Scam School

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If Harvard offered a PhD in deceit, this would be it. Award-winning magician Brian Brushwood takes viewers on an inside tour of bar tricks, street cons and scams. If you watch carefully, you'll never have to pay for a drink again! Read More

Playing with Matches Without Catching on Fire!!

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 – running time 11:21

This week we've got two super simple, killer matchstick puzzles!

This week we've got two super simple, killer matchstick puzzles:

For starters, set up matchsticks to make the roman numeral expression "seven equals one". Obviously no matter how you read it, this equation is wrong... But by moving just one match you can make it true.

The secret: move one of the matches from the VII to change the equation to "square root of one equals one"

Next up: Use matchsticks to create a grid of sixteen squares (as seen in the video)... The challenge is to remove just 9 matches, and end up with absolutely no squares)... Watch the episode for the solution!

Brian Tries to test his guests in a math equation.

00:41 | Play

Brian teaches a second math game with matches

03:52 | Play

Reveals the answer to the first math game,

09:53 | Play

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Scam School
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If Harvard offered a PhD in deceit, this would be it. Award-winning magician Brian Brushwood takes viewers on an inside tour of bar tricks, street cons and scams. If you watch carefully, you'll never have to pay for a drink again!
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