The smarter you are, the harder this is
It is said that the smarter a person is, the more difficulty they have in solving
this puzzle. I don't know how much truth there is in that, but it took me about 30 minutes. Dr. Richard Duke at the University of Michigan, who uses this puzzle as a demonstration in his gaming/simulation courses, took more than a year to figure it out initially. Some people solve it in mere seconds.
The page has all the information you need to solve the puzzle. Don't spoil the answer for everybody else if you figure it out. Have fun!
Okay...so that took about 5 minutes for me to figure out...hmmm...
OK, I must be an imbecile worthy of sterilizing (I told ya'll I had minor neurological damage!). I figured it out on the 3rd try and the first one didn't count cuz I just automatically put down the botanically correct number without looking at anything else.
Damn, I must be brilliant...I can't seem to figure it out. This is annoying, but addictive. I'm not sure whether to thank you or not.... Every time I think I've figured it out and I get the number right, it ends up that the way I got the number right was wrong....
;)
Sidhe
my cat got it right the first time (he likes to play with the keyboard while I type). Lady Sid's post made me realize that my earlier answer might have been dumb luck, and sure enough, it was. I guess there's hope for me after all. As to my cat, he's just a dumb animal, what else can Isay?
Took me about eight tries. And I ain't dumb.
Looks like an interesting test of left/right brain capability, coordination, and balance.
About 2 seconds. Most of it spent hunting for the numbers on the keyboard.
When I first was introduced to this puzzle (in 1977, I believe) it took me about 15 minutes.
Well I cant figure it out
I seem to have a mental block with anything to do with numbers.....I suck
The :blunt: interferes with logical reasoning.
god that just about caused me to pop a blood vessel, 15 minutes and 3 pieces of paper covered in models. THe problem is you need to really step back and just mull on the name for a minute.
Coders etc I think have the most hell with this.
That sucked, guess I'm not bright, got on the second try, about 10 seconds worth of work, and it wasn't even fun, and it sucked.
Why do I keep clicking on crap like this?
I still don't have it.
All that I can say is that the number of petals is (as far as I've seen) always even.
grrrrrraaaaaaarrrrrrggghhhhhh
-sm
it has taken me 20 min so far, but I stopped playing because of Internet costs. Best guess, It would take me about 1-2 years because, well, my IQ is 136 ( how is it that a circumstance like this makes you feel ashamed of how smart are you:mad: )
ok, let me say that i don't believe the "smarter" you are the longer it takes, because the people i see finishing quickly (although i may disagree with them at times) are definitely not ranking low on the intellectual scale. for all of you that in the past have thought i was the world's biggest dumbass - point proven.
i've been going for 45 minutes and i am so f'ing pissed right now. i have never felt more stupid in my entire life. would someone please take pity on me and email me big picture that i am obviously missing.
Originally posted by Tomas Rueda
it has taken me 20 min so far, but I stopped playing because of Internet costs. Best guess, It would take me about 1-2 years because, well, my IQ is 136 ( how is it that a circumstance like this makes you feel ashamed of how smart are you:mad: )
i don't know what to say. i don't believe it, i'm at a loss. oh well.
Originally posted by lookout123
ok, let me say that i don't believe the "smarter" you are the longer it takes, because the people i see finishing quickly (although i may disagree with them at times) are definitely not ranking low on the intellectual scale. for all of you that in the past have thought i was the world's biggest dumbass - point proven.
I don't really think that smarter people take more time to solve it... I think that a person who is more open-minded, creative, and/or not technically-minded will probably solve the puzzle faster. Once I figured out the answer, I realized that the programmer inside of me had been working against me... I was looking at it all wrong.
Originally posted by lookout123
would someone please take pity on me and email me big picture that i am obviously missing.
If somebody tells you, it may end up making you feel even worse. It's very simple, it's just not immediately obvious to some people, depending on how your mind works.
This still pisses me off...I punched in 2 and clicked, then figured it out......I'm probably the dumbest of the regulars here, and it wasn't fun, wasn't stimulating, the smarter you are crap is crap, and I came back to this thread...that's what really bunches my undies.
Originally posted by blue
I'm probably the dumbest of the regulars here
I don't think so...not by a long shot.
Originally posted by sycamore
I don't think so...not by a long shot.
Dude, if you think I'm dumb, just come out and say it. I can't any more of these veiled insults. Sniff.
Ow, my feelings.
