Can you cheat death by solving this riddle? - Shravan S K

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You and your best friend Bill are the greatest bards in the kingdom- but maybe not the brightest. Your hit song has insulted the king and now you’re slated for execution. Luckily, Death is a connoisseur of most excellent music and has decided to give you a chance to escape your fate. Can you beat him at a life-sized game of Snakes and Ladders and live to sing another day? Shravan S K shows how.
Lesson by Shravan S K, directed by Igor Coric, Artrake Studio.
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[@user-ed2pw1ne7ve]

The king has instructed you that if you're at least 90% sure a contestant mis-added or cheated, you should disqualify them. The highest-scoring player who remains will be the new heir to the throne. After you explain the rules, the children run to their rooms. When they return, Alexa announces her score is 385

[@user-ed2pw1ne7ve]

*The king has instructed you that if you're at least 90% sure a contestant mis-added or cheated, you should disqualify them. The highest-scoring player who remains will be the new heir to the throne. After you explain the rules, the children run to their rooms. When they return, Alexa announces her score is 385*

[@gabrielcurraj3994]

These puzzles are the best thing in your channel

[@ItsJericho]

:)

[@QuikArabicLessons]

"Every soul will taste death. And you all will be paid your rewards on the Day of Judgment So whoever is pushed away from the Fire and is made to enter the Gardens (Paradise), he has gained success. And the life of this world is nothing but a comfort of illusion". (Quran 3:185)

[@viiranen]

"-theyre not the brightest-" well theyre definitely brighter than me

[@shakezmaybe3192]

@peepeepoopoo man is coming hmmm yes

[@bdr1414TV]

@peepeepoopoo man is coming I guess that proves his point 😂

[@Puppeteer_in_the_Void]

same

[@Windja69]

@peepeepoopoo man is coming r/woosh

[@enbyfrogz6766]

@peepeepoopoo man is coming it's a single apostrophe on the internet man... chill

[@youjustgotgooped]

i like how according to this they somehow wrote an epic song about snakes and ladders

[@hazelnut2457]

i swear i knew a song called snakes & ladders but now i can't find it anywhere

[@tabcat]

@@hazelnut2457 Well, there's one by Joni Mitchell.

[@hazelnut2457]

@@tabcat no, that's not it. it goes something like: let's play a game of snakes and ladders ... (something i don't remember) again can you keep it secret don't tell your friends don't tell your friends and it has kinda like a pop rock vibe i can't find it anywhere it's so weird 😳

[@veryangrytomato]

@@hazelnut2457 Did you look up the lyrics?

[@hazelnut2457]

@@veryangrytomato yup

[@honeycomb7332]

Imagine playing music so good, even Death loves it

[@_aristo.cat_]

Death Metal

[@spooktober5405]

thanatos loves ancient rock music lmao

[@kusarichan970]

@@_aristo.cat_ bruh

[@excaliburturkey8208]

@@_aristo.cat_ i was gonna say that

[@vaquilaalt3554]

Because Bill and Ted made the most excellent of music

[@dimitristripakis7364]

Fun fact = The chances to actually roll these sequences needed without magic dices are 1 in 7776 each. Chances for both of them to get out alive without magic dice are 1 in 60,466,176.

[@vibwio.]

r/theydidthemath

[@valentinoromitti6005]

​@@vibwio. 6^5 and 6^10, nothing complicated.

[@agentoothbrush]

@@valentinoromitti6005 sounds complicating

[@chess1272]

​@@valentinoromitti6005 I think your answer of 6¹⁰ is incorrect

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

There's no such word as 'dices' - 'dice' is already plural

[@squishytoyfish]

Bold of you TED-Ed, trying to trick me into doing maths.

