10 more amazing bets you will always win (5)

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  • čas přidán 9. 02. 2013
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  • @Rzm72
    @Rzm72 Před 2 lety +2749

    I tried the “secretly put your thumb so they can’t push it apart” thing, it’s all good tho, I only have to wear the cast for another month

  • @dagmarhelgabjartsdottir75
    @dagmarhelgabjartsdottir75 Před 5 lety +2214

    0:07 bet: Using *just* a piece of thread
    To win the bet: cheat and grab salt out of nowhere

    • @manushrestha5754
      @manushrestha5754 Před 4 lety +15

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Yasmineve.
      @Yasmineve. Před 4 lety +10

      manu shrestha 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @TheKejser1234
      @TheKejser1234 Před 4 lety +6

      So dumb

    • @ThatDamnPandaKai
      @ThatDamnPandaKai Před 3 lety +69

      @@TheKejser1234 I'm guessing you lost the bet.

    • @chrissibersky4617
      @chrissibersky4617 Před 3 lety +3

      It's a "the eagles are coming" moment.

  • @silly_sheep09
    @silly_sheep09 Před 2 lety +1375

    For the last one: alternatively, tell them to close their eyes. Put your fingers on their face. Kick the drink right off the table. Make sure the drink is made of glass for stronger affect.

  • @m4sukii
    @m4sukii Před 5 lety +2097

    0:53
    instructions unclear
    friend broke my thumb

  • @scroople8488
    @scroople8488 Před 4 lety +358

    ‘You need some scissors and a piece of string’
    Holds rope

  • @creatroyer2701
    @creatroyer2701 Před 4 lety +492

    Dang, this is a bit of nostalgia. The music, Quikology, and 2013.

    • @thismans1405
      @thismans1405 Před 3 lety +5

      God, its been a while hasn't it. I've got to get off youtube.

    • @azizifatima5971
      @azizifatima5971 Před 3 lety

      NWyobpwmojbvxP'to

    • @astranow
      @astranow Před 2 lety

      Quirkology***

    • @jasminesoliman4499
      @jasminesoliman4499 Před 2 lety

      Reminds me when I was a kid and watched grown adults playing with dolls and bubble gum!

  • @GarlicBreadBen
    @GarlicBreadBen Před 10 lety +987

    For the 9.5 = 101010 one, just add a line through the equal sign. It makes it a "not equal" sign.

    • @Guide4Ever
      @Guide4Ever Před 2 lety +36

      was about to say that...

    • @GarlicBreadBen
      @GarlicBreadBen Před 2 lety +159

      @@Guide4Ever I guess I was ahead of you by about 8 years.

    • @Guide4Ever
      @Guide4Ever Před 2 lety +43

      @@GarlicBreadBen time is relative, its the mind that is absolute

    • @butterbreaded_
      @butterbreaded_ Před 2 lety +35

      Why do I think it’s just so awesome how you are replying them after 8 years!

    • @ANITA.WYN.
      @ANITA.WYN. Před 2 lety +5

      @@butterbreaded_ I think it’s just rare? No idea.

  • @trent_yvel
    @trent_yvel Před 4 lety +2749

    Oh my GOD this evokes emotions from me when this first came out

  • @edwardtan5385
    @edwardtan5385 Před 5 lety +742

    7th riddle:
    Another way is to draw a diagonal line across the = sign

  • @thegarchompchampion6151
    @thegarchompchampion6151 Před 9 lety +116

    1:00 if your friend is strong enough,they can break your thumb

    • @PrismaticFitness
      @PrismaticFitness Před 9 lety +11

      I wouldn't want to try this considering my friends are brutes.

