Brain Find Level 74
📝 Walkthrough
Overview
Level 74, subtitled "Who would steal my cheese?" shows a hospital or prison ward. A bald, bearded man in a white tank top and brown pants sits sadly on the edge of a hospital bed with blue sheets. On the wall above the bed, an orange-framed clock shows approximately 4:00. Behind the bed, a barred window with vertical gray bars suggests a prison or infirmary setting. On the floor: a lit candle on a candlestick (left), a small wooden box (right of center), a white plate with a wedge of cheese (bottom center), and a dark semicircular mouse hole on the far right wall. At the bottom center, a brown mouse icon in a circle marks the target. The success message reads "Sure enough, the mouse can't resist the stinky socks attack" — confirming that the mouse was lured out by stinky socks.
- Difficulty: Medium
- Estimated moves: 1-2
Step-by-Step Solution
- Survey the room before acting. The sad man sits on the bed. On the floor, there is a plate of cheese, a candle, a wooden box, and a mouse hole in the right wall. The question asks "Who would steal my cheese?" — and the mouse icon tells you the culprit is a mouse.
- The mouse that stole the cheese is hiding in the mouse hole on the right side of the wall. The cheese plate on the floor is bait, but the mouse won't come out for just cheese — the success message reveals the trick: "the mouse can't resist the stinky socks attack."
- The man on the bed has been wearing socks (or you can remove his shoes to reveal stinky socks). Take the stinky socks from the man's feet and place them near the mouse hole. The overpowering smell of the stinky socks lures the mouse out of hiding.
- Once the mouse emerges from the hole, the success screen appears. The brown mouse is displayed in a yellow circle, and the text "Sure enough, the mouse can't resist the stinky socks attack" confirms that the stinky-sock trick worked. The mouse is caught, and the level is complete.
Strategy & Reasoning
The level is a "catch the mouse" puzzle. The setup presents a man whose cheese was stolen, with a visible mouse hole in the wall. The cheese on the floor looks like obvious bait, but the mouse won't take the bait — it's too cautious. The success message reveals the real trick: stinky socks.
The humor comes from the absurdity of using stinky socks as mouse bait. The idea is that the smell is so overpowering that the mouse can't resist fleeing the hole. The man on the bed provides the stinky socks (presumably he's been wearing them a while in the ward).
Alternative approaches fail for specific reasons. Waiting by the cheese plate produces nothing — the mouse won't come out for cheese alone. Tapping the mouse hole directly also doesn't work; the mouse is hiding inside and won't come out. The stinky socks are the key lure.
Tips & Common Mistakes
- Common mistake: waiting for the mouse to take the cheese on the plate. Cheese alone won't lure it out — you need the stinky socks trick.
- Common mistake: tapping the candle or the wooden box thinking they're involved. They're decorative props; the solution uses the man's socks.
- Common mistake: not realizing the socks come from the man. You need to interact with the man on the bed to get his stinky socks.
Note: solution steps are based on visible frames only