[@hashblack11]

4:05 the guy in red takes more than 5 moves to reach the end. How is it possible? Someone explain plss

[@tamirpolyakov1122]

@@hashblack11 It's exactly 5

[@chriswebster24]

@@hashblack11 He makes 5 moves. He rolls 5,4,6,6,6 + 5 = 5 (ladder to 15) + 4 =19 (ladder to 41) + 6 = 47 (first player already used snake so he stays on 47) +6 = 53 (ladder to 94) + 6 = THE END

[@KingMatthewXV]

first time

[@whoasked3677]

@@hashblack11 read Chris Websters reply.

[@S_A_L]

Alternative title: Bill and Ted-Ed’s Excellent Adventure

[@ericstelzman5190]

It certainly wasn't a Bogus Journey.

[@ForAnAngel]

@@ericstelzman5190 The Bogus Journey one was the one where they actually had to compete against death though.

[@That_One_Gaming_Guy]

Don't you mean "Brilliant Adventure"?

[@misterbrick4276]

I realized everything except for the fact that Our name could be Ted-Ed

"COOL"

[@cozyflurry]

0:45 I like how they are just happily vibing to the music not like theyre about to take part in a game that defines whether they die or not

[@theogbatman9663]

Why did it take me so long to find out it was a little spoof of Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure?

[@GeorgiaDLee]

Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey

[@theogbatman9663]

@@GeorgiaDLee I meant to put that👀

[@furrypunisher2287]

Yeah dude that’s totally excellent !!

[@that1cat999]

Excellent

[@proudbox5091]

And I thought my whole childhood that I have to avoid snakes.

[@sharzo7728]

You still have to avoid snakes because you can't predict or make the die role according to your favour..

[@ManvinderSinghWalia]

You don't have a magic die, so...

[@MuhammadHanif-bx4pb]

well you at the mercy of your dice roll so...

[@ValkyRiver]

Snakes and ladders is usually a "zero-player" game.

[@aakashmathur228]

Can we even avoid anything in game

[@ayaanz350]

*Unfortunately, they're not the brightest* Also them: Figures out a ted-ed ridle

[@bonegem2989]

yeah wth?

[@wowie357]

I knowwww

[@noob1n8or]

This one is really easy though.

[@destinyjewel2588]

They got High Int, Low Wis. Smart enough to solve a Ted-Ed riddle, yet not wise enough to not insult the King when he's right in front of them.

[@psyche1182]

@@destinyjewel2588 👍

[@raptorthegamer5524]

You clearly mentioned that the musicians weren't the brightest, so them solving this puzzle is almost impossible

[@DendrocnideMoroides]

They could be the second and third brightest people in the world though

[@GustavoSilva-ny8jc]

He just have high standards

[@yayhina]

​@@DendrocnideMoroidesthe first being the princess for having escaped death herself

[@Misteribel]

It's a simple puzzle that doesn't require math, specially for them.

[@onetwothreefour386]

Anyone else noticed the fact that when the reaper said “oh and btw” at the end of his explanation of the rules, he probably realized that the solution share a similar path, so he added the disappearing rule at the end to make it more challenging for the dudes. If this isn’t a coincidence then we’ll played

[@deggery-oneaboveall3365]

You are probably right , they did it to make it more difficult

[@asdfqwerty14587]

I mean, if that rule didn't exist then whether there were 2 players or 1 or 999999 players would make absolutely no difference, as obviously if one player could escape then any additional players could use the exact same path.

[@jovansoh]

Instructions unclear: Death didn't play snakes and ladders with me when I died

[@EmperorProtects1]

The lies...

[@honkhonk877]

did you instead go to hades and solve the hades riddle?

[@satriyanto6741]

so how did you came back and manage to write this comment?

[@jovansoh]

@@satriyanto6741 I made a deal. One with a price to pay for the next time I die

[@magiciansmagicmayhem5813]

@@jovansoh how much?

[@nanopopquiz7460]

Me: can't solve the riddle Also me: "Guess I'll die!"