    • @NasirKhan-uf7du
      @NasirKhan-uf7du Před 8 lety +1

      ***** damn my thumb hurts

    • @osyiaa
      @osyiaa Před 8 lety +1

      +The Garchomp Champion or take 1 hand and put it over the bottom hand and the other hand under the top hand and push both hands away from each other

    • @osyiaa
      @osyiaa Před 8 lety

      +The Garchomp Champion or take 1 hand and put it over the bottom hand and the other hand under the top hand and push both hands away from each other

    • @riverconway3793
      @riverconway3793 Před 8 lety +1

      yea

  • @sn14t70
    @sn14t70 Před 3 lety +58

    New bet: Tell Quirkology who has the least friends, You or him, When they count you'll always win. The secret to this is you dont have any

    • @LGSA
      @LGSA Před 3 lety +1

      ☹️☹️

  • @drller3698
    @drller3698 Před 2 lety +58

    The hardest part is finding friend to bet with 😂

  • @Slippindisc
    @Slippindisc Před 3 lety +39

    “Challenge your friends to remove it with just a piece of thread”
    Proceeds to break the only stipulation by involving salt in the game

  • @RemarhBsoul
    @RemarhBsoul Před 2 lety +37

    Imagine two quirkology viewers meet each other at a party and recognize the trick 🤣

  • @joec2743
    @joec2743 Před 3 lety +421

    Or just draw a diagonal line through the “=“ sign like this “≠” that’s correct too

    • @RareAquaria
      @RareAquaria Před 3 lety +8

      he said make the *equation* correct though, using that wouldn't make it equal, no?

    • @joec2743
      @joec2743 Před 3 lety +63

      @@RareAquaria it would make the equation correct...by saying it’s not equal...that is correct

    • @RareAquaria
      @RareAquaria Před 3 lety +1

      @@joec2743 sure the question becomes correct, but by saying "it's not equal to" makes it not an equation because an equation is two expressions that are equal to, though... unless?

    • @joec2743
      @joec2743 Před 3 lety +18

      @@RareAquaria all I said was it makes it correct

    • @sudipto4447
      @sudipto4447 Před 3 lety

      This man needs more attention

  • @Tilith
    @Tilith Před 2 lety +29

    Everybody's talking about how he cheats by using salt and all I'm thinking is: Yo, don't put salt in my drink !

  • @mnwildhighlights4180
    @mnwildhighlights4180 Před 4 lety +125

    2:25: *me preparing for zombie apocalypse*

  • @flamencoprof
    @flamencoprof Před 3 lety +86

    I'm near 70, I wish my 9yo self could have seen this.

  • @StryderHeap
    @StryderHeap Před 9 lety +167

    Hold on... Mathematics..
    "Add just one line to make it right"
    You can also put a / through the =

  • @nate_val7969
    @nate_val7969 Před 4 lety +55

    I remember watching this growing up. Like if you did too!

  • @melted_eclipse2688
    @melted_eclipse2688 Před 2 lety +59

    I love how he expects us to either carry a bunch of matchboxes around, or a pair of scissors and rope-

    • @danielshults5243
      @danielshults5243 Před 9 měsíci +3

      These are old school barroom bets. If you were in a bar prior to the ban on smoking indoors, it would have been easy to find matchboxes. That said, I've got no explanation for the scissors and string!

    • @jamesiyer4937
      @jamesiyer4937 Před 9 měsíci

      ​@danielshults5243 People still smoke outside bars so matches are still a thing. I'm with you on the string though

    • @Mewmew1-2
      @Mewmew1-2 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Or if your friend comes to your house.

  • @TickTockFilms
    @TickTockFilms Před 9 lety +83

    2:14 im sorry, that isnt string...
    thats a rope

  • @707Elijah
    @707Elijah Před 4 lety +43

    Plot Twist: *Your friends watched this before you told them to come over to do these tricks.*

  • @tess9258
    @tess9258 Před 5 lety +135

    I just realised that I've read one of his books! 😂

  • @Twtching
    @Twtching Před 7 lety +63

    2:22 now you have a weapon to access easy money from friends

  • @HaterTaterLater
    @HaterTaterLater Před 7 lety +265

    At 0:40, I thought he was going to bring the right match to the left side to make the matches resemble a four, which is a perfect, "square" of two.

