Bamboozlers: Ace of Spades

Moving the shot glasses around.

The Bet:

Arrange ten shelled peanuts as in Figure 1. The challenge is to make the pyramid point downward after moving only three nuts.

The Secret:

Notice there are four rows of nuts. Slide the single nut from the top row of the pyramid down and around to the opposite end. Then slide the two exterior nuts from the longest row up to the new top row. The pyramid will be pointing down as in Figure 2.

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