **ritzkini** _20 Oct 2005 5:36 am_:
  fantastic game..and so simple a solution..once u have read it... :P
- **S Anand** _20 Oct 2005 8:25 am_:
  Killed my blogroll. I use Google Reader now. Will post the OPML.
- **jayant** _20 Oct 2005 3:25 pm_:
  Well still didnt figure out...it does nt add up...and if even throw, then?
- **jayant** _20 Oct 2005 3:26 pm_:
  Anand, any clues...since u posted, u know of any answers?
- **S Anand** _20 Oct 2005 3:39 pm_:
  Have mailed you.
- **Prakash** _17 Nov 2005 11:55 am_:
  I got the answer for the same ! it was a good one

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