Page 19 - i'll Betcha

Snifter control

Needed: Empty Brandy snifter or wine glass; an olive, bottle cap, or cork; an ashtray

The Bet: Who can get the olive, (or bottle cap or cork), into the ashtray; using the
snifter alone. They will try scooping it, flipping it, using the stem or base. They will fail.

The How: 1. Make a friendly wager that whoever can move the olive into the ashtray
using only the snifter wins a drink from the other person.

2. Let the other person go first.

3. After they fail, turn the snifter upside down and begin to pick up the olive by swirling
it around the inside of the snifter.

4. Drop the olive into the ashtray.

5. You win.

The Coin Pyramid

The Bet: Build a pyramid out of ten coins. Then ask your friend to invert the pyramid in
only three moves, moving only one coin at a time. Pyramid: Level 1: 4 coins will be at
the bottom level. Level 2: 3 coins. Level 3: 2 coins. Level 4: 1 coin is at the top.

The How:

1. You will need ten coins. Make a pyramid out of the coins exactly as you seen below.

2. Ask your friend to invert the pyramid in only three moves. They can only move one
coin at a time.

3. Once they give up, show them how: Move the bottom left coin to the second row
from top on the left side.

Move the bottom right coin to the second row
from top on the right side.

Move the very top coin to the very bottom.

The pyramid is now inverted!