Tricky Test 2 Level 46

Overview

The prompt says "Put this elephant into the fridge." A small beige refrigerator is on the left and a huge gray elephant dominates the right side of the screen. The elephant is obviously far too large to fit inside the tiny fridge by normal dragging. The solution uses a two-finger pinch-to-zoom gesture on the elephant to shrink it down to refrigerator size, after which you drag it into the fridge. The word "elephant" in the prompt also disappears during the gesture, confirming the pinch is the intended interaction.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 1 pinch + 1 drag

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Read the instruction "Put this elephant into the fridge." Notice the size mismatch: the elephant is huge, the fridge is tiny.
2. Do NOT simply drag the elephant toward the fridge — it will be rejected because it is too big to fit.
3. Place two fingers on the screen, one on the left side of the elephant's body and one on the right side.
4. Perform a pinch-outward-to-inward gesture: draw your two fingers together toward the center of the elephant, as if you are squeezing it between thumb and forefinger. This is the standard "pinch to zoom out" multi-touch gesture.
5. Keep pinching until the elephant shrinks dramatically — it must become small enough to fit inside the beige refrigerator on the left. The elephant will visibly compress under the pinch.
6. Once the elephant is small enough (roughly the size of the fridge interior), lift one finger and drag the shrunken elephant with the remaining finger into the open fridge interior.
7. Drop the elephant inside the fridge. The level clears.

Strategy & Reasoning

The puzzle visually sets up an impossible task: a giant elephant next to a tiny fridge. The designers want you to realize that you can manipulate the elephant's scale with a standard mobile pinch gesture. Pinch-to-zoom is a universal touchscreen convention, and the game leverages it here: "squeezing" the elephant makes it smaller. After shrinking, dragging it into the fridge is trivial. Trying to open the fridge door first, or pushing the fridge toward the elephant, does nothing. The multi-touch pinch is the only mechanic that changes the elephant's size. This level is also a nod to the classic "how do you put an elephant in a fridge" riddle, but the game's answer is the visual pinch rather than the joke about opening the door.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Mistake: Trying to drag the elephant at full size. Correct approach: shrink it first with a two-finger pinch before dragging.
• Mistake: Pinching on the fridge instead of the elephant. Correct approach: the pinch must land on the elephant's body; pinching the fridge does nothing.
• Mistake: Pinching only one finger / single tap. Correct approach: this is a true two-finger multi-touch gesture; you need two fingers on the screen at once.
• Mistake: Releasing the pinch before the elephant is small enough. Correct approach: keep squeezing until the elephant is roughly fridge-sized, then drag it in.