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quixdraw · 04-06-2005, 02:41 AM

it is doable.

http://freeweb.siol.net/danej/riverIQGame.swf (read the rules)

The rules are:
Click on link then click on blue circle. Use the rules below.
This is going to do your head in, but it can be done. I've worked it out.
Apparently this is an IQ test given to job applicants 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 pole on
the opposite side of the river.

jcrich33 · 04-06-2005, 03:51 AM

Arghhhhhhh! Son of a........

That took me way too long to figure out!

It was fun though

TriggerMan · 04-06-2005, 06:47 PM

took me a while to get started. wasn't too bad after that

ajamesp51 · 04-06-2005, 09:18 PM

It took awhile but I got it.

ChevyBlazerGuy · 04-07-2005, 12:57 AM

Quixdraw!!!! YOU OWE ME A NEW KEYBOARD AND MONITOR!!!!!!! LOL!!! I got it.....took a while.....now I have a headache!! That was cool!! took another 7 minuets the second time!!! Thats sucks!! Then I forgot how I did it the 3rd time!!! AGHHHHHHH!!!! But now I got it down. Thanks for the hour of entertainment.

quixdraw · 04-07-2005, 11:50 AM

ok, below is a solution to the puzzle.

1. cop and thief go across- cop returns
2. cop and boy - cop and thief return
3. dad and 2nd boy - dad returns
4. dad and mom -mom returns
5, cop and thief -dad returns
6. dad and mom -mom returns
7.mom and girl - cop and thief return
8. cop and 2nd girl -cop goes back
9. cop and thief / done deal

Corey G · 04-07-2005, 11:35 PM

This puzzle is unfair becuase everyone naturally assumes the theif will take off running so they can't be alone. although I conted on it being something like that, as I used to have teacher that loved to do puzzles where the question was never what ya thought it was going to be. Ex- A train has 3 pass stops picks up 5 lets off 2, stops again picks up 10 none get off, makes another stop lets off 3 picks up 4, stops again lets off all but 2, stops again and picks up three lets off 2. How many stops did the train make. seems simple but you get wraped up in the peopel getting on and off-oviously this would be read to someone.

04-06-2005, 02:41 AM	#1
quixdraw XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: M.I.A. down Mexico way Posts: 487	puzzle/ with solution it is doable. http://freeweb.siol.net/danej/riverIQGame.swf (read the rules) The rules are: Click on link then click on blue circle. Use the rules below. This is going to do your head in, but it can be done. I've worked it out. Apparently this is an IQ test given to job applicants 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 pole on the opposite side of the river. __________________ ain't it great to live in the good ol' U.S.A. justice without power is nothing- power without justice is just violence

04-06-2005, 03:51 AM	#2
jcrich33 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Mile High City Posts: 527	Arghhhhhhh! Son of a........ That took me way too long to figure out! It was fun though __________________ 4" XD 9 w/Don's stainless guide rod .380 Firestorm/Bersa Savage Model 6 "Tim was so learned, that he could name a horse in nine languages. So ignorant, he bought a cow to ride on." Ben Franklin

04-06-2005, 09:18 PM	#4
ajamesp51 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Birmingham, Al Posts: 5,026	It took awhile but I got it. __________________ "God shall not have his word made manifest by cowards" RWE www.xd-hs2000.com

04-07-2005, 12:57 AM	#5
ChevyBlazerGuy XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Morgans Point Resort, Tx. Posts: 385	Quixdraw!!!! YOU OWE ME A NEW KEYBOARD AND MONITOR!!!!!!! LOL!!! I got it.....took a while.....now I have a headache!! That was cool!! took another 7 minuets the second time!!! Thats sucks!! Then I forgot how I did it the 3rd time!!! AGHHHHHHH!!!! But now I got it down. Thanks for the hour of entertainment. __________________ Randy XD9 Service, XD40 Sub Compact (newest gun) Kimber 1911 Custom II Stainless .45 Cal, Ruger P94 .40 Cal, Ruger 10/22, Mossberg 500 12 gauge, Romanian M69 Trainer .22cal, Enfield 303 (Jungle Carbine)

04-07-2005, 11:50 AM	#6
quixdraw XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: M.I.A. down Mexico way Posts: 487	ok, below is a solution to the puzzle. 1. cop and thief go across- cop returns 2. cop and boy - cop and thief return 3. dad and 2nd boy - dad returns 4. dad and mom -mom returns 5, cop and thief -dad returns 6. dad and mom -mom returns 7.mom and girl - cop and thief return 8. cop and 2nd girl -cop goes back 9. cop and thief / done deal __________________ ain't it great to live in the good ol' U.S.A. justice without power is nothing- power without justice is just violence

04-06-2005, 06:47 PM	#3
TriggerMan XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 164	took me a while to get started. wasn't too bad after that

04-07-2005, 11:35 PM	#7
Corey G XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Baltimore MD Posts: 837	This puzzle is unfair becuase everyone naturally assumes the theif will take off running so they can't be alone. although I conted on it being something like that, as I used to have teacher that loved to do puzzles where the question was never what ya thought it was going to be. Ex- A train has 3 pass stops picks up 5 lets off 2, stops again picks up 10 none get off, makes another stop lets off 3 picks up 4, stops again lets off all but 2, stops again and picks up three lets off 2. How many stops did the train make. seems simple but you get wraped up in the peopel getting on and off-oviously this would be read to someone. __________________ Corey SA XD40 Service Bi-Tone SA XD9 Sub Compact SA Black Stainless Loaded 1911 Sig Pro 2009 Custom S&W 686 Mossberg 590 Mariner Coat Benelli M1 Stag Arms AR15 M4gery Stag Arms AR15 24" SS Bull Barrel Upper AK47 Underfolder Norinco SKS Just a few of my Favorites "Guns- ain't nothing wrong with that"

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