This is actually straight from my game, “Cryptic”, although it’s just a variant of a classic riddle.
A teacher in an elementary school likes to hold a sort of ‘olympics’ style event at the end of the year, with events like the long jump, rope climbing, and other such activities.
The final event splits the students into two teams, a red team, and a blue team. It is to be a wheelbarrow race. There is of course, a red wheelbarrow and a blue wheelbarrow.The teacher stops to tell the kids there is a twist to this race:
“The wheelbarrow of the team that crosses LAST will be the winner.”
The kids are confused at first, but soon hop in the wheelbarrows and take off after some clever ideas are exchanged.
What did the kids do that made them WANT to finish the race?
(The answer does not involve any sort of compromise between the teams.)
Answer now below!!
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They simply need to switch wheelbarrows! Whichever team’s wheelbarrow crossed last was the winner. If they each had each other’s wheelbarrow, they would WANT to cross first to guarantee the other team gets across with their wheelbarrow last!
