Can you solve the sorting hat riddle? - Dan Katz and Alex Rosenthal

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It’s your first day at Magnificent Marigold’s Magical Macademy. But before you can learn your first spell you must get through the sorting ceremony. And the sorting hat has chosen you for a special challenge. The Macademy had 8 founders who established four houses, and there was once a mysterious fifth house. Can you figure out who founded what? Dan Katz and Alex Rosenthal show how.
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[@sqvam]

yo m

[@jaedenb3795]

Greetings

[@pvvineet1722]

I just got three Ted Ed riddles right in a row... And i have to admit that giving it 5 minutes does work...

[@michikomanalang6733]

This is the first one I got to solve correctly on the first try! Not the secret house name, though, sadly :(

[@icyraccoon137]

Wow how did you come up with this one

[@joliecrusoe387]

All the clues about the house name: *points to the letter M and having 8 letters* Me trying to guess the house name: MMMMMMMM

[@SirenPandaSabo]

If that was the answer.. I was gonna be so pissed xD

[@dixiescents]

You made my day

[@teslacannon8015]

*the house is full of s n a c c*

[@rando3794]

MCDONALDS

[@joshuarudd4261]

I really needed this thank you

[@SuicideBunny6]

Harry: "Don't say Slytherin, don't say Slytherin, don't say Slytherin ..." Sorting hat: "You're Minotaur, Harry."

[@JasmineMelbourne]

SuicideBunny6 ikr the twist on Harry Potter;)

[@fathfez7991]

"1 of 7 children does not have enough food to live a happy and healthy life"

[@ciernbn1689]

SuicideBunny6 Dammit I Accidentally Saw The Answer Here :/

[@supereinstien001]

Please move the second line lower so it's hidden. You spoiled the answer.

[@udjinia8858]

Harry: no Maths class, nooooo!!!!

[@stephsaguudefan1753]

The first puzzle was easy, the second felt like kind of a stretch. I mean, I noticed all the founders had Ms in their names, but that's about as far as I got. There are so many possible combinations of what pattern could emerge with that many names and letters.

[@renarddubois940]

the moment he put the house names below the founder's at 4:44 I instantly saw minotaur and facepalmed.. minotaurs are my favorite monster and if I had spent a bit more time trying different things it would have been such a great surprise

[@atavax311]

I agree. I feel like it was asking you to make far too many assumptions. I was looking for some logic with how the first 4 houses were named that could be used to name the 5th; not a completely different logic for the 5th. There were also 8 founders and no founders founded more than 1 house; so who founded the 5th? If Marigold didn't found the academy or any of the houses why is school named after her? The hint also says all the founder's names were the same length as the house names for a reason; but the only founder name that actually had a reason to be 8 letters long is hypnotum. None of them needed to have a name past the letter M in their name. Without going to the hint page there also was no mention of the School's name to indicate the importance of the letter M and the screen with all the information we're supposed to solve the puzzle, should have all the information we need to solve the puzzle. And while all the founders have a letter M in their name, not all the houses do; so i don't think without the name of the school, we should expect to notice an obsession with the letter M.

[@mikeysrose]

I noticed the Ms and that every M was in a different position in each name, but I didn't know what to do with that information. I tried pulling the letter right before and right after each M, or the letters at the beginnings and ends of each name, but had nothing.

[@iceyyl3mon]

Yea

[@iceyyl3mon]

@@renarddubois940 lol 444

[@Nutririana]

Second one was a bit of a stretch, I got the answer, but i dismiss it as it was not able to tell why the other houses got their names, or why we had meramaid instead of mermaid...

[@kosica4126]

No clue how the other houses got their names, but I think it's meramaid instead of mermaid, because they needed 8 Letters and mermaid would have only been seven

[@LegacyFTW]

@@kosica4126 indeed, they did but that is the unusual bit that you’d only notice if you were particularly observant

[@raymondxu6455]

I'm assuming this is where Moldevort was taught?

[@raymondxu6455]

@PotatoTornado Seems like a valid point.

[@ukulelepaperplane]

most likely

[@professorrama-headofthehou9045]

well moldevort has 9 letters wich means he was the forbidden wizard

[@smokeybrown8752]

Marry potter sure is smart.

[@whoisanarnb]

He used to be called Mom Riddle then. But your correct.

[@samuelsunnyd7187]

When you're a wizard but you can't afford Hogwarts

[@mailgoogle2487]

Samuel SunnyD 1st comment with ted liking

[@inyshel7018]

When you're smart but can't afford harward. One as the same thing.

