TED-Ed: Can you solve the giant spider riddle? | Dan Finkel

In a series of intense games, you aim to become the next arachna monarch by defeating Queen Shelob on a complex web. The challenge involves strategic movement across a web where only one competitor can move at a time. By using a clever color pattern strategy, you can trap Shelob and claim victory, becoming the supreme leader of the spider world.

What is the ultimate prize for winning the spider competition?

• A golden web

• A new web design

• The title of arachna monarch

• A lifetime supply of flies

What is the main challenge in the final competition against Queen Shelob?

• Building the largest web

• Catching Shelob within 10 moves

• Spinning a new path

• Skipping turns

What is the unique feature of the web that helps in strategizing the moves?

• It has a single color

• It has multiple dead ends

• It is shaped like a triangle

• It can be visualized as a checkerboard pattern

How does the checkerboard pattern help in catching Shelob?

• It creates dead ends

• It makes the web invisible

• It helps in changing the color pattern

• It allows spinning new paths

What is the final outcome of the competition?

• The protagonist becomes the spider supreme leader

• Shelob escapes

• A new competition is announced

• The web is destroyed