[@JohnArden4444]

Same😂

[@Sciencedoneright]

Nice pun

[@bye3568]

@@Sciencedoneright pun? Where

[@Sciencedoneright]

@@bye3568 "die" also means dice and death

[@rozaj1980]

5 star hotel!!!😉😉😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@kenhaley4]

This would be a great puzzle to solve with a computer program. So many things to consider (1) how to model the initial setup, (2) how to modify the model to make snakes and ladders disappear, (3) optimizing the search strategy, etc.

[@asdfqwerty14587]

I think a computer wouldn't have much trouble brute forcing it. I mean, you only need to roll 5 times, so there are only 6^5 possibilities to check, which is easily doable by a computer. Once you've done it for the first player, you can discard all of the ones that didn't reach the end, and then repeat it for the 2nd player after each winning strategy for the first player. There are more efficient ways of doing it (well.. efficient in processing time anyway, probably not efficient if you include the time spent programming it since a computer can easily roll a die 6^5 times in under a second.. so if it takes you more than an extra second to program a more efficient one then it's probably not worth your time), but it's not really necessary to use them for this problem because there just aren't that many possibilities to check.

[@kylethornburgh]

(1) The model could just be a simple array of size 100. A snake or ladder would be represented by an element containing the index of the player's target destination. All other elements without a snake or ladder would just be empty. (2) When a snake/ladder is used up, add a flag indicating which turn player 1 used that snake/ladder. If player 2 gets there on the same roll or after player 1, the snake/ladder no longer exists. (3) An optimized search strategy is the hardest part, of course, but you can break the problem into smaller chunks that are easier to manage. Like the video mentioned, you could work backward and keep a record of how many moves you are from the goal ("Okay, from these 6 spots, I can make it to the end in one roll. Which other positions allow me to get to any of these 6 spots by using one more roll?"). Or you can work forward and record how many rolls an optimized path would take to get to each successive element. If you reach a ladder path, record your current roll count in the destination position, but don't take that path quite yet. If you reach a snake path, check to see if that would lower the recorded roll count in that destination position. If so, follow that path and continue forward from the destination position with your newly optimized roll counts and update any previous records that are sub-optimal. I haven't fully worked out how to figure out player 2's optimized path when it requires a snake/ladder to be used up. But my hunch is just to remove the snakes and ladders player 1 used and re-run the algorithm again for player 2. If player 1 has multiple working solutions, run the algorithm for player 2 for each new setup. Not sure if this would work in every case though.

[@alexkazama]

I solved in reverse, starting from the top and going down. I figured there are only two set of stairs that can lead you to 100 hundred within a six dice throw. The "complicated" part was discerning which route could work if the other one goes first, but there is only one possible solution so i eventually figured it out (to my understanding at least)

[@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821]

yep and the video covered the solution, so u didnt get it

[@davidsorensen2116]

Both routes end turn 3 on 47 (prior to accounting for the snake). It doesn't matter which route is taken first to get there.

[@boblackross3571]

Ted ed: Pause here if you want to figure it out for yourself Shrek: Closes book* Like that's ever gonna happen

[@xianthegaian4060]

DONKEY...... That's Far Far away.

[@danny_decheeto8300]

Pretty much lmao

[@bigchomp6892]

I did

[@kingofworms831]

SOME

[@nathanielgarza9198]

@@kingofworms831 BODY Once Told me!

[@s.c4754]

What I find most interesting about this is the princess. She gave the boys the magic dice. Which means she knew about the game. She knew what tools to use to escape death so she probably had to face death herself once and managed to escape. But that brings out another question where does she have the magic dices from? And also isn’t it beautiful how she gave them the one tool which could basically lend her immortality? If the boys failed the test she would never have gotten her dice back thus being able to die her next death.

[@waynelu8863]

Power of music

[@yuy3605]

pun intended?

[@user-rh2sc7hy4q]

literature 100%

[@grandevox]

Maybe she has 3 magic dice

[@s.c4754]

@@yuy3605 😏

[@KyuuTomoyaki]

This is the easiest one I came across. My only hiccup was thinking about the "ladders and snakes disappear after one use" rule as only pertaining to ladders. It's also like 4am and I'm tired. But this is still the only TED riddle I've solved on my own.