[@MrSoleyn]

Mogwarts

[@ee-tq3xu]

@@inyshel7018 H A R W A R D

[@squillward498]

hahaha

[@KnakuanaRka]

Does anyone else think the second part of this problem is totally different from anything else in the series? I mean, with all of the other riddles there’s a clear right and wrong answer and a series of logical steps to deduce it, but this one is more open ended. “Figure out the name of the secret house” could be anything; the solution just involves making a series of associations until you find something that makes sense.

[@ej2953]

The solution to part 2 had nothing to do with logic.

[@Habizuh_Studios]

you can still befriend people in different houses, right? RICHES.

[@mcsy98]

Assuming they want to befriend you for true friendship, not your riches o_o

[@Habizuh_Studios]

You may be the only member of your house, but you can still converse and make friends with members of the other houses, one would assume. And given that you just discovered the secret 5th house, it’s safe to assume everybody’s curious about you and will want to get to know you.

[@Becky_Cooling]

Also you would need to join up with another house for lessons.

[@VSlingshot-xzx]

but how many people in hp were best friends with ppl from diff house? you'll likely get no friend (true) unless someone else joins as well

[@michikomanalang6733]

*tips sorting hat* _m’academy_

[@user-dx5fq1pp1w]

Thank you for making me choke on rice :)

[@jaydentalor7198]

I am sorry but what do you mean..?

[@farmanlaway5263]

@@jaydentalor7198 it's a pun. You know, like thank you m'lady, but to the hat, m'academy

[@Imamotherfreakingavocado]

That made me laugh so much-

[@khaitranngoc4176]

Nah, bonne the Jacksfilms tipping hat, where can I get this one

[@jakedesnake97]

Me: "Mom, I want to go to Hogwarts" Mom: "We have Hogwarts at home." Hogwarts at home:

[@fathfez7991]

"1 of 7 children does not have enough food to live a happy and healthy life"

[@jollybee3432]

"A cockroach can hold it's breath for about 40 mins."

[@bhanupriyaraut714]

🤣🤣🤣

[@uzumakit5872]

I didn't get it... Can anyone explain

[@SotSobRKamikaze]

@@uzumakit5872 it is a meme about children wanting something and parents either not understanding or not caring. Child states I want x and mom responds we have x at home. When the child wants to see x it is either a cheap knock off or only superficialy the same. In this case the child wants Hogwarts with Slytherin, Ravenclaw etc. But gets the houses in this video. For the mom both are magic Schools with houses and therfore the same but for the child both are obviously different

[@gingerinajacket8519]

I thought the house's name was "Marigold", in a sort of "Mary's mother had 5 daughters" sort of deal. Ah well

[@captain-insano]

Ayy I'm glad I'm not the only one

[@coral576]

Me to

[@irmalair9861]

Same

[@mistingwolf]

I aced the first part about sorting each founder, but I needed a bit more help on the secret house. Stopped as soon as they mentioned "something critical about the houses," then I nailed it! I give myself a solid B+!

[@konstantinosretzepis7037]

"Mom can we have Harry Potter?" "No we have Harry Potter at home" Harry Potter at home:

[@aashiyanaashfaqueiv-aroll-4131]

"Wingardium Leviosa!"

[@Elliyan4]

@@aashiyanaashfaqueiv-aroll-4131 No no, it's Mingardium

[@gauravyamohan2479]

@@Elliyan4 mingardium meviosar Edit: it's been 2 weeks and no one has replied to this and said "stop stop stop, you're going to take someone's eye out. Besides, it's mevi-O-sa not meviosar. You need to make an O sound"

[@MrConfused.]

@@gauravyamohan2479 the fthibf u jusr said

[@gauravyamohan2479]

@@MrConfused. read the philosopher's stone and educate yourself, child

[@moozieb2516]

Ted Ed: your first day at.... Me: *sees giant m* Mogwarts Ted Ed: ....Magnificent marigold’s magical macademy Me:.......close enough.

[@ChrisIsAPotato]

1k likes, 8 months ago but no replies? Damn

[@osk5830]

The word ‘Mogwarts’ Made me laugh harder than it Should have

[@blipblop21O8]

your first day at magical mcdonalds school

[@xxgamingstarrxxmobile5504]

Mcademy* (not Macademy)

[@arcanesidus_]

ASHHAHAB

[@idrinksandwiches]

i’m very proud of myself of figuring out each house each founder established without keeping track of things on a piece of paper

[@kevinmcgiveney5128]

Alternatively, you could start the riddle like this; if Funflame and Imaginez founded Gianteye and Longmous (perhaps not respectively) and Miraculo and Rimbelby founded Meramaid and Longmous (perhaps not respectively), that means none of them could have founded Vidopnir, nor could have Septimus. That leaves us with Tremenda, Deepmire and Hypnotum. Deepmire wears a blue hat like Tremenda and it has stars like Hypnotum's, so she's out. Tremenda and Hypnotum founded Vidopnir.

