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Elephants In Denmark

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New page: Category:New Activities ===Objectives=== Get the group's attention and emphasizes listening to directions. Also a fun riddle. * Category:Party Games [[:Category:Party Games| Part...
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===Objectives===
Get the group's attention and emphasizes listening to directions. Also a fun riddle.
* [[Category:Party Games]] [[:Category:Party Games| Party Games]]
* [[Category:Riddles]] [[:Category:Riddles| Riddles]]

===Group Size===
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* [[Category:Medium]][[:Category:Medium| Medium]]
* [[Category:Large]] [[:Category:Large| Large]]

===Materials===
None

===Set Up===
None

===Directions===
Tell the group you can read their minds. Then follow the steps to prove it.
* 1: ask each person to think of a number from 1 to 10.
* 2: take that number and multiply by 9
* 3: take the result and add the number together (i.e. 72 = 7+2, 9 = 0+9).
* 4: take that number and subtract 5
* 5: take that result and equate it to the corresponding letter of the alphabet (i.e., 4 = D).
* 6: think of a country beginning with that letter.
* 7: Ask them to think of an animal that begins with the second letter of the country name.
* 8: Ask the group: "How many people are thinking of elephants in Denmark?"

This exercise works because any number they think of for step 1, will result in the answer of 9 for step 3. From that point on, the country will begin with D (there are only 4 countries that start with D - Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic and Djibouti - and the majority of the group is likely to think of Denmark). There are many [http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Which_animals_start_with_the_letter_E animals that start with E] but Elephants are the most likely guess.

===Debrief===

===Alternatives===
Know your audience. If your are leading this at a conference on Africa, or you suspect that your group is more likely to think of Djibouti than Denmark - then don't guess Denmark.
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