Three caps, one beverage
Cap #1: you can touch, move prod, and play with. No restrictions, except you can’t pick it up (though you won’t need to, to solve the puzzle).
Cap #2: (the right-side up cap in the middle): pretend this guy is totally rooted to the ground. You can touch it and poke it all you want, but it can’t move anywhere.
Cap #3: This guy’s tricky. Imagine he’s radioactive, and some kind of antimatter version of Cap #1. You can’t touch him, and (worse yet) Cap #1 touches him, it’ll cause an antimatter explosion and the world will end.
The Challenge: within those rules, start with the caps in a row of #1-#2-#3, and end with them in the order of #2-#1-#3. In other words, within the above restrictions, get the first cap between the other two.
The Solution: Since you can touch #2, place your finger firmly on top of it. Then use your other finger to slide #1 around, and use it to hit #2. Cap #2 won’t move, but the force of the blow will pass through the bottlecap, sending cap #3 sliding off to the side. Once this is done, simply move #1 into the new gap, and collect yourself a free drink.
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Highlights
United States
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5:50, 5:50
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antimatter
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2:13, 2:13
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Scam
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0:24, 5:45, 5:47, 0:24, 5:45, 5:47
)
puzzle
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1:34, 5:38, 1:34, 5:38
)
United States
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5:50, 5:50
)
antimatter
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2:13, 2:13
)
Scam
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0:24, 5:45, 5:47, 0:24, 5:45, 5:47
)
puzzle
(
1:34, 5:38, 1:34, 5:38
)
Automatically Generated Transcript(may not be 100% accurate) ( more )
" War. How do you three bottle -- to win a free drink. Stick around. The Simpson robbed my roster of -- life."
" The world's most refreshing be. -- you take the go you take the bad to take the bulk of their you have Scam School the only show dedicated to social engineering at the bar and on the street."
" I'm -- driver should end as you know by now it's the tricks they get everybody's attention but it's the puzzles that when you -- free drinks."
" And I've got a good one for -- this week it's called three caps one beverage. It's direct. You're watching closely. Together they want plus it."
" I."
" This makes -- feel it."
" Yeah."
" And demanded -- yeah."
" Bryant -- stand in. Aaron Aaron it is good to be cute guys that I played -- and I would probably -- young gamers but right now instead we're gonna do a puzzle. Here's the setup for the club there at three. I think there -- find out as they get the big idea is that going to start like this and you will end up with this one."
" Between. These two."
" I -- the rules okay first of all. This first one you're allowed him to -- and everyone we EI yes you --"
" This right here is firmly rooted to the ground."
" You can touch it they can't imagine it's it's super -- in late at night."
" This last one. You can't touch it and worse yet if this one touches it it's an antimatter explosives. Our world it's okay I -- one area. Within the rules. And get this guy between those two."
" What I'd like it's going out of the hands on the that way that I like. In the world but it's like yeah okay. Okay that I. Yeah everything around. That's. Correct. And yes and I. -- world view of the world and this yeah. That's that's."
" Plan."
" You did dangerously close dangerously close to ending the world. In the other good thing."
" Do whatever you want I don't. Pay you wouldn't have him what you believe what we did this morning for him touchdown on. Can you let -- That's a really good solution but I'm seeing now that come up with a better idea probably with the public image as it -- and that would that's. Technically it is that the -- you can't move."
" Yeah I mean I'm thinking maybe it's."
" We did didn't you don't know I don't that's okay. Very. I don't."
" Like -- that we can't -- We can't have one at all correct. I've -- you I think physically touch or in -- as we all know those who -- explosion. Because of the winner we'll figure out what every day. Right there brilliant. And it's idea that you read it yet the only one that -- we'll by the."
" That's I have it's hot -- happening."
" I'm not the solution of the problem but first -- you got to check out sports like dot com and find out. It didn't work. -- support physically to have the hour. What went online remind weary workers to slip out of the office of port 53 for cold refreshing for a -- the site offers visitors helpful tool -- deposit."
" Are you guys ready for the solution it is elegant and and beautiful okay go ahead you're ready yet here you gotta remember the rules. You moved whenever he wants this one's super glued to scout groups. Of these -- I just moved magically and in this one right here. It touch you know it just right -- go within the rules. But history here we'll go 12. A bottom there league and I got to make sure it stays glued. They hear -- okay. Well that doesn't. Yeah -- and he likes you guys yeah."
