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He's definitely right about them sticking with you. I watched this video years ago and forgot I saw it until 5 minutes in. I had already figured out all 3, and thought they weren't that hard. Then I remembered, I'd seen it already. I already knew the answers! Even subconsciously, these puzzles stuck with me!
Got it: Something something "wahh," something something "I clearly didn't notice that last week's show was an awesome magic trick." ...I'm on the case.
I had some trouble with the first one because I noticed a difference between what he wrote on the paper and the superimposed box (he wrote the "reversed five" in the "reversed two" place, and the "reversed two" in the "reversed five" place), and that made me think that the trick would work both ways, leading me down the garden path. Once I focused on the "official", printed version, it suddenly became clear.
The third challenge is nice because it can be adjusted on the fly. If they're having trouble figuring it out, you can talk about how three of the four classical elements are in there, and that you're going to add fourth one, fire. While you add it to the beginning, you say that everything revolves around fire and you can circle it or cross it out like dead or something. And bam, the puzzle becomes easier without really giving anything away.
I missed it. I watched this like 2 years ago and loved it. This hair style is also awesome so I'm fine either way so I guess I'm not missing it? But I'm fine with it coming.
The first one didnt even take me 10 seconds its so easy even a kid could see it. The second one was sneaky, i got after a minute of rearranging the letters. The third one was just amazing. My train of thoughts (before watching any hints) to get the answer was exactly the same as how the hints flowed. Elegant
That's what makes the scam so good. You might have to sacrifice buying your mark one beer for getting that but the other two will drive them crazy and then you get two beers. The easy one gives them a confidence boost and makes them stay to try get the others.
You were supposed to pay attention to the one on the graphic. That was there for us. Apparently the one on the paper was wrong. So yeah definitely the graphic.
Best freaking part of the week! Since I live in Sweden I pretty much wake up to a new episode of Scam School every wednesday! I remember when I started watching the show about 3 years ago, and I have pissed of my friends so many times now I lost count! Thanks for the best show on youtube Brian (and ofcourse the rest of the Scam School crew) :D
The second puzzle was super easy for me. The other two were tougher. Plus, the first puzzle, when they show it on the screen, the third symbol and the six symbol are the opposite of what he wrote on the paper.
+sugarkitty2008 not to mention the analogy doesn't hold. Venus = Beauty (Venus was God of Beauty and Love) Earth = Home (duh) Mars = War (God of War) Neptune = Ocean (perfect) Mercury = Speed? (He was the messenger of the Gods and known for being fast I guess, but he was the God of travel and thieves. "messenger" would have been better to hold the analogy) Jupiter = King (Zeus is God of sky and thunder, also known for being Head of Gods, however his literal assignment is God of sky which conflicts with "Uranus") Saturn = Feast? (He was the Father of most of the Gods, sun of Gaia and Uranus yes there was a feast called Saturnalia but he was not the God of feasts, "Father" would have been a better analogy) Uranus = Sky (This is ok, he was known as the God who personified the sky as in he literally was the sky. The sky "uranus" and the Earth "Gaia" met and had baby Gods and the Titans, a better analogy might have been "Space" so as not to confuse him with Jupiter as he represented everything "not" earth aka "space") Pluto = Death Crossed Out. Clever and fine. The fact that 4 of them are not the same kind of analogy really messes this up though. I probably never would have seen it due to the Saturn and Mercury problem.
The 1st one I got accidentally... Not so much because I figured it out, but because I figured it was gonna be correct as is. (My thought process was completely off the mark, though the answer was correct.) The 2nd one I got immediately, but I hate those kinds of puzzles, so I tried to come up with another word... I failed to do that. The 3rd one is my problem... You lied twice during it, while giving useless information as to what the goal is. You said the words "aren't related to one another" and "they aren't in a sequence." Both of those are false. They all relate to gods and planets and in a specific order, or sequence. Now, the way my mind works, I am fairly poor at understanding instructions when it comes to puzzles like the 3rd one, so I am willing to bet its me that's mistaken but... The way you explained it, on top of the 2 false hints... It was presented so poorly that I feel like the fault was on you for that puzzle and it's difficulty, rather than the puzzle being clever in general. (I won't count the whole "Pluto not a planet" thing, even though crossing out the word "Dead" was another false clue.)
