PUZZLE 1:
From the given condition of MM/DD/YYYY, we can conclude that the next palindrome would occur only in the 13th Century. I recieved many answers as 12/31/1321. But that is not the answer. We have a palindromic date before it which is in 1390.
People who have thought about this year made another mistake, they put down the date as 09/31/1390. But they missed out on the fact that the 9th month ie september has only 30 days. So this date is not valid and the correct answer turns out to be 08/31/1380. which is the CORRECT ANSWER.
Puzzle 2:
Singh -> L R L R L R L R L
kING -> L R L R L
THUS ONLY LL PAIR GETS REPEATED, I.E. A CYCLICITY HAS OCCURED. HENCE BOTH SETTING THEIR RIGHT FOOT IS IMPOSSIBLE. INFINITE STEPS IS ALSO CONSIDERED AS THE RIGHT ANSWER.
Only those entries were considered right which had both of them correct. However in deciding the overall winner solving atleast one puzzle right will give the advantage.

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