Can you solve the penniless pilgrim riddle? - Daniel Finkel

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  • Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2024

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  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd  6 лет назад +1422

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    • @PulseBox
      @PulseBox 6 лет назад +6

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    • @waficlabban8658
      @waficlabban8658 6 лет назад +6

      So walk in a swastika shaped path

    • @PulseBox
      @PulseBox 6 лет назад +4

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    • @d_wang9836
      @d_wang9836 6 лет назад +4

      TED-Ed Do you plan to do more historical videos on Rome?

    • @Manu-mz2gd
      @Manu-mz2gd 6 лет назад +3

      is it over?

  • @baguettegott3409
    @baguettegott3409 4 года назад +4512

    "Not all those who wander are lost"
    Yeah. Some of them just walk endless counter-clockwise circles to earn money.
    I'm sure that's what Tolkien meant.

    • @janTesika
      @janTesika 4 года назад +104

      All that is gold does not glitter,
      Not all those who wander are lost,
      The old that is strong does not wither,
      Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
      From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
      A light from the shadows shall spring,
      Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
      The crownless again shall be king.

    • @abcxyz-
      @abcxyz- 3 года назад +7

      Why did he leave us.

    • @all.things.encanto9487
      @all.things.encanto9487 3 года назад +11

      @@janTesika *becomes every 5-year-old since forever* YEAH BUT *WHY*

    • @aadhyaivaturi495
      @aadhyaivaturi495 3 года назад +7

      @@janTesika Nice. I am reading LoTR rn

    • @angelat4512
      @angelat4512 3 года назад +4

      @@aadhyaivaturi495 same here!

  • @nico-nh3rp
    @nico-nh3rp 6 лет назад +11238

    if a visitor came that wasn't a pilgrim, they could get infinite silver just for walking around.

    • @theminecraftduo1434
      @theminecraftduo1434 6 лет назад +332

      That creepy clown next door true

    • @raffimolero64
      @raffimolero64 5 лет назад +199

      That creepy clown next door
      sadly the walking tax doesn't apply to those

    • @kytacoyigo3988
      @kytacoyigo3988 5 лет назад +84

      Redstoneboi just theoretically if you just keep walking west

    • @-YELDAH
      @-YELDAH 5 лет назад +19

      @@kytacoyigo3988 what?

    • @Adachi69420
      @Adachi69420 5 лет назад +11

      @@raffimolero64 nope

  • @robsyhood
    @robsyhood 4 года назад +5441

    "the city owes you 8 silvers"
    this dude literally uno reverse card the city

  • @plastikcaik2585
    @plastikcaik2585 6 лет назад +5842

    >wake up
    >eat breakfast
    >go outside
    >walk counterclockwise around my house
    >earn money by doing this
    well, this is my life now

  • @anuj8825
    @anuj8825 5 лет назад +3572

    This bug was fixed in Update v19.5

    • @gaby-rv8fl
      @gaby-rv8fl 5 лет назад +3

      ?

    • @CTH1297
      @CTH1297 5 лет назад +296

      *patch notes*
      fixed bug where cities owe you money
      Temple now has entry fee
      Mathematicians no longer allowed in city

    • @-hitman-9103
      @-hitman-9103 5 лет назад +18

      Gabriela Martinez 🤦🏼‍♂️

    • @kulsumpotia1466
      @kulsumpotia1466 5 лет назад +20

      @@gaby-rv8fl 😂😂 he means that they beat the system

    • @rufhertmontero1981
      @rufhertmontero1981 5 лет назад +4

      omg

  • @sirsenor4912
    @sirsenor4912 4 года назад +1444

    "The rules of pilgrimage forbid you from walking over any stretch of ground more than once"
    LoL imagine going inside your house
    "Steven, I'm stuck in the kitchen again"

    • @official-obama
      @official-obama 3 года назад +69

      But if you have a kitchen then you aren’t a pilgrim

    • @hash5996
      @hash5996 2 года назад +59

      a pilgrimage literally means going away from your house to a religious place

    • @ShipsandGames
      @ShipsandGames 2 года назад

      @@atroll9996 Pretty sure churches don’t have kitchens.

    • @dragoknight589
      @dragoknight589 2 года назад +4

      @@atroll9996 fair enough

    • @AlechiaTheWitch
      @AlechiaTheWitch 2 года назад +3

      Then. How. Do. You. Leave. The. Gate

  • @arthongreenspan8755
    @arthongreenspan8755 6 лет назад +4728

    Jim: what's your job
    John: I cook for a living what do you do for a living?
    Jim: I walk counter clockwise and the government gives money.

    • @virt-manager
      @virt-manager 4 года назад +30

      Lol

    • @stagthebag
      @stagthebag 3 года назад +59

      No, John is the tax reformer.

    • @reya9620
      @reya9620 3 года назад +28

      @@stagthebag yea that's why... He made the reform and now he benefits from it

    • @mrmurpleqwerty4838
      @mrmurpleqwerty4838 3 года назад +12

      the tax applies to visitors, not citizens

    • @vincepham6879
      @vincepham6879 3 года назад +30

      @@mrmurpleqwerty4838 Visit everyday

  • @mustafaahmed3693
    @mustafaahmed3693 6 лет назад +2193

    These riddles always wake up the inner child in me.
    Used to love them and now am starting to love them again.

    • @aqibabashir4407
      @aqibabashir4407 6 лет назад

      Mustafa Ahmed I am a child

    • @alexandermelnichenko3116
      @alexandermelnichenko3116 6 лет назад

      In the video, you say it is 5x5, though it shows a 4x4.