" Heavy going to pull this -- you've got to practice before hand because those bottle -- for a little bit tricky and every surface you work on every tables going to be a little bit different. I like in the bottom half because you can differentiate the rules but whether their face up or face down. Any questions about this puzzle or we want to suggest your spare parts -- strike directly at Brian at revision3.com. -- of course you can get all the latest updates on scam school at twitter.com slash Scam School or follow me all over the United States at twitter.com slash woods. Next week we're gonna be doing a very special episode in as our salute to poison episode that's poison that toxic substance but they also made these days. But nothing. At a good time."
" War. How do you three bottle -- to win a free drink. Stick around. The Simpson robbed my roster of -- life."
" The world's most refreshing be. -- you take the go you take the bad to take the bulk of their you have Scam School the only show dedicated to social engineering at the bar and on the street."
" I'm -- driver should end as you know by now it's the tricks they get everybody's attention but it's the puzzles that when you -- free drinks."
" And I've got a good one for -- this week it's called three caps one beverage. It's direct. You're watching closely. Together they want plus it."
" I."
" This makes -- feel it."
" Yeah."
" And demanded -- yeah."
" Bryant -- stand in. Aaron Aaron it is good to be cute guys that I played -- and I would probably -- young gamers but right now instead we're gonna do a puzzle. Here's the setup for the club there at three. I think there -- find out as they get the big idea is that going to start like this and you will end up with this one."
" Between. These two."
" I -- the rules okay first of all. This first one you're allowed him to -- and everyone we EI yes you --"
" This right here is firmly rooted to the ground."
" You can touch it they can't imagine it's it's super -- in late at night."
" This last one. You can't touch it and worse yet if this one touches it it's an antimatter explosives. Our world it's okay I -- one area. Within the rules. And get this guy between those two."
" What I'd like it's going out of the hands on the that way that I like. In the world but it's like yeah okay. Okay that I. Yeah everything around. That's. Correct. And yes and I. -- world view of the world and this yeah. That's that's."
" Plan."
" You did dangerously close dangerously close to ending the world. In the other good thing."
" Do whatever you want I don't. Pay you wouldn't have him what you believe what we did this morning for him touchdown on. Can you let -- That's a really good solution but I'm seeing now that come up with a better idea probably with the public image as it -- and that would that's. Technically it is that the -- you can't move."
" Yeah I mean I'm thinking maybe it's."
" We did didn't you don't know I don't that's okay. Very. I don't."
" Like -- that we can't -- We can't have one at all correct. I've -- you I think physically touch or in -- as we all know those who -- explosion. Because of the winner we'll figure out what every day. Right there brilliant. And it's idea that you read it yet the only one that -- we'll by the."
" That's I have it's hot -- happening."
" I'm not the solution of the problem but first -- you got to check out sports like dot com and find out. It didn't work. -- support physically to have the hour. What went online remind weary workers to slip out of the office of port 53 for cold refreshing for a -- the site offers visitors helpful tool -- deposit."
" Are you guys ready for the solution it is elegant and and beautiful okay go ahead you're ready yet here you gotta remember the rules. You moved whenever he wants this one's super glued to scout groups. Of these -- I just moved magically and in this one right here. It touch you know it just right -- go within the rules. But history here we'll go 12. A bottom there league and I got to make sure it stays glued. They hear -- okay. Well that doesn't. Yeah -- and he likes you guys yeah."
" Heavy going to pull this -- you've got to practice before hand because those bottle -- for a little bit tricky and every surface you work on every tables going to be a little bit different. I like in the bottom half because you can differentiate the rules but whether their face up or face down. Any questions about this puzzle or we want to suggest your spare parts -- strike directly at Brian at revision3.com. -- of course you can get all the latest updates on scam school at twitter.com slash Scam School or follow me all over the United States at twitter.com slash woods. Next week we're gonna be doing a very special episode in as our salute to poison episode that's poison that toxic substance but they also made these days. But nothing. At a good time."
Started discussion: May 13, 2009 @ 9:35pm GMT
Episode 61 - Three Caps, One Beverage
This week, we've got a simple puzzle with an impossible-sounding setup.
Watch and download here.
BTW, first trick can be found here: http://www.ellusionist.com/frozen-by-adam-grace.html
in fact this is the first puzzle trick i have ever learned
BTW, first trick can be found here: http://www.ellusionist.com/frozen-by-adam-grace.html
yes but you have to buy that trick!!
THe cap trick is awesome another easy game that is super difficult with a great finish!!!
Growing up playing croquet* with my family, I figured out the three caps trick pretty easily. Didn't realize most people probably wouldn't get it.
*If you've played croquet you know that you can hit other people off course if your balls are touching by stepping on your ball to hold it in place and hitting it with the mallet. And that entire sentence sounded dirty.
