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Black Magic - Simple Trick

thewelshone | 16:44 Mon 18th Sep 2006 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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So there's a simple trick called "Black Magic" performed by two people.
The one person leaves the room, while the audience chooses a random object and tells the second person.
When the first person re-enters, the second person points to a variety of things, and the person who left the room, will say whether it is the object that had been choosen or not.

I've watched this been done by my friends so many times and I can't figure out how they do it, it's driving me insane! Any ideas?

herculis 18/09

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pond50

the object that was chosen before the randon object was always something black we played it years ago and it confused us all for a while

thewelshone

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Even though I hate this phrase, "OH MY GOD"
Thank you, I'm gonna sound so sad for being this happy! But hell, I've been trying to figure that out for the past hour!

bridgenut

They could also agree that the 'Xth' item will be the one chosen .

thewelshone

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Gah!
I could cry!
Just found out that neither of those are the answer.
Anyone else got any solutions to this trick?

glenn_99

It could be that the item previous to the random object has something to do with iparts of the body. We used to do it with town names i.e Portsmouth, Liverpool, Hitchin. Just a thought.

WeeAngie

There has to be a clock in the room
when the second hand passes the agreed number on the clock the mystery item is revealed Ta Dah

bridgenut

Intrigued now as to what is the answer . Another possible solution is that s/he uses their left hand and when it's the required item they use their right hand to point to the object in question . Please reveal here when you have the answer , thanks

thewelshone

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Some people got some seriuos beatings today!

Turns out, the first suggestion was right, but they just wanted to keep me guessing for longer because they thought it would be funny.
Yes, my friends are nasty ^^

So yeah, thank you very much pond50! You made me look clever ^^

pond50

you are welcome have you also played the game 'scissors crossed' scissors uncrossed' that is puzzling as well

thewelshone

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No, i havent sounds interesting though, how do youplay that?

pond50

hope i can explain this clearly a pair of scissors is passed to the person on your left and you say "i pass these scissors crossed" if your arms or legs are crossed and "i pass these scissors uncrossed" if they are not the part of the trick is to turn the scissors over or close them etc as you pass them hope that is clear

thewelshone

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Not even a little bit xD

pond50

oh well i tried perhaps someone else can explain it better

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