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Pen & Paper II
Trick
Trick brain teasers appear difficult at first, but they have a trick that makes them really easy.Trick
You will need a sheet of paper and a working pen for this one. Orient the paper into landscape format, and draw a vertical line of about 2 inches (5 cm) in length:
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The challenge: On the paper, add a line to create a citrus fruit.
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The challenge: On the paper, add a line to create a citrus fruit.
Hint
What am I telling you to add?Perhaps this will help you.
The challenge: On the paper, add a LINE to create a citrus fruit.
Answer
The trick is to write the word LINE onto the paper, such that the L and the I are to the left of the vertical line, the E to the right of the vertical line, and the N meeting up with the vertical to make an M. You should now have LIME, a citrus fruit.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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i liked that one. i had to think about it for a minute, but i got it. good job
Too me that was hard today, had a brain freeze, great well thought out puzzle.
Funny...I got that you had to add a line, but I thought it could mean a line as in a line of a riddle or something, so I tried just writing down the name of a citrus fruit.
After I read the answer, I still couldn't manage to make LIME...
After I read the answer, I still couldn't manage to make LIME...
Too easy and boring good luck making one that's fun
I caught on the point we were to place the word line across the paper, and that the "N" was supposed to become a "M", but for some reason, I couldn't make "Lemon" out of it, so I was stumped.
Good quiz!
Good quiz!
Tee hee hee...
Good idea, but if you want to make an M from an N this way, the N will be distorted.
I figured out that the word was lime, but I couldn't get how to position the line and the N to make it look like M.
Well, you didn't say a "straight" line. So I just wrote the word Orange.
Kind of a lame answer on my part but I guess it still worked, huh?
Kind of a lame answer on my part but I guess it still worked, huh?
UMM I GOT IT WIT OUT DA PAPER LOLZ IM JS GOOD LIKE DAT!!!!!!!!!
This one I got too without paper or pen. Nice job.
cool and all but you need to add another line besides your vert. to get an M. good one though >
I liked that! It took me a second, but then I figured it out.
Too easy because i looked at "Pen & Paper III"!
i got it and i didn't use paper lol
You put a colon at the end of the sentence and thus illustrated an example, to make real trick questions you have to obey grammer and punctuation rules. In order to "solve" this one, you have to, in essence, disobey the given instructions.
Hey, if you write LINE in italics on your page, it will eliminate all the distortions people have said are needed!
Umm, you can't put italics.
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Got it!
I also came up with a different answer: Add a curved line to the vertical one to make a lemon slice..
I also came up with a different answer: Add a curved line to the vertical one to make a lemon slice..
Got it right!
*goes to my fav.*
*goes to my fav.*
here i have one too try making a pentagon with an x in the middle without going over the same line twice or lifting up the pen it would look like this: /_\
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answer: up | , diagonal to the right / , diagonal down right \ , down | , straight line to make a pentagon _ ,cross to the top right corner/, to the top right corner _, down to the bottom left \. there u have it
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answer: up | , diagonal to the right / , diagonal down right \ , down | , straight line to make a pentagon _ ,cross to the top right corner/, to the top right corner _, down to the bottom left \. there u have it
I liked this one - to those who criticise these as 'easy' remember that when you find the trick it is supposed to be easy! I was happy to get it right!
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