An old riddle.
As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with 7 wives
Every wife had 7 sacks
Every sack had 7 cats
Every cat had 7 kits
Kits, cats, sacks, wives
How many were going to St Ives?
total_sacks = @wives * @sacks
total_cats = total_sacks * @cats
total_kits = total_cats * @kits
man = 1
if @travelers
narrator = 2
@verb = 'were'
else
narrator = 1
@verb = 'was'
The first guess is often 2753…
@first_guess = man + @wives + total_cats + total_kits + narrator
…but the correct answer is 1.
@answer = narrator