Riddles (member, quote)

cardboard adolescent · 06-04-2006, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by the death of capitilism

which one of you tells the truth

Then which door are you gonna go through?

tdoc210 · 06-04-2006, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent

Then which door are you gonna go through?

actually there a very large list of questions you coul ask such as what gender am i et all....

cardboard adolescent · 06-04-2006, 03:15 PM

Right but you can only ask one question and it has to tell you which door to go through.

jr. · 06-04-2006, 03:16 PM

Are you only allowed to ask one guard the question?

DontRunMeOver · 06-04-2006, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent

Here's one that's more logic-oriented (if you know the answer, please don't tell it, because it's fun to figure this one out on your own):

You're trapped in a room, with two doors on either end.
One door is rigged with explosives, and if you go through it you will die.
The other leads to the outside world, and freedom.
In front of each door is a guard.
One guard always tells the truth, and the other always lies.
You don't know which guard is in front of which door,
but there is one question you can ask either guard that will allow you to escape.

What is this question and how do you use the response to escape?

You ask either guard 'which door would the other guard tell me is rigged with explosives?'

Whichever door the guard says, you go through the other one. (EDIT: Should have said, you go through that one)

Wait a minute, I'll think of a riddle. (If I don't post one within ten minutes then feel free to post another one yourselves!)

~~bungalow~~ · 06-04-2006, 03:22 PM

No.
You could ask the guard who always tells the truth

"Which door will the other guard tell me is rigged with explosives?"

The truthful guard will tell you the one he is guarding, knowing that the other guard would lie.

Wait....was DROMO right???

cardboard adolescent · 06-04-2006, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by bungalowbill357

No.
You could ask the guard who always tells the truth

"Which door will the other guard tell me is rigged with explosives?"

The truthful guard will tell you the one he is guarding, knowing that the other guard would lie.

But you can't tell them apart.

Don't Run Me Over was right.

DontRunMeOver · 06-04-2006, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by bungalowbill357

No.
You could ask the guard who always tells the truth

"Which door will the other guard tell me is rigged with explosives?"

The truthful guard will tell you the one he is guarding, knowing that the other guard would lie.

Oh yes, I typed that out wrong! You walk through the one he says the other one says is rigged with explosives.

BungalowBill was right, I got it the wrong way around. You ask which one the other guard would say is rigged with explosives and either way, the door which you are told will be the one without explosive. That's because you're either being told a lie truthfully, or being lied to about an honest answer (makes sense?)

cardboard adolescent · 06-04-2006, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by DontRunMeOver

You ask either guard 'which door would the other guard tell me is rigged with explosives?'

Whichever door the guard says, you go through the other one.

Wait a minute, I'll think of a riddle. (If I don't post one within ten minutes then feel free to post another one yourselves!)

Did you already know the answer? Because that was pretty quick...

Edit: No, you were right the first time. You go through the opposite one.

tdoc210 · 06-04-2006, 03:26 PM

^ its in a movie too

06-04-2006, 03:16 PM	#74 (permalink)
jr. Seeker of Peace Join Date: May 2005 Location: Newark, De. Posts: 341	Are you only allowed to ask one guard the question? __________________ Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet. ~ Kabir

06-04-2006, 03:26 PM	#80 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	^ its in a movie too __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

06-04-2006, 03:15 PM	#73 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	Right but you can only ask one question and it has to tell you which door to go through.

06-04-2006, 03:22 PM	#76 (permalink)
~~bungalow~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hot-lanta Posts: 3,140	No. You could ask the guard who always tells the truth "Which door will the other guard tell me is rigged with explosives?" The truthful guard will tell you the one he is guarding, knowing that the other guard would lie. Wait....was DROMO right???