[@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821]

nope u didnt solve it, he did

[@goosifyed9717]

1:27 Dream luck? More like nightmare luck.

[@ClairandHerImaginaryCat]

Wow Ted Ed is getting more and more creative with these riddles

[@ItsJericho]

:)

[@Kermitthegod]

I smell sarcasam

[@Tengaii]

@@Kermitthegod Yup, I prefer psychological riddles, but they do more of these mathematical ones.

[@paluckkulkarni2524]

Or maybe I'm just getting dumber :'(

[@johnmeo1532]

Honestly they've always been top-notch in quality

[@serhat757]

The takeaway message: Sometimes in life, you have to be eaten and then excreted by snakes to avoid death.

[@azeasy4812]

DEEP

[@notreallygudetama]

In terms of furry: Vore can save you from death at times

[@psyche1182]

Underrated

[@conejitorosada2326]

I have to get into Vore???

[@Naestro9]

Ohhh being eaten and excreted by snakes is TIGHT

[@puppet4978]

"A true gentleman never leaves a puzzle unsolved." -Prof. Hershel Layton

[@drwillfulneglect]

“It can land any way you wish” ok then, for me or lands on 99. game over

[@johnnykirk1501]

Yea cuz 6 sided die are known for landing on numbers bigger than 6.

[@akashwalavalkar7313]

The band: Defeats death itself Also the band: Insulting the king is definitely a good idea!

[@MarMoif]

Bands, am I right???

[@driveasandwich6734]

It's common practice in music

[@predwin1998]

I mean, why worry about insulting the king when Death itself is on your side?

[@KoyasuNoBara]

To be fair, there _is_ a difference between intelligence and wisdom.

[@jonquilgemstone]

They were too based to resist roasting a politician.

[@AlfikaFYusuf]

"So.. can you solve the riddle?" "Well ozo, but actually ulu"

[@DanksterPaws]

owo

[@alsen99]

Too bad we still don't know which is yes and which is no

[@goddessdeedeebubblesofimag7789]

uwu

[@ean627]

so it could be, well no but actually yes

[@danielyuan9862]

awa

[@delphy2478]

it took me around 10 minutes but i figured it out before finishing the video and confirming my answer. it made me realize, the rules themselves often give away the solution. if you want a really hard puzzle like this, probably putting in a rule like 6 into a puzzle where it doesn't actually restrict the solutions or hint at the correct solution, to throw people off who try to use it in some way

[@chillstoneblakeblast3172]

This was a really fun but easy riddle. The 75 Ladder really twisted my head as to how he will ascend, but then I realize, a snake will disappear and it opened the world to me

[@imeldasuryanti2335]

Ted Ed: "You won't find five turn routes anywhere else" Also Ted Ed: proceeds to explain another 5 turn route

[@mrmurpleqwerty4838]

the snek was in the way

[@prakriti3702]

they said we wont find five turn routes using exclusively ladders

[@goosifyed9717]

(Proceeds to only use 5 turn routes)

[@enlongjones2394]

@@prakriti3702 The line was from later. After explaining the ladder/snake routes, he says that one of them is blocked by a disappearing ladder and snake, and that you won’t find another 5-turn path from the starting state. The answer is in *not* using the starting state; instead using the disappearing snakes and ladders to open a path that wasn’t there before.

[@julianooms327]

“…exclusively using ladders.” This is why reading tests are important I guess

[@typingname6276]

Moral of the riddle: Sometimes the obstacle is the way

[@matteosworldofanimation5480]

That's actualy good wisdom

[@marquisgrissom9129]

That's actually an obstacle course

[@animeshharshminz4726]

Is that a Ryan Holiday reference number!?