I got the 3rd one right but not the way it was supposed to be solved like I was way off but correct at the same time lol I thought "dead" was crossed off because it was the only word with two of the same letter in it "dd" lol
I agree to a point with you (sorry for the late response). The presentation was definitely, but not necessarily deliberately, misleading. I think what he meant by saying that the words were not in a sequence was that after DEAD (and now OCEAN), the series terminates, unlike the calculator sequence, which can go on forever (which he makes note of in the video). As for crossing out DEAD, it actually is a genuine clue, as Pluto is not considered a full planet any longer. He added to that clue by saying that when he was shown the puzzle, DEAD was not crossed out --indicating that something had changed (Pluto's planetary designation) from then to now, so it was definitely not a false clue. As for the words not being related, I agree that it wasn't presented well. I'm guessing that he was saying that it didn't require knowing anything about one word to guess the others, although it was still a clumsy was to state it.
TeamPaul17 Yeah, I never do well with explanations as it is... As I usually don't understand the puzzles until I try to solve them on my own anyway... Either way though, it was interesting... Even how he screwed up the 1st one.
I big urged the first one out! It reminded of of one of the levels in the game 100 Floors so it was easy for me to catch. The LED lights that are showing are actually the lights that are 'off'. So is you look at a digit clock, when it restarts, it looks like an '8' without any LED lights on. Up on the vid, at 4:14 - If you turn the LED lights that were on to off and turn the LED lights that were off to on, it creates the numbers of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and the missing number is 8!
I, for one, like these puzzle challenges. And Brian, I know no one cares, but for the record I solved all three of these in about two minutes (the second puzzle I got immediately), didn't cheat or hear them before. I figure out about 85-90% of the 'scams'/challenges presented on this channel - but I'm not the type to frequent bars/pubs.
I knew the "New Door" puzzle, because it in a book by Richard Lederer. I think it was titled, "English Our Crazy Language". I read the answer in the book. Kudos to the guy who solved it. The only other person I've seen solve it quickly was my wife. I had no idea for the first one. For the last puzzle, "Dead" is the only word listed where the same letter repeats in the word, so it's crossed out. That fits, so I'll give myself that one, even though there's a different answer.
Bryan, I learned today that you played TF2 With Dead Workers Party My mouth dropped to the floor. I was truly shocked, because I've been really into their shows, and my brother has been really into Scam School.
I got the 1st and 2nd ones instantly. Funnily enough I made up the exact same thing as the first puzzle to send coded messages to mates in class in early high school when I got bored. It wasn't perfect but it could be done as you can more or less get nearly every letter in that digital style readout
its funny how he tries to make the puzzles sound harder. the hardest one yet and now brian's ultimate? make another brian. i dare you. your channels still awesome!
My fav is saying I'm going to slide a full beer across the bar without spilling a single drop, then I just take my hand and walk it down to the other end of the bar.
[SPOILER] First one: Negatives of the numbers in the LED clock thing. So the answer is blank. Second: I might go out on a limb here, but you spell "One Word"? Third: This one was fairly easy. It's the roman gods + Earth, so the solar system. Mercury the god of speed, Venus for beauty and wisdom, Mars the god of War, Earth is home, Jupiter was the king of Gods, Saturn the god of feast, Uranus the god of the sky, Neptune ruler of the oceans, Pluto was ruler of the underworld. Did I get them? :D
got the second, really liked the first once i saw what it was, not really surprised or annoyed that i didn't get the last one because that was a little more out there
Fast- Car. Beauty- Princess. Home- House. War- Gun. King- Crown. Feast- Food. Sky- Clouds. Ocean- Fish. Just guesses, I haven no idea if this is anywhere close to right
at the second puzzle I'm like hmm wat is it... Redwood, no *Brian says you need to make one word* wait a minute... ONE WORD! BRIAN YOU TRICKY TRICKSTER I DID IT!