[@gallifrey27]

"No founder founded more than one house." So who founded the fifth house?

[@Yesenn]

I'm quessing the hat?

[@psycless]

Moldemort

[@marisstaff7019]

The founders

[@unew4800]

i guess whoever guessed the name is the founder since there's no one else is there yet 🥲

[@sabletip448]

Marigold and the hat.

[@thechargingturtle3537]

*You shout "Minatuor" and nothing happens, everyone in the room stares at you with confusion, you realize there was a typo with the founder's names, now you have lost riches, fame, and glory, all because of a typo*

[@neogamess]

Some people just spells it how they say it. Not sure if it is a good humor. But i giggled.

[@MrConfused.]

Lol

[@hainsay]

The sorting hat, true to its word, sorts you into any house you choose, so you end up in a new house, Minatuor, without riches or friends.

[@themasterprocrastinator4933]

@@hainsay Ah.

[@JoshRendall]

@@hainsay That’s kind of funny!

[@nanwijanarko1969]

This riddle is well crafted, and a lot of fun to solve. Hints helped to, when we need a little nudge but not exactly the answer. Do keep the riddles coming, TED-Ed!

[@NotroLPS]

I normally just watch these videos without trying the puzzles just because I like learning about the methods of solving them, but this is the first one where I actually sat down and solved it on my own. I didn’t get the final house name, but I figured out the founders of each house

[@daveya3533]

Introverts/unsociable people when seeing the last choice: “I see this as an absolute win!”

[@asyrafothman]

im with u

[@samsonhaze6595]

Right? 😂

[@KnubbLe]

You confuse introverts with unsociable people

[@shreeyamittal1771]

Time travel!

[@peck3328]

@@KnubbLe please look up the definition of introvert

[@jamesnotlame2826]

Maybe the real riches were the friendships we made along the way

[@mashedpotetoo]

Big brain right there my friend

[@arwyss]

Maybe the real friends were the riches we made along the way.

[@mashedpotetoo]

@@arwyss maybe so

[@maksam0104]

Deep... 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😟😟😟😟😟☹☹☹😞😞😞😞😞

[@verryberryman7655]

Yes. My good friend shiny, the shiny diamond, who is such a terrible lier that I could practically see right through them.

[@jaschabull2365]

I actually pulled off at least one of these riddles for once. Managed to figure out the founders but not the name, and when it was explained, I was like, *mind blown*

[@camrynlong1094]

There is nothing like the satisfaction of solving a riddle and then also getting the bonus!! Thanks Ted Ed!

[@jamesz679]

This feels like one of those riddles that’s harder to design than solve

[@Olive-ey1cc]

Lol

[@elappo1824]

Still bloody hard to solve though 😂

[@abdulwasey3506]

They had to come up with the names and give every founder their house, so.... It was hard.

[@InfernosReaper]

@@elappo1824 That's because the solution for the 2nd part feels in adequate, there's a huge leap in logic to get to the path it takes towards the solution

[@nicamarianosartandgames4052]

I managed to sort all the founders correctly, but I couldn’t find the name of the last house!

[@elizabeths3639]

Same here!!

[@ilertargenthorne4639]

Imaginez makes things easy but finding the fifth house really requires more mental/physical work!

[@bts_army_girl_50]

Same here

[@HopeRock425]

Yeah your not alone

[@xxxjohnnyxxxvncter7732]

Same

[@Michael_Pereira]

Solved the first part, almost solved the name of the secret door! I like the puzzles with elimination graphs, they're simple to comprehend and solve on paper.

[@pretentiousteatime]

This was the first ted ed riddle I was able to solve!!! This was so much fun!

[@jasonulloa]

0:13 "Made some fast friends" 5:11 "But being the first and only resident ... would come at a high price: loneliness" Me: I guess those were some REALLY fast friends, if they didn't stick around that long.

[@fathfez7991]

"1 of 7 children does not have enough food to live a happy and healthy life"

[@loolka2029]

@@fathfez7991 cool

[@fathfez7991]

@@loolka2029 ikr, smart ads.

[@NortheastGamer]

@@fathfez7991 No better way to tell the world something than to spam it and get reported for being a bot and thus banned by the platform ;)

[@debasmitadas5382]

"I'd like to phone a friend." "Hey Tom Riddle, want some help right here with a riddle."

[@darkultron4856]

what? I dont get ur joke

[@greedow]

@@darkultron4856 tom riddle is voldemort. his name is riddle. that is the joke.

[@darkultron4856]

@@greedow i know but thats random with the riddle.