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

Just like the pilgrim riddle

[@jonathansmith4634]

I found paths to get both of them out in four moves each though. Correct me if I'm wrong and explain why, please. Player 1: roll 1: 5 right roll 2: 4 left roll 3: 6 left roll 4: 4 left Player 2: roll 1: 4 right roll 2: 5 right roll 3: 6 left roll 4: 3 left

[@ruin4805]

(A, on player one, you would end up at 26. (B, on player 2, you direct one up the board backwards

[@kohwenxu]

What do you mean by left and right?

[@Gotouchsomegrass-bs9nu]

Uh... You MUST move in the Ascending Order of Numbers.

[@matteo2042]

Ah I loved figuring it out. It felt so rewarding, when all of the rules applied to the solution!

[@augury6840]

The new “Bill and Ted-Ed’s Righteous Riddle” looks sick!

[@raven4k998]

people cheat death all the time it's called suicide lol

[@royalaza]

What i was thinking lol

[@DarthVizzle]

Outstanding movie reference!👏

[@raven4k998]

@@DarthVizzle you cheater I will get you for that!

[@louisedriscoll3227]

Beautiful reference

[@MocaHere]

"imagine a real life snakes and ladders contest, there would be gigant snakes that you can slide on!" -theodd1sout

[@julianschondorf304]

Or slide through

[@matteosworldofanimation5480]

His Wish came true

[@galacticguardian7530]

Yes

[@taran8845]

YEAHHHHHHHHHHH

[@taran8845]

Its a dream come true

[@juicywumbo984]

Pretty simple, small thinking for about 5 mins but enjoyed it thank you ! Merry Chrysler

[@StraightUpDoor]

within seconds of exiting the cavern, they sing a song about their adventure, which they could've planned beforehand this means they are both masters of improv

[@shinyagumon7015]

1. Confirmed that you have green eyes 2. Ask Death to leave Also Excellent Bill and Ted reference TEDed!

[@hashblack11]

Speed wagon ?

[@reneiracurtis9198]

It doesnt work like that. YOU ask Death if you BOTH can leave NOT ask death to leave.

[@julioaditya5876]

No they have red eye

[@tiefighter3506]

Speedwagon best waifu

[@molchat139]

@@reneiracurtis9198 Yeah, that's what they said. Ask Death to leave. "To leave" is referring to you, the player, not Death.

[@katelynwang4141]

The people who aren’t the brightest are certainly brighter than me

[@deng7879]

Is that really saying much though :p

[@hashblack11]

4:05 the guy in red takes more than 5 moves to reach the end. How is it possible?

[@TMD2352]

@@hashblack11 if you roll the dice 5-4-6-6-6 then it's 5 moves

[@TMD2352]

@@hashblack11 no prob bro

[@jazzmarauder]

I’m so excited, this was one of the first Ted ed riddles I solved on my own the first try!

[@arniclebarnold]

Great video! I’ll make sure to remember this for when I die and need to play against Death in snakes and ladders using magical dice

[@sukrati.2637]

This RIDDLE has a clear message: If you want to SUCCEED in life then you will need to face OBSTACLES.

[@mkaali]

Or cheat and have dice that can roll any number

[@littlelamb8048]

@@mkaali lmao

[@TallSilhouette]

If you want to succeed in life, invest in snakes.

[@gettingshotsomeonesgonnapa8635]

@@mkaali LOL!

[@Theraot]

Sliding down unlubricated snakes is rough. Don't forget to get your snake oil.

[@nHans]

After 10 years of asking programming questions in job interviews, my mind is going: _"A backtracking graph search algorithm might work. Represent the game as a directed graph, with the tiles as vertices ... "_

[@hashblack11]

@@shravansk hey so u r the one who created this riddle. Cool man

[@hashblack11]

@@shravansk 4:05 the guy in red takes more than 5 moves to reach the end. How is it possible?

[@shravansk]

@@hashblack11 no, he takes exactly 5 die rolls. Check again

[@hashblack11]

@@shravansk sorry, my bad. Thanks fr explainin😄

[@karenjeandiez8967]

@@shravansk there are other ways to get past this, right?