    • @frostythesnowbob607
      @frostythesnowbob607 6 лет назад

      Sarika Rathi if you do the exact path but backwards then that might solve that problem

    • @stanislaviliev6305
      @stanislaviliev6305 6 лет назад

      Mustafa Ahmed if only they didn't sound so unbelievable

    • @m1m1snake
      @m1m1snake 6 лет назад +3

      Mustafa Ahmed You should check the Professor Layton video games. They are full with riddles like this one. They are for DS, 3DS, and mobile. It's as if they were made for the riddler in me haha.

  • @petrdymanus9073
    @petrdymanus9073 4 года назад +295

    If you go Down, Down, left, Down, right, right, right, up, up, up, left, Down, left, left, left, Down, Down, Down, right, right, right, right
    You make 4 silver

    • @iBeStrong1038
      @iBeStrong1038 4 года назад +38

      exactly what i just checked, it goes -12 and then + 8 = -4, they own u 4 silver, i was actually looking for a comment saying this cuz i thought i would be the first thinking about profting XD

    • @Karl-os2vl
      @Karl-os2vl 4 года назад +8

      M Nagano you can’t cross the same street twice...

    • @petrdymanus9073
      @petrdymanus9073 4 года назад +9

      @MadOut2BCO Gameplay Oh, yea kind of missed that...

    • @ltmaid
      @ltmaid 4 года назад +16

      @@petrdymanus9073 it's okay, by the time the tax return comes in the mail your pilgrimage is over. Enjoy the 4 bones

    • @bersules
      @bersules 4 года назад +12

      @@iBeStrong1038 today I posted a way to make 2 silver. Your way is legit and better. :-) Noice

  • @GoldenPenHD
    @GoldenPenHD 6 лет назад +13722

    This kingdom is gonna go bankrupt if they don’t do something about this.

  • @winder3102
    @winder3102 5 лет назад +5492

    This is why I prefer Tax Evasion.

  • @ceoofthen-word8849
    @ceoofthen-word8849 4 года назад +271

    "you have no money and no way of learning any" - basically me

  • @literalape8078
    @literalape8078 6 лет назад +2479

    Now... how do you get out?

    • @poochthedog1
      @poochthedog1 6 лет назад +161

      Yeah since you cant go on the same path twice or more your stuck i guess

    • @ysloalt
      @ysloalt 6 лет назад +78

      _You’re._ You spelled it wrong.

    • @Monkey-l8s
      @Monkey-l8s 6 лет назад +36

      RS Phoenyx even the thing is over the tax isn’t the over so just go left four times and go up four times they owe you lots of monies

    • @devinlin89
      @devinlin89 6 лет назад +17

      @RS Phoenyx AND IF YOU GO EAST AT THE SOUTHERN MOST STREET AND GO UP THE EASTERN MOST STREET YOU WILL GET MONEY

    • @stickman8459
      @stickman8459 5 лет назад +6

      You can cross your path again soo

  • @Star-nl5id
    @Star-nl5id 6 лет назад +2166

    Yeah ill watch the riddle but won't even try to solve it

  • @Mateusz-Maciejewski
    @Mateusz-Maciejewski 3 года назад +54

    The pilgrim can even save 4 silver for a big meal after visiting the temple. Simply instead of going three blocks south, go two block south (16), one west (14), one south (28), three east (34 instead of 36). Then as in the official solution: to the northern wall (4.25 instead of 4.5), one west (2.25), one south (4.5). Then to the eastern wall (-1.5 instead of -1), south (-12) and to the temple (-4).

  • @lunar9797
    @lunar9797 5 лет назад +1973

    Good luck trying to go back cause of your pilgrimage rule
    please stop telling me the actual way I get it now haha

    • @tedioussugar384
      @tedioussugar384 4 года назад +283

      Once you reach your destination the pilgrimage is over and you can do whatever you want

    • @lenguyenthi8848
      @lenguyenthi8848 4 года назад +155

      just destroy the temple to get out cuz ur pilgrimage rule doesn't say you can't

    • @bitrr3482
      @bitrr3482 4 года назад +28

      Lê Nguyễn Thị just because you can does not mean you should

    • @jaketheboss9092
      @jaketheboss9092 4 года назад +26

      You 421 fools. Once you reach the temple the pilgrimage is over.

    • @scribbler_crowe
      @scribbler_crowe 4 года назад +14

      @@jaketheboss9092
      Eh. Destroy the temple it is.

  • @doktorfickle2077
    @doktorfickle2077 5 лет назад +1229

    imagine walking around in circles for a paid job...

    • @annoyingkid48
      @annoyingkid48 5 лет назад +26

      That’s some good exercise too, stayin fit and makin bank

    • @NobleTries
      @NobleTries 5 лет назад +3

      runners

    • @tonyfuller8541
      @tonyfuller8541 5 лет назад +6

      Track runners have looked at you, what do you do?*

    • @runegaming3122
      @runegaming3122 4 года назад +8

      im a security guard and i have to do patrols around a building every 2 hours during my 8 hour shift...you just described my job

    • @YoungDumbAnd21
      @YoungDumbAnd21 3 года назад +2

      It’s called “Customer Service”

  • @wombat4191
    @wombat4191 4 года назад +144

    I found a route that makes Duonia owe me money: I'll go 1 Down (8 silver), 2 Left (4), 2 Down (16), 4 Right (24), 3 Up (3), 1 Left (1), 1 Down (2), 1 Left (0), 1 Down (0), 1 Left (-2), 2 Down (-8), 3 Right, and you're at the destination with a net tax of -2 silver.