[@greedow]

@@darkultron4856 I know. I didn't say it was a good joke. it's just "your name is riddle, and you're from harry potter. HA!!"

[@darkultron4856]

@@greedow oh lol i get now its cringy but thx

[@crystalcloudc]

0:44 “PIKACHU!”

[@macyoliveira1710]

When I tried to guess the name of the fifth house, I was stumped. The clue said that the word was 8 letters and to look at the school crest which said "Magnificent Marigold Magical Macademy," my guess was "Marigold." I also thought that the names of the founders had something to do with the house name, but couldn't make the connection. Putting their names in order of the position the "M" appeared in their name, putting their respective house name under their name, and using the position of the "M" to mark a letter of their house name was a bit of a stretch.

[@irmalair9861]

Same I thought it was Marigold

[@ilertargenthorne4639]

Forget Durmstrang, Beaubaxtons and Ilvermony. Who cares about Hogwarts? Magnificent Marigold's Magical Macademy is where I'll go to learn the Magic of Riddles. Oops.

[@harshvardhanwagare5663]

Just write M^4

[@ashasinha2760]

Only potterheads know the relation between Harry Potter and 'Riddle'. 😂

[@fathfez7991]

"1 in 7 children doesn't have enough food to live a happy life"

[@ernestchan4557]

@@fathfez7991 omg exactly the same ad

[@somedood9989]

@@fathfez7991 You seem like a bot

[@FinalDisnerd]

Because it has to be done on every riddle: "Tell the Sorting Hat that you have green eyes, and that you'd like to join the fifth house".

[@FanOfMostEverything]

Just like your mother...

[@winnersduplicate554]

Jacob Emmerson it only works if you can escape to win.

[@anthonyJones-ll4ei]

@@FanOfMostEverything X D

[@dewhiterabbit1337]

LMAOO

[@epikitee2186]

@@winnersduplicate554 Escape the possibility of failing the riddle by succeeding.

[@Solar_Glyph]

This is probably my favorite Ted-Ed riddle ever! Never been a huge Harry Potter fan but I love the systematic organization and elegant logic of this riddle! 😁😆

[@Zxymr]

The Sixth House has risen, and DAGOTHUR is its glory.

[@winnersduplicate554]

where prof

[@dagothur401]

@@winnersduplicate554 Ｗｈａｔ　ａ　ｇｒａｎｄ　ａｎｄ　ｉｎｔｏｘｉｃａｔｉｎｇ　ｉｎｎｏｃｅｎｃｅ．

[@winnersduplicate554]

@@dagothur401 uhhh imma leave

[@Dekku]

TED-Ed: being in the secret house comes at a price: loneliness me: freaking two birds with one stone!

[@thesupreme7815]

Who needs friends when you have money

[@hittingyouoverthehead]

IKR! Especially with the pandemic going on!

[@fathfez7991]

"1 of 7 children does not have enough food to live a happy and healthy life"

[@user-de5yi9do9r]

You can buy friendship with money

[@elainegoates9792]

Can't you sneek into the other rooms and make whatever friends you like?

[@LiamMcEvoy]

I don't need friends. They disappoint me. 💃

[@Kuralai95]

🕺🏻

[@kristelpi652]

I understood that reference

[@tamoriryo]

(poses) i didnt see the dancing emoji 5 seconds ago im sorry skkssk

[@illusionist1872]

Capitalism in a nutshell

[@number1soukokufan]

I don’t need friends. They give me wrong answers 😐✌️

[@snowy2747]

The funniest thing about this is, when I was mapping out the names in my head, I made note how they all had eight letters and all had M’s in them, but I dropped that idea because it didn’t help me figure out their houses. And after (somehow) solving the house founders, and you made note of how their names all had eight letters and M’s in them my big brain went “oh I didn’t notice that” until like a solid five minutes later when I realized I did.

[@Pearkyx]

4:16 so the name of the secret house is MMMMMMMM Oh wait, no

[@eggyrepublic]

"Would come at a high price: loneliness" Me, an introvert: you underestimate my powers

[@erickpoorbaugh6728]

Who says you can't have friends from the other houses? What you wouldn't have is roommates, and that's a major plus in my book. Have all the friends you want when you're out and about, but have a place of your own to go back to.

[@fictionfan0]

Me, also an introvert: Speak for yourself.

[@joemama2867]

“Don’t try it”- Obi Wan Kenobi

[@ohtani0214]

LOL me too

[@osheridan]

Me, an extrovert who literally cannot socialise:

[@user-dx5fq1pp1w]

Was this deliberately uploaded today? Today's the start of the first semester :)

[@desaster903]

Today is when Hogwarts starts. OH MY GOD.

