On the Rearrangement of Historical Phrases
“Who wants to read a book when you can blow something up?” ― Rick Yancey
This module has a piece of paper on it that displays a famous historical quote and six buttons labeled with various inspirational words.
Use the dichotomous key table below to determine which button to press. Start at key 0.
| 0 | Does the quote have more than 7 E’s? |
| YES | Go to 1. |
| NO | Go to 11. |
| 1 | Does the bomb have more than 2 batteries? |
| YES | Go to 2. |
| NO | Go to 7. |
| 2 | Does the quote have 9–14 words? |
| YES | Go to 3. |
| NO | Go to 4. |
| 3 | Does the quote have fewer than 4 S’s? |
| YES | Press the first button. |
| NO | Press the fourth button. |
| 4 | Does the quote have an odd number of R’s? |
| YES | Go to 5. |
| NO | Go to 6. |
| 5 | Does the quote have an double letter? |
| YES | Press the second button. |
| NO | Press the third button. |
| 6 | Does the quote have fewer than 4 S’s? |
| YES | Press the third button. |
| NO | Press the second button. |
| 7 | Does the quote have an odd number of R’s? |
| YES | Go to 8. |
| NO | Go to 9. |
| 8 | Does the quote have a comma? |
| YES | Press the fifth button. |
| NO | Press the second button. |
| 9 | Does the quote have fewer than 15 words? |
| YES | Press the first button. |
| NO | Go to 10. |
| 10 | Does the bomb have a lit indicator labelled CAR? |
| YES | Press the second button. |
| NO | Press the sixth button. |
| 11 | Does the author’s name have a double-letter? |
| YES | Go to 12. |
| NO | Go to 29. |