For the First one, here is my solution. 1. Divide the whole thing by 3 meaning 3 symbols in each section. 2. Add the number of dashes there are, There is 8 in the first, 7 in the 2nd, and 6 in the last. Now, you should be able to see the sequence and figure out what is in the last box = Nothing
Alternate solution to sequence of words: The last word, the one crossed out, is the only word where one of the letters is repeated. So the rule is: a word belongs in the list if it has no repeated letters. At 5:15 Brian says this one is not a "sequence". Surely, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars... definitely IS a familiar sequence, so I think he owes me a beer on this one, (a) for finding an alternate solution and (b) for derailing my thinking with his false hint.
I was on the right track with the 3rd puzzle. I was thinking Greek gods because Hades, the god of the dead, was thrown out of Olympus, but alas it was about planets, which are named after the Gods' (and Titan's in the case of Saturn) Roman counterparts
got the first two as they were put down. Halfway through the video and still can't work out the third one. Felt so happy at first but now annoyed as all hell- brilliant though
Challenge two has a second solution in Dutch: "new door"->"woorden" (it means "words") As far as I know that is the only other solution. I found it using this Mathematica code: p = Permutations[{"n", "e", "w", "d", "o", "o", "r"}]; pl = Table[StringJoin[p[[n]]], {n, 1, Length[p]}]; Do[ look = DictionaryLookup[{All, pl[[n]]}]; If[look != {}, Print[look]]; , {n, 1, Length[pl]}]; It looks up all 2520 combinations of the letter n, e, w, d, o, o & r in 27 dictionaries.
Yeah, I got the one word thing immediately. I thought I had the answer to the third one, in that Dead doesn't belong because it was the only word in there that repeated the same character twice: d. I do like the actual solution, in that's it's almost impossible to get but it made sense as soon as you said it.
I noticed that in the one with the nine words you can also say that dead is crossed out because dead is the only word with two letters in it that are the same.
Paused at 2:53 New Door is an anagram for One Word. Those LCDs are the inverse for 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. All the words on the list have plural “s” or “ies”. Fasts, beauties, homes and homies, wars, kings, feasts, skies, oceans. What trips you up is the first fast because it is the no eating type of fast.
I know I'm late to this video but I was actually somewhat close with that last one! I was thinking of the greek gods and if I somehow got to their roman versions I MAY have gotten it. Love these vids man!
The digital clock one was great but very hard. I would have never gotten it in a million years. For the third riddle, "dead" also is the only word listed that has two of the same letters.
For the last puzzle. Technically it would also be right to say that the word “dead” would not fit with the other words because it is the only word that has a repeating letter.
I notice that the sixth entry in the "calculator" display problem is different between the paper version and the one displayed to us. The top and bottom lines are reversed.
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I owe you a dollar now
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He's definitely right about them sticking with you. I watched this video years ago and forgot I saw it until 5 minutes in. I had already figured out all 3, and thought they weren't that hard. Then I remembered, I'd seen it already. I already knew the answers! Even subconsciously, these puzzles stuck with me!
For the third one. I thought the dead was extra because none of the words had 1 letter 2 times. Only DeaD had the letter D 2 times
Same here. 😀
PandaGirl2112 Me too.
Mercury has two r's?
SAME
+brandon rios But "Fast" Doesn't. The associated word. I also noted that dead was only word with repeat letters.
Got it: Something something "wahh," something something "I clearly didn't notice that last week's show was an awesome magic trick."
...I'm on the case.
2:37 - Is it just me, or are the 2 and 5 backwards?
LOL. Your right 😂
+Sphee hood (Sphhood) no they arent backwords but i do believe the 6 is done incorrectly
+supernerd1212 On the paper it is backwards, on the graphic it is right.
+WillRennar you are right i didn´t even see that
WillRennar they are
I had some trouble with the first one because I noticed a difference between what he wrote on the paper and the superimposed box (he wrote the "reversed five" in the "reversed two" place, and the "reversed two" in the "reversed five" place), and that made me think that the trick would work both ways, leading me down the garden path. Once I focused on the "official", printed version, it suddenly became clear.
Got the second one nearly right out the gate. I am elated.
same
WAIT! My answer to the last one is that each word has no letter that appears more than once, except for dead, which has two d's.