[@Femaiden]

took me till 0:52 to realize the 2 "bards" look like Bill and Ted. .

[@muhammadzaydahmed3218]

I found the riddle answer. Completely delighted after solving my first Ted-Ed riddle. 🤗

[@splogxyz3339]

normal riddles: i walk on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three at night… ted-ed: can you CHEAT DEATH through this riddle?

[@winnersduplicate554]

but what does walk on four in the morning, two at noon, three at night?

[@anubritsaha861]

@@winnersduplicate554 Ligma

[@winnersduplicate554]

@@anubritsaha861 but ligma died out entirely years ago. it was terrible.

[@napoleon3026]

It's the human life cycle 4 legs in morning means when you are a baby, 2 legs in afternoon when you are grown up and 3 legs in night means when you are old and use a walking stick Originally the riddle was 3 legs in evening and no leg in night where the latter means death

[@anamsamiha7704]

Life is for the living.Death is for the dead.Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. - Langston Hughes

[@kl4pp3d_78]

Sheeeeeeesh. I like that lol

[@informationkidunya2]

Ops Life is meant for ladder. And death is meant for snakes. Let life be like getting higher and Higher and Death a begining of new life.

[@informationkidunya2]

Ops Life is meant for ladder. And death is meant for snakes. Let life be like getting higher and Higher and Death a begining of new life.

[@samno2088]

Wow. I’ve watched like 30 of these now and this is the first one I’ve been able to do lol

[@emretekmen1602]

This is the first and probably only ted ed puzzle ill ever get!!!

[@pietrosmusi6348]

I never thought that the actual grim reaper could be a Metallica fan, but hey, that's pretty cool. I love your riddles Ted, keep up with the good work

[@underrated1524]

His favorite genre is death metal. Duuuuh.

[@pietrosmusi6348]

@@underrated1524 hahahahhahaha

[@user-ed2pw1ne7ve]

"Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is to relax"

[@DanksterPaws]

Bet

[@kl4pp3d_78]

I always do that... but my parents don't like that... 🤣 lmfao

[@Sumirevins]

So true

[@Sumirevins]

@@kl4pp3d_78 Do something Productive Too not Only relax there needs to be a balance lol

[@Pokestar732]

That death was such a chill guy,man... I'd like to meet him someday.....

[@afrinchowdhury204]

I don't know why this was popping in my home for like months,i was just (i don't know the word) to watch this!

[@yelloe_birb]

imagine if you're about to be executed, and a princess who is one of your fans just gives you 2 dice

[@justinehercthehuman6941]

Can't believe I was able to solve this one. My love for board games and dice has influenced me to do maths.

[@elijahronbelt3407]

Awesome

[@yYSilverFoxYy]

I can easily believe I could solve this. It’s been a long time since I played board games, and math is basically my oldest enemy, but... It’s 2 am and I’m bored. Meaning I can do anything as long as it’s completely useless.

[@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821]

everyone is able to solve it, drunkard

[@giia9404]

Yep

[@neighbourskid]

nah, it's just too simple to solve

[@martinstu8400]

for all computer science junkies - it's a maximum flow problem: build a graph of all reachable nodes in 5 moves or less from the source, and then, find two non-edge intersecting paths in this networking using a maximum flow algorithm: set capacity of edge between rooms equal to some big number and capacity of edge on snake or ladder equal to 1. maximum flow on such network will yield two paths that do not intersect on edges. in fact this is extensible to N non-edge intersecting paths.

[@loszhor]

What an excellent video!~

[@kishoureb6833]

Life is also just like this. Everything happens for a reason. 1). You get ditched down in life (by snakes in video), so that you rise faster in some other ways. 2). You miss an opportunity (disappeared ladder in video) so that you will get something even better. So, be positive even in hard times. Where there is a will there is a way.