If anyone really wants he answer I'll PM it to them; I do have to agree, it's nothing to do with how smart you are, just your abiliaty to think laterally - something which in itself is a sign of intelligence and creativity. As I said before, being a coder or any job where similar types of thinkig are needed is a massive disadvantage.
If you can't solve it, do this.
Stand back, repeat the name out loud to yourself a few times, click roll, get the answer and think for a few minutes... Think about the name.
Originally posted by hot_pastrami
Dude, if you think I'm dumb, just come out and say it. I can't any more of these veiled insults. Sniff.
Ow, my feelings.
HP, as dumb as you are, you are by no means the dumbest person on The Cellar. :)
Just shut up before you know who starts a vote for the dumbest thread.:rolleyes:
Finally got it, one day later.
What's really bad is that that was the first solution that came to mind, however I took the language of the question too literally. After dismissing my original hypothesis, I went scatter brained and attacked the problem, looking for all sorts of things. I noticed one attribute that kept popping up, but I didn't stop to think out the logical ramifications of that until I left the problem and came back to it.
I'm just glad that "rose" isn't a homonym for "rows".
[COLOR=indigo]I guess I'm not a lateral thinker....I got the answer right on the second try but it was pure luck because I don't know what the HELL I'm looking at.[/COLOR]
Did you get it right on the third try?
It took me 22 mins.
I was trying my hardest to think like a stupid person!
wtf??? petals, roses? It's a bunch of dice!! I thought I was quite laterally minded, obviously not. And I'm not trying to sound intelligent because I can't do it - it only tests one type of intelligence anyway when in fact there are (at least) nine different types. In a Mensa IQ test which measures spatial, linguistic and mathematical intelligence I scored 155 - chances are my zone of proximal development concerning other types of intelligence is frustratingly large.
Originally posted by Torrere
Did you get it right on the third try?
[COLOR=indigo]Nope, haven't got it right since.[/COLOR]
It's nothing to do with stupid or not, it's just about your ability to think outside the box.
You can actually sove this two ways, you could sove it by simply building a large enough table of data and working it out by analysing that, or you could simply re-read the name a few times.
jag can you pm me the answer it's driving me mad
[COLOR=indigo]OK, so my husband figured it out in like 5 minutes...... I had been flirting with that idea yesterday, but didn't go there for somereason...I understand now... *sigh*[/COLOR]
Originally posted by Catwoman
jag can you pm me the answer it's driving me mad
Don't do it!! It's so much more fun watching people go buggy.
*whimper*
I dooonn't get it!!!!!
And I can't spend more than a few minutes at a time on it.
Life is hell, I tell you. Helll!
*sigh*
:p
Took me three tries, and I guessed the basic idea immediately, just messed up a detail. Guess I must be stupid, as I know I'm close-minded, technically minded, and uncreative.
(seriously, of course someone who wasted a year on the puzzle would claim the smarter you are the harder the puzzle is. Sheesh)
Oh riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Thanks.
My initial reaction went something like this:
f**^*(*£$ "**@>~? @?£¬***@@ ~~##"!!!
For those still struggling, I recommend you never find out the solution. It will make you feel incredibly stupid and demoralised. I'm going to re-take that Mensa test.
Catwoman slumps off, thoroughly embarrassed
Originally posted by hot_pastrami
If somebody tells you, it may end up making you feel even worse. It's very simple, it's just not immediately obvious to some people, depending on how your mind works.
Originally posted by Catwoman
For those still struggling, I recommend you never find out the solution. It will make you feel incredibly stupid and demoralised.
Why does no one listen to me? Hello? Is anybody there? It's cold are there are wolves chasing me.
Don't do it!! It's so much more fun watching people go buggy.
You'd know ;)
Easy, a snap! This is the stupid way I approach all math. Visually. Generally it doesnt work, so this is refreshing.
Took me about 10 minutes, and maybe 20 tries. I guessed right, purely by chance, several times, but hadn't figured out the pattern till I read the first post in this thread that talked about the "name." Went back and looked at it again and got it right away.
I agree, it has zero to do with intelligence, and has everything to do with how your brain is wired, and how relaxed a thinker you are.
First try, based on the name. Given the thread title, sterilize me.
(I qualify for Mensa, I have minors in computer programming and math, and I've been a coder, and yet I solved it in an eyeblink. Maybe my major being English had something to do with my being the exception to the rule.)
I did it for 5 minutes and gave up in frustration and I also qualify for Mensa.
I did it for 5 minutes and gave up in frustration and I also qualify for Mensa.
and boy oh boy does that say it all or what.