I actually thought that the answer to the first puzzle (with the caclaor display) was that it spells out "NEW DOOR"
same
so did I
I love this channel! I can spend hours each day just watching all these awesome tricks:D
I thought the last one had to do with the fact that the word "dead" was the only one that used a letter (d) twice.
So did I
Steve Sharp I did as well but who cares
The third challenge is nice because it can be adjusted on the fly. If they're having trouble figuring it out, you can talk about how three of the four classical elements are in there, and that you're going to add fourth one, fire. While you add it to the beginning, you say that everything revolves around fire and you can circle it or cross it out like dead or something. And bam, the puzzle becomes easier without really giving anything away.
thank god u got rid of that 90's freakig hairstyle
+Diptanu Chaudhuri **sigh** i.imgur.com/91sn32Q.jpg?fb
+Scam School I miss the spiked hair :/ any chance of bring it back at the near future?
I missed it. I watched this like 2 years ago and loved it. This hair style is also awesome so I'm fine either way so I guess I'm not missing it? But I'm fine with it coming.
Stegosaurus hair?
It's good to rewatch good old stuff from Scam School, now that you're involved with Modern Rogue :)
There is a fail, on the paper
Look to the first quiz with the number
Look close to the paper at "3:52" and at the screen "1:24"
Why are you, speaking like this, when you don’t, need to do this?
The first one didnt even take me 10 seconds its so easy even a kid could see it. The second one was sneaky, i got after a minute of rearranging the letters. The third one was just amazing. My train of thoughts (before watching any hints) to get the answer was exactly the same as how the hints flowed. Elegant
Dead is the only entry with repeating letters.
axelasdf that's what I thought to
I have a quiz.
Lamb, Nutcracker, Pancreas, Burkina Faso, Bespoke, Polished.
uhhh... answer please?
That's what makes the scam so good. You might have to sacrifice buying your mark one beer for getting that but the other two will drive them crazy and then you get two beers. The easy one gives them a confidence boost and makes them stay to try get the others.
i'm glad he changed his hair
*nods approval from the heavens*
*sheds a single tear for your commitment to the cause*
How the hell can we solve the first puzzle if the symbols on the paper are different from the symbols on the graphic? Which is right?
You were supposed to pay attention to the one on the graphic. That was there for us. Apparently the one on the paper was wrong. So yeah definitely the graphic.
Best freaking part of the week! Since I live in Sweden I pretty much wake up to a new episode of Scam School every wednesday! I remember when I started watching the show about 3 years ago, and I have pissed of my friends so many times now I lost count! Thanks for the best show on youtube Brian (and ofcourse the rest of the Scam School crew) :D
I'm coming from the future, where Pluto is once again considered a planet and we have discovered gravitational waves
+Neo_metallum1618 Scroopy Noopers?
+Scam School R&M!
Waiting for Pluto to be reconsidered a planet, as gravitational waves have been discovered early 2016 :)
Nice. Dude's drinking Shiner Bock. One of my favorites. Gotta love the Darker/Amber stuff.
why is the youtube layout different for this vid?
ik its weird
The last one I never ended up getting until you explained it, but the first two I had before you were done with the explanation! :-D
Isn't the 2 and 5 reversed on the 7 segment display?
no
yes, in his original write up it was..
The second puzzle was super easy for me. The other two were tougher.
Plus, the first puzzle, when they show it on the screen, the third symbol and the six symbol are the opposite of what he wrote on the paper.
and i thought i was bad at giving hints.
I thought the word dead was different from the group because it is the only word with 2 repeated letters in it (2 d, DeaD)
i got the second one. the first one is rather clever. the third ust in't fair. you'd haveto know about the gods relation to planets and all that.
Yeah!
+sugarkitty2008 not to mention the analogy doesn't hold.
