TED-Ed: Can you solve the secret sauce riddle? | Alex Gendler

In this video, a top chef from Pasta Palace is kidnapped by Berger Bazaar operatives to uncover a secret sauce recipe. A third party, Sausage Saloon, sends a spy to exploit the situation. The spy observes an interrogation where the chef lies about the box number containing the recipe. By analyzing the questions and the chef's responses, the spy deduces the correct box number, retrieves the recipe, and escapes unnoticed. The video demonstrates logical reasoning and problem-solving in a corporate espionage context.

Who kidnapped the chef from Pasta Palace?

• Taco Town

• Pizza Plaza

• Berger Bazaar

• Sausage Saloon

What skill does the spy use to determine the chef is lying?

• Infiltration

• Hacking

• Reading faces

• Safe cracking

What is the significance of the number being a perfect cube?

• It confirms the number is less than 500.

• It narrows down the possible numbers significantly.

• It means the number is greater than 1,000.

• It indicates the number is a perfect square.

Why does the interrogator believe he has the correct number?

• He found the number in the bank records.

• He overheard the correct number from another source.

• He was misled by the chef's lies.

• He correctly deduced the number from the chef's answers.

What is the correct number of the safe deposit box?

• 500

• 1,300

• 729

• 64