Teaser Of The Day No. 297

[Carl]

You have both a used wine bottle and the cork left over.

If you were to put a small coin within the bottle and insert the cork back into the neck of the bottle, how would you be able to retrieve that coin without breaking the bottle or removing the cork again?


Answer will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[elcarretero]

Push the cork all the way into the bottle

[Carl]

ANSWER

You can do this by inserting the cork into the bottle so that it is not blocking the neck. You can then shake the bottle until the coin is able to fall out.