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Location: Bristol!, United Kingdom
Apparently this is an IQ test given to employees in Japan:
"Everybody has to cross the river".
The following rules apply:
- Only 2 persons on the raft at a time
- The father can not stay with any of the daughters without their mother's presence
- The mother can not stay with any of the sons without their father's presence
- The thief (striped shirt) can not stay with any family member if the Policeman is not there
- Only the Father, the Mother and the Policeman know how to operate the raft
To start click on the big blue circle on the right.
To move the people click on them.
To move the raft, click on the red circles.
Click here to start
Have fun trying!!!
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Wooo! Done it!!
Not sure how...
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gah i will get i will !
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veteran
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No probs!
Why does the policeman not seem bothered that he keeps smacking himself in the face with the handcuffs when they do the happy dance thing?
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I can't even get the page to load!
Does that mean I don't have an IQ at all??
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yes, yes it does.
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Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
damn!
oh well:
I claim the lowest IQ on HoP!!!
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How cool is that!
JUGGLEwithyourmind!
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I liked that puzzle, forgot all about the wolf until someone mentioned it
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Pooh-Bah
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I don't understand the reference to the wolf...Could someone please explain (PM if necessary). I managed to get the little happy dance. 237 posts
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Yeah, I got it too, but I'm lost about the wolf thing...
Although I did like the fact that these people really seem to enjoy hitting each other.
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Location: San Antonio, TX, USA
for the love of all that is holy someone please PM me and give me a hint or two...the most i can get over is 5 at a time
i must be really stupid
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Location: Leeds, United Kingdom
wow i did it
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Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
yessssssssss! I got it! took way too long considering I've done one of these before...
The "wolf" thing refers to another version of the test involving a farmer, some chickens, some sheep, and a wolf (or something along those lines)
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Dunnit!!!!!! After half an hour
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Cool, complete, the trick is to kick the thief overboard half way across
The version I remember was alot quicker and easier:
1 Farmer, 1 Chicken, 1 bag of grain and a
.. can't remember, but when left by the farmer, the chicked eats the grain, and the eats the chicken. The farmer is only one who can row the boat... but I'd like to see the chicken try... and can only take 2 things..
TO solve the problem, theres only really one move each time each time (I think), and dont' repeat the move back... nah, that can't be right, ..... i dunno......
I used to be indecisive, but I'm not so sure now.....
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Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
i did it tried it again and now im stuck again......stupid me
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Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
oh yeh done it again......that's quite the headf*ck
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Location: San Antonio, TX, USA
ok i am such an idiot...just now got it and that was so easy i'm embarassed i didn't see it earlier
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I GOT IT!WHOOO HOOO!
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YAY! I did it. I didn't think I was gonna make it then all of a sudden it became clear.
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I did it to the police man is the answer.
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Now I'm angry....may be the fustration will help!
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Location: In between you and that spliff, United Kingdom
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I did it to the police man is the answer.
I thought smarties had the answer?
Health is a secondary consideration when you have a lifestyle to maintain
Not seen a Banana do Double staff in the woods? You obviously weren't at that party!
'my guess would be staffers dont waste time talking bollox' - strugz
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Grr just left with one boy too.... I just don't see how to do it.
Why can't you leave a man with a girl? or a woman with a boy?
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Woop woop...
I got it... yay!
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Location: Berlin, Germany
try it again... every time I forgot how I did it and start new
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Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
i actually understand it now, as opposed to just being able to do it our of trial and error
It's interesting because it's quite easy really, but your brain doesn't think ahead to what they could lead to when considering seemingly pointless steps.
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Location: NYC, NY, USA
It's the same logic as all of those type puzzles. I'd never seen one this complicated but got it fairly quickly because I was familiar with the other ones.
I guess you could just have thousands of people on the shore and keep using the same logic to get them all across.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
On a similar note, I never think those things are good IQ tests because you can do them quicker if you've seen stuff like them before.
I think I get them quickly not because I'm smarter, but because I used to do puzzles like that as a kid. I don't know how long it would take to get it if I'd never seen anything like it before.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
Pooh-Bah
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Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
The dance was CRAP! You guys built it up too much
I did it, and can see how I did it, but starting out was the hard bit. Took me flippin' ages!
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