The clock never lies. Effective trick and its solution

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The clock never lies. Focus secret

Spectacular tricks and their clues

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Focus Description:

The magician invites the viewer to think of a number from 1 to 12 inclusive. The magician begins to touch each digit of the clock face with a pencil or pen, seemingly in a completely random order. At this moment, the viewer needs to count the numbers from the intended number to 20 for each touch of the magician on the dial. Having reached 20, the viewer says "Stop!", Which means a complete stop of the magician's movements. And what is the audience's surprise when, with the phrase "Stop!", the pencil is exactly on the dial number that the viewer intended.

To indicate the intended number, the magician must make the first eight touches in a completely chaotic manner. But, as soon as the countdown has reached 9, the magician must touch the number 12 on the dial, and do subsequent touches in reverse clockwise order, just as before - one touch for each count of the spectator. If all these conditions are met, then when the selected person says "Stop!", the pencil will stop exactly at the number that was made up.

If the viewer does not want to say "Stop!" on the number 20, then you can offer him to stop on any other number that exceeds the number 12, but the viewer must say which number he chose to stop. 12 should be subtracted from the new number, and the resulting remainder is an indication of how many chaotic touches with a pencil on the dial can be made. After this number - the remainder, the pencil should touch the number 12 on the dial, and the countdown is made in the order already indicated.

Focus secret:

The viewer may notice that you have begun to touch the pencil in exact order in the clock countdown. To divert the attention of the audience, you need to talk to them with something interesting during the trick. For example, you can talk about the fact that it was at this moment that the "magic" pencil reads information from the audience, and itself indicates the intended number at the end of the focus.

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