bobgote
Trousers
I'm creative
but seriously, that "the person(s) was female" solution has been done to death.
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but seriously, that "the person(s) was female" solution has been done to death.
Pontiuth Pilate
Republican Jesus!
1. A bandit stopped a traveler in the forest. After seeing that he didn't have any money, he was about to kill the hapless wanderer when he decided to be more cruel. "Say something. If you tell the truth I'll cut your throat, if you tell a lie I'll disembowel you." Ten minutes later, the traveler walked out of the other side of the forest, intact. What did he say?
2. An evil dictator decided to try a writer who had bravely been opposing his regime. To give the show trial a semblance of legitimacy, he offered the choice of verdict to God. "I will write 'guilty' on one slip of paper and 'not guilty' on the other, mix them in a box, and let you draw one. Whichever one you pick will be your fate," he told the writer. The writer knew the dictator was very evil. What had he done to doom the writer? How did the writer outwit the dictator?
3. A king wished to line a hall with beautiful murals. He hired two painters for this purpose. One worked hard for a year; the other lazed around. On the last day of the contract the second artist was desperate. Yet by dawn he had found a solution, and the king rewarded him with as much gold as he did the first artist. How did the second artist paint his side of the hall?
4. A king said to his two sons: "Get a horse and ride to Jerusalem. The one whose horse reaches Jerusalem last will become the next king." For three days the two sons rode - as slowly as possible - constantly trying to be slower than the other. On the fourth day, with Jerusalem almost in sight, the younger brother had an inspiration. He woke up an hour early and won the bet. How?
2. An evil dictator decided to try a writer who had bravely been opposing his regime. To give the show trial a semblance of legitimacy, he offered the choice of verdict to God. "I will write 'guilty' on one slip of paper and 'not guilty' on the other, mix them in a box, and let you draw one. Whichever one you pick will be your fate," he told the writer. The writer knew the dictator was very evil. What had he done to doom the writer? How did the writer outwit the dictator?
3. A king wished to line a hall with beautiful murals. He hired two painters for this purpose. One worked hard for a year; the other lazed around. On the last day of the contract the second artist was desperate. Yet by dawn he had found a solution, and the king rewarded him with as much gold as he did the first artist. How did the second artist paint his side of the hall?
4. A king said to his two sons: "Get a horse and ride to Jerusalem. The one whose horse reaches Jerusalem last will become the next king." For three days the two sons rode - as slowly as possible - constantly trying to be slower than the other. On the fourth day, with Jerusalem almost in sight, the younger brother had an inspiration. He woke up an hour early and won the bet. How?
bobgote
Trousers
do you want us to answer these here?
well #4 would be that he found a different horse to ride in on, or he walked into the city.
maybe #3 was he put a big mirror on the wall.
stratego
Trying to be good.
1.I know Kung Fu
or You'll disembowel me
I saw something like this a cartoon my brothers used to watch (Yugioh). The king put guilty on both paper, so whatever the writer picks out the one left in the box would say "guilty." All the writer have to do is destroy the one he picked out and since the one in the box says "guilty" his must be "not guilty"
Perfection
The Great Head.
1. He asked a question!
2. Dictator wrote guilty on both the writer ate the one he picked and asked the dude to read the other one, to tell him what he picked
3. I'd go with the mirror, but it would take awhile to mount them and stuff.
4. He stole his brothers horse
2. Dictator wrote guilty on both the writer ate the one he picked and asked the dude to read the other one, to tell him what he picked
3. I'd go with the mirror, but it would take awhile to mount them and stuff.
4. He stole his brothers horse
stratego
Trying to be good.
Here's one
Here's another
100 prisoners are imprisoned in solitary cells. Each cell is windowless and soundproof. There's a central living room with one light bulb; the bulb is initially off. No prisoner can see the light bulb from his or her own cell. Each day, the warden picks a prisoner equally at random, and that prisoner visits the central living room; at the end of the day the prisoner is returned to his cell. While in the living room, the prisoner can toggle the bulb if he or she wishes. Also, the prisoner has the option of asserting the claim that all 100 prisoners have been to the living room. If this assertion is false (that is, some prisoners still haven't been to the living room), all 100 prisoners will be shot for their stupidity. However, if it is indeed true, all prisoners are set free and inducted into MENSA, since the world can always use more smart people. Thus, the assertion should only be made if the prisoner is 100% certain of its validity. The prisoners are allowed to discuss a plan prior to this task, but will have no contact afterwards
Here's another
100 prisoners are imprisoned in solitary cells. Each cell is windowless and soundproof. There's a central living room with one light bulb; the bulb is initially off. No prisoner can see the light bulb from his or her own cell. Each day, the warden picks a prisoner equally at random, and that prisoner visits the central living room; at the end of the day the prisoner is returned to his cell. While in the living room, the prisoner can toggle the bulb if he or she wishes. Also, the prisoner has the option of asserting the claim that all 100 prisoners have been to the living room. If this assertion is false (that is, some prisoners still haven't been to the living room), all 100 prisoners will be shot for their stupidity. However, if it is indeed true, all prisoners are set free and inducted into MENSA, since the world can always use more smart people. Thus, the assertion should only be made if the prisoner is 100% certain of its validity. The prisoners are allowed to discuss a plan prior to this task, but will have no contact afterwards
Pirate
Emperor
I would also say #3 is hanging mirrors. The correct answers for the other 3 have been posted - 1) "you will disembowel me" and Perfection's answers for 3 and 4.