Venus = Beauty (Venus was God of Beauty and Love)
Earth = Home (duh)
Mars = War (God of War)
Neptune = Ocean (perfect)
Mercury = Speed? (He was the messenger of the Gods and known for being fast I guess, but he was the God of travel and thieves. "messenger" would have been better to hold the analogy)
Jupiter = King (Zeus is God of sky and thunder, also known for being Head of Gods, however his literal assignment is God of sky which conflicts with "Uranus")
Saturn = Feast? (He was the Father of most of the Gods, sun of Gaia and Uranus yes there was a feast called Saturnalia but he was not the God of feasts, "Father" would have been a better analogy)
Uranus = Sky (This is ok, he was known as the God who personified the sky as in he literally was the sky. The sky "uranus" and the Earth "Gaia" met and had baby Gods and the Titans, a better analogy might have been "Space" so as not to confuse him with Jupiter as he represented everything "not" earth aka "space")
Pluto = Death Crossed Out. Clever and fine. The fact that 4 of them are not the same kind of analogy really messes this up though. I probably never would have seen it due to the Saturn and Mercury problem.
My "God" I just realised they were Roman gods not Greek gods.
+Larkspur There's also the problem that he says the second set of words aren't related to each other.
+Larkspur judging by the snobbish comments regarding this, that actually makes the puzzle harder.
Amazing how u think of new stuff every week. I got new door and the first but third was pretty tough.
The 1st one I got accidentally... Not so much because I figured it out, but because I figured it was gonna be correct as is. (My thought process was completely off the mark, though the answer was correct.)
The 2nd one I got immediately, but I hate those kinds of puzzles, so I tried to come up with another word... I failed to do that.
The 3rd one is my problem... You lied twice during it, while giving useless information as to what the goal is. You said the words "aren't related to one another" and "they aren't in a sequence." Both of those are false. They all relate to gods and planets and in a specific order, or sequence.
Now, the way my mind works, I am fairly poor at understanding instructions when it comes to puzzles like the 3rd one, so I am willing to bet its me that's mistaken but... The way you explained it, on top of the 2 false hints... It was presented so poorly that I feel like the fault was on you for that puzzle and it's difficulty, rather than the puzzle being clever in general. (I won't count the whole "Pluto not a planet" thing, even though crossing out the word "Dead" was another false clue.)
Yeah true. I agree with you.
I got the 3rd one right but not the way it was supposed to be solved like I was way off but correct at the same time lol I thought "dead" was crossed off because it was the only word with two of the same letter in it "dd" lol
I agree to a point with you (sorry for the late response). The presentation was definitely, but not necessarily deliberately, misleading. I think what he meant by saying that the words were not in a sequence was that after DEAD (and now OCEAN), the series terminates, unlike the calculator sequence, which can go on forever (which he makes note of in the video). As for crossing out DEAD, it actually is a genuine clue, as Pluto is not considered a full planet any longer. He added to that clue by saying that when he was shown the puzzle, DEAD was not crossed out --indicating that something had changed (Pluto's planetary designation) from then to now, so it was definitely not a false clue.
As for the words not being related, I agree that it wasn't presented well. I'm guessing that he was saying that it didn't require knowing anything about one word to guess the others, although it was still a clumsy was to state it.
TeamPaul17 Yeah, I never do well with explanations as it is... As I usually don't understand the puzzles until I try to solve them on my own anyway...
Either way though, it was interesting... Even how he screwed up the 1st one.
I big urged the first one out! It reminded of of one of the levels in the game 100 Floors so it was easy for me to catch. The LED lights that are showing are actually the lights that are 'off'. So is you look at a digit clock, when it restarts, it looks like an '8' without any LED lights on. Up on the vid, at 4:14 - If you turn the LED lights that were on to off and turn the LED lights that were off to on, it creates the numbers of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and the missing number is 8!
I got the one word one
I, for one, like these puzzle challenges. And Brian, I know no one cares, but for the record I solved all three of these in about two minutes (the second puzzle I got immediately), didn't cheat or hear them before. I figure out about 85-90% of the 'scams'/challenges presented on this channel - but I'm not the type to frequent bars/pubs.
I know the second answer:
The answer is ONE WORD
the one about digits was easy for me as I did that at colege once. came back to my mind instantaniously.
Anyone else here the moan at 8:50
Wut
ya i did
yeah
I did the last one immediately and I solved the first one just after he mentioned it's got to do with numbers. But the 2nd one was just too clever :)
That's funny, I got the 2nd one immediately and couldn't get the others.
