The IQ Game

whassupp2

https://webmail.gaelic.ie/services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffreeweb.siol.net%2Fdanej%2FriverIQGame.swf



To strat click on big bluse button on right hand side

Instructions:
first of all its in japanese.. so read these instructions
(unless you understand it)

This is supposed to be a test used by some employers in Japan to test
an applicant's IQ. Pass the test, get the job.
Everybody has to cross the river. The following rules apply

1: Only 2 people on the raft at a time.

2: The Father cannot stay with any of the Daughters without their
Mother's presence.

3: The Mother cannot stay with any of the Sons without their Father's
presence.

4: The Criminal (Striped shirt) cannot stay with any family member if
the Policeman is not there.

5: Only the Father, the Mother and the Policeman know how to operate
the
raft.

To move the people click on them.
To move the raft click on the pole on the opposite side of the river.


To start, click on the big blue circle on the right of the site.

pp_me129

Did it !!!!

Linky : http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b31/pp_me129/Untitled-1.jpg

im...LOST

I did it though it took some time


I wonder if I got the job.........:rolleyes:

quickbeam

That's difficult. Anybody got the solution?

hybal

this is just a trickier version of the chicken, fox and cabbage puzzle. got it in about 15 minutes.

leche solara

How many move does it take?

cormie

I love them things, took about 7 minutes I think. You gotta love Japanese Flash:D

EDIT: Just saw the above reply was posted at 14:04 and it wasn't there when I checked this so it probably took me about 15 mins:p

muletide

my head hurts

cormie

test

bbbbb

solution:

police + criminal over
police back
police + son over
police + criminal back
father + son over
father back
father + mother over
mother back
police + criminal over
father back
mother + father over
mother back
mother + daughter over
police + criminal back
police + daughter over
police back
police + criminal over

quickbeam

Whew! Thanks bbbbb!! That was doing my head in. Must have a low IQ. Definitley wouldn't have got the job.

hybal

why doesn't the prisoner run off?

quickbeam

What's so bad about the parents that they can't be left with their children of opposite sex? Definitely something fishy going on there

SexyD4Lady

Yusss. Finally got it, after about 30 minutes of persistance.

Doesn't necessarily mean I have a high IQ or am capable for some Japanese job- just means I have a bit of patience. there must have been a time limit in which they had to complete it.

Here's a picture to prove I did it.

bbbbb

hybal wrote:

why doesn't the prisoner run off?

quickbeam wrote:

What's so bad about the parents that they can't be left with their children of opposite sex? Definitely something fishy going on there

Been thinking about that. It makes the puzzle interesting as the rules are slightly counter-intuitive. You have to "think outside the box" (sorry for the corporate cliche). Interesting as well, as stereotypically the Japanese are the most rule based & conforming.

BTW. Wasn't this game posted a year ago or so? Sure I saw it somewhere else before...

billybobxx

well it took me a wile n i hav an i.q of 152 n a member of mensa so i guess u dnt reali hav 2 hav a high i.q just hav 2 tink logically.

Liber8or

This reminds me of a puzzle i got in my Computer Science Problem Solving Class.

Slightly different though. Here it is anyway:

3 Couples on one side of the river.
1 Boat that can ferry 2 people at a time.

Snag : A woman cannot be left alone in the presence of a man, other than her husband.

How do you get the 3 couples to the opposite side of the river?

Solve it!