  • @FenrizNNN
    @FenrizNNN Před 2 lety +5

    1:45 I would have drawn a diagonal line on the = sign, making it not equal to 101010, therefore doing it

  • @Wet..
    @Wet.. Před rokem +2

    I remember when I was about 8 and watching these videos. Wow it’s great to come back to them

  • @Zeex2k6.
    @Zeex2k6. Před 2 lety +3

    Back to the days when CZcams was a good simple application for us

  • @liamsexistance385
    @liamsexistance385 Před 3 lety +2

    Anyone remember watching this when you were younger?
    Nostalgia is strong with this one.

  • @itseshaan8156
    @itseshaan8156 Před 8 lety +58

    If you use salt, you're not using ONLY a piece of thread!

    • @epiclazers897
      @epiclazers897 Před 8 lety +1

      +UnknownFish i was thinking da same thing

    • @ayas8414
      @ayas8414 Před 6 lety +1

      Yah

    • @Mars8765
      @Mars8765 Před 5 lety

      A grain of salt is ridiculously small.

  • @vanezs16
    @vanezs16 Před 10 lety +44

    oh God I gotta go to sleep, I swear this is the last one I watch!!

  • @TheJqueezy
    @TheJqueezy Před 2 lety +5

    Just tried these with the family. It was pretty fun quality time spent. Thanks for the video

    • @saintroddy
      @saintroddy Před 2 lety

      Did you win any money tho

    • @TheJqueezy
      @TheJqueezy Před 2 lety

      @@saintroddy nah, just did it for fun to see if they could figure them out.

  • @jstmoon0617
    @jstmoon0617 Před 3 lety +10

    1:25 another way you could win is by banging the table a bit and pulling the note just a bit at the same time and eventually the note will come out

    • @leafster8244
      @leafster8244 Před 2 lety +1

      yeah i also thought of that

    • @Sphemus
      @Sphemus Před 7 měsíci

      Quirkology did this in another episode of 10 Bets You'll Always Win.

  • @nolmartmaridorgimeno7022
    @nolmartmaridorgimeno7022 Před 8 lety +273

    But on the first bet it says only use a piece of thread. So, you can't use the salt.

  • @zidanjkhan
    @zidanjkhan Před 3 lety +1

    4 years ago I have watched this already and watching this again today is refreshing

  • @itsjundoe
    @itsjundoe Před 2 lety +4

    1:34 you can also pound the table and snatch the bill while the bottle is in the air

  • @potato-ie2nw
    @potato-ie2nw Před 3 lety +7

    2:54
    his face: what is life

  • @masonshouseoftrickshots4984

    The nostalgia I get from this is insane!

  • @emihnn2815
    @emihnn2815 Před 4 lety +1

    Yes,what a lovely time to get recommended.

  • @lassmirandadensivilla4966
    @lassmirandadensivilla4966 Před 7 lety +78

    1:40
    you'd usually lose everytime. they'd just add a vertical line over the equal symbol...

    • @bonzer9367
      @bonzer9367 Před 7 lety

      thats wht i was thinking

    • @lobsterthelobster2854
      @lobsterthelobster2854 Před 7 lety +2

      You would usually lose every time? What does this mean? You would sometimes lose, or you would always lose?

    • @Patinno
      @Patinno Před 7 lety

      what do u mean a line over equals

    • @lassmirandadensivilla4966
      @lassmirandadensivilla4966 Před 7 lety +5

      google: unequal sign
      ...

    • @65EKS65
      @65EKS65 Před 7 lety +3

      If you do that, it wouldn't be an equation anymore..

  • @ivanclark2275
    @ivanclark2275 Před 10 lety +3

    Must be nice to have a series that constantly goes viral.