    • @Graham226
      @Graham226 4 года назад +1

      wrong, at the third step, the government considers that your destination

    • @wombat4191
      @wombat4191 4 года назад +13

      @@Graham226 How exactly? After 3rd step, I'm at the intersection of the leftmost vertical street and second from bottom horizontal street. I checked my route multiple times when I came up with it, there are no mistakes.

    • @Graham226
      @Graham226 4 года назад +1

      @@wombat4191 i used a spreadsheet to calculate, where are you starting from? at third it is already at temple

    • @wombat4191
      @wombat4191 4 года назад +14

      @@Graham226 I don't know what kind of spreadsheet you used but that is just overcomplicating things, this is a simple "draw a line on the grid" task that is best done with a pen and grid paper if you really want to confirm how my route goes. I start where the pilgrim is at the start of the problem, at the middle of the top street.
      You must have misunderstood my instructions in the original comment, because after the third step the pilgrim isn't even near the destination. She hasn't even gone to right once, which would be required to get there. After the fourth step she in turn is very close to the destination, just one street above it.
      If you still disagree, I can draw you a demonstration of how my route is supposed to look.

    • @Graham226
      @Graham226 4 года назад

      @@wombat4191 i tried that an hour ago, no matter what i do, i end up on the temple by the third step, i reach the corner and that is considered the destination

  • @Whisk3yKnight
    @Whisk3yKnight 6 лет назад +258

    4:20 What I’ve LEARNED from this pilgrimage is tax evasion

  • @mathismegamovies514
    @mathismegamovies514 5 лет назад +1123

    How 2 get rich:
    1. Go 2 Duonia
    2.Walk counterclockwise loops
    3. Congrats
    ! WARNING ! Dont be a pilgrim

    • @annoyingkid48
      @annoyingkid48 5 лет назад +34

      Nathan Weatherly Go to the welcome center, they’ll give you directions

    • @awhahoo
      @awhahoo 4 года назад +4

      Nick Romadez But how do you get to the welcome center?

    • @yes-en1xc
      @yes-en1xc 4 года назад +1

      *insert words here*

    • @harithoma-a-8157
      @harithoma-a-8157 4 года назад +13

      @@awhahoo by being in the town

    • @l.z.7320
      @l.z.7320 4 года назад +6

      Where the Duolingo bird lives.

  • @SapphireSorceress
    @SapphireSorceress Год назад +93

    We're going to need a full John the Tax Reformer documentary.

  • @random_access_memory
    @random_access_memory 6 лет назад +1411

    If I lived in a city which had walking tax
    I'd damn straight move out, I don't care if that's where the Fiction section of the library is

    • @LilSpghetti
      @LilSpghetti 6 лет назад +70

      It’s only for visitors though

    • @kobold7466
      @kobold7466 6 лет назад +33

      you would owe money moving out tho

    • @snowflakehub6878
      @snowflakehub6878 6 лет назад +72

      On your way do a large counter clockwise loop

    • @marlonyo
      @marlonyo 6 лет назад +21

      thanks democrats

    • @ipadair7345
      @ipadair7345 6 лет назад +11

      It’s only for visitors

  • @wampambadaudi
    @wampambadaudi 6 лет назад +204

    Always love when a new riddle comes out! Keep it up Ted-ed

  • @christopherramsey7027
    @christopherramsey7027 4 года назад +138

    TedEd: Can you figure out a way to reach the temple without owing any tax?
    Me: No, the answer is no, I can't.

  • @genekeith7
    @genekeith7 6 лет назад +836

    I found a better way to beat this. Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start.
    Problem solved.

  • @sunname6252
    @sunname6252 6 лет назад +66

    Thank you for posting a riddle that actually keeps it within the rules given rather than being a "Technically you can" solution such as the wizard duel.

  • @yoursleepparalysisdemon1828
    @yoursleepparalysisdemon1828 4 года назад +73

    How to make money: hey mom I’m going to my summer job
    Mom: I’m so proud
    Him: *walks in counterclockwise circles around his house like a boss*

    • @gingerinajacket8519
      @gingerinajacket8519 Год назад +1

      So inefficient. 1 loop of that is 4 walking units and earns you 1 silver.
      Instead bring enough silver to declare the northeast corner as your destination (which is at most 8 silver, assuming you live in the gate), then walk in a gigantic loop passing the gate, then the temple in that order over and over again. It takes 16 walking units, but earns you 127 silver, for a net of 16.9375 silver per walking unit, as opposed to 0.25.
      A 6675% increase in profit margins.
      Even if walking from 1 walking unit is 1 hour, it is still more efficient to go 2 blocks each, than 1 block. 8 walking units, assuming the space to fit it in, 16 gained on the downswing, and then a cost of 1 on the upswing, for a net of 15, or 1.875 per hour, a 650% increase, and I am not convinced it is 1 hour to walk that distance. Assuming that the pilgrim cannot sleep outside, and that she walked the entire day from the moment she walked up, 22 walking units were covered.
      At worst, that is a rate of 1.375 walking units per hour assuming a 16 hour walking day, but assuming an 8 hour walking day, that is 2.75, or 2 full loops, and a maximum of 3 walking units away from the northeast corner. Given a distance further than that, you might have to resort to a smaller loop on your second pass, but anything is more efficient than walking around a single block.