Oh, and it took some weird sketches to make sure I was right, but in response to Perfection's last puzzle, Red's planet is weird because it is shaped like a torus.
Oh, and it took some weird sketches to make sure I was right, but in response to Perfection's last puzzle, Red's planet is weird because it is shaped like a torus.
Perfection
The Great Head.
Is it possible to communicate by feeling the buld to see if it is warm or not? Oh and, yes it it's a torus
Pontiuth Pilate
Republican Jesus!
As usual 
Perfection got them all right 
Stratego... I'm totally stumped! What's the answer?
Perfection got them all right Stratego... I'm totally stumped! What's the answer?
stratego
Trying to be good.
When that prisoner is in the room, he can do whatever he wants, although I see no point in feeling whether the bulb is warm, because when he's in there he can see if the light is on or off. And either way, the light would have been on or off for a whole day already.
It's going to be too complicated for me to explain it, because I don't really understand the problem too well. But if you do a google search for "100 prisoner light bulb-answer" you should get several solutions which are very difficult to understand.
Siegmund
King
The evil king with 1,000 bottles of wine (up to 1,024, if you want) makes each prisoner take sips from approximately 500 bottles:
Prisoner A sips from #513-1000
Prisoner B sips from #257-512 and #769-1000
Prisoner C sips from #129-256 and 385-512 and 641-768 and 897-1000
and so on, such that the n-th prison sips from each bottle whose number contains a 1 in the n-th digit when written in the binary system.
A month later, line up the ten prisoners in order: reading 0=alive and 1=dead, read off the number, in binary, of the poisoned bottle.
Returning to an old puzzle, about the duck and the cat in the pond. Noone has yet pointed out that the answer is yes even if the duck doesn't fly. I'd hate to spoil the fun by telling you all how, so I'll settle for just re-asking the question.
Prisoner A sips from #513-1000
Prisoner B sips from #257-512 and #769-1000
Prisoner C sips from #129-256 and 385-512 and 641-768 and 897-1000
and so on, such that the n-th prison sips from each bottle whose number contains a 1 in the n-th digit when written in the binary system.
A month later, line up the ten prisoners in order: reading 0=alive and 1=dead, read off the number, in binary, of the poisoned bottle.
Returning to an old puzzle, about the duck and the cat in the pond. Noone has yet pointed out that the answer is yes even if the duck doesn't fly. I'd hate to spoil the fun by telling you all how, so I'll settle for just re-asking the question.
Pirate
Emperor
Hmmm. The duck dives underwater so the cat can't see him?
Siegmund
King
No, the cat can't stop the duck if the duck swims correctly, even if the cat has complete information of duck's location and intentions.
stratego
Trying to be good.
Why such weird numbers?
Perfection
The Great Head.
These corrospond to binary digits,
Edit: Oh here's a pretty good source on the light buld thing, the first two solutions are easy to understand, the next one is a bit diffucult and the last is incomplete
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/papers/100prisonersLightBulb.pdf
stratego
Trying to be good.
Hey, that's where I get my riddles.
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/riddles/hard.shtml
Every number can be put into binary, why chose those numbers instead of 500-1000 and so on.
For the poison problem, I was thinking of a much simpler solution since the king has 5 weeks and the symptoms surface after four weeks we can carry the experiment through several days work.
-Day 1: prisoner A get (1-100), B(101-200)... J(901-1000).
-Day 2: A(1-10,101-110....), B(11-20, 111-120..)...J(91-100,..991-1000)
-Day 3: A(1, 11,21...981, 991), ......J(10,20...990,1000)
now just wait...
Day 28: If A dies,
Day 29: no one else dies
Day 30: If B dies.
Then the poison is in bottle 2.
Edit: Nevermind. This wouldn't work.
Pirate
Emperor
Ok, enough with the math problems. Here's a languange one. The English language is crazy - add punctuation to this sentence so it makes sense. You may not add or move words, only add punctuation marks:
John while James had had had had had had had and had had the correct anwswer on their grammar test.
John while James had had had had had had had and had had the correct anwswer on their grammar test.
WildWeazel
Carthago Creanda Est
I've heard that like 80% of kindergarteners get this one right, but only 17% of Stanford graduates do.
What is bigger than God, more evil than the devil, poor people have it, rich people need it, and if you eat it you will die?
What is bigger than God, more evil than the devil, poor people have it, rich people need it, and if you eat it you will die?
Pontiuth Pilate
Republican Jesus!
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WildWeazel
Carthago Creanda Est
0/nothing
Thats the only one i can think of right now.
Thats the only one i can think of right now.
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