The performer hands a coin to one of two participants who have been randomly selected from an audience. The performer explains that in a moment they shall all play a game of truth or lies. The performer turns around so they are facing away from the participants. They then ask the participants to switch the coin between themselves multiple times and when finished to finally hide it in one of their hands so that the performer does not know who has possession of the coin or which hand it is in.
Turning back around to face the participants, the performer explains that they will ask one question to each of them. Both will be asked the same question and the participants can choose to either lie or tell the truth to it. It does not matter if they both lie, both tell the truth or chose to give completely different answers.
The performer explains that if anyone does choose to lie, they should be aware that liars often hesitate before answering. Therefore the performer states that they will tell the participants what the question is before they actually ask it to give each participant time to think about their answer.
The question is, "Do you have the coin?"
After giving the participants ample time to contemplate their answer, the performer requests for the participants to bring both their hands out in front of them and then asks each participant, "Do you have the coin?"
Upon hearing each answer the performer instantly announces who is either lying or telling the truth and points out the hand hiding the coin with 100% accuracy every single time.
- No logic puzzles
- Use any small object
- No instant stooging
- No electronics
- No unusual questions
- One participant version
- Works 100% of the time
