Topic: Riddles (Read 1166 times)

lebriznon · « **on:** January 04, 2004, 09:36:00 PM »

heres a riddle:

you're lost in a forest nearby a town you want to get to. In the forest, you meet two guys standing at a fork in the path: one path leads to the town, the other leads to the "hole of death". One of the guys always lies, the other always tells the truth, and they answer all questions asked. (how do u know this? who cares. its a given).
you are allowed to ask one question ONLY to ONE of the two guys (why? who cares, its given again). you must pick one and ask him ONLY.

What do you ask in order to determine the path that leads to the town?

DuDeR MaN · « **Reply #1 on:** January 04, 2004, 11:09:00 PM »

ask one what gender they are.. if he says male then he tells the truth if he says female or something else than he's lying.

I could actually think of plenty of answers for this one, are you sure you said it right?

geniusalz · « **Reply #2 on:** January 05, 2004, 02:18:00 AM »

You ask your one and only question, and then what? Randomly pick your way through?
I've heard this somewhere, so I won't say the answer. But the riddle is pretty good.

maximillian · « **Reply #3 on:** January 05, 2004, 05:06:00 AM »

This is the same scenario from the movie Labyrinth starring David Bowie. The girl in the Labyrinth solves the riddle by asking one (guy 1) of the "guys" the following question: "If I asked the other guy (guy 2) if the path to the right is the correct path, would he tell me that it is?"

Here are possible scenarios based on guy 2's response:

1) "yes", guy 2 always tells truth - Invalid condition
2) "yes", guy 2 always tells lies - path on left
3) "no", guy 2 always tells truth - path on right
4) "no" , guy 2 always tells lies - path on right

Therefore if guy 2 says "yes", then take path on left. If he says "no", then take path on right.

gcskate27 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 05, 2004, 08:08:00 AM »

one of the doors leads to the castle, and the other leads to... bah bah bah bummmmm certain death ooOOOoooooooooooo

Zero · « **Reply #5 on:** January 05, 2004, 10:04:00 AM »

QUOTE (Hoppy @ Jan 5 2004, 05:28 PM)

You're lost in the woods and all you have with you is a pack of matches and a knife. You come across an abandon cabin. Inside there's an oil lamp, wood stove, and gas lamp. Which do you light first?

The match.

Fuzzy · « **Reply #6 on:** January 05, 2004, 11:41:00 AM »

There is a massive train crash but thankfully noone was killed, but two on the train were dead, how is this possible? (They were not deceased before entering the train)

Muntzster · « **Reply #7 on:** January 05, 2004, 01:02:00 PM »

alright there is a horse race to win the kings daughters heart the only catch is to win the race u must come in last

for 3 days they traveled very slow trying to come in last and they decided to stay the night at an inn

the one man asked what can we do to win this race .. the inn keeper whispered somehting in his ear and the next morning they raced to the finish line at their fullest speed.. why

btw there r only 2 people racing if that helps

Zero · « **Reply #8 on:** January 05, 2004, 01:12:00 PM »

QUOTE (Fuzzy @ Jan 5 2004, 08:41 PM)

There is a massive train crash but thankfully noone was killed, but two on the train were dead, how is this possible? (They were not deceased before entering the train)

Heart Attack?

geniusalz · « **Reply #9 on:** January 05, 2004, 01:31:00 PM »

QUOTE (Boozy @ Jan 5 2004, 05:32 PM)

Also, one day when I was traveling to Saint Eve's, I met a man with seven wives.
Every wive had seven sacks, every sack had seven cats.
How many cats, sacks and wives were traveling to St. Ives?

If you dont get this, your stupid.

You're travelling

geniusalz · « **Reply #10 on:** January 05, 2004, 01:34:00 PM »

QUOTE (Muntzster @ Jan 5 2004, 06:02 PM)

alright there is a horse race to win the kings daughters heart the only catch is to win the race u must come in last

for 3 days they traveled very slow trying to come in last and they decided to stay the night at an inn

the one man asked what can we do to win this race .. the inn keeper whispered somehting in his ear and the next morning they raced to the finish line at their fullest speed.. why

btw there r only 2 people racing if that helps

There was free (insert random desirable stuff here) at the finish line

lebriznon · « **Reply #11 on:** January 05, 2004, 01:35:00 PM »

the answer to my original riddle is:

you ask any one of them "What would your friend say is the way to town?"

and then you go the other way.

Fuzzy · « **Reply #12 on:** January 05, 2004, 03:45:00 PM »

Nobody got mine yet (the people were on the train)

sk8ermike6789 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 05, 2004, 05:48:00 PM »

WOW! nvm, lol

vesebr · « **Reply #14 on:** January 05, 2004, 05:51:00 PM »

A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis:
The Wife said she was sleeping.
The Cook was cooking breakfast.
The Gardener was picking vegetables.
The Maid was getting the mail.
The Butler was cleaning the closet.

The police instantly arrested the murdered. Who did it and how did they know?

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