Braingle: 'A Day at the Movie Store' Brain Teaser

A Day at the Movie Store

Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.

Puzzle ID:	#36711
Fun:	(2.44)
Difficulty:	(1.76)
Category:	Situation
Submitted By:	Dontrelle
Corrected By:	aprilsprings29

Dontrelle and his mom walk into a movie store. Dontrelle spots a "Quarter toss" where the goal is to land a quarter on very small platform. If it lands and stays there, Dontrelle and his mom get free movie rentals for a year. The trick is that the platform is in a glass of water. The only rules are that the quarter has to land on, and stay on, the platform, and your hand can't get wet. (So he can't just lay it on there.)

Well, Dontrelle proved he could do it and got free movies for a year.

How did Dontrelle do it?

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Comments

HarryPutter May 23, 2007	wait a minute.....YOU ARE DONTRELLE you almost tricked me there
LeafFan4life May 24, 2007	nice one dontrelle, it was like i was dontrelle in the teaser but when i finsihed the teaser i wasnt dontrelle anymore
empy May 24, 2007	Sneaky little boy. I figured he'd just drink the water.
Smeraldina May 24, 2007	Empy and I were on the same wavelength; at first I thought of siphoning with a drinking straw. Then the thought made me feel oogy (I mean, how long has this water been there, ya know?) and I had to pause.
hockeyfan94 May 26, 2007	Hey dontrelle, have you ever done that? What did the store's manager say?
jamy400 May 26, 2007	Very clever although I didn't get it.
reptile5000 May 31, 2007	clever
DaCaminator Jun 03, 2007	i thought he would just put on a glove
bookworm000 Jun 10, 2007	I thought he would have just taken something that a quarter could fit through to guide it onto the platform. Extremely clever!
hockeyboy Jun 26, 2007	im to dum to figure this out. clever1
flowergirl1219 Jun 28, 2007	Don't forget to send me a message saying what subject you want me to do on a quiz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
coltonr1 Jul 06, 2007	You could have thought of something more clever...
Dontrelle Jul 06, 2007	Thank you Coltonr1 for your up lifting comment.
Jimbo Aug 20, 2007	He placed the coin using a pair of forceps.
Jessrox97 Sep 27, 2007	Dont forget to send me a mesage saying what subject you want for a quiz!
Jessrox97 Sep 27, 2007	Meh ignore dat last thing
Punk_Rocker Oct 26, 2007	Did he just pour the water on the floor? I'd be pretty pissed if I were the manager.
al111 Mar 02, 2008	Nice I Just Realised Your Name Is Dontrelle