Petals Around the Rose: Fraternity Register

i got it in a couple of rolls, but the name of the game was of absolutely no help to me. how is it significant? i'm not a native english speaker, maybe it referes to some kind of idiom i don't know about ... please give me a hint. oh, and ... it still doesn't work in firefox, please fix that!

The harder you expect it to be, the harder you will find it... saying any more is probably a breach of the oath.

The name of the game is Petals Around the Rose...The name of the game is important...The answer is always a 0 or an even number...so it is...how many petals are around the rose?

I got it on my second try; I just had to sit in front of my computer and wonder why this puzzle had such an odd name.

So when's the next member meeting?

next .... ?

Got it in three rolls.

ooops, thanks again.

I'm not a math whiz (nor do I play one on TV) so this seemed out of my area. This little puzzle is a good reminder that sometimes it hurts to know too much. Nice to see how the setup can mis-direct or reveal the answer depending on the players expectations.

this was a fun one. I'm still quite excited because I don't usually get things like this. After I read the article, I went to http://personal.baker.edu/web2/cdavis09/roses.htm
to play along myself and afterwhile.. and while saying the rules back in my head.. I got it after 7 tries.

Thanks for sharing this openly, I can't wait to try this one on some unsuspecting people!