[@adumba3709]

O yea, I saw a Harry potter Livestream today

[@mrcraftlord1753]

Illuminati?????

[@Yoshikeeperjr]

And this is when the main story of Curse child takes place

[@humanbeing5529]

For us in India its start of 2nd semester. Coincidentally

[@Lordeevee]

0:23 The school's Latin motto is: The Letter M is Magical It's mentioned later XD

[@fwoop4848]

This is the first riddle I actually took the time to solve and I got it right, so I’m a little more proud of myself than I was before.

[@IsimpforKavehandImnotashamed]

This is the only riddle that I took the time to complete myself. I’m officially one point more prouder of myself than I was before

[@Chirp-chirp]

mee! and omg i got it right i cant believe it i never get these right

[@IsimpforKavehandImnotashamed]

@@Chirp-chirp same, hun. I was so damn happy xD

[@Chirp-chirp]

yasss i was so surprised but also subconsciously was like "meh me smart 🧘‍♀️💁‍♀️👑"

[@lyndseystrait1513]

Well if u like this, try solving the Anzac cookie riddle. But yeah, same XD

[@rosa97509]

lmfao same

[@santiagonova8040]

This is the first riddle I actually managed to solve on my own, and it felt so good

[@tancaken9990]

Same here

[@raghunathb402]

Did you solve the second part?

[@beetlebub4460]

this comment gave me hope that i could maybe solve it. spoiler alert: i didn’t solve it.

[@eliaswilliams971]

Same

[@fathfez7991]

"1 in 7 children doesn't have enough food to live a happy life"

[@CasualHobbyist]

Whoever crafted this is a genius!

[@alliescool1959]

i’m so happy i finished without any clues - set up a logic grid puzzle and it was a piece of cake!

[@alliescool1959]

wow they even set up a logic grid puzzle i’m literally so smart /hj

[@k3nn28]

I knew I couldn't solve this one. I should've just gone for Griffindor.

[@shalmahafizah1633]

Me neither

[@fathfez7991]

"1 in 7 children doesn't have enough food to live a happy life"

[@riverramos9586]

I woulda gone for ravenclaw lol!

[@somedood9989]

@@fathfez7991 You're weird

[@RemyWillard]

@@riverramos9586 Same here.

[@swathin8523]

Looks like I'm gonna be locked out of ravenclaw's common room forever if the riddles are gonna be this complex smh

[@mcsy98]

Hey, it's okay if you don't get to answer the riddle yourself. More Ravenclaws are gonna have to go to their common room at some point, meaning that _eventually_ someone, or all of you working together, will be able to answer the riddle and let everyone in. Everyone else can learn something new, too. I guess that's one of the interesting perks of being a Ravenclaw; you're guaranteed to learn at least one thing everyday.

[@VioletNKisHere]

Lol

[@guavagudetama6355]

This is the only riddle I’ve ever solved from ted ed

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

@@guavagudetama6355 Same, but it's also only the first time I tried solving one and the the fourth video I ever saw from them, so.

[@fwoop4848]

I got the answer to the first one on my own and was sorted into Ravenclaw by the pottermore test, so I guess I can consider myself a real Ravenclaw now? Lol

[@bronxbombers1314]

I solved the sorting bar part, the secret name was too tough lol. I need to start putting these things on paper, the visual sorting you do helps a lot with the solving.

[@wisteriablossom2730]

Just realized 3 years later that 0:10 is a reference to the wizards duel riddle! The 3 wands are the Noether 9000, Gaussian and Bannekar from the riddle :)

[@blueshadeseraphim6926]

Normally I’d choose “Meramaid”, given my affinity for water, and beauty. But in this scenario, I’d choose the Minotaur house. Just think of all the perks! Not only do you have riches and untouched artifacts, but you also get the entire common room to yourself. So you can have all the peace and quiet you want. Sure, said common room is probably covered in cobwebs and dust from being undisturbed all these years, but one can assume the school’s cleaning staff can fix things up in a jiffy. And if you’re afraid about being lonely, don’t be. You may be the only member of your house, but you can still converse and make friends with members of the other houses, one would assume. And given that you just discovered the secret 5th house, it’s safe to assume everybody’s curious about you and will want to get to know you. It’s easily the right answer, in my opinion.

[@lightningbolt6825]

I was literally just thinking all of this. Like, I won’t be lonely, cause I can make friends with my classmates. I will just be alone at night. Plus, it might be different to Hogwarts and let you have other classmates in your common room

[@blueshadeseraphim6926]

@@lightningbolt6825 Yeah. Or maybe something like Fire Emblem: Three Houses, where people can transfer over to a different house if they do choose.

[@lightningbolt6825]

@@blueshadeseraphim6926 true

[@TR-sg4nw]

Youll be there with the rest of the kids who figure out the puzzle, I bet the hat tells it to everyone.

