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Hi TuttleQuote:
Originally posted by Tuttle
For the two guards question, pick a guard and ask "If I asked the other guard which door leads to salvation, what would he say?" Then go through the other door. By asking that question you build exactly one "lie" and one "truth" into the answer you get, so you know it's wrong.
You've got the question right but pse. explain how you would know which door to go through because you wouldn't know which guard you were speaking to?
He's a sword swallower and during practice somebody tickled him with a featrher causing him to choke to death.Quote:
Originally posted by KMIELKE123
If I may - because the sequence represents the first letters of one to nine.
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Q) A man lies dead next to a feather.
Explain.
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What falls and never breaks and what breaks but never falls?
If you're asking the truth guard, your answer has one lie in it - the other guard would lie about the door, and this guard is passing that answer on to you correctly. So it's the other door.Quote:
Originally posted by TJolly
Hi Tuttle
You've got the question right but pse. explain how you would know which door to go through because you wouldn't know which guard you were speaking to?
If you're asking the lying guard, your answer also has one lie in it - the other guard would tell the truth about the door, but this guard is passing his answer on incorrectly. So it's still the other door.
A man walks into a bar, and immediately falls to the floor, unconscious. Explain.
It was an ironbar :)
I know that as it happened to me every year after my mum finished reading my school report :o
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Anthony and Cleopatra are lying dead on the floor of a villa in Egypt. Nearby is a broken bowl. There is no mark on either of their bodies and they were not poisoned. How did they die?
Sorry, I'm not understanding what you are saying.Quote:
Originally posted by Tuttle
If you're asking the truth guard, your answer has one lie in it - the other guard would lie about the door, and this guard is passing that answer on to you correctly. So it's the other door.
If you're asking the lying guard, your answer also has one lie in it - the other guard would tell the truth about the door, but this guard is passing his answer on incorrectly. So it's still the other door.
If you asked the question of either the liar or the truthful guard what would be the answer to direct you to the correct door.
They are both goldfish.Quote:
Originally posted by KMIELKE123
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Anthony and Cleopatra are lying dead on the floor of a villa in Egypt. Nearby is a broken bowl. There is no mark on either of their bodies and they were not poisoned. How did they die?
Hi TuttleQuote:
Originally posted by Tuttle
If you're asking the truth guard, your answer has one lie in it - the other guard would lie about the door, and this guard is passing that answer on to you correctly. So it's the other door.
If you're asking the lying guard, your answer also has one lie in it - the other guard would tell the truth about the door, but this guard is passing his answer on incorrectly. So it's still the other door.
Here's the correct answer:
To one guard you would say:
a) 'If I were to ask him (meaning the other guard) whether you guarded the door to salvation, what would he say?'
A reply of 'no' means you are talking to the truth teller, a reply of 'yes' means you are talking to the liar.
You could also ask:
b) 'If I were to ask him (meaning the other guard) whether you guarded the door to damnation, what would he say?'
A reply of 'no' means you are talking to the truth teller, a reply of 'yes' means you are talking to the liar.
The reason for this answer is because if the question would be asked of the truth teller he would answer truthfully by saying 'No'. If you spoke to the liar he would tell a lie and say 'Yes'. Therefore in ? a) above if you spoke to the truth teller and the liar was guarding the door to salvation the answer would be 'No' and you would know that the liar is guarding the door to salvation. If you spoke with the liar and he replied 'No' then the truthful guard is guarding the door you want. If the liar said 'Yes', you would know that was a lie and the door you want is behind that guard. Remember the truthful guard always tells the truth.
So whoever answers 'no' leads you to the correct door.
What falls and never breaks and what breaks and never falls?
What falls and never breaks and what breaks and never falls?
Answer= a heart?
A man walks into a bar, and immediately falls to the floor, unconscious. Explain.
and they said they'd never tell
:p
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Originally posted by P3-450
is the question,
Is this the door to salvation?
EDIT:actually forget that one i need to think about it again:o
Umm sorry this is so late of a response but....how could that possibly be the correct answer? If you asked the guard that lied he would tell you it is!!!Quote:
Originally posted by P3-450
Sorry Tjolly, forgot to put that in:)
Yes that was correct, well done:)
please tell me how this can be...im recking my brain over here
Night and Day.Quote:
Originally posted by TJolly
What falls and never breaks and what breaks and never falls?
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A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year. But they were not twins. How could this be so ?
They were both born on a Tuesday at 8:00am, one on Tuesday Jan 1 2002 the other on Tuesday Dec 31 2002. :D BF
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Originally posted by BigFred
They were both born on a Tuesday at 8:00am, one on Tuesday Jan 1 2002 the other on Tuesday Dec 31 2002. :D BF
Not the answer I was looking for - hope you get it before the thread gets squelched in a few hours ....:D
I hear Big John's footsteps ...........
That assumes that the truth teller is guarding the door to salvation, but you don't know which guard is in front of which door.Quote:
Originally posted by TJolly
Here's the correct answer:
To one guard you would say:
a) 'If I were to ask him (meaning the other guard) whether you guarded the door to salvation, what would he say?'
A reply of 'no' means you are talking to the truth teller, a reply of 'yes' means you are talking to the liar.
Lemme try and explain mine ("If I asked the other guard which door leads to salvation, what would he say?") another way. Remember mine wasn't a yes-or-know question, it asked the guard to indicate a door.
If you ask the liar to point to the door to salvation, he'll point to the door to damnation. So if you ask the truth teller my question (what the liar would say if you asked for the door to salvation), the truth teller will also point to the door to damnation.
If you ask the truth teller to point to the door to salvation, he'll point to it. So if you ask the liar my question (what the truth teller would say if you asked for the door to salvation), he'll lie about it and indicate the door to damnation instead.
Either way, the guard you ask points to the door to damnation, so you go through the other door.
They're part of a set of triplets/quadruplets/quintuplets/etc.Quote:
Originally posted by KMIELKE123
A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year. But they were not twins. How could this be so ?
Another hint, since I want to see someone get this one. :) Page 5 of this thread (where I originally asked the question) contains both necessary and sufficient information to solve it.Quote:
Originally posted by Tuttle
Since someone brought up sequences:
2, 1, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 4, 4, 8, 4, 4, 6, 8, ?
Hint: It has absolutely nothing to do with mathematics.