open end pointing towards the end of the bottle and ask your friends to blow the cap further

into the bottle. Each time the cap will fly out. Challenge your friends to balance the

coin on the edge of a note. When they give up, fold the note into a V shape, balance

the coin on it and slowly pull the ends of the note. The coin will balance on the edge.

Pour a drink and then balance two coins on the edge of the glass. Tell your friends that

they have to lift up the glass but are only allowed to touch the coins. The secret is

to quickly move the coins down to the side of the glass and then lift up the whole thing.

Have you and a friend hold a pencil between your thumbs. Now challenge your friends to

keep holding the pencil between their thumbs but to move the pencil under their hands like

this. They will fail every time. The secret is to lift your right thumb, place your left

thumb under it, and then slide the pencil under your hand. There are one, two, three,

four, coins in this row, and one, two, three, four, five coins in this row. Your friends

have to move just one coin and end up with five coins in each row. The secret is simple.

Tell your friends that you can take a piece of paper, and cover it in loads of hexagon

shapes like this in less than a minute. When they accept the bet, roll the paper into a

tube, squeeze one end together, make another squeeze ninety degrees to the first, and work

your way down the tube. When you unroll the paper it will be covered in lots of hexagon

shapes. Fill one glass with whisky and another with water. Place a plastic card, like a driving

license, over the water and then turn it upside down and place it on the whisky. Now tell

your friends that you can make the two liquids change places but without turning them upside

down. To win the bet, simply move the card to the side, and the water will pour into

the bottom glass, forcing the whisky into the top one. This bet involves a paperclip

and five cards. Place a queen into the middle of the cards and then turn the cards over

and ask your friend to place the clip on the queen. They will place it on the front card

and you will win the bet. This involves a note and two paperclips. Zig-zag the note

and place the paperclips on it like this. Now tell your friends that you are going to

flick the clips off of the note but when they land they will be touching one another. You

will win the bet because the two clips will link together. Light a candle and place a

bottle behind it. Now move behind the bottle and bet your friends that you can blow out

the candle by blowing at it. The air moves around the bottle and so you will win the

bet.