Puzzles
May 20, 2009
Poisoned
Tags: Puzzles
You stand at a fork in the road. Next to each of the two forks, there stands a guard. You know the following things: 1. One path leads to Paradise, the other to Death. From where you stand, you cannot distinguish between the two paths. Worse, once you start down a path, you cannot turn back. 2. One of the two guards always tells the truth. The other guard always lies. Unfortunately, it is impossible for you to distinguish between the two guards.
You have permission to ask one guard one question to ascertain which path leads to Paradise. Remember that you do not know which guard you\’re asking — the truth-teller or the liar — and that this single question determines whether you live or die. The question is: What one question asked of one guard guarantees that you are led onto the path to Paradise, regardless of which guard you happen to ask?
Answer: Shouldn\’t you have to die first to go to Paradise?
You\’re trapped in a room with no windows or doors. All there is is a table and a mirror. How do you escape the room?
Answer: This question is easy – I\’ve seen it in movies over and over again. You pick the table up and throw it into the mirror, which will shatter and reveal itself to be one of those trick windows they have in police interrogation with an open space on the other side.
What day is two days before the day after the day three days after the day before Tuesday?
Answer: Okay – this one got me. Check the calendar. Duh.
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David W |
May 21, 2009 at 3:57 am
Those are terrible. the second one – blatantly a get out clause. and I did the last one without a calender