    • @yoursleepparalysisdemon1828
      @yoursleepparalysisdemon1828 Год назад

      @@gingerinajacket8519 how could i miss that

    • @yoursleepparalysisdemon1828
      @yoursleepparalysisdemon1828 Год назад

      @@TheDoerOfRandomStuff jaiden?

    • @TheDoerOfRandomStuff
      @TheDoerOfRandomStuff Год назад

      @@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828 sorry my RUclips lagged

    • @TheDoerOfRandomStuff
      @TheDoerOfRandomStuff Год назад

      And I accidentally posted it here because of it. That comment was meant for a Jaiden Animations video

  • @saukhyatelge4879
    @saukhyatelge4879 6 лет назад +610

    "Not all those who wander are lost..."

  • @agochk01
    @agochk01 6 лет назад +39

    I love that Ted-Ed is making more riddles! Especially when they're well thought out and well made! Keep up the great work.

  • @jahn7856
    @jahn7856 5 лет назад +61

    Welcome to Duonia you must pay your tax
    *Walks around* NO U

  • @messiah69420
    @messiah69420 6 лет назад +736

    Love your animation!!! It must take more time to make riddle than solving then😊😊😊 Anyway love from Nepal

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    • @azmeriliza3788
      @azmeriliza3788 6 лет назад +7

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    • @_Nexie
      @_Nexie 6 лет назад +2

      go left all the way then up because you already made it to the temple so you can just leave like that

  • @skunkbrains5656
    @skunkbrains5656 6 лет назад +266

    Real solution: sue the city for unfair taxation and discrimintaion

    • @mariophreak
      @mariophreak 6 лет назад +8

      Rick and morty fan not a crazy one how is that discrimination?

    • @gaymer2574
      @gaymer2574 6 лет назад +14

      Tyler Stivers it only applies to visitors

    • @mayalavallee4774
      @mayalavallee4774 6 лет назад

      YAAAASSSSS

    • @mrp123123123
      @mrp123123123 6 лет назад +18

      Extortion is the word you seek. Not discrimination.

    • @LordRetro-zh7er
      @LordRetro-zh7er 6 лет назад +7

      Yeah but,suing needs a lawyer, and lawyer cost money, your penny less

  • @sethcimineri8612
    @sethcimineri8612 4 года назад +42

    Me: Walks counterclockwise around the city from start
    City: Here’s 8.5 Silver

  • @calistamichelle
    @calistamichelle 6 лет назад +397

    1:18 and all of a sudden, it gets so complicated 😅

    • @Chicken_o7
      @Chicken_o7 6 лет назад +17

      This is actually one of the simplest riddles from ted ed :P The other ones are mind blowing

    • @emmabila3480
      @emmabila3480 6 лет назад

      more math

  • @mandy2917
    @mandy2917 6 лет назад +417

    "Can you find the way to the temple without owing any tax?"
    Me: pssh, no biggie, I just have to...
    5 hours later
    nvmd, I give up

    • @razvanefros411
      @razvanefros411 5 лет назад +13

      The secret ingredient is crime

    • @awesomeninja1311
      @awesomeninja1311 4 года назад

      @@razvanefros411 yeet

    • @marshallm2009
      @marshallm2009 4 года назад

      Leave the grid

    • @katie-xq9yj
      @katie-xq9yj 4 года назад +6

      After watching till the end I still had troble to stop thinking about it, so I figured another way that even earns you money. You just go south two block insted of three, then west, south, east, than the same route as the other way you come to the temple with the city owing you 4 silver.

    • @cameronballz6154
      @cameronballz6154 3 года назад +2

      The solution is tax evasion

  • @omnishxmbles
    @omnishxmbles 5 лет назад +30

    My friend: So what is your job? Mine is a Doctor
    Me: uhhh it's complicated

  • @pyther5152
    @pyther5152 6 лет назад +179

    Wait does that mean you can get rich by walking around the city over and over again

    • @hugofontes5708
      @hugofontes5708 6 лет назад +10

      yep
      that's well known phenomenon on graphs: sometimes, if you consider edges with negative weight and there are loops in your graph, you might end up with a path that gives you arbitrarily large negative final values
      an algorithm that can be used to detect these loops is the Bellman-Ford algorithm, which can be implemented to profit on top of arbitrage

    • @jy6512
      @jy6512 6 лет назад +9

      Cee Revolt yeah so you can run around the whole city to get some easy cash lmao

    • @SM-gh3cy
      @SM-gh3cy 6 лет назад +3

      No, as you cannot walk around the same block twice ;)

    • @hugofontes5708
      @hugofontes5708 6 лет назад +20

      once the pilgrimage is done, actually yes, since that rule only applies during the pilgrimage - hit the temple, be done with it and get them riches
      and I guess Cee was meaning "you" in general, why hasn't someone showed up and broken the city yet?

    • @icantthinkofausername8964
      @icantthinkofausername8964 6 лет назад +6

      +Serdar MAMYEV
      there's probably more to the town than just a temple. visitors can come for that and they can walk around the same block.

  • @bluedrew274
    @bluedrew274 5 лет назад +76

    "Man i just love all of these pennies i have."
    "DO I SMELL PENNIES?"
    *"SCREECH OF TERROR"*

  • @chevaliermacabre2150
    @chevaliermacabre2150 4 года назад +17

    “No all those who wander are lost...”
    I really felt that, thank you for putting that quote there.

  • @10shatrunjay
    @10shatrunjay 6 лет назад +258

    My answer got me a debt of -2 lol. Earned money on the pilgrimage XD

    • @jizipir2832
      @jizipir2832 6 лет назад +23

      Mine got -6

    • @Nicoder6884
      @Nicoder6884 6 лет назад +7

      Shatrunjay What directions did you go in?