Ill post the solution later if people want it...

cormie

I take it it's the same thing, one needs to sail it back too?

if anyone is answering this, please use [spo1ler][/spoil3r] tags:)

dango

oops - what he said ^^:o
well it took me a wile n i hav an i.q of 152 n a member of mensa so i guess u dnt reali hav 2 hav a high i.q just hav 2 tink logically. - are you trying to bait people into making a comment on your spelling so you can destroy them with your superior intellect? Because if you were then you really must be clever...

billybobxx

well it took me a wile n i hav an i.q of 152 n a member of mensa so i guess u dnt reali hav 2 hav a high i.q just hav 2 tink logically. - are you trying to bait people into making a comment on your spelling so you can destroy them with your superior intellect? Because if you were then you really must be clever...[/QUOTE]
ehhh lets c no i am young so wats da point spending ur life ritin out full spellings wen shrt ones do jst da same!!!!!

cormie

It can't be this easy can it?:

a=man b=woman
1b+2b over, 1b back
1a+1b over, 1a back
3a+3b over, 3a back
1a+2a over, 2a back
2a+3a over....??

more snags?

Liber8or

cormie wrote:

I take it it's the same thing, one needs to sail it back too?

if anyone is answering this, please use [spo1ler][/spoil3r] tags:)

Yes, you are correct. Someone must sail the boat back to the other side.

Liber8or

cormie wrote:

It can't be this easy can it?:

a=man b=woman
1b+2b over, 1b back
1a+1b over, 1a back
3a+3b over, 3a back
1a+2a over, 2a back
2a+3a over....??

more snags?

im slightly confused about your answer. Are you using 3 people at a time to move?

I refer to the first line in your answer :

1b+2b over

The boat can only carry 2 at a time... A little trickier with a max capacity of 2

cormie

no,

1b+2b is woman from couple 1 and woman from couple 2, so only 2 women on that boat going over

Liber8or

cormie wrote:

no,

1b+2b is woman from couple 1 and woman from couple 2, so only 2 women on that boat going over

I understand now, but from what i make of it, that wouldnt work because :

On your 4th line, you have 2 men going over to the 3 women then 1 man comes back. This would leave 1 man and 3 Women on the opposite side of the river. 2 Women left alone in the presence of another man (he maybe with HIS woman on that side, but he can still cheat) and not their husbands...

The trick is symmetry and dont look at it as "couples".

Hope that helps...

cormie

yeah I thought it was a bit simple, when you said left alone, I thought, as in 1a and 2b on one side alone, I thought it would be ok if there was somebody else there with them, I'll give it a shot later anyway:)

Liber8or

Here is the answer for the "Couples" Puzzle :

You break the Couples up into 3 Men and 3 Women, and the trick is to assume that whenever a Man and a Woman are together that they are infact a "Couple". M = Men and W = Women. I will use "||" symbol for the river.

So...

3W 3M ||
1W 3M || 2W
2W 3M || 1W
3M || 3W
3M 1W || 2W
1M 1W || 2W 2M

---

Line Of Symmetry
2M 2W || 1W 1M
2W || 1W 3M
3W || 3M
1W || 3M 2W
2W || 3M 1W
|| 3M 3W

The Line of Symmetry is what i consider to be the turning point of the puzzle, where you now repeat what you have already done, but in reverse. Symmetry is a nice thing!

Cake Fiend

Am I more intelligent because I noticed that it's written in Chinese rather than Japanese? :cool:

billybobxx wrote:

ehhh lets c no i am young so wats da point spending ur life ritin out full spellings wen shrt ones do jst da same!!!!!

Try that in your Junior Cert and let us know how you get on.

Talliesin

billybobxx wrote:

well it took me a wile n i hav an i.q of 152 n a member of mensa so i guess u dnt reali hav 2 hav a high i.q just hav 2 tink logically.

If only you could swap some IQ points for a full keyboard.

billybobxx wrote:

ehhh lets c no i am young so wats da point spending ur life ritin out full spellings wen shrt ones do jst da same!!!!!

Why should we have to spend time deciphering your drivel

justfortherecor

I think its Chinese though as its completely in Kanji characters.

andy1249

Agreed , good puzzle , however Just for the record , Kanji are japanese !!
Check here ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanji

Cake Fiend

andy1249 wrote:

Agreed , good puzzle , however Just for the record , Kanji are japanese !!

'Kanji' is Japanese for 'Chinese characters'.