Originally posted by hot_pastrami
Why does no one listen to me? Hello? Is anybody there? It's cold are there are wolves chasing me.
When people want to find out how intelligent they are, listening to someone else is not an option.
I don't have more than 5 minutes of my time to devote to searching for a pattern in an inane puzzle.
ok, i got it. i had the right idea yesterday, there was just one variable i was missing that was screwing me up about every 3rd time. i'm usually really good at brainteasers, but this one had me for awhile. i'm a dumbass now i guess.
Originally posted by Radar
I don't have more than 5 minutes of my time to devote to searching for a pattern in an inane puzzle.
I'm with Radar on this one. The puzzle is an amusement, a distraction. Purely for entertainment. I happened to have a few more minutes of time available to play around with it, and I got it. I'm sure Radar would get it too, given enough time.
No good can come from the puzzle, other than novelty value. Why waste time on it if you don't have enough time?
I got it in about 30 seconds but my 'brilliant' husband never did figure it out. I guess it's true...the smarter you are, the harder it is.:rolleyes:
So are any of you Mensa "qualifiers" actually members of Mensa? (I ask because I went to a meeting with a friend once & I could imagine any less interesting way to pass my time, and I was just wondering if maybe it was that one chapter.)
The outcome of one single puzzle doesn't say anything about your intelligence, but the study of different kinds of puzzles may help one to think creatively or to understand one's approaches to life.
In this case, there's is an interesting lesson involved for about half the people. If you don't get it after one minute, I think you may get frustrated and try harder. This "try harder" does not cut it for this problem, because it forces you to consider the problem along the same paths you have always used, just working harder. Then you get really frustrated because the problem just doesn't solve that way!
At that point, the solvers know, the right way to handle it is to relax and think differently.
I could not have solved this problem prior to 1992. In 1992 I finished working 2 years of Unix telephone tech support. This time turned me into a problem-solver. Primarily it turned me into a LISTENER. You have to PAY ATTENTION to the person describing the problem, because that is usually where you get the most clues.
Anyone who hasn't gotten the puzzle yet, it doesn't really speak to your intelligence. Go back to it, I swear this is useful. Imagine that the question in the puzzle is being asked of you by a four-year-old child. If you still don't get it, LOOK AWAY from the puzzle. Stop, and imagine a four-year-old looking at the puzzle and asking you the question. Why would a four-year-old ask that question? Picture the kid asking you the question. Is it a boy or a girl? Why would they ask that question? Imagine what the question would mean if you were four and didn't know that the dots represented numbers.
The people who got it right away are missing out because they don't get the free lesson.
/end professor mode
Originally posted by jojomonkeygirl
I guess it's true...the smarter you are, the harder it is.:rolleyes:
only if you are attracted to intelligent women.
So are any of you Mensa "qualifiers" actually members of Mensa?
No. I was invited to join once, and I went to a meeting with a friend and it was truly boring as hell. It was a bunch of nerdy guys sitting around trying to compare IQ's and who couldn't seem to act like normal people. They wanted to impress each other by flexing thier intellectual muscles.
I never got to meet the hot Mensa women that were in Playboy, but my guess is no matter how hot they were, I wouldn't like them if they couldn't get over themselves.
My problem is that I was looking at the puzzle as some sort of math and/or numerical patterns problem... I was trying to detect patterns, watching to see if the order of the dice had any relevance... basically looking at it all wrong. When my pattern-searching yielded little, I threw out all of my data and looked at it again, and got it almost instantly.
It's just perspective.
Originally posted by Radar
I never got to meet the hot Mensa women that were in Playboy, but my guess is no matter how hot they were, I wouldn't like them if they couldn't get over themselves.
They probably were able to think for themselves too.
The woman who is acting as the coaster is a member of Mensa.
Link to full size image [COLOR=indigo]You know those "squint and stare for 30 seconds" staticy-fuzzy pictures? I can NEVER see the pictures. I don't know why. [/COLOR]
Originally posted by OnyxCougar
[COLOR=indigo]You know those "squint and stare for 30 seconds" staticy-fuzzy pictures? I can NEVER see the pictures. I don't know why. [/COLOR]
No one can... there IS NO PICTURE HIDDEN IN THOSE RANDOM SPECKS.... it's all a lie! A conspiracy! Everyone is trying to...!
Oh wait, there it is. A sailboat. Pretty.
They probably were able to think for themselves too.