[@master-gaming9338]

This needs more likes

[@vaishnavishankar7030]

That as too deep for my potato iq to understand

[@ChronusZed]

I solved it by guessing that the gimmick involved using the disappearing objects to your advantage. I looked for a snake head which had a ladder 6 spaces away in each direction, since this is the only configuration in which a disappearing snake would save a turn. I then knew that the first player needed to use that snake and the second player needed to skip past it, and working from there it's easy to find the routes. I call this method "middle-out" deduction.

[@williamhood7548]

Winning like that always feels so cheap. I mean, I do it and its still winning, but its detecting and solving for tropes and likelihoods in the question itself, and considering the context in which the question was presented. Sorta like when your friend says, "You'll never guess how many apples I can juggle..." and you say, "6," based on a number that seems impressive to brag to a friend about, and you are correct. lol

[@zyaicob]

Brilliant, well done

[@oktoay5865]

Dude you are the real life L Lawliet

[@addisonmarriott6131]

🧢

[@Legovenom86]

You’d make an excellent programmer!

[@a_angry_bunny]

This riddle is actually pretty easy because you can literally just trace each path until you find two unique paths that reach the exit within 5 turns.

[@supagreatman2826]

Yup

[@gustakh83]

Finally, I have solved one after trying so many riddles of yours

[@sunandmoon139]

0:43 This is what my parents think of Rock/Emo Music 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@summerrocha-araujo]

I don’t know if my friend Bill and I could solve this but if we could, it would be a triumphant cheat! And a most excellent turn of events.

[@chris_redd2453]

Playing games with death: Best five out of 7? Death: damn right!!

[@ayushtiwari8190]

Me:- _tries to dance_ Bill:- *ye main kar leta hu, aap dream 11 pe team banao*

[@tonyrogers4908]

I know I can never solve these riddles but for some reason I still click it

[@DanksterPaws]

The curiosity

[@meghana1113]

So that we can ask the same question to our friends 😉

[@mywayforum]

This one was actually pretty easy considering that all you had to do was to solve it backwards ;)

[@marinvracevic]

@@mywayforum I solved it forwards, that disappearing snake almost got me.

[@deaconblackfire2896]

Same I solved it forwards too, but not in the way the video showed

[@Rantandum]

I like this puzzle because it not only tests your problem solving skills, but also your ability to think backwards. Also, sick Bill and Ted reference. Most excellent! *Air-guitar riff*

[@taninsabbir2464]

It changed my insight and perception about Snake and Ladder game for ever...

[@zaneypal]

This is the first TEDEd riddle I was able to solve!!!

[@ghostderazgriz]

"Most EXCELLENT Music" hehehe Bill and Ted

[@maxithalo7796]

Bill and Ted-ed

[@langdonyeo8289]

If I ever got dice that could land on any number I wanted, I'd go to the casino and make tons

[@gettingshotsomeonesgonnapa8635]

And bribe the king so you live!

[@langdonyeo8289]

@@gettingshotsomeonesgonnapa8635 why not

[@gettingshotsomeonesgonnapa8635]

@@Modernisedfarming well, being the richest person won't do me any good when I'm dead.

[@gettingshotsomeonesgonnapa8635]

@@Modernisedfarming I'd rather offer the king millions to stop my execution.

[@garvdeipsingh8261]

I love how everyone is considering that the casino would let you use your own dice...

[@thegr1mr3ap3r8]

Nice puzzle, solved it last second, after that last reminder of the disappearing snakes and ladders, it was harder than I thought it would be honestly

[@gamingdan2841]

Love the Bill and Ted reference! They were really good movies

[@imajinerydeveloper3509]

That riddle contains good philosophy inside. Sometimes we need a ladder (success) and snek (fail) to reach the main goal (100)

[@dhruvkumarkanaujia]

death is so depressed he just want friends to play with him sNakes aNd LadDers

[@artemis_smith]

NNLD?

[@hairje1340]

I would play if he taught me how.

