Are YOU smart enough to join the FBI? Poison drink riddle goes viral on TikTok after man claims that correctly solving the puzzle means you have the brain power to become a special agent
- Matthew Palandra, who is known as @themagicmatt on social media, shared the brain teaser with his 5.1 million TikTok followers on Thursday
- He explained that a man and woman went out for drinks on a hot summer day and were both served ice water when they sat down
- The woman chugged three glasses of water at the start of their date because she was thirsty, but the man slowly sipped his over the course of their meal
- The man got violently ill that night and died, and police determined that both his and his date’s drinks were poisoned
- The magician and illusionist concluded the video by asking viewers to explain in the comments why the man died and the woman didn’t
- More than 4,000 viewers have commented on the post, and while some figured out the riddle, not everyone has what it takes to be an FBI agent
The FBI may be looking at an influx of new applicants thanks to a complex riddle that allegedly determines whether you’re smart enough to become a special agent.
Matthew Palandra, who is known as @themagicmatt on social media, shared the brain teaser with his 5.1 million TikTok followers on Thursday, claiming that solving the puzzle may be a sign you have what it takes to join the FBI.
‘A man and a woman go out for drinks on their first date. It’s a blazing hot summer day, so while the man and the woman are waiting for their meals, they’re both served a glass of ice water,’ he explained at the start of the video.
Matthew Palandra, who is known as @themagicmatt on social media, shared a complex riddle with his 5.1 million TikTok followers on Thursday
He claimed that correctly figuring out the brain teaser may be a sign that you are smart enough to become an FBI agent
‘The woman is sweating a ton and is extra thirsty, so she chugs down three glasses of ice water right at the start, whereas the man only took sips of his water throughout the meal.
‘Later that day, the man texts the woman telling her that he’s violently ill and feels extremely weak. And before midnight, the man is pronounced dead by police.’
Palandra said that when the woman is brought in for questioning, it is found that both her and her date’s drinks were poisoned.
The magician and illusionist concluded the video by asking viewers to explain in the comments why the man died and the woman didn’t.
Palandra’s video has been viewed more than 350,000 times in less than 24 hours, though the poisoned drinks riddle isn’t new.
There are a number of versions that can be found online, including variations in which they order iced tea instead of water.
Like most riddles, the solution is obvious once you know the answer.
The poison was in the ice cubes.
The woman’s intense thirst ultimately saved her life because she drank her water quickly, before the ice had a chance to melt.
Her date, on the other hand, drank his water slowly, allowing plenty of time for the poison to melt into his drink.
Palandra explained that a man and woman went out for drinks on a hot summer day and were both served ice water when they sat down. The woman chugged three glasses of water, while her date slowly sipped his over the course of their meal
The man got violently ill that night and died, and police determined that both his and his date’s drinks were poisoned
Palanddra asked viewers to explain in the comments why the man died and the woman didn’t
Many commenters correctly guessed that the poison was in the ice cubes. The woman drank her water quickly, before the ice had a chance to melt. Her date, on the other hand, drank his water slowly, allowing plenty of time for the poison to melt into his drink
More than 4,000 viewers have commented on the post, and many of them correctly figured out the riddle, but not everyone has what it takes to be an FBI agent.
A number of people who gave an incorrect answer focused on the number of drinks the woman had and wrongly assumed she had flushed the poison out of her system.
‘I thought that it was because she drank it so quickly that she just peed all the poison,’ one person commented.
‘She dilutes the poison with all the water she drank,’ someone else guessed, while others were convinced the man died of ‘dehydration.’
‘They didn’t have the same drinks,’ another incorrectly deduced. ‘Their drinks were poisoned not their waters.’