Toggler Riddle

Played 2,718 times


July 1st, 2010
VN:RO [1.9.1_1087]
3.6
You are in a room with five people. One of them will always tell you the truth. The other four will toggle between telling you the truth, and lying to you. However they can either tell you the truth OR lie on the first question you ask them. After that they must always toggle between that and the opposite. For example. I see one has a mustache, and he is a toggler. I ask - "Do you have a mustache?" "Yes." I ask again. "No." I ask again. "Yes." OR I ask - "Do you have a mustache?" "No." I ask again. "Yes." I ask again. "No." The challenge of the riddle is to ask exactly TWO questions to anyone. You can ask both questions to the same person or ask questions to two different people, and at the end of your two questions you must find out who the truth-teller is.

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Missing Dollar

Played 1,979 times


June 24th, 2010
VN:RO [1.9.1_1087]
3.0
Three men stroll into a restaurant and share a $30 meal. After paying for the meal, the owner of the restaurant realizes the waiter overcharged the men, and orders the waiter to return $5 back to the men. Not knowing how to divide the money the waiter decides to keep $2 and give each of the men $1 back. So each man ended up paying $9 ($10-$1), the waiter kept $2. So thats $9+$9+$9+$2 = $29. Where did the last dollar end up?

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Mysterious Picture

Played 644 times


June 4th, 2010
VN:RO [1.9.1_1087]
2.0
I am looking at a picture of somebody. It has a caption. The caption reads:

"Brothers and sisters have I none, but that man's father is my father's son. Who is that man?"



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Card Proposition

Played 617 times


June 4th, 2010
VN:RO [1.9.1_1087]
3.0
You are given a betting proposition by an anonymous dealer. The dealer tells you he has a deck of 1000 cards, each card has a random number on it. The number could be any number, negative or positive, the numbers have no limit. The dealer says he'll flip over each card one by and one and you'll have to tell to him when to stop. If you stop and it turns out the card he just flipped is the highest card in the deck he'll give you 5 times your bet. How can you come up with a technique that will lead to a positive outcome?

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Weighing Coins

Played 568 times


June 4th, 2010
VN:RO [1.9.1_1087]
4.0
You are given 27 coins and a balance scale. All the coins weigh the same amount except one coin is counterfeit and weights slightly less. What is the least amount of times that you have to use the scale to ensure you find the counterfeit coin. And how is this possible?

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Pirate’s Dilemma

Played 588 times


June 4th, 2010
VN:RO [1.9.1_1087]
5.0
After pillaging another ship, five blood thirsty pirate's arrive on their boat with a chest of 100 gold coins. The pirates have a very unique way of dividing the gold. The pirates all have ranks '1' through '5'. The pirate's allow 'pirate 1' to divide up the gold however he wants. But then the pirates vote whether they are in favor or against the outcome. If they are against the outcome. 'Pirate 1' is thrown overboard. Then 'Pirate 2' is given a chance to divide up the gold. And so forth.
-All the pirate have perfect logic and will make the decision to grant themselves the most gold
-during the voting if it is a tie the pirate is thrown overboard.
-these are bloodthirsty pirate, if it's turns out they'll end up with the same amount of gold they'll chose to kill.
You are pirate 1 and must divide up the gold. How much gold must you give each other pirate to stay alive?

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Rope Burning Riddle

Played 3,195 times


June 3rd, 2010
VN:RO [1.9.1_1087]
4.3

Description You are given two ropes and a lighter. Both ropes take exactly one hour to burn. Some parts of the ropes are thicker than other parts of the rope, therefore not all parts of the rope will burn at the same speed. Consequently burning half the rope will not necessarily take 30 minutes.
Goal: Find a way to Measure 45 minutes of time.



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Three Women

Played 533 times


June 3rd, 2010
VN:RO [1.9.1_1087]
4.5
Jane is looking at Martha and Martha is looking at Elizabeth. Jane is married and Elizabeth is not married.
Is a married person looking a non-married person?
  1. Yes
  2. No
  3. Cannot tell with the information given


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