[@dhruvkumarkanaujia]

@@hairje1340 the one taught us everything is life not death mate

[@soup9242]

Step 1: Confirm you both have green eyes Step 2: Ask death if you can leave

[@steeledminer616]

Death: *Forces people about to die to play him in a contest, knowing they're musicians* Musicians: *Plays song about their contest* Death: "ALL ACCORDING TO PLAN!" Death doin the big brain plays

[@claradipaolo571]

I’ve lost track of how many times cheating death has played into a Ted Ed lesson or riddle.

[@99897767]

maybe, just maybe, they have found a way to cheat death

[@claradipaolo571]

@@99897767 Idk I mean they haven't done a lot of research and thinking on this. ( Not to mansplain even though I'm a girl but that was sarcasm in case by some rare circumstance you didn't know that )

[@torazely]

Plot twist: the TEDed narrator is casually cheating death every day and these videos are his first hand accounts of how he did it.

[@imafireingmylasar]

For once I actually spent the time to figure this one out, and it was pretty fun to solve.

[@zeideortega6536]

I like that every riddle, each has a different drawing style

[@joshuagrahambrown]

A song about a contest with Death? That sounds most excellent, Ted!

[@fard2780]

*_"they are not the brightest"_* *_*casually beats death in snakes and ladders using 5 moves with dissapearing snakes and ladders_**

[@Theraot]

They still don't compare to the Demon of Reason.

[@eddycabreja3332]

Finally, after so much time, I've solved another riddle

[@sunrisespartan1765]

This video was most excellent

[@benjaminporter2249]

DUDE! *EXCELENT!*

[@ikigai47]

_"they're not the brightest"_ They figured out the puzzle AND wrote a song about it at the same time that was so good the king himself rocked out to it. I'd say they're genius

[@themadvirus613]

they wrote a song to save themselves because they did insult the king

[@Abisso666]

It was not the best song in the world, it was just a tribute.

[@ikigai47]

@@Abisso666 - So? Besides, no song, is 'the best song in the world.'

[@andy19il]

I see, TedEd also enjoys fantasy and Bill & Ted

[@RandomName87126]

This gon' be the start if my next dnd campaign

[@TheTroupeMasterGrimm]

That was surprisingly fun.

[@nanwijanarko1969]

Thanks TedEd! Keep them riddles coming. This is fun. Seriously considering the annual Brilliant subscription.

[@thewaterleaf7929]

patch notes: the grim reaper will no longer be prevented from reaping souls due to band affilitiation

[@reuniq4256]

oh my god

[@hunterlawrence3573]

Wow. Too perfect

[@TheStupidRaptor]

It feels good to solve one of these riddles myself. Makes me feel smart.

[@khalidnoel7276]

I actually love this

[@katsukibakugo6157]

That was a most excellent adventure, ted-ed! *epic air guitar*

[@Masterhene3]

A: throw 1 die to get to that rly big ladder, then just keep throwing double 6's with the 2 dies. Sure your partner is gonna lose with out a die to throw, but you're gonna beat death easily. EZ

[@yuvrajbaheti6867]

cant use two dies lol

[@Masterhene3]

@@yuvrajbaheti6867 1:58 where in the rules does it state that you cant have 1 person throwing 2 dies?

[@Szobiz]

@@yuvrajbaheti6867 that rule is not specified

[@copterinx0468]

@@Masterhene3 Actually it does. Rule 2: A move consists of rolling A DIE...not dice.

[@Lucario0007]

The real treasure is the friendship you made along the way

[@Ichiy0k]

Didn't know death was chill like that

[@kyuboxincubox7556]

This is one of the very few puzzles I was actually able to solve. I'm awful at maths so I'm usually out of the running for this, I just had to rely on brute forcing solutions until I figured out the optimal routes.

[@daytonaa.]

These type of riddle videos are one of the absolute best from ted-ed.

[@niobearbuckle]

Ted-ed: Can you solv- Me: Nope, but I can try!

[@alleishafreeman1473]

I actually figured it out so I was so excited 😄