I miss your old hair
MMohamed MMustafa me too.
+MMohamed MMustafa He looks and sounds like Hank no from sci show.
+MMohamed MMustafa The Johnny Rotten hair
+MMohamed MMustafa What a beautiful irony.
I knew the "New Door" puzzle, because it in a book by Richard Lederer. I think it was titled, "English Our Crazy Language".
I read the answer in the book. Kudos to the guy who solved it. The only other person I've seen solve it quickly was my wife.
I had no idea for the first one.
For the last puzzle, "Dead" is the only word listed where the same letter repeats in the word, so it's crossed out. That fits, so I'll give myself that one, even though there's a different answer.
I got the first two almost as soon as he finished explaining them, that third one was killer though
I just past the setup for the one word one. It gave me a little chuckle.
Tried these. Instead of answering it, a guy breaks out matches and starts doing other episodes. He knew and kept it classy!
Bryan, I learned today that you played TF2 With Dead Workers Party
My mouth dropped to the floor.
I was truly shocked, because I've been really into their shows, and my brother has been really into Scam School.
Watching scam school drunk makes you feel like you're really there. The pre show adverts are not lies!!!!!! All hail Brushwood God of booze.
I got the 1st and 2nd ones instantly. Funnily enough I made up the exact same thing as the first puzzle to send coded messages to mates in class in early high school when I got bored. It wasn't perfect but it could be done as you can more or less get nearly every letter in that digital style readout
I didn't recognize the HUGE hint when Brian was talking about the calculator problem. "You think of a digital eight" lol great hint.
its funny how he tries to make the puzzles sound harder. the hardest one yet and now brian's ultimate? make another brian. i dare you. your channels still awesome!
I work with electronics a lot, and I figured out the calculator one in a matter of seconds. I love inverters.
His hint to one word is great
that first one was super super easy for me, i instantly saw it was the negatives. the other two stumped me till i saw the first bits of the answers.
My fav is saying I'm going to slide a full beer across the bar without spilling a single drop, then I just take my hand and walk it down to the other end of the bar.
Got the one word one straight way. I think it must be the first time I've done one of your puzzles.
I was thinking it was all were nouns except dead. A fast, a home, a beauty, a war, a king, a feast, a sky, an ocean.
[SPOILER]
First one: Negatives of the numbers in the LED clock thing. So the answer is blank.
Second: I might go out on a limb here, but you spell "One Word"?
Third: This one was fairly easy. It's the roman gods + Earth, so the solar system. Mercury the god of speed, Venus for beauty and wisdom, Mars the god of War, Earth is home, Jupiter was the king of Gods, Saturn the god of feast, Uranus the god of the sky, Neptune ruler of the oceans, Pluto was ruler of the underworld.
Did I get them? :D
I gotta say, one of your best eps.
Watching scam school makes me feel so smart. I got all of these fairly quickly.
I freaking love this show
I got the one word one straight away. No idea on the others.
Dude, those guys are AWESOME. (and I loves me some TF2!)
I figured out the first one before Brian finished explaining, I feel so smart now. :)
got the second, really liked the first once i saw what it was, not really surprised or annoyed that i didn't get the last one because that was a little more out there
Fast- Car. Beauty- Princess. Home- House. War- Gun. King- Crown. Feast- Food. Sky- Clouds. Ocean- Fish. Just guesses, I haven no idea if this is anywhere close to right
I'm a bartender and I love the puzzles, I use them on all my guests!!!
Got the second one straight away. Had my own (incorrect) theory about the first but the third I didn't have a clue!
at the second puzzle I'm like
hmm wat is it...
Redwood, no
*Brian says you need to make one word*
wait a minute... ONE WORD! BRIAN YOU TRICKY TRICKSTER I DID IT!
For the First one, here is my solution.
