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Old May31-09, 10:14 PM       Last edited by protonchain; May31-09 at 10:42 PM..            #1
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River crossing brain teasers

We all know and love these guys. But they seem so trivial after you solve one. Even if you've solved it ages ago, that formula is still inherent in you somehow and you can bring it up (like bike riding).

So when I saw:

A man transports a fox, a duck and corn in a boat.

The boat is only capable of transpoting himself and one of the other three with each crossing.

Question: How did he succeed in crossing them all without letting the fox eat the duck or the duck eat the corn?
I automatically went and searched for that file in my brain.

Spoiler
Take the duck across, come back, take the fox across, leave fox and take duck back, leave duck, take corn, come back, take duck, let the animals go, eat the corn, go watch TV


Post your favorite river crossing puzzle!

My favorite one still has to be the Japanese IQ test: http://freeweb.siol.net/danej/riverIQGame.swf

If you want the solution for that one ^ I will put it up right now but in spoilers

Spoiler
Take the cop and the thief across, return with the cop. Take the cop and a boy across, come back with the cop and the thief. Take the dad and the other boy across, come back with dad. Take mom and dad across, come back with mom. Take cop and thief across, come back with dad. Take mom and dad across, come back with mom. Take mom and daughter across, come back with cop and thief. Take cop and daughter across, come back with cop. Take cop and thief across, and you've solved the puzzle! :)
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Old Jun27-09, 06:20 PM                  #2
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Re: River crossing brain teasers

Tip: if you want more replies try and avoiding posting the spoilers with the questions.
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Old Jun28-09, 11:57 AM                  #3
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Re: River crossing brain teasers

the japanese river crossing isn't really that hard. you only have limited choices, and you should be able to figure out pretty quickly where each choice would lead to.
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Old Jul15-09, 05:10 PM                  #4
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Re: River crossing brain teasers

The japanese river crossing is hard because I can't read japanese and have no idea why these people are punching each other. They can figure it out themselves, I'm sick of working with this group
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