    • @alanthesuperhero
      @alanthesuperhero 6 лет назад +3

      show

    • @yinghungman4471
      @yinghungman4471 5 лет назад +34

      look at the 4th rule 1:51 XD

    • @jedidiahdavis7147
      @jedidiahdavis7147 5 лет назад +4

      Edit: I got my math wrong but I think the best way to make some money is DDLDRRRUUULDLLLDDDRRR.

  • @marcobocari2999
    @marcobocari2999 3 года назад +3

    There is a way to end at 0 without owing decimal numbers (etc 2.5) on the way.
    Down - down - down
    Right - right
    Up - up
    Left - left - left - left
    Down
    Right
    Down
    Right
    Down
    Right - Right

  • @game-o-tronsuper9602
    @game-o-tronsuper9602 6 лет назад +78

    I'd love to live there, I have them owe me 8 silver by doing the path he said, then I'd walk back to the entrance and owe an ASTOUNDING 0 silver, then I'd repeat over and over and I'd be rich in no time!

    • @game-o-tronsuper9602
      @game-o-tronsuper9602 6 лет назад +9

      But, since I ain't no Pilgrim, I'd just walk around the block bottom right of the welcoming center six times, walk to the left (to where I'd have my house) and have the city owe me 20 silver, walk up, and repeat!

    • @game-o-tronsuper9602
      @game-o-tronsuper9602 6 лет назад +3

      I would like to have the house with the lake, one block above where I'd have my house, but I'd owe 10 silver instead

    • @someonethatascended4588
      @someonethatascended4588 5 лет назад

      Game-o-Tron Super
      you’d have to have moved out for that to work

    • @Graham226
      @Graham226 4 года назад

      REQUIREMENTS FOR TAX:you have to be a visitor, not a citizen with a residence in the city of Duonia

  • @starlightsall
    @starlightsall 6 лет назад +179

    For real, the Number Devil's a good book.

    • @TEDEd
      @TEDEd  6 лет назад +7

      Yeah, we enjoyed it too, Lumos! Any other favorite math books?

    • @YugiohFan156
      @YugiohFan156 6 лет назад

      I read the dutch version, a good book indeed.

    • @johnmeo1532
      @johnmeo1532 6 лет назад +3

      That was my childhood.

    • @Little1Cave
      @Little1Cave 6 лет назад

      John Meo Same here!!

    • @Little1Cave
      @Little1Cave 6 лет назад +2

      Who here also watched Cyberchase when they were a kid? Lol

  • @Kazutoification
    @Kazutoification Год назад +19

    How does the Pilgrim leave if they can't go over any path they've walked on already?

    • @NocturneKitsune
      @NocturneKitsune Год назад +11

      The Pilgrimage ends once they arrive at the Temple, meaning they are no longer bound by the rules of said pilgrimage and are free to exit the city over previously walked ground. Or at least, I would assume so.

    • @unrellated
      @unrellated Год назад +3

      @@NocturneKitsune Hey, that means they can exploit the counterclockwise loophole afterwards.

    • @happyblt624
      @happyblt624 Год назад

      don’t leave

  • @milaaqui
    @milaaqui 6 лет назад +55

    When *I* got to the temple the *city* was owing me 4 silver

    • @gaby-rv8fl
      @gaby-rv8fl 5 лет назад

      How?

    • @MartinSp3
      @MartinSp3 5 лет назад +4

      yes, in fact, me too!! You just have to make a little detour: in the beginning, don't walk south-south-south but south-south-east-south-west.

    • @asca_1348
      @asca_1348 5 лет назад

      pls show your entire working cuz i can’t get it

    • @asca_1348
      @asca_1348 4 года назад

      PotatoTornado we are? we ain’t solving the riddle we’re outsmarting it

    • @xpemerald6808
      @xpemerald6808 4 года назад

      Yess yess. Instead of going south-south-south, you go south-south-west-south-east and then continue on as normal. Extra 4 silver lmao

  • @lancerd4934
    @lancerd4934 6 лет назад +51

    This one is so contrived, I kind of feel like it took more work to come up with the question than to figure out the solution.

    • @Vaaaaadim
      @Vaaaaadim 5 лет назад +5

      I would reckon that most of these riddles were made where the question was already known as well as the answer, and then it was wrapped up into a "scenario" as shown here so it could be nicely animated.
      So in that sense they could all be considered "contrived", unless they found a riddle and took it as is.

    • @PauIdenino
      @PauIdenino 5 лет назад +1

      Usually it's harder to make these than solve these.
      You need to solve it to make it :D

    • @JotaC
      @JotaC 4 года назад

      Actually, most if not all of those are based on ancient riddles and enigmas, this one, for example, is based on the ant perimeter thought experiment.

  • @Tippex_Official
    @Tippex_Official 3 года назад +7

    1:17 dude’s shield looks like a cookie.

  • @alexroeggla8708
    @alexroeggla8708 6 лет назад +303

    "Not all who wander are lost"
    - Velen, The Profet

    • @Lewa500
      @Lewa500 6 лет назад +8

      Prophet*

    • @leeg9625
      @leeg9625 6 лет назад +28

      It was originally Tolkien's quote tho

    • @AndrewAce.
      @AndrewAce. 6 лет назад +1

      *alex roeggla* Good one...

