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Daily Record
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Brainteaser asks players to guess the 'poor man's' song choice -answer leaves them baffled
A brainteaser shared to Reddit asks players to think outside the box when coming up with a solution - and consider the 'simple' option as sometimes this can be the correct answer. A brainteaser that's been dubbed as 'easy to solve but isn't' has left people scratching their heads. The puzzle encourages participants to think creatively and consider the 'simple' solution, which can often be the correct one. The riddle was shared on the Reddit thread titled 'What are some of the best brainteasers in the world?' It begins: "A poor man walks into a bar and starts talking with a really rich man. The poor man says, 'You know, I know every song in the world. I bet all your fortune and possessions that I can find a song with any name you want'. "The rich man, chuckling, accepts and challenges him to find a song featuring his daughter's full name, Julie-Monique-Alexandrina. "A few minutes later, the poor man exits the bar, with the rich man's wallet, car(s) key(s), clothes, etc. He won his bet. How?" One user speculated that the answer could be Mambo No. 5 by Lou Bega, given its inclusion of numerous female names such as Angela, Pamela, Sandra, Rita, Monica, Erica, Tina, Sandra, Mary, and Jessica, reports the Mirror. Echoing this guess, another user chimed in: "I was thinking Mambo No 5. That song has quite a few lady names." Meanwhile, others were stumped and pleaded with the original poster to reveal the solution. The quizmaster eventually shared the correct answer, stating simply: "He sang Happy Birthday." However, this isn't the only mind-boggler that has left people scratching their heads recently. A question once posed by Google to its job applicants has sparked a lively debate on social media. TikTok creator Tanya Zakowich, known as @pinkpencilmath on social media, revealed that Google used to challenge its job candidates with a brainteaser during interviews - and wouldn't hire anyone who couldn't solve it. Yet, in 2013, Google is thought to have phased out these questions, with the former head of Google human resources telling the New York Times they couldn't "predict anything" and were mainly designed to "make the interviewer feel smart". In her video, she shared: "If you don't know the prisoner hat riddle, you're going to love this one. It's a super classic brainteaser that was commonly asked in job interviews at Google." She then proceeded to explain the riddle: "There were four prisoners on a staircase all facing the same direction. A brick wall separates prisoner 4 from the rest." She explained that prisoner 1 can see prisoners 2 and 3, while prisoner 2 can only see prisoner 3 and prisoners 3 and 4 cannot see anyone. "All four prisoners are wearing hats. They are told there are only two black hats and white white hats. However, they do not know the colour of the hats they are personally wearing. "The prisoners were told to shout out the colour of the hat they're wearing as soon as they know what colour it is." With this information, she poses the question: "Who is the first person to shout out correctly - and why?" Laying down the guidelines, the prisoners are not allowed to turn around to see each other, move in any other formation, or remove their own hats. Did you manage to figure it out? Check the correct answer.
Daily Mirror
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
You need to have 'high IQ' to solve brainteaser about 'poor man's' song choice
People have taken to social media to share the 'best' brainteasers they've ever heard - but it has sparked a huge debate as player try to figure out the correct answers People have been left scratching their heads over a brainteaser that 'should be easy to solve but isn't'. It prompts players to think outside of the box when coming up with a solution - and consider the 'simple' option as sometimes this can be the correct answer. The puzzle was posted on the Reddit thread, 'What are some of the best brainteasers in the world?', and starts: "A poor man walks into a bar and starts talking with a really rich man. The poor man says, 'You know, I know every song in the world. I bet all your fortune and possessions that I can find a song with any name you want'. "The rich man, laughing, accepts and says that he bets him to find a song with his daughter's complete name in it. Her name is Julie-Monique-Alexandrina. "A few minutes later, the poor man exits the bar, with the rich man's wallet, car(s) key(s), clothes, etc. He won his bet. How?" Trying to figure it out, one user guessed Mambo No. 5 by Lou Bega because it includes the names Angela, Pamela, Sandra, Rita, Monica, Erica, Tina, Sandra, Mary, and Jessica. In agreement, another user added: "I was thinking Mambo No 5. That song has quite a few lady names." While other users couldn't come up with an answer at all - and begged the quizmaster to share the solution. Sharing the correct answer, they simply said: "He sang Happy Birthday." But this isn't the only brainteaser to have puzzled people in recent days as a question Google used to ask its job candidates sparked a discussion on social media. According to TikTok creator Tanya Zakowich, who is known as @pinkpencilmath on social media, Google used to ask its job candidates a brainteaser in their interviews - and didn't hire anyone who failed it. However, in 2013 Google is believed to have scaled back these questions, with former chief of Google human resources telling the New York Times they couldn't "predict anything" and primarily were there to "make the interviewer feel smart". In a video, she said: "If you don't know the prisoner hat riddle, you're going to love this one. It's a super classic brainteaser that was commonly asked in job interviews at Google." Explaining the riddle, she says: "There were four prisoners on a staircase all facing the same direction. A brick wall separates prisoner 4 from the rest." She says prisoner 1 can see prisoners 2 and 3, while prisoner 2 can only see prisoner 3 and prisoners 3 and 4 cannot see anyone. "All four prisoners are wearing hats. They are told there are only two black hats and white white hats. However, they do not know the colour of the hats they are personally wearing. "The prisoners were told to shout out the colour of the hat they're wearing as soon as they know what colour it is." Knowing this, she says the question is: "Who is the first person to shout out correctly - and why?" Setting out the rules, the prisoners cannot turn around to look at each other, move in any other formation, or take their own hats off. Did you manage to figure it out? Check the correct answer.
Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Seth Meyers Marvels at ‘Existential Crisis' Reporters Are Having Over This Trump Tariff Detail
As the stock market and voters continue to reel from Donald Trump's extensive tariffs, 'Late Night' host Seth Meyers was gobsmacked on Thursday night at the 'existential crisis' some reporters are having over the move. More specifically, the crisis that they're having because Trump placed a tax on uninhabited places. Among the countries targeted by the president's tariffs were the Heard and McDonald islands, which have a grand total population of zero. Nothing is imported from or exported to those islands, so no money will be obtained from the tariffs (Americans will primarily foot the bill for all the tariffs anyway, because that's how tariffs work). In fact, many had never even heard of those islands, including CNN's Erin Burnett, who admitted on-air that 'I did not know that existed until today, and I love geography.' 'Reporters are spinning out! People who cover the news for a living are going through an existential crisis,' Meyers marveled. 'Erin Burnett is learning about new countries she didn't even know existed, calling into question her lifelong love of geography because Donald Trump insisted on posing a tariff on a tiny speck with a population of zero.' 'Tomorrow, we're going to tune into 'The Situation Room,' Wolf Blitzer is going to be in his pajamas, smoking a cigarette,' he continued. ''This just in, I'm Wolf Blitzer and I'm sad, man.'' In total, there were 185 countries hit by Trump's tariffs, which meant that to get through them all, news networks had to scroll pretty quickly through them on-air. And that bothered Meyers even more. 'A news channel should never have to scroll that fast through a list from the president,' he said. 'This is like a Best of Lou Bega CD commercial, where they don't want you to see it's just different ways of saying 'Mambo No. 5.'' You can watch Seth Meyers' full 'A Closer Look' segment in the video above. The post Seth Meyers Marvels at 'Existential Crisis' Reporters Are Having Over This Trump Tariff Detail | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
