Puzzler

When Life Gives You Lemons...

Question

A guy in a restaurant decides to challenge a waiter. He asks him to bring a glass, plate, water, a match, and a lemon wedge. He then proceeds to pour enough water onto the plate to cover it.

"If you can get the water into the glass from the plate without touching or moving it, you'll get $100", he challenges the waiter. "You can use all of the items here".

Shortly after, the waiter walks away with the cash. What did he do?

Solution

He created a vacuum in the glass

How? He put the match in the lemon slice so it stood up vertically on the plate. Then he lit the match and put the glass over it. As the match consumed the oxygen in the glass, it sucked the surrounding water into the glass.