    • @TheDarkMaster02
      @TheDarkMaster02 6 лет назад +1

      Westworld

    • @BlazeTaleo
      @BlazeTaleo 6 лет назад

      Lee G it’s just a reference

  • @jenw980
    @jenw980 6 лет назад +8

    The Number Devil's such a great book! I read it last year and it managed to explain cool maths concepts in a really fun and unique way!

  • @benokhattirach310
    @benokhattirach310 3 года назад +8

    0:06 She's spreading cutiness and good vibes while she's walking

  • @anudeepg2705
    @anudeepg2705 6 лет назад +4

    This is my first of your riddles to actually solve without looking at the answer. Keep up the good work, love your riddles.

  • @HiBye-ms4jm
    @HiBye-ms4jm 6 лет назад +18

    It must be really hard to make riddles, who ever made it, I really appreciate it.

    • @1996Pinocchio
      @1996Pinocchio 6 лет назад

      Yi Xin Wang I think riddles are side products of mathematical and other thinkings. Still they are great

  • @jeconiahjoelmichaelsiregar7917
    @jeconiahjoelmichaelsiregar7917 3 года назад +46

    TED-Ed: "As a pilgrim, you carry no money, and have no way of earning any."
    Also TED-Ed: "Each counterclockwise loop actually *earns* you 1 silver."

  • @ahsanabbas6622
    @ahsanabbas6622 6 лет назад +9

    Seriously,hats off to your animation,can't wait for the next riddle!

  • @rameshg8634
    @rameshg8634 4 года назад +7

    "Not all those who wander are lost"-J.R.R.Tolkien. Love it .

  • @timothy-9995
    @timothy-9995 5 лет назад +18

    Since I'm not a pilgrim, I would not have that weird rule. So my job would be to walk in counterclockwise loops.

  • @liamdoinsomething6017
    @liamdoinsomething6017 5 лет назад +40

    So if you aren’t a pilgrim...
    (Walks hundreds of times round block)
    ...then the city owes me 4287 silver

  • @pinakadhara7650
    @pinakadhara7650 5 лет назад +2

    The way that final moral derived was superb!

  • @sunwoodior
    @sunwoodior 6 лет назад +10

    Thanks to your videos, reciting and doing patterns in the class I'm in so super easy! It kind of actually gives me a high grade. Keep up the good work!

  • @shadethenovice
    @shadethenovice 6 лет назад +14

    You can actually gain some silver by the time you reach the temple if instead of continuing downwards from the centermost intersection, you took a detour left 1 block, down 1 block, and continued along the path to the right 1 block.
    Your money would change over this path to these numbers: 4, 8, 16, 14, 28, 30, 32, 34, 17, 8.5, 4.25, 2.25, 4.5, 2.5, 0.5, -1.5, -3, -6, -12, -10, -8, -6, -4, leaving you with 4 silver owed to you by the end of the trip.

    • @danielmaher1654
      @danielmaher1654 6 лет назад

      Well, I guess part of this guy's pilgrimage code is to never earn or spend any money. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @yinghungman4471
      @yinghungman4471 6 лет назад +2

      @@danielmaher1654 Yeah. Look at the 4th rule (1:51).

    • @Tortle_owo
      @Tortle_owo 5 лет назад

      yinghung man DANG IT

  • @dawsonwu7272
    @dawsonwu7272 11 месяцев назад +1

    All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost,
    The old that is strong does not wither,
    Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring,
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. 6 лет назад +649

    And I thought calculus was hard

    • @pomi6320
      @pomi6320 6 лет назад +44

      Why do I see you everywhere?

    • @gearupmr917
      @gearupmr917 6 лет назад +4

      Help me get 10'000 subs for ad revenue Pls Cus he wants fame and attention duh

    • @hasnain9654
      @hasnain9654 6 лет назад +12

      Justin Y. Oh god we met again

    • @hasnain9654
      @hasnain9654 6 лет назад +5

      Help me get 10'000 subs for ad revenue Pls because we all see hallucinations. He can't be that much everywhere

    • @cheesecakelasagna
      @cheesecakelasagna 6 лет назад +25

      Conspiracy theory: Justin Y. is a group tasked to conquer every RUclips comment section before RUclips's impending apocalypse.

  • @gasmaskmanne
    @gasmaskmanne 5 лет назад +72

    Switch religions, then proceed to change it back once you arrive at the temple

    • @cameronballz6154
      @cameronballz6154 3 года назад +1

      *INFINITE IQ*

    • @deadersurvival4716
      @deadersurvival4716 3 года назад +1

      So Christians when you point out that all the self-centered rules they make aren't actually supported by the bible?

  • @kevinanderson9509
    @kevinanderson9509 4 года назад +23

    Comes into gate: Your balance is 0.
    Goes North.
    The apocalypse ensues.

    • @NortheastGamer
      @NortheastGamer 4 года назад +5

      You can divide zero by something, you can't do the opposite though.

  • @LordAhmedAmr
    @LordAhmedAmr 6 лет назад +4

    After almost three years of watching these riddles this is the first one that I full solved. feels good :D

  • @cheesecakelasagna
    @cheesecakelasagna 6 лет назад +916

    Capitalism did this to her

    • @TheBodyOnPC
      @TheBodyOnPC 6 лет назад +19

      Capitalism gave her taxes huh?

    • @connorbrown2379
      @connorbrown2379 6 лет назад +17

      She has no money because of her religion and the taxes were imposed by a monarchy, so how is the problem caused by capitalism

    • @TraceguyRune
      @TraceguyRune 6 лет назад +5

      It's spelled socialism*

    • @emmabila3480
      @emmabila3480 6 лет назад

      ?

