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When Question Mark was showing Skid Mark that he could turn 3 cups up the right way in 2 moves, turning 2 cups at a time, Skid laughed and said "That's easy!"
The cups were arranged like so:
Down - Up - Down
The 2 moves were:
Up - Down - Down
Up - Up - Up
When Question Mark turned 1 cup over to reset the challenge, Skid just couldn't do it. Why?
The cups were arranged like so:
Down - Up - Down
The 2 moves were:
Up - Down - Down
Up - Up - Up
When Question Mark turned 1 cup over to reset the challenge, Skid just couldn't do it. Why?
Answer
Question Mark turned over 1 cup to make the set up like so:Up - Down - Up
That setup is impossible to solve.
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Great teaser QM. I enjoyed it.
Yes!!! I worked it out! That was a good one!
fun teaser question mark
Great teaser had to go do this one and it is impossible Great job
Easy, but really fun!
I don't get why you say he turns one over "to reset the challenge"? That doesn't reset the challenge, it makes a whole new one?
I'm with you, Smek. I didn't understand the wording either. I thought he turned one over so was left with two up and one down.
I guess I don't understand why it says two cups at a time, but the first challenge only one cup was flipped the first move...
No, two cups were filpped (1 and 2).
Good Job Question Mark?
I can reset in just two moves.
i didnt get it . i think if i put more thought into it it would have been a good on though.
You tell the mark (or victim) that flipping just one cup will "reset" the challenge, and then you win the bet. It's an old gimmick, sort of like a shell game or a carnival game.
Hard........But All The Same Cool
Keep Them Comming QUESTION MARK!
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