Probability and the Game of INSTANT INSANITY

INSTANT INSANITY is a popular game originating in middle Europe several hundred years ago as a folk toy.It may be purchased at any drugstore.There are four different colors showing on each side of the row of four blocks.red, green, blue and white.To play the game one mixes the four blocks.The purpose of the game is to rearrange the blocks so that there are again four different colors showing on each side.Each of the four blocks has four colors, two or more faces of each block having the same color.No block is identical to any of the others.There are a number of problems one might be interested in solving.