Comments on: Brain Teaser: The Hidden Candle

By: gpraghuram

gpraghuram — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:27:33 +0000

Make the person to lie upside down and place the candle on his back.

By: jbrat4

jbrat4 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:56:30 +0000

Place the candle on the back of the person who should not see it.

By: monkey66

monkey66 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:42:34 +0000

Put it on his head, thought that won’t work if a mirror or other reflective surface is in the room.

By: Obiwan

Obiwan — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:20:45 +0000

The blind cannot see anything, including a candle.

By: michaelc

michaelc — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:12:58 +0000

How about on top of the person’s head?

He would see the light from it, but not the candle.

By: suineg

suineg — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:49:39 +0000

Very cool puzzle:

My first shot in this puzzle is this: draw the candle in the forehead of the person that shall not see it.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:43:02 +0000

Can you put it on a hat on her/his head?

Scott

By: seelesscacti

seelesscacti — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:28:21 +0000

On his head. I used a bit of vertical thinking… and tackled the problem head-on.

By: doar823

doar823 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:16:43 +0000

he is holding it on his head

By: pravinkumar1942@gmail.com

pravinkumar1942@gmail.com — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:04:22 +0000

Put the candle on the head of the person whom you donn want to see it.

By: fuzzy

fuzzy — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:53:01 +0000

It can be placed on the top of his head. And there shouldn’t be any mirrors in the room.

By: trunicated

trunicated — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:58:36 +0000

Place the candle on that one person’s head. That way, no matter where he looks, he shall not see it (unless there is a mirror!).

By: Shawn

Shawn — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:11:04 +0000

How about THIS!

The room is completely sealed, no light can get inside.

There is only one person in the room.

The candle is not lit.

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:20:07 +0000

The person is blind

By: Bebinn

Bebinn — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:17:52 +0000

that one is too easy, just put the candle on his head