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03rd Feb 2016

PIC: Kids Can Solve This Brainteaser… But We Can’t

It's a STUPID brainteaser anyway.

Megan Cassidy

This is stupid, we’re not playing anymore.

A popular brainteaser created by the National Geographic has proven that in certain circumstances, kids are definitely brighter than adults.

The picture simply shows a double-ended bus, with two arrows, and participants were asked to determine in which way the bus is travelling.

According to Mummypageseighty per-cent of preschool children could answer the question correctly, whereas adults were left “scratching their heads”.

Can you solve it? We couldn’t.

Scroll down for the answer.

during the Six Nations match between Italy and France at the Stadio Olimpico on March 15, 2015 in Rome, Italy.

The bus is travelling to the left, because the door is not visible from this side.

Obviously, in countries where the driver sits in the right hand side of the vehicle, the bus is travelling to the right.