I've got no problem with that. I couldn't stand to be with a stupid or poorly educated woman. I'd hardly have anything to talk about with her.
Hey! How about a "Not Safe For Work" label on that thing! You could poke an eye out! Trying to get me fired?!
Originally posted by hot_pastrami
Oh wait, there it is. A sailboat. Pretty.
It's a schooner.
Originally posted by glatt
Hey! How about a "Not Safe For Work" label on that thing! You could poke an eye out! Trying to get me fired?!
well, glat, i didnt think it was something your boss would pick up at a glance. plus, since i shrunk it to fit under the filesize cap, i cant even see it anymore...and i know what it is.
Back when those things were all the rage, I was able to see the picture in a tiny photograph of the cover of the book in a magazine ad. They actually scale pretty well.
can you make that one out? maybe it;s my angle?
I could see it, but it took longer than it takes me when it's not on a computer screen.
Onyx, have you ever done the "floating sausage" trick with your fingers? You hold your index fingers pointed at each other, about six inches from your nose, and then focus on something beyond them (like your keyboard.) You will see a little floating piece of finger in between your fingertips.
That's essentially what you're trying to do with the stereograms, focus past them. Try switching back and forth between focusing on your keyboard and your fingertips, and then try to do the same eye muscle movement while looking at the picture.
Originally posted by lumberjim
can you make that one out? maybe it;s my angle?
I can see it just fine. But it is taking an effort of will to resist making a wisecrack about Clodfobble's "floating sausage" metaphor.
I had no problem seeing it. Of course, once I saw it, that's another story.
I've always found the ones that involve pictures to be easier than random-dot ones like this one. And like Clodfobble I find it easier in print than on a screen.
Got it on the third try - the whole time mad because as Catwomen said, there are no petals and roses. I know I am being lied to and therefore am solving the problem by thinking like a liar. By putting myself in the perspective of a liar, then, I guess, it was easy to solve.
Originally posted by tw
Got it on the third try - the whole time mad because as Catwomen said, there are no petals and roses. I know I am being lied to and therefore am solving the problem by thinking like a liar. By putting myself in the perspective of a liar, then, I guess, it was easy to solve.
TW, dude... somebody really needs to introduce you to the calm, peaceful world of Decaf.
as Catwomen said, there are no petals and roses.
After reading that, I went back to the site and got it immediately. I guess it's all how you approach the problem. I normally look for numerical patterns and I had to throw that out the window.
There are no roses, and no numbers either. Are there are, is dots.
What kind of mind blames the problem for their lack of solution?
I don't know. You should ask someone who blamed the problem. I didn't blame the problem. I blamed my approach to the problem.
Originally posted by Radar
No. I was invited to join once, and I went to a meeting with a friend and it was truly boring as hell. It was a bunch of nerdy guys sitting around trying to compare IQ's and who couldn't seem to act like normal people.
Yeah, the one I went to was more mixed gender-wise, but other than that my experience matched yours pretty well.
uh oh, i got it on the 2nd try. i can only hope it was a lucky guess.
you have to get it 3 times to demonstrate that you understand the pattern
I bet this could be adapted into a drinking game pretty easily
Originally posted by lumberjim
I bet this could be adapted into a drinking game pretty easily
Ooh, I know! Whenever the number of "petals" is an even number, you have to take a drink!
Originally posted by lumberjim
I bet this could be adapted into a drinking game pretty easily
If you're creative, ANYTHING can be adapted into a drinking game pretty easily! :beer:
Everyone claims a die (color code them). If your die is a rose, you have to take a drink.
boy, you two would be drunk in a hurry. Although HP has told me that he can drink most of you under the table, especially tw, who he feels can't hold his liquor.*
I was thinking you'd take turns rolling 5 dice, and the highest number thrown has to drink a shot. Or the lowest number thrower drinks a number of sips of beer corresponding to the highest thrown amount of petals.
* [size=1] that's a lie. he never once said anything bad about anybody, as far as I know. I was just being dramatic.[/size]
Petals around the rose took me about 7 minutes. I had to drop the logical side and go with pure creativity. Hint: The dice are pictures, not dice. I'm calculator stupid; having problems adding up single digit numbers. That's what takes me so long... :p
The magic picyure is of a gingerbread man. if you cross your eyes, he appears. If you defocus your eyes, it looks a bit like two people doing something nasty with foam rubber pipe insulators.
Originally posted by perth
It's a schooner.
THERE IS NO EASTER BUNNY! THAT'S JUST SOME GUY IN A SUIT!!!