  • @jobama9909
    @jobama9909 Před 4 lety +7

    friendship: exists
    quirkology: *Imma bout to end this mans career*

  • @GBisveryconfused
    @GBisveryconfused Před 2 lety +1

    It’s the fact that it feels like you can’t find his channel and then he suddenly appears in your recommended

  • @cooldebz123
    @cooldebz123 Před 10 lety +20

    In the beginning, he said using just the thread not thread and salt

    • @vanezs16
      @vanezs16 Před 10 lety +1

      and a glass with water and an ice cube :)

    • @adzy_3152
      @adzy_3152 Před 10 lety +1

      I said that too

    • @hinata09599
      @hinata09599 Před 9 lety +9

      It's not unfair,he said get it out only using the thread, he never lift it up by using salt, the salt was to make it stick.

  • @66sAngelo
    @66sAngelo Před 3 lety +3

    That matchbox shuffling was clean af.

  • @BenDover-it3qt
    @BenDover-it3qt Před 10 lety +17

    Number 1: Using just the thread... and the salt

  • @hawksandwich4742
    @hawksandwich4742 Před 9 lety +5

    ....."Just a piece of thread"
    *Pulls out salt*

  • @Wishistaken
    @Wishistaken Před 10 měsíci +1

    Wow when was youtube like this?? Pls I would do anything to get these wholesome videos again

  • @Theaketrain
    @Theaketrain Před 2 lety +1

    I love how this is in my recommended 8 years later

  • @rameshbasvan7056
    @rameshbasvan7056 Před 3 lety +6

    0:55 I tried this one😁😁
    **I used to have 10 fingers and now I have 9**
    Thanks to you 🙂👍

  • @darylthomas1648
    @darylthomas1648 Před 8 lety +29

    take a spoon of powdered sugar and put it on a plate. Challenge a friend that you can convert the sugar into a sugar cube. Now flip the plate and ask your friend to close his eyes. when his eyes are closed hold your fist out and punch him in the face. Works everytime without fail .

    • @peentickler1909
      @peentickler1909 Před 8 lety

      I laughed more than. I should have xD xD

    • @darylthomas1648
      @darylthomas1648 Před 8 lety

      +Drunk Punk it took me a while to write that i couldnt stop laughing xD

  • @anguslloyd5584
    @anguslloyd5584 Před 3 lety +6

    “Make this equation correct”.
    Me: he he he, I’ll just make it a non-equals sign.

  • @realgoofygd
    @realgoofygd Před 10 měsíci +1

    Fun fact: this is the FIRST channel I’ve ever watched.

  • @megaarchiep
    @megaarchiep Před 8 lety +46

    0:29 FUCKING MAGIC

  • @lucassanchez9050
    @lucassanchez9050 Před 8 lety +45

    for the 9.50 one, put the lone on the equal sign so that it says it's unequal.

  • @d3ysii558
    @d3ysii558 Před 4 lety +6

    This is where CZcamsrs and tiktokers get their magics from they just steal them from this guy

  • @Dr_Saturn
    @Dr_Saturn Před 8 lety +50

    0:57 But the friend can break your thumb

    • @kiarac1373
      @kiarac1373 Před 8 lety +2

      +Axel4000000 lmfaoo thats what i said

    • @Therealtlorenzo1
      @Therealtlorenzo1 Před 8 lety +2

      +Axel4000000 Yep or dislocate it. That trick may be good for a child participant.

    • @Mars8765
      @Mars8765 Před 5 lety +1

      Therealtlorenzo1 Well, That will not happen to me. I am 15.

    • @LewisMono
      @LewisMono Před 5 lety +2

      Mars 15 years old is still legally a child.

    • @Ayaan13550
      @Ayaan13550 Před 5 lety

      Only if you not strong

  • @crashedfatality
    @crashedfatality Před 10 měsíci

    the youtube algorithm suddenly recommending me the best videos uploaded a decade ago

  • @m_iles2005
    @m_iles2005 Před 4 lety

    JESUS! I remember watching his videos years ago and one of his videos popped into my head during class.

  • @Milgrove
    @Milgrove Před 11 lety +6

    Alternate solution to the matches: Take the rightmost match and place it perpendicularly above the leftmost match. The end result is that you make the number four, which is a square.

