I'm sure some of you have solved this IQ test before and if you have can I please ask you not to play because it wouldn't really be fair. But for those of you who haven't solved it, this is one of the hardest riddles I've ever done. It took me a while to figure it out. Well here it is.

There's a mother, a father, two sons, two daughters, a cop, and a burglar.

They need to cross a river but there is only one raft. The raft can only hold two people. Only the mother, father, and cop can operate the raft. The father cannot be left with either of the daughters without the mother. The mother cannot be left with either of the sons without the father. The burglar cannot be left alone with anyone without the cop. The raft can be taken back and forth across the river as many times as it takes to get everyone.

Well there it is. I'll give 1500 Viz to the first person who can figure it out. (And please don't use the internet. That's cheating.) Simply naming what order the people cross the river in will suffice.

XxChaosxX : I've done a much smaller version of this before with a Farmer, Lamb and Haystack, or something of the sort...But never something this tough...I'll come back and take another look in a little while.

i have also done smaller versions of this can i ask something how is this a japeneese iq test?

1.Officer takes Criminal
2.Father takes officer
3.Father Takes sons
4.Mother takes father
5.Mother takes girls






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icrazyforpokemon : Only two people can fit on the raft at a time. That was mentioned in the rules. If the father took the officer across he'd be leaving both of the sons with the mother, which is also against the rules. So I'm sorry, but you do not win the Viz. Plus it takes more than five steps to get this done.

Ok I think I got it if I did it took me a bit to figure it out and if you want confirmation I didn't use the internet you can ask glyphomancer as I am sitting next to him right now. Ok so

Cop takes criminal or w/e
Cop takes son
Father takes son
Mother Takes daughter
Cop takes criminal BACK and brings daughter over
Cop takes criminal
pretty sure it's wrong but eh....I tried

EDIT: Here I re did it again not on the internet and it friggin took fo'eva!

Cop takes robber
Cop goes back
Cop takes son
Cop goes back with robber
Father takes son
Father goes back
Father and mother go over
Mother goes back
Cop and robber go over
Father comes back
Father and mother go over
Mother goes back
Mother takes daughter go over
Cop and robber come back
Cop takes daughter over
Cop goes back
Cop takes robber over
And done!! Gosh!!! That still toook forever because I messed up when I tried to re-do my steps but I am sure that is right.

Ding ding ding. We have a winner.

noelia : Can you close this? The game is over.

Sure

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