I guess we is dumb. Me and my stupid son. We got it on the first try. Hmmm.
Originally posted by lumberjim
well, glat, i didnt think it was something your boss would pick up at a glance. plus, since i shrunk it to fit under the filesize cap, i cant even see it anymore...and i know what it is.
It worked. That's hilarious.
When the craze was big I bought several of the magic eye books. They never had anything that quite popped out like that, though. I remember seeing an "x-rated" magic eye book for sale through Quality Paperback Book Club a couple years ago, but I never bothered buying it.
Originally posted by SteveDallas
So are any of you Mensa "qualifiers" actually members of Mensa? (I ask because I went to a meeting with a friend once & I could imagine any less interesting way to pass my time, and I was just wondering if maybe it was that one chapter.)
No. I got the leaflet through after I qualified and it looked like a 1970's mental institution; a largely older clientele assembled in manicured gardens with implausible dress sense and no facial expressions. Ill-informed judgements aside, though, I never really felt the urge to participate in an IQ swap-shop, and as radar says, waste time attempting to communicate with people who have limited social skills.
Now if they replaced intelligence tests with drinking games I would be much more inclined to show up (who needs brain cells anyway). :beer:
Originally posted by Catwoman
No. I got the leaflet through after I qualified and it looked like a 1970's mental institution; a largely older clientele assembled in manicured gardens with implausible dress sense and no facial expressions. Ill-informed judgements aside, though, I never really felt the urge to participate in an IQ swap-shop, and as radar says, waste time attempting to communicate with people who have limited social skills.
Sounds like you could have been joining Congress, too.
You know intelligence has no place in government.
I took Mensa's online test that tells you if you have a shot of getting in. I passed it. I think I would have needed to take an "official" test before being accepted. It's been a while, but I believe that they take the top 2% in intelligence. Out of a world of 6 Billion people, that means that 120,000,000 people meet the requirements for Mensa membership. It is NOT an exclusive club.
120 million people... That's like the population of Canada, right?
Originally posted by glatt 120 million people... That's like the population of Canada, right?
No Mensa for you.[FONT=courier new][/soup nazi][/FONT]
...
Anyone who hasn't gotten the puzzle yet, it doesn't really speak to your intelligence. Go back to it, I swear this is useful. Imagine that the question in the puzzle is being asked of you by a four-year-old child. If you still don't get it, LOOK AWAY from the puzzle. Stop, and imagine a four-year-old looking at the puzzle and asking you the question. Why would a four-year-old ask that question? Picture the kid asking you the question. Is it a boy or a girl? Why would they ask that question? Imagine what the question would mean if you were four and didn't know that the dots represented numbers.
The people who got it right away are missing out because they don't get the free lesson.
/end professor mode
When I was four I thought...
What did I think?
I could say I thought the world was flat, or I could fly, but what I now think I then thought could never be expressed in the language of that age and limited experience.
What was the puzzle? Link gone.
What was the puzzle? Link gone.
Yeah, I noticed that too. But I read the whole thread, so I thought someone else should also.
It was interesting to speculate on what the puzzle was, with such limited clues.
I'm dumb, I can't get the rose puzzle. I'm blind, I can't see the magic image. If I were deaf I could play a mean pinball.
I took Mensa's online test that tells you if you have a shot of getting in. I passed it. I think I would have needed to take an "official" test before being accepted. It's been a while, but I believe that they take the top 2% in intelligence. Out of a world of 6 Billion people, that means that 120,000,000 people meet the requirements for Mensa membership. It is NOT an exclusive club.
120 million people... That's like the population of Canada, right?
That's 0.2%... even
a 2 year old can get in.
UT - thanks. That second site made everything clear.
9 mins, including finding it on my own from the clue in post #1.
There is no spoon.
Interesting - now the link that HM provided is broken. That wasn't one of us, I hope, got frustrated and broke it.
Now it's working again. Maybe too much traffic generated by the Cellar?
UT's link is the better one.
UT's link is the better one.
HM's included an interesting article about Bill Gates as a boy.
HM's included an interesting article about Bill Gates as a boy.
Yes, also interesting is the revelation as to why he had difficulty with the game..
I tried it for about 5 minutes then gave up on it.
I know I am missing something big.
I got it in 5 tries, took a couple of minutes.
I encountered this puzzle a couple of years ago and at the time I figured it out in less than a minute.
earlier today it was killing me...i thought i had it....and got it right twice, then i didnt have it.....
but just now...i looked at it and immediately figured it out.
sux cuz i figured it out 2 years ago but forgot.
