without moving the bottle, or sucking on the straw. To win the bet, simply place your lips

把液體移到玻璃杯中或是把果汁吸進吸管裡。如何贏這場賭注呢，你只要簡單的把你的嘴唇

around the top of the bottle, and blow. The liquid will shoot out of the straw.

放在瓶子上方，然後吹氣。果汁就會很神奇的從吸管噴出來了。

Place a matchbox on an upturned glass and tell your friends that they have to make it

把一個火柴盒放在一個放倒的玻璃杯上，然後告訴你的朋友你只需要撥一下

stand upright with a single flick. You can do it every time. However, when your friends

火柴盒就可以直挺挺的站在玻璃杯上。其實你每次都可以做到。然而，當你的朋友們

have a go, turn the matchbox over so the bottom of the drawer is on top. Now it's impossible.

想要試試看的時候，只要把火柴盒翻面讓底部朝上，就不可能成功了。

Arrange eight matchsticks like this to make a fish swimming in this direction. And challenge

在桌上按照指示用八支火柴棒擺好一個魚的形狀，然後挑戰

your friends to move just three of the matchsticks and make the fish move in the opposite direction.

你的朋友們只能移動三支火柴棒就讓魚的形狀左右相反。

To win the bet, just move this matchstick. And this one. And this one.

要怎麼贏這場賭局呢? 只要移動這支火柴棒，還有這支，跟這支

Place two plastic glasses together and challenge your friends to separate the glasses without

把兩個塑膠杯擺在一起然後跟你朋友打賭看看是否可以不移動任何東西就把兩個玻璃杯

touching them. To win the bet, just blow between them.

分開。你只要在它們中間吹氣，就贏了這場賭注了。

Tell your friends that you can say fifty words in just thirty seconds, but without using

告訴你的朋友們你可以在短短三十秒不使用ABC然後說出五十個字

the letters A B or C. To win the bet, just count One Two Three Four and so on, right

你只要從數字一，二，三，四等等

up to the number fifty. We're half way through, and here's the Quirkology

數到五十。我們已經成功地進行了一半了，而接下來部分就是所謂的"怪咖心理學"

goat. This bet involves a mug, a teaspoon and a

關於這個賭注你需要先準備一個茶杯，一支湯匙跟一支

fork. Place the spoon here, and the fork under the spoon, and challenge your friends to move

叉子。首先把湯匙放在這裡，然後把叉子放在湯匙下面後，告訴你的朋友

the spoon into the mug but by only touching the end of the fork. To win the bet, gently

你可以只碰到叉子尾端就把湯匙放到茶杯裡，你只要輕輕地拍一下叉子，

hit the fork. Challenge your friends to balance a credit

你就賭贏了! 再來，跟你朋友說你可以讓信用卡平衡在

card on a glass, and then balance some coins on one side of the glass. They will fail every

玻璃杯上，然後你還可以讓硬幣平衡在其中一邊的杯緣上，這是不可能的事

time. All you need to do is place as much water in the glass as possible. Place the

你只要把杯子裡的水加到無敵滿，把卡放在上面

card onto it, and the water tension will allow you to balance the coins.

水的表面張力就會讓硬幣平衡在上面了

Challenge your friends to balance the edge of a large piece of paper onto their finger. To win the

挑戰你的朋友用手指頂住一大張的紙。

bet, just fold the paper diagonally in half, then fold back one side like this, the other

你只要把紙對角摺半，再像這樣反摺，另外一邊像這樣摺

side like this, and you will be able to balance the paper on your fingertip.

你就可以用手指頂住它且很輕鬆地打贏這場賭注。

For this bet, place some matches on the table and explain to your friends that they have

關於這場賭注，你先在桌上放置一些火柴，然後告訴你的朋友他們只能使用桌上的東西

to balance this plastic glass between the other two using what's just on the table.

讓這個塑膠杯能夠平衡在兩個玻璃杯中。

Tell them that if they are successful then they can win some money. In fact the matches

告訴他們只要能夠成功，這些錢都是他們的。其實這些火柴棒

were a red herring. To win the bet, fold the note up like this, place it between the two

都只是要轉移他們的目標。你只要把紙鈔摺得像這樣，把它架在兩個玻璃杯中間

other glasses, and balance the other glass on top.

然後把塑膠杯小心的放置在上面，你就贏了。

Secretly run pencil lead around the edge of a coin. Then hand the coin to your friend

偷偷的用鉛筆塗滿硬幣的邊緣，然後拿著去找你朋友

and tell them they can keep it if they can roll the coin down their nose. You'll lose

跟他說如果他們能夠讓這個硬幣從他的鼻子順利滾下，這個硬幣就是他的了。

the bet but they will end up looking silly. When they see themselves in the mirror they

雖然這個賭注你會輸，但是當他們回到家站在鏡子面前的時候，

will be angry then sad.

他們會看起來無比愚蠢。