Can you solve the prisoner boxes riddle? - Yossi Elran

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.

[sprazz]

Going to the box with the instrument found: 35% success rate.
All going through and smacking the manager with a trombone: 100% success rate.

[mr.cupyearsago]

Manager: *Is frustrated that the band isn’t getting to shows on time*

Also Manager: *Solves problem by trapping them all in a room, giving them a 35% chance of escape, making it very unlikely they’ll be able to perform*

[cynicalnerd]

Manager: Is frustrated that his band is unorganized
Solution: Gives himself a 65% chance of damaging his career

[anonymouspuppy]

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

[mry]

I never even try solving these riddles yet I get so excited when they post another one.

[renbies]

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"
*Ah, yes. Work laws.*

[yeokei]

My solution:
Pick up each box. If they're about as heavy as your instrument, open it

[danshen]

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

[huaen]

I think I would just fire that manager after that final concert.

[Doggywoof]

Step 1: wait 10 days
Step 2: deduct that you all have green eyes
Step 3: ask the manager to leave the practice room

[irngamer]

Why was security in on it? If anything they should be trying to stop this psychotic manager

[arubberduck]

Ok kids, today we learn about something called
*“ 9 1 1 “*

[bmsvg]

If poker has taught me anything, 35% is a horrible percentage. I always seem to miss the cards I need with 35% odds.

[jeffdmmacdonald]

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.

[christianc]

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

[cleoyogi]

My solution:
1, confirm that one person has a phone.
2, confirm you have service
3, text your friend and ask them to sneak over to where you are and text you which instrument is in which box.
backup 3, if the boxes are heavily guarded or your friend can't get there in time, call the police to arrest your manager and hold him for kidnapping.
4, get a new manager that doesn't have a criminal record.

[abigailschmitt]

Step 1: confirm you have green eyes
Step 2: ask the manager to leave

[Schnoicky]

Option 1: You lift all the boxes up to check their weight BEFORE you open up any. You end up opening 5 boxes with a weight similar to your instrument. Since you have played your said instrument for a long time, it is easy to tell which boxes are close to your instrument’s weight.

Option 2: You use this same method, and once you find your instrument you switch its box with the box containing the next musician’s instrument. Then, you switch the box containing the next musician’s instrument with the box that is the closest to the entrance of the room. The next musician finds his or her instrument in that box and proceeds to look for the next musician’s instrument using the weighing method. This continues until the last person has their instrument. (Note: If you do not find the next musician’s box while you are searching, the next musician will have to find their instrument and try to find the next musician’s instrument. If you don’t find the next instrument, simply put the empty box that contained your instrument in the spot closest to the entrance of the room. If the next musician weighs this box and finds it to be empty, the won’t waste a turn and will have a better chance of finding both his and the next musician’s instruments.)

Sorry for how long this is...

[kewl-asian]

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