In my neverending quest to keep myself entertained, I happened upon this little brain teaser called Petals Around the Rose. The rules are simple. Roll 5 dice, and guess how many petals are around that rose. Clicking on the above link will bring you to a flash version of the game to assist you.
The rules:
1) The name, Petals around a rose, is significant
2) You have a person there who knows how to play the game tell you how many petals are around the rose to see if your guess is acurate. Baring this, a good flash animation will work ;)
3) The answer will always be an even number, or 0.
4) If you figure the answer out, do not tell others. Allow them to figure it out on their own.
It took me about 20 attempts with a 20 minute break thrown in.
I got it in 2 attempts. Now if it takes intelligent people longer to figure it out, does that make me stupid?
Just a thought…