    • @akshitamishra3673
      @akshitamishra3673 6 лет назад

      Hahhhha

  • @sarangag
    @sarangag Год назад +2

    Check :
    Start with 0 silver
    Option 1 - 2 Left + 2 Down + 2 Right + 2 Down + 2 Right = - 4 Silver.
    Option 2 - 2 Left + 4 Down + 4 Right = - 8 Silver.
    Isn't this better options? You can get 4 or 8 silver with free visit too.

    • @tapwater4425
      @tapwater4425 Год назад

      You can’t start by going left, you can only go down or right

  • @rowan4573
    @rowan4573 6 лет назад +25

    "Not all who wander are lost"
    -Velen

    • @birbin2443
      @birbin2443 4 года назад

      "All who do this are useless"
      -Everyone except the commenter

  • @Anastas1786
    @Anastas1786 5 лет назад +8

    Seems easy enough, though I must say, a city containing a major pilgrimage site putting this much strain on not just everyday travelers but also _the pilgrims,_ many of whom have apparently sworn vows of poverty or otherwise pack very light to avoid tempting bandits, would seem to be risking some serious international outrage.

  • @hulohyou8536
    @hulohyou8536 4 года назад +12

    Me: throws away pilgrim rules
    When I get to the temple after walking the same stretch of ground:
    "Yeah, PAY ME."

  • @joshthoughts6177
    @joshthoughts6177 6 лет назад +5

    I interpreted this riddle differently but still solved it. I was under the impression that the pilgrim had to pass through the temple while still obeying the same movement rules and at the same time having to get back to the gate at the end.
    My solution was go down two blocks increasing the total to 16, then go left two blocks to drop the total to 12. Going down twice again brings the total to 48. Move right all four blocks to bring the total to 56. now move up three blocks bringing the total to 28, 14, and then 7. moving left all four blocks brings the total to -1 then go to the gate, the city owes you half a coin.

    • @SmallGreenPlanetoid
      @SmallGreenPlanetoid Год назад

      Yeah I thought the additional problem was to "also leave Duonia."

  • @GeometryDash8000
    @GeometryDash8000 5 лет назад +109

    simply say you don't owe silver
    i am genius

    • @gaby-rv8fl
      @gaby-rv8fl 5 лет назад +4

      madhavi nowduru i am smarter. Just say THEY owe YOU $999,999,999,999,999,999,999. 🤯

    • @silverfish2315
      @silverfish2315 5 лет назад +2

      Gabriela Martinez i am smartest. Look at the fourth rule.

    • @gaby-rv8fl
      @gaby-rv8fl 5 лет назад

      CubicMinecraft BUT ALSAS, I AM NOT A PILGRIM, AND CAN CROSS MY OWN PATH!!!

    • @bigchungus3719
      @bigchungus3719 4 года назад +1

      CubicMinecraft The Log

  • @lordapple177
    @lordapple177 3 года назад +3

    1. confirm you have green eyes
    2. ask the pilgrimage to leave
    3. start walking

  • @zhenyuzhao8817
    @zhenyuzhao8817 6 лет назад +5

    I like how going on counter clockwise walks around the city earns you silver

  • @adamtheravenclaw7055
    @adamtheravenclaw7055 6 лет назад +56

    I love your videos I always like thinking about these riddles

  • @amberli1995
    @amberli1995 5 лет назад +2

    This riddle is so smart. I really enjoy these riddles they always help me think!

  • @whoeveriam0iam14222
    @whoeveriam0iam14222 6 лет назад +53

    city: you can't get below 0 anywhere or we'd lose money

    • @thephysicistcuber175
      @thephysicistcuber175 6 лет назад +3

      whoeveriam0iam14222 I found a way to get to the temple with -4 tax :P

    • @jmugwel
      @jmugwel 6 лет назад +1

      I can find better anwser. From the start(4):
      Go 2 left(0), 1 down(0), 4 right(8), 2 up(2), 1 left(0), 1 down(0), 2 left(-4), 3 down(-32) and finaly 3 left(-26). So, goverment have to give us 26 coins.

    • @thephysicistcuber175
      @thephysicistcuber175 6 лет назад +17

      Иван Логинов you can't start with 2 left :/

    • @jmugwel
      @jmugwel 6 лет назад

      The Physicist Cuber Yes, you are right.

    • @cooljams_jams
      @cooljams_jams 6 лет назад +1

      As opposed to most other governments in debt?

  • @kme9549
    @kme9549 6 лет назад +11

    Does anyone else just watch these and never solve them?

  • @raysun1681
    @raysun1681 4 года назад +1

    I believe there is a better way without violating the rules where you gain 2 coins.
    At the start you owe 4 coins.
    1. Go down, left, left and you still owe 4 coins
    2. Go down, down which leaves you at 16 coins
    3. Go right, right, right, right which leaves you at 24 coins
    4. Go up, up, up which leaves you at 3 coins
    5. Go left which leaves you at 1 coin
    6. Go down which leaves you at 2 coins
    7. Go left which leaves you at 0 coins :)
    8. Go down which leaves you at 0 coins
    9. Go left which means you have a gain of 2 coins
    10. Go down, down which means you gain 8 coins.
    11. Finish by going right, right, right which means you have a profit of 2 coins!
    Catch: You may be late to the temple!

    • @GaryLuKOTH
      @GaryLuKOTH 4 года назад

      Too bad that the rules do not allow you to profit.

  • @9rg_
    @9rg_ 5 лет назад +16

    My dad has been trying to solve this riddle for 14 years. And counting.