Damn, this is depressing...I just keep rolling and just keep not getting it right.
Don't worry, case. You'll likely get it in due time. If you are really stuck, check Undertoad's hint:
Anyone who hasn't gotten the puzzle yet, it doesn't really speak to your intelligence. Go back to it, I swear this is useful. Imagine that the question in the puzzle is being asked of you by a four-year-old child. If you still don't get it, LOOK AWAY from the puzzle. Stop, and imagine a four-year-old looking at the puzzle and asking you the question. Why would a four-year-old ask that question? Picture the kid asking you the question. Is it a boy or a girl? Why would they ask that question? Imagine what the question would mean if you were four and didn't know that the dots represented numbers.
Of course it's only easy for me to say this so casually because I
finally solved it after
lots of time and tries. Oh, hey, with this puzzle that just proves how brilliant I am! :D
Hey, now I feel smarter. It took me over half an hour!
It is irritatingly simple.
I was ready to smash the friggen thing. The second link makes it heaps easier.
Yes, it was for me, too. when all the extra stuff wasn't involved, it was easier for me to figure out.
I've been a Potentate of the Rose since 1978, I think. (1977 from my initial post in this thread, I was closer to the date then, so that must be right ... actually, thinking of the folks who inducted me, either early '77 or late '76 would be correct.)
You think it's bad trying to figure it out from the computer? Imagine being under the pressure of a half-dozen people who already know how it's done and are watching you work it out.
It's much better with the cruelty intact.
guess i'm a genius, because it's been about two hours (in between working) and i can't figure the damn thing out.
OK, it was easier in the morning.
The hints about the importance of the name gave it to me.
YES!
What does it say about me that my last few thoughts before I went to sleep last night were about "hmmm, petals around the rose, rose, petals, around..."
I couldn't wait to come in and try it and I was right!
YES!
What does it say about me that my last few thoughts before I went to sleep last night were about "hmmm, petals around the rose, rose, petals, around..."
I couldn't wait to come in and try it and I was right!
It says that you need a computer at home. :rolleyes:
I have the computer, just not the 'net.
Well, it gave me something to look forward to! :)
No net at home? That's a lame excuse... you could take a thermos to work with you and fill it with net, to use at home. The school wouldn't miss a little bit each day.
For those still working on this: It more about perspective than intelligence (at least that is what I will continue to tell myself). I got it in about 2 minutes. I just kept repeating the name to myself over and over as I rolled the dice.
I think you're right, newguy.
dammit the link is broken, anyone got another?
I got it on the first try.
yay. took me about 5 minutes and 10 goes to get it.....
....and i only once said "where's the fucking rose" to myself!
I took some dice around with me to various people and had them answer the question as well. Out of 4 people, one took three tries. One took one try. Another took two, and the other took about five. First is a college graduate about to start a doctoral program, second works for EBGames and has no higher education, third ... I don't know his education, but he seemed kind of slow, and the fourth is in the second year of his doctoral program.
Maybe this says something about our educational system?
Maybe this says something about our educational system?
That they don't spend time teaching silly dice games? I don't think I'll be asking the kid who works in game retail to be doing any important scientific work, myself.
Certainly not, but both of the highly educated people I asked had trouble thinking creatively about the puzzle, whereas the people that haven't been hammered into shape by the educational system figured it out right away.
I'm going to take some dice with me to a little get-together I'm attending tonight and see if people can figure it out there.
I'm going to take some dice with me to a little get-together I'm attending tonight and see if people can figure it out there.
you'll be the life and soul of the party!
Got it on the first try. I qualified for Mensa, went to three meetings and was bored out of my mind.
Though I got it, I kinda' feel like it was not really a "game", more of a trick question.
Agreed on the trick question bit. After asking 4 more people, the only person that didn't get it within two tries was a doctor, and she just didn't feel like solving a puzzle while cooking.
I got it in 6 tries. Actually, I think I got the idea in 3 tries but must have 'added' wrong so then I tried a couple more things before coming back.
Took me a while, but I got it. It also took reading the entire thread and taking some advice from previous posters
I played with it for a while a few days ago. The original link didn't work but I googled up one that did, and which also randomly added different colors to each die.
I ran through about 6 combinations, didn't get it, and left it to do other things. I kept turning it over though, and had figured out some things to try. One of them was very close but needed a little fine tuning. :) So ... what, two days... does that make me a genius or a moron?