1. Divide the whole thing by 3 meaning 3 symbols in each section.
2. Add the number of dashes there are, There is 8 in the first, 7 in the 2nd, and 6 in the last.
Now, you should be able to see the sequence and figure out what is in the last box = Nothing
#1 a blank space, the lines are the spaces not filled by calculator numbers, starting with 0, and 8 uses all of the lines so it's blank
Alternate solution to sequence of words: The last word, the one crossed out, is the only word where one of the letters is repeated. So the rule is: a word belongs in the list if it has no repeated letters. At 5:15 Brian says this one is not a "sequence". Surely, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars... definitely IS a familiar sequence, so I think he owes me a beer on this one, (a) for finding an alternate solution and (b) for derailing my thinking with his false hint.
I was on the right track with the 3rd puzzle. I was thinking Greek gods because Hades, the god of the dead, was thrown out of Olympus, but alas it was about planets, which are named after the Gods' (and Titan's in the case of Saturn) Roman counterparts
love your show brushwood,two thumbs up man!!
The NEW DOOR one was easy, especially given Brian says the answer at least twice with emphasis, in fact it was the first anagram I looked for.
nothing's better than watching scam school while eating cherry pie
got the first two as they were put down. Halfway through the video and still can't work out the third one. Felt so happy at first but now annoyed as all hell- brilliant though
Challenge two has a second solution in Dutch: "new door"->"woorden" (it means "words")
As far as I know that is the only other solution.
I found it using this Mathematica code:
p = Permutations[{"n", "e", "w", "d", "o", "o", "r"}];
pl = Table[StringJoin[p[[n]]], {n, 1, Length[p]}];
Do[
look = DictionaryLookup[{All, pl[[n]]}];
If[look != {}, Print[look]];
, {n, 1, Length[pl]}];
It looks up all 2520 combinations of the letter n, e, w, d, o, o & r in 27 dictionaries.
i got the second one cuz i know this guys style and the way he wmphasized ONE. WORD.
Brilliant puzzles! I got the new door one and the not dead one but the led light on stumped pretty bad I love scam school!
Yeah, I got the one word thing immediately. I thought I had the answer to the third one, in that Dead doesn't belong because it was the only word in there that repeated the same character twice: d. I do like the actual solution, in that's it's almost impossible to get but it made sense as soon as you said it.
Hey Brian the nook looks cool you should make a puzzle book of all the puzzles on the show and even more
I noticed that in the one with the nine words you can also say that dead is crossed out because dead is the only word with two letters in it that are the same.
I like how the table shadow makes it look like the guy in shorts is wearing fishnets.
Paused at 2:53 New Door is an anagram for One Word. Those LCDs are the inverse for 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. All the words on the list have plural “s” or “ies”. Fasts, beauties, homes and homies, wars, kings, feasts, skies, oceans. What trips you up is the first fast because it is the no eating type of fast.
Paused at 5:36. They can also all be described as deadly.
I was so close on the planets thing I was thinking they could gods/goddesses for the calendar. Mars/March... Pluto is a planet! Neil Degrass Tyson!
I got the first two pretty much instantly, the third one had me 100% stumped.
FIgured the second out so quickly, it is literally one word
I am not kidding that as soon as he said the second puzzle I was only thinking.... the answer must be "One Word"
I know I'm late to this video but I was actually somewhat close with that last one! I was thinking of the greek gods and if I somehow got to their roman versions I MAY have gotten it. Love these vids man!
The digital clock one was great but very hard. I would have never gotten it in a million years. For the third riddle, "dead" also is the only word listed that has two of the same letters.
For the last puzzle. Technically it would also be right to say that the word “dead” would not fit with the other words because it is the only word that has a repeating letter.
GUYS THE MIDDLE ONE IS MARUS EDDIE!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE THAT DUDE
hint for 1st one(press show more for it)
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look at is as all of them are 8. then take away the red lines in the puzzle from the 8
YOU ARE AWESOME BRIAN
I notice that the sixth entry in the "calculator" display problem is different between the paper version and the one displayed to us. The top and bottom lines are reversed.
DEAD was the only one with two same letters!!!!
I got WONDER.... what do I do with the extra....OH! DAMN IT BRIAN!
Really like the first puzzle Brian, but when you wrote it down for your guests you swapped the places of the 2 and the 5! :)
These are my favorite type of scams
I wish I could see him to solve his puzzles, I instantly knew the second puzzle.