[@hadezmage]

NOO it’s haunted by the spirit of Minotaur I don’t want that horrific beast to be my emblem

[@aryanbhaskar6502]

You know, I love how TED-Ed takes mundane puzzle frameworks, and twists them into interesting stories that you actually want to listen to, and then try and solve the riddle. If education systems around the world confirmed to such methodology, then I can't even imagine how much more fun learning would become.

[@fathfez7991]

"1 of 7 children does not have enough food to live a happy and healthy life"

[@halloooo1duuuuu]

It's great! I love the ted Ed riddles and that they always have a story to tell :D

[@proloycodes]

Yes!

[@loolka2029]

@@fathfez7991 cool

[@rongeetbanerjee5205]

Ted Ed should start a school someday.

[@JLvatron]

Great riddle, I got this. Interesting how the secret name is solvable without the later hints.

[@SacsachCCABP]

“So which will it be, riches or friendship?” Well, what do you expect me to do with the riches?

[@Grumbug]

Sorting the people into their houses was pretty simple, then guessing the name got me.. all I guessed was MMMMMMMM . . .

[@mercuby]

Yeah, that was what I got at first too...

[@stomyn]

Yeah, the first puzzle was pretty simple, but the house name was downright convoluted

[@mcsy98]

Yeah same, they didn't give a clue about the house names' correlation to that, but they _did_ say we had to think outside the box so...

[@shreeyamittal1771]

You got the length right, tho.

[@yamilethdeleon3873]

I thought it was Marigold since it’s on the crest and it’s 8 letters same as the founder’s names and the house’s names 🥴 I even asigned it the missing yellow+swirl hat founder 🥲🤣

[@TheBadlandsSandvich]

The collection of 3 wands at the start are the same wands from the Wizard Standoff Riddle. And the crystals from the Fire Crystal Riddle, the rubies from the Stolen Rubies Riddle, and the diamonds from the Locker Riddle can be seen among the treasure in house Minotaur. I always enjoy seeing callbacks to previous riddles like this.

[@ilertargenthorne4639]

Which wand did he pick?

[@somedood9989]

@@fathfez7991 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4nMqIyLeMqSmLs

[@ethernian2461]

@@ilertargenthorne4639 The one with a star on top, the Noether 9000 with a 100% chance to banish the target to a distant mountain

[@nj1720]

i love ted ed riddles and though i sometimes can't solve them or i take a while to do so, this one only took me a couple minutes lol

[@Duckyyys.Garden]

This was the first riddle I ever got right when I was probably only 8 or 9. Watching back makes me laugh because it is so easy, and I was so happy after I figured it out (it took me probably around 30 minutes). Little me couldn’t get the second part, and I think I could do it after a minute or two.

[@rafaelbrinosa8884]

Answer: regulate your acid doses,it's okay for a hat to talk, but it's a bad trip when it starts giving riddles.

[@fathfez7991]

"1 of 7 children does not have enough food to live a happy and healthy life"

[@poisonouspotato1]

The fifth house is called Brilliant

[@halloooo1duuuuu]

Nice one :D

[@loolka2029]

@@fathfez7991 cool

[@Swagpion]

Whot

[@soso1634]

Me: looks at 3 Me, an Intellectual: they all have vowels in them

[@susamogus8331]

Aaa is the house

[@lisahenry20]

They all have letters

[@SacsachCCABP]

@@lisahenry20 they all have pixels

[@madduckz]

@@SacsachCCABP To

[@avivastudios2311]

😁😃

[@bolarindabiri5669]

The first TEDEd puzzle I solved myself, correctly! I'll take my win (and riches), thank you.

[@kiwitheking917]

This riddle must have taken a long time to form Hats off to Ted-Ed!!!!!!!!!!!

[@brodiewright9532]

this riddle is a reference to the king midas story, where he chose richness over niot being lonely. his daughter was turned to gold and his wife didnt want to go near him all because he wanted the power for everything he touched to turn to gold. hence why its called marigolds thingy, marigold being midas's daughter. pretty neat ngl

[@wjzav1971]

I bet turning everything into gold made the gold price plummet and gave a boost to inflation on any gold based currencies.

[@johnfrancis3203]

Dis Marigold found mino hause? or dis asterius

[@leondosunmu8450]

in the minotaur house you can see the stones from the fie crystal riddle implying this is a prequel to that riddle

[@aidanrogers4438]

You’re a wizard, TED-Ed.

[@space_veggies]

I like these type of puzzles cus, with a little bit of thinking and writings stuff down, I can actually do them!!

[@nyanSynxPHOENIX]

Yeah, creating a logic grid makes this easy. I love doing these.