  • @slash1906
    @slash1906 Před 3 lety

    The music makes this so iconic when coming back to this vid after years

  • @sorenirae
    @sorenirae Před 4 lety

    I was literally trying to find your channel like last month and now i found you again

  • @srx0493
    @srx0493 Před 7 lety +6

    1:43
    Add a dash through the equal sign. Simple.

  • @araadhyayroy7554
    @araadhyayroy7554 Před 9 měsíci +2

    How to always win a game:
    Step1: play with yourself
    Step2:enjoy :D

  • @coreymoore1443
    @coreymoore1443 Před 3 lety +5

    Also entitled “how to annoy your server by leaving a giant mess for them to clean up.”

  • @arijit904
    @arijit904 Před 8 lety +24

    people ask me how i became a millionaire....i just show them the video..

  • @sqeezyyy
    @sqeezyyy Před 3 lety +1

    Time traveller from the year 2021 here. I'm just binge-watching all the episodes right now.

  • @timbrown1790
    @timbrown1790 Před 8 měsíci

    "Remove the ice cube using just a piece of thread" - then immediately uses something in addition to thread to remove it

  • @JangoFett220
    @JangoFett220 Před 8 lety +7

    person placing the bet, who looks lie the joker: Im gonna put the index fingers from both my hands on your face and make your drink disappear
    Victim: alright
    Joker: you need to close your eyes for it
    (Guy closes his eyes Joker puts front and index finger of left hand on guys face then puts right hand behind victims head and slams it down on the glass)
    Joker: Tah Dah, its gone
    (Victim face now bleeding falls on the floor)

  • @rfractal
    @rfractal Před 7 lety +30

    Scissors and a piece of string... You mean Rope?

  • @Mr.RightBottomText
    @Mr.RightBottomText Před 2 lety

    I feel so old, I watched this when it first came out.

  • @dreamwasnotaimposter1548

    I uses to watch him when i was younger, i hope this man is doing good

  • @Oatmealgoat18
    @Oatmealgoat18 Před 10 měsíci

    Great video, no 10 minute intros to like subscribe and shit, just straight to the point👍

  • @typicgragon2193
    @typicgragon2193 Před 2 lety

    :D it came back in my recommendations after 7 years

  • @mattrex8
    @mattrex8 Před 8 lety +19

    i should really go to sleep now...

    • @samuelthegamer3109
      @samuelthegamer3109 Před 8 lety +1

      "i bet you suck at minecraft loser and you dont even talk to gurlz and you have a dumb haircut and i dont like you" is a comment you've left before. Never knew 8 year olds could get into Oxford. grats :)

    • @brandonchen9911
      @brandonchen9911 Před 5 lety

      SpanjoX same

  • @sophiew9676
    @sophiew9676 Před 3 lety

    the ice cube in the first trick looks CRISP

  • @skyistheguy2273
    @skyistheguy2273 Před 2 lety

    This was recommended to me 5 years ago and its just been recommended again.

  • @Hs-px1mi
    @Hs-px1mi Před 7 lety +25

    2:06 is a real shit :D .... u do it everyday.

  • @aldenmarasigan8745
    @aldenmarasigan8745 Před 4 lety

    This channel brings me back memories when i was 7-10

  • @fatimaasif3761
    @fatimaasif3761 Před 3 lety +3

    "Remove the ice cube with just a piece of thread"
    *proceeds to pour salt on it*

  • @leahn4182
    @leahn4182 Před 9 lety +8

    Still a better love story than twilight

  • @Jahn_rome
    @Jahn_rome Před 8 měsíci

    you're too cool man :(( you helped millions of lives daily, from boredom, to health, to tricks, to magic, to jobs and wholeness of a person

  • @marcleandre8863
    @marcleandre8863 Před 2 lety

    Now this is gold!

  • @TasTheWatcher
    @TasTheWatcher Před 9 lety +3

    Another way to remove the ice cube: Wait for it to melt.

