Brain Clinic: IQ Supplement
Question
Seventeen matches are arranged to make the number 300. Can you make the number 1 by moving just two matches?
(You must not bend or break the matches!)
(from Brain Clinic: IQ Supplement by FUJI TV)
Many families in Japan enjoy gathering around their TV in the living room in the evenings to watch quiz shows. Kids and parents love to say the answers and compare their performances. one recent smash hit among kids and their families is a program called Brain Clinic: IQ Supplement.
Brain Clinic is a popular one-hour program shown on Saturday evenings on Fuji TV. It began in April 2004. This is not the kind of game show in which contestants answer difficult questions in an attempt to win lots of money or fabulous prizes. The point of Brain Clinic is to help everyone think clearly by exercising their brains. The quiz acts like a vitamin supplement for the mind, as well as entertaining viewers of all ages.
Solving the problems set on the show requires skills like intuition, arithmetic, and creativity. The problems are not particularly difficult, and anyone can solve them with a bit of thought, but sometimes you need to think creatively to get the answer. In many families it is the kids, who are more flexible in their thinking, that figure out the correct answers first. In fact, one of the reasons the show is such a hit is that kids can enjoy and take pride in saying the correct answers before their parents can. (258 words)
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