IQ question?

Question

1 mom, 1 dad, 2 daughters, 2 sons, 1 policeman, 1 thief, and 1 raft
1.Only 2 persons on the raft at a time
2. The father can not stay with any of the daughters without their
mother's presence
3. The mother can not stay with any of the sons without their father's presence
4. The thief can not stay with any family member if the Policeman is not there
5. Only the Father, the Mother and the Policeman know how to operate the raft.
How do you get everyone on the otherside of the river?

**Remember if the father takes one son over, he's left the other son with the mother. Same goes for the mother taking one daughter over.

http://freeweb.siol.net/danej/riverIQGame.swf

click blue circle.

If you get it let me know.

Answer 1

Got it!!!! Now can I remember what I did??? Cool little game...

Police takes thief-Police Comes Back
Police takes son-Police and thief come back
Father takes son-father comes back
Father takes Mother-Mother comes back
Police takes thief-Father comes back
Father takes Mother-Mother comes back
Mother takes daughter-Police and thief come back
Police takes daughter-Police comes back
Poolice takes thief!!!

DONE!!!!! (I actually played on the website so I promise I didn't break any rules)

By the way...the animations of the people knocking each other out if you break a rule...those are pretty weird. =)

Answer 2

Cannot stay on land, or in the boat? ‘Cause that makes a huge difference in how you answer the question.

Anyway, let’s go with on land:

The father takes the children, then the mother, then brings the boat back for the police officer, who then goes back for the theif.

Let’s now go with in the boat:

The father takes the sons, brings the boat back, the mother takes the daughters, then brings the boat back, the father takes the mother, then brings the boat back, then takes the police officer, who brings the boat back for the thief.

Let’s now go with both on land and in the boat:

The father takes the mother across, then heads back. The father takes one son, brings the mother back, then takes the other son across. The mother then takes the father, then the two daughters, brings the boat back for the police officer, who then takes the mother across, then comes back for the thief.

There are about five other ways it can be successfully done as well, given any of the three interpretations I asked about.

For instance, police takes prisoner, then takes father, father takes mother, then son, takes mother back, takes other son, mother takes father, then two daughters. The people can be switched around in several different ways.

The mother/father and son/daughter can be switched around.




I don't recall the rules saying anything about having to get off each time they reach shore...

Answer 3

the father takes the sons one at a time, the mother takes the father(cause he would have 2 bring the raft back) then the daughters 1 at a time, and the policeman takes the mother and then the theif

Answer 4

the theif takes the sons over one by one, then the the father. the theif goes back and the mother takes the policeman over, then the theif. Finally the mom goes back for the daughters, lets them get on the raft, while she swims along the side telling them how to operate the raft!

Answer 5

1. The police take the theif over and comes back.
2. The police take one son over and brings the thif back.
3. The Father take one son over and comes back
4. The Mother take the Father Over and comes back
5. The Mother take a doughter over and brings the father back
6. The Police take the Thief over and the father comes back.
7. The Father brings the mother over and the mother come back
8. The Mother Brings a dauther over and Both police and Theif come back
9 The Police that the over daughter over and comes back
10 The Police take the thief over.

Answer 6

Thief takes kids one at a time, then Policeman. Thief returns, raft to parents who cross together. Policeman returns to pick up thief.

Not too tuff

Answer 7

police man takes the thief across, goes back for the father, they go back, the police man gets off and the father getshis two sons, then after that he gets the mother, and the mother then takes over the raft and gets her daugters across

Answer 8

Thief and policeman go over, then policeman comes back.
Policeman and father go over, father comes back.
Father and mother go over, mother comes back.
Mother and first daughter go over, father and mother come back.
Mother and second daughter go over, mother comes back.
Father and first son go over, father comes back.
Father and second son go over, father comes back.
Father and mother go over.
Hooray!

Answer 9

I was in this very same situation one time and we waited for the tide to go out and the river leval went down and we all walked accross

Answer 10

MOM AND FATHER UP 2 DAUGHTERS UP 2 BROS UP COP AND THIEF UP.