    • @abcxyz-
      @abcxyz- 3 года назад

      Did he solve it?

  • @annadoesroblox6205
    @annadoesroblox6205 6 лет назад +225

    If you’re not a pilgrim, make 1000 counter clockwise loops through the city XD
    Edit: woah woah woah, 90+ likes?

    • @chirp1027
      @chirp1027 5 лет назад

      K

    • @isaiahrosner3780
      @isaiahrosner3780 5 лет назад +2

      Why only 1000? This is my job now.

    • @awesomesauce_3516
      @awesomesauce_3516 4 года назад

      Look at rule 4 idiots

    • @JotaC
      @JotaC 4 года назад

      You'd be better getting to a negative number and then going south as much as possible

  • @ALSTR330
    @ALSTR330 2 года назад +6

    Interesting. I found a more complicated alternative solution in which you go a bit more West before doing looping around. Still was able to cut enough corners that it ended with 0. I could’ve even ended with a profit at the temple if it wasn’t against the rules.

  • @KaKam0u
    @KaKam0u 6 лет назад +13

    Being clever, the pilgrim realises they can make a lot of money out of this tax if they move the correct way after entering the city. They send a message to a pilgrim friend, together with a path to follow to maximize the gains. What is the most optimal way to travel from the entrance to the temple, and what does the city owe you afterwards?
    The best I have is 78, can you do better?

  • @andrewfretwell9194
    @andrewfretwell9194 6 лет назад +9

    Wonder if there will ever be TED riddle I even try figuring out

  • @sunilmoghex
    @sunilmoghex 4 года назад +2

    Pilgrim walks counter clockwise and reaches temple and does not have to pay tax
    Temple : Wait,that's illegal

  • @HattieMcDanielonaMoon
    @HattieMcDanielonaMoon 6 лет назад +7

    You know what? I'll just go back home.

  • @oracle372
    @oracle372 6 лет назад +17

    Well what I I break the rules of the pilgrimage.
    *scenery*
    Me: phew I’ve walked around the city 36 times and the city owes me a couple hundred dollars.

  • @netherite9051
    @netherite9051 Год назад +1

    2nd solution: leave so you have no bill, sneak around the city qnd jump the wall using anything you can find and land at the museum

  • @tiffany5722
    @tiffany5722 5 лет назад +3

    I love these quizzes!!! Please do more!!! :)

  • @anthony1732
    @anthony1732 6 лет назад +7

    Where is my bonus riddle?

    • @anthony1732
      @anthony1732 6 лет назад

      Pixel Fyxe lets copy strike them then

    • @mayalavallee4774
      @mayalavallee4774 6 лет назад

      It was killed by ur uglieness
      JK lol

  • @clockfixer5049
    @clockfixer5049 4 года назад +1

    It's so fulfilling to have solved it yourself. One reservation though, it took me 2,5 hours.

  • @professornope4792
    @professornope4792 5 лет назад +6

    4:11 “fortunately for you, a person with no money, the city gets their money back from you”

  • @Dumdumvery
    @Dumdumvery 2 месяца назад +6

    Walking? Theres a tax for that.

  • @killpking
    @killpking 3 года назад +1

    you can actually make 4 gold at the end by going 2 Down (16 silver), 1 left (14), 1 down (28), 3 right (34), 3 down (4.25), 1 left (2.25), 1 down (4.5), 3 left (-1.5), 3 down (-12), 4 right (-4) You have reached your destination and the city owes you 4 bucks

  • @mr.cup6yearsago211
    @mr.cup6yearsago211 5 лет назад +6

    Solution:
    Since the tax only takes effect when you reach your destination, you just need to “stop by” the temple, before leaving the town, boom.

  • @neoronova9943
    @neoronova9943 6 лет назад +41

    Here's a riddle why is the town so big if everyone is poor due to that tax law
    I just realized the answer the town people watch Ted Ed too

    • @wariolandgoldpiramid
      @wariolandgoldpiramid 6 лет назад +12

      0:50 tax on all VISITORS, not citizens

    • @neoronova9943
      @neoronova9943 6 лет назад +1

      Well that still means the town shouldn't be that big since they can't get outside assistance but that might just be me trying to put a hole on this riddle

    • @FrostyWolfy
      @FrostyWolfy 6 лет назад +5

      Well, it doesn't matter because even if the tax applied to citizens they could always just follow what the pilgrim did and have the city end up owing them. People would abuse that and when the city cannot pay and abolishes the law, there would be rioting. Or they keep the law and end up in crippling debt.
      They can then borrow money from Germany and not pay it back.

    • @LughSummerson
      @LughSummerson 6 лет назад +1

      The town is big because a businessman opened an inn at the spot where the city owes you money. People feel rich when they get there so they go in and spend their money freely. Then he uses the profits to build more businesses, growing the town. When the visitors leave the inn, they have to pay tax for the rest of their journey. Everybody wins, especially the pilgrims who can get into Heaven now that all their money is gone. "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."

  • @migzzz831
    @migzzz831 4 года назад +1

    How I completed this
    Step 1) Go to the Temple
    Step 2) if the tax Won't let me in I Would say I have green Eyes
    Step 3) Get in

  • @mintayza7784
    @mintayza7784 6 лет назад +4

    Guys PLEASE do a lesson on Portuguese man-o-wars!

  • @paulmahoney7619
    @paulmahoney7619 6 лет назад +6

    I really hope the pilgrimage rules end once you get to the end. Otherwise, how do you get home?