Psychic Trick

Gauracandra · 05-17-2001, 01:19 PM

Ok, try this one out. I'm going to do a world wide psychic reading. Do one step at a time, and don't peak at the answer.

Pick a number from 1 to 10

1) Multiply by 9

2) Subtract 5

3) Sum the digits, repeat this step until you have a one digit number (eg. if your number is 12, then sum 1+2=3)

4) For whatever number you have pick that letter of the alphabet (eg.if your number is 9 your letter is I)

5) Think of a country that begins with that letter.

6) Now think of an animal that begins with the second letter of the country.

7) Think of the color usually associated with the animal.

Now I have never met any of you. Look below to marvel at my psychic abilities.

Gauracandra · 05-17-2001, 01:19 PM

You are thinking of a grey elephant from Denmark.

animesh · 05-17-2001, 05:36 PM

Very clever

. If you multiple any number by 9 and subtract 5 from the result, then sum of the digits of the number you get will be 4. 4th letter is D.

BTW, when I thought of the colour of elephant, I thought "black".

Maitreya · 05-17-2001, 05:55 PM

My animal was eel. Denmark and grey.I have got to reread this.

shvu · 05-18-2001, 02:03 AM

This was being circulated in an e-mail 4 years back and I had got back, elephant, Denmark then.

I had forgotten all about this, and this time I picked Dubai. Can't locate any animal name starting from U

Cheers

Gauracandra · 05-18-2001, 02:21 AM

The CEO of my company tried this one out on us at our annual profit sharing meeting. Afterwards, I also thought of others like a brown otter from the Dominican Republic

The key is as Animesh pointed out the mathematics in the beginning that forces one to get a 4. From there, there aren't a whole lot of countries in the world with the letter D to choose from.

Gauracandra

Gauracandra · 05-18-2001, 05:54 AM

Shvu,

How about a yellow urchin from Dubai. I think an urchin is some sort of sea animal, not sure though

Gauracandra

atma · 05-20-2001, 07:35 AM

Dubai is not a country, is a city of the United Arab Emirates. Urchins can refer to sea animals but in India I always read it in the newspapers in reference to children, mostly mischiveous (how do you spell that?).
What about, Dutchland and Unicorn?

Jahnava Nitai Das · 05-20-2001, 07:48 AM

How about 'Djabouti'? Does it still even exist? It used to be a country in Africa, but last time I checked that was 10 years ago.

You could have a jaguar from djabouti that is yellow and spotted black.