- Alright, we got some really cool new magic for you today,
so nothing in my hands, obviously, nothing back here,
but yet...
How does he do it?
No one will ever know.
Okay, that one was terrible, but this one actually isn't.
I asked one of my friends of mine to cut the deck
and he actually cut right through the deck.
Just...
That's a bad joke, okay?
I'm not proud of it, but it suits the routine,
so check this out.
You can see the knife clearly has penetrated
the deck of cards, there's no...
This is a real knife and that is really through there,
but look, as soon as I take it out, watch.
No funny business.
This is a solid block of metal.
(clinking)
And it can be examined as well.
I just don't like carrying this around when I do
walk around magic, because it weighs probably three pounds.
And you can hand that out.
How amazing is that?
Boom!
Alright, so check this one out.
Ready, one, two, three, and back, and back,
and back, and back, red, blue, red, blue.
No the most practical of magic effects,
but it looks great on camera, so if you're gonna do
a trick on camera, you just change it like that,
which is kind of cool.
I've always wondered what it'd be like to do
a card trick on stage and have this just sitting there
and instead of moving this back and forth,
I'd have the whole audience's chairs just go...
(buzzing)
Alright, lame idea, I know.
Let's get into the video!
Alright, boys and girls, welcome back to another video.
I have been absent for a few days.
Just, honestly, no excuses.
I'll spare you the details.
Happy to be back, happy to be here, and solving
another puzzle for you guys today, but before we
get into that, I got a few updates.
As you may know, MAGIC Live, one of the biggest
magic conventions in the world, is being hosted
yet again in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Over 4,000 magicians will be present.
I, myself, and 10 other friends have rented
a massive mansion in Vegas, kind of like what we did
a few months back in L.A. where we just
filmed a whole bunch of stuff and hung out
and had fun together, so we're gonna be
documenting that very shortly.
I leave tomorrow.
So guys, be sure, if you wanna watch those videos
and sort of behind the scenes of all these magic tricks
and getting together with the world's best magicians,
including Copperfield and all these guys are gonna be there,
so if you want an exclusive access, all you literally
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I think that's about it for updates.
Yeah, nothing left to update.
That's about it for updates.
Today's puzzle.
Today's puzzle is a level 9 puzzle.
It is a puzzle box, aptly named the Question Mark Box,
or in German, the Fragezeichenbox.
Nailed it!
This is by Siebenstein-Spiele.
The whole point of this is to unlock the box
and try and open it without using force, obviously,
and without using an external tools.
Only your head and hands.
I've solved a few puzzle boxes in the past.
All of them have varied a little bit.
They all have different ways of opening,
which are more clever than the next,
so I look forward to opening this one.
Hopefully it doesn't give me such a hard time.
And without further ado, let's get into it.
Okay, let's go.
And begin.
Well, first thing's first, this thing seems
to open like so.
Do not wanna force it.
Okay, it has a little give.
This has a little give.
Maybe at the same time?
No?
Also, this does not have a give at all.
Oh, yes it does, little give, little give.
Huh.
So all the sides seem to come open a little bit,
but nothing seems to be moving.
By the way, on the last puzzle video
I asked you guys, what would you do?
And so many interesting answers that I'd never thought of,
which is super cool.
I like that idea that you guys get to participate in this.
I had a lot of fun reading your answers,
and I think some of your answers would have probably
helped me out, so if ever I don't solve this puzzle,
what would you do right now at this point?
I'm really curious to see.
Drop a comment below and let me know,
other than fiddling around with it.
See, this even slides side to side, and then back here.
Seems to be nothing on the inside.
I'm wondering if these wood pieces
have anything to do with it.
Doesn't look like it.
Maybe it's sequential, one thing at a time.
So maybe...
Oh?
Huh.
(tapping)
I feel like this would be first, this would be second,
and then this would be third, but so far
it doesn't seem to be the case.
Wow, okay, this is frustrating.
(tapping)
Sometimes they've got little inner mechanisms
that you've gotta slap around, and sometimes, you know,
you just feel like slapping it because it's frustrating,
so that kind of helps.
It's therapeutic.
Don't wanna break it.
(rattling)
When in doubt, spin, but there doesn't seem to be
any moving parts on the inside, so I don't think
that'll do anything.
Okay, so let's take a logical approach to this.
Let's try sequentially.
Start with the back, then here, then here.
Doesn't seem to do anything.
Alright, let's start with the front, then the back.
Oh man.
None of these lift off either.
(tapping)
Okay, so here's my conclusion.
Because there are no moving parts on the inside,
you don't have to maneuver it in any orientation.
Usually puzzle's the ones that you have to stand up
like this or like this.
Usually, for the most part, have some moving mechanism
on the inside, which you can hear.
There's nothing on the inside of this,
so that rules out the spinning, it rules out the moving,
and it possibly rules out the orientation,
(tapping)
but I think this might be one of those
where you just have to knock it into place,
(tapping)
and I know that sounds really bad, because I'm just
(tapping)
banging on this,
(tapping)
but those are usually the solutions to this.
(tapping)
Oh, baby, baby, baby.
Voila!
A little banging.
This must then come forward, yes?
This must then slide out, I suppose.
Is that the whole thing?
Ah, see?
Ah, that's so cool.
It's not really a box, is it?
More like a shell
Boop.
That was quick!
It feels good to solve a quickie.
Here is that mechanism.
So this, I imagine, is a magnet, and there you go.
So there's a little screw in there,
which attracts the magnet here, bam,
so which is why you didn't hear any moving parts,
'cause this was always stuck there.
Had it been out, you would've heard a click
when it went back in.
This fits into this little hole, and then by knocking it,
(tapping)
it pops out.
So a bit counterintuitive, but then again,
I've learned from past puzzles, sometimes you just gotta
give 'em a good old whack and they come apart.
However, don't whack every puzzle.
You might end up breaking it, and that's the other thing.
So let's put this back together.
(rattling)
And we're back to square one.
Yay!
Alright guys, that about wraps it up for this video.
Thank you so much for watching.
Again, as I mentioned, I'm heading to Vegas tomorrow.
If you guys wanna follow the shenanigans,
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They have really interesting content,
and if you don't follow them already,
stay tuned for these videos and you'll get a chance
to see what they do.
Thanks again for watching.
Nothing to say about this puzzle.
It was pretty easy.
(laugh)
Hope you enjoyed the video and we'll see you
on the next one.
Peace, bye!
(upbeat music)