[@MrMandude365]

"Which will it be, riches or fr-" Me: Riches!

[@dheerajjadhav]

Ted-Ed:"Can You Solve The Riddle"? Me:"I Didn't Even Solve One Riddle Of Yours YET".

[@angelinechingoldikaanimes5638]

Yes.

[@fathmaa2389]

Same 😂

[@nevereverr]

I’ve only managed to solve 2 of their riddles before, and only because they’re in the same format of “filling In information in to graphs” like this

[@fathfez7991]

"1 in 7 children doesn't have enough food to live a happy life"

[@akisa7865]

@@fathfez7991 i hope you're the seventh child

[@Disidnte]

One of the very few riddles I've been able to solve! 🙌🏽

[@Placeholdernaame]

Wat, but, this riddle is ridiculous, unless you mean only the first part and not the impossible part that I’m pretty sure only one person in existence has solved

[@khodibritton8368]

Sorting hat: **says all the rules and stuff** Me: *_...W H A T_*

[@fathfez7991]

"1 of 7 children does not have enough food to live a happy and healthy life"

[@khodibritton8368]

0 in 7 billion people were distracted and uninterested enough to ask That is an issue but it’s not even remotely related to the comment

[@Smoggy6364]

Kendi Braxton Don’t worry, they have been saying that in most of the comments here.

[@loolka2029]

@@fathfez7991 awesome

[@dixiescents]

@@fathfez7991 Ok, tell that in another video or suggest TED-Ed or other educational ytbers to make a video about it

[@Choinkus]

"Being in the secret house would come at a high price: loneliness." Well, 0 friends is better than negative friends, so still a win for me and my negative social skills

[@1manApocalypse_CP]

"There's no such thing as a negative friend, you just made 1 friend and 1 enemy."

[@anitat9727]

Eh. Everybody wants to befriend the rich kid with his own place. Just saying.

[@engineeringsimon]

I'm the kind of person who is happy being alone

[@MrJavixd1000]

@@1manApocalypse_CP I understood the reference

[@gomshom67iscool23]

use your magic skills to tell your friends how to get in

[@nicholasspring]

The wands at the beginning are a reference to the wizard duel! The one he picks up I believe is a reference to the Noether 5000 or something along those lines.

[@retheply8092]

This is one of them riddles where I'm not daunted by the logic part but the smash keyboard names that I have to keep track of.

[@bayzidbostami4786]

I got the M thing right *Smile of satisfaction*

[@fathfez7991]

"1 in 7 children doesn't have enough food to live a happy life"

[@somedood9989]

@@fathfez7991 I don't get it

[@aryanpilley1919]

Nice one man,I really didn't get it,but after knowing how to get it. It seemed pretty difficult

[@Abhinandan_Bang]

@@somedood9989 he's talking about the AD I guess.

[@SurrealMath1]

me too

[@theashapeshift]

"And are finally ready for the adventure you've dreamed of your entire life: Your first day at H̶o̶g̶w̶a̶r̶t̶s̶ MMMM" I'm dead💀💀💀

[@arcanesidus_]

LMAO

[@venyeoo]

I CAN’T AHAHAHHA

[@RafaelMunizYT]

Jokes aside, this is the best riddle I've seen in this channel. Well constructed and it all comes together. At first the names seem a little silly but in the end you understand why

[@-Orchideous-]

"But being the first and only resident of this secret house would come at a high price: loneliness" Me, an introvert: I see this as an absolute win

[@cyanidepopcorn0107]

This one was amazing, I spent ten minutes staring at MIRTDSFH wondering what to do, well thought and accompanied with an amazing animation too!!

[@sherrys3285]

I GOT MIRTDSFH TOO before the house names finally gave me Minotaur 😂

[@fathfez7991]

"1 of 7 children does not have enough food to live a happy and healthy life"

[@laurenajaero346]

Exactly! I’m glad people thought the same as me

[@gabrielcichysilva4033]

I did the same hahahaha

[@youri76000]

Ozyaesem team

[@KingsleyIII]

I was thinking the secret house was "Marigold".

[@shriyaraina1287]

Same!!! And when I counted the letters amd they were 8 I was so excited lol.

[@santoshlandge5290]

me too

[@mementomori5580]

Well, Marigold is probably the founder of the secret house.

[@santoshlandge5290]

@@mementomori5580 Yeah it could be that way actually

[@victoryjamz]

I was thinking mmmmmmmm

[@ivancalvo4055]

this puzzle was magnificent, specially the second part. it was an absolute treat to solve and i wont lie, i needed several clues to do so

[@itsuhsami]

i actually got the first part of the riddle right after ten minutes and i have never been so proud of myself :)

[@annawolff3135]

4:22 I was seriously like "THE HOUSE NAME IS MMMMMMMM!"

