Can you solve the prisoner boxes riddle? - Yossi Elran

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Your favorite band is great at playing music...but not so great at being organized. They keep misplacing their instruments on tour, and it’s driving their manager mad. Can you solve the brain-numbing riddle their manager assigns them and make sure the band stays on their label? Yossi Elran shows how.
Lesson by Yossi Elran, animation by Artrake Studio.

[@kewl-asian]

why is he a drummer tho if he's got Einstein's brain

[@christianc487]

You know this is a fake riddle because the drummer was the first one to propose an idea.

[@sprazz8668]

Going to the box with the instrument found: 35% success rate.

[@cynicalnerd2529]

Manager: Is frustrated that his band is unorganized

[@mr.cup6yearsago211]

Manager:

[@yeokei]

My solution:

[@Doggywoof1]

Step 1: wait 10 days

[@anonymouspuppy]

“Windowless sound proof practice room” manager opens small window.

[@jeffdmmacdonald2747]

Epilogue: After the musicians' grand success they contacted the label and asked for a new non-abusive manager. The old manager got thrown in jail for ten years.

[@arubberduck2910]

Ok kids, today we learn about something called

[@renbies2304]

Or maybe if they had their phones, they could call the cops because that manager literally tied them up in a room!

[@shascircus]

"The musicians wake up in a windowless room, tied up by their manager"

[@abigailschmitt7423]

Step 1: confirm you have green eyes

[@joninfiction]

I have another answer... size. They never mentioned if the boxes are in similar size. Drums would have to be in the biggest box.

[@danshen3827]

So how is this even supposed to help them with their poor organization problem skills though?

[@CheeseTheWhistle]

I've rewatched this 10 times, and I'm wondering why the band members don't sue their manager for kidnapping.

[@imeldasuryanti2335]

manager: shaped like a triangle

[@McSlobby]

Isnt it like, illegal?

[@cleoyogi1235]

My solution:

[@finnskywalker2273]

1) order band members to pick boxes in order of how heavy their instruments are.