  • @nova.xx_
    @nova.xx_ Před 2 lety +2

    I thought this guy was a fever dream for so long...

  • @luzbendijo7383
    @luzbendijo7383 Před 3 měsíci

    Wow amazing.. i love it.. thank you Sir.. keep creating more videos please 👍✅

  • @Just2Comment789
    @Just2Comment789 Před 10 lety +17

    1:40
    Well, what if you drew a slanted dash through the equal sign? Would it be right logically?
    9.50 =/= 101010
    9.50 does not equal 101010

    • @BIargityBlarg
      @BIargityBlarg Před 10 lety +1

      You could also add a dot before the final 1. Binary, yo.

    • @plastiqueREAL
      @plastiqueREAL Před 11 měsíci

      WOW HI MIKU I DIDNT KNOW U WATCHED QUIRKOLOGY

    • @Gna-rn7zx
      @Gna-rn7zx Před 8 měsíci

      @@BIargityBlargThat would be 10.50

    • @Very.not.gay.at.all.totally
      @Very.not.gay.at.all.totally Před 8 měsíci +1

      Again I’m 9 years late, but an equation is:
      equation
      /ɪˈkweɪʒn/
      noun
      1.
      MATHEMATICS
      a statement that the values of two mathematical expressions are equal (indicated by the sign =).
      So that wouldn’t work

  • @KeithOtisEdwards
    @KeithOtisEdwards Před 3 lety

    Tricks from _Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang_ in the issue that came out when this music was written.
    I always carry a box of kitchen matches when I go to a tavern.

  • @CreatorProductionsOriginal

    Saving this to when I participate in squid game marbles

  • @katl8825
    @katl8825 Před 11 lety +3

    Your videos highlight the essence of magicians; it's not magic, it's a scam. Either way, you still have my like and my subscription XD

  • @aashishkadu7297
    @aashishkadu7297 Před 5 lety +37

    I bet challenge at 0:51 to my friend
    And now I have lost my thumb😅 😂

    • @nuwuuu
      @nuwuuu Před 5 lety +1

      Lol!

    • @Sam-oi8uh
      @Sam-oi8uh Před 5 lety +1

      😂

    • @Mr.nobody812
      @Mr.nobody812 Před 4 lety

      I can do this thumbless just requires a little bit more strength to do and sorry for making a comment sooooooooo late

    • @dariademecka9926
      @dariademecka9926 Před 3 lety

      I was doing these with my dad and I didn’t try this one because I was scared he was gonna break my thumb 😂

  • @-ruubi-7270
    @-ruubi-7270 Před 3 lety

    Dude the nostalgia from when I watched these videos like 5 or 6 years ago

  • @ozhanyaazdani7422
    @ozhanyaazdani7422 Před 10 lety +5

    what if the person that we are doing to already watch this

  • @kavyagajera440
    @kavyagajera440 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for the video
    "I lost the bet and my pocket money".

  • @PinkPineappleGaming
    @PinkPineappleGaming Před 3 měsíci

    This gives me nostalgia

  • @JOhnDoe-nl4wj
    @JOhnDoe-nl4wj Před 9 lety +5

    idk, every time someone want to bet on something i always reply with "well, i bet i can make your eyes turn blue" and suddenly they lost all interest in tricking me.

    • @Jak_4
      @Jak_4 Před 9 lety +5

      I'm confused here.

    • @MoreRice28
      @MoreRice28 Před 9 lety

      Dragon goez rawr the area around the eye turns blue

    • @Jak_4
      @Jak_4 Před 9 lety

      Oh, okay. I know that trick by heart *insert evil grin here*

  • @toniokettner4821
    @toniokettner4821 Před 3 lety +3

    "with nothing but a piece of string"
    *uses salt

  • @libby1000
    @libby1000 Před 4 lety +2

    This man was my childhood ngl

  • @anantamohanty1035
    @anantamohanty1035 Před 2 lety

    Tried the hand thing with my bodybuilder friend, now I am missing a thumb thanks to you