[@markimbing8018]

5:08 He isn’t the first person to solve the answer for the fifth house. The monks from the crystal riddle kept the four element crystals in it, and some of the scoundrel’s rubies from the stolen ruby riddle are in there as well.

[@Hans5958]

Last time it's the green eyes. Now the rubies? TED-Ed has some sort of lore in their riddle series?

[@janicedsilva16]

@@Hans5958 seems like it...

[@knilolaslynn4994]

And in the crystal riddle, the eggs were used on top of the containment chambers

[@epikitee2186]

Well, we can assume these don't come out in chronological order, since you've got riddles set after space travel is commonly in use, like the three gods riddle, before riddles where monarchies are still in fashion, like the cheating royal riddle. Perhaps this riddle is set before those ones.

[@knilolaslynn4994]

@@epikitee2186 Or time travel is a thing in all of them.

[@MarchConstant]

that segway into brilliant was amazing

[@earthkeepsussane6229]

a 6 minute video had me working for 1:22:38 hours... i got it in the end but far out i feel silly i took clues really slowly but in the end needed 3 to get my guess and the rest solidfied my answer before i stopped the timer and rewatched to see if i was correct. that was quite fun thanks

[@xiaomeinster]

if hermione attended here, she would've been sorted to Minotaur.

[@sainirmith9869]

Yeah she was smart.

[@sainirmith9869]

@@tomchubby8216 true dat

[@mementomori5580]

She wasn't smart enough to get into Ravenclaw, so that's a no, she wouldn't be choosen for the special riddle ^^

[@xiaomeinster]

Memento Mori you do have a point.

[@number_8903]

@@mementomori5580 she was way smarter than most of ravenclaws but she just had a little bit more bravery than she had smartness

[@thechargingturtle3537]

Sorting hat: ah, you're an interesting one Me: what makes me so interesting? Sorting hat: you're subscribed to TED-Ed

[@kelly_crystal]

This riddle was great!

[@brianne4215]

i don't want to go to hogwarts i only want magnificent marigold's magical macademy

[@harshvardhanwagare5663]

both are good

[@fathfez7991]

"1 in 7 children doesn't have enough food to live a happy life"

[@akisa7865]

@@fathfez7991 the children? I don't care about the children! I just care about their parents money!

[@Paul-A01]

M'kay

[@somedood9989]

@@fathfez7991 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4nMqIyLeMqSmLs

[@aaryasharma9781]

A Sorting Hat riddle n 1st September, siriusly Ted-Ed???

[@mohammadazad8350]

I don't get it.

[@violetfionaduncan1481]

@@mohammadazad8350 Hogwarts starts on 1st of September

[@mohammadazad8350]

@@violetfionaduncan1481 thanks

[@fathfez7991]

"1 in 7 children doesn't have enough food to live a happy life"

[@mohammadazad8350]

@@fathfez7991 hope the best for all those children

[@Imamotherfreakingavocado]

I've watched this riddle before, but I wanted to solve it again because it's been a while, I put my solution here because remembering is NOT my strong suit so I had to write it somewhere lmao Gianteye - Imaginez and Deepmire Meramaid - Septimus and Miraculo Longmous - Funflame and Rimbleby Vidopnir - Tremenda and Hypnotum

[@Bubbles-od2zm]

This is the first Ted riddle that i actually solved and I got both parts!

[@actualmadscientist]

Funny thing I noticed: The letter "M" itself looks like two pointy wizard hats sMooshed together. Maybe that is why they like it so Much?

[@arseniibelosokhov8239]

"Being in the secret house would come at a high price: loneliness." Sad thing is, if you actually took your time and solved this one all by yourself, you most probably have no friends already

[@cheesecakelasagna]

This hurts, lol.

[@kaisha-thats-it]

Damn, why did this hit so hard? Lol

[@lin6171]

But once u get all the money from that fifth house wouldn’t there instantly be a horde of ppl trying to befriend u

[@kaesarlucas4068]

@@lin6171 Can you even consider them friends at that point? I imagine that would be even worse than just being lonely.

[@observantmagic4156]

I am already alone

[@Articuno-nu4ob]

As an introvert, I see this as an absolute win.

[@alexchandler4213]

Imagine not being hired to be a teacher this school just bra cause your name doesn’t have an M in it 😂

[@joeking5917]

I’m genuinely proud of myself for solving this, granted, with a couple hints and help from the video. This and the Einstein puzzle are my favorites!

[@catoctober8005]

Same

[@catoctober8005]

i love those riddles

[@NumbToons]

Because they were the easiest