Are you smart? Solve this riddle:

**Meta Ridley** · 01-27-2005, 11:29 AM

Holy shit I thought giving the answer away would ruin it for you guys, apparently I was wrong

**skillfull** · 01-27-2005, 11:33 AM

Originally posted by Meta Ridley

Are you married?

If emily is married they will both says yes.
If sarah is married they will both says no.

If you get a YES from either , EMILY is married
If you get a NO from either , Sarah is married

ok i catch it, the original one was harder ;)

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?

**skillfull** · 01-27-2005, 11:34 AM

Originally posted by Meta Ridley

Holy shit I thought giving the answer away would ruin it for you guys, apparently I was wrong

bah it was the not necassry who's who that was making the difference

**paxton** · 01-27-2005, 11:40 AM

Originally posted by skillfull

ok i catch it, the original one was harder ;)

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?

"Which road would the other guard tell me to take?"

Then go the other way.

**Meta Ridley** · 01-27-2005, 11:41 AM

Originally posted by skillfull

ok i catch it, the original one was harder ;)

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?

**Furious_Female** · 01-27-2005, 11:41 AM

What threw me off is, I didn't know the guy knew which one is Sarah and which one is Emily before he asked the question.

**Libertine** · 01-27-2005, 11:44 AM

Originally posted by Furious_Female

What threw me off is, I didn't know the guy knew which one is Sarah and which one is Emily before he asked the question.

He doesn't know. He only knows which one lies and which one doesn't.

**Meta Ridley** · 01-27-2005, 11:47 AM

Originally posted by Furious_Female

What threw me off is, I didn't know the guy knew which one is Sarah and which one is Emily before he asked the question.

Originally posted by punkworld

He doesn't know. He only knows which one lies and which one doesn't.

No,, he doesnt know who is who,, he only knows one lies and one doesnt,,, but there are identical so he cant tell who is who.

**evelknievel** · 01-27-2005, 11:49 AM

Riddle me this batman----

Two people are found dead in a cabin in the middle of the woods.

How'd they die?

The answer is in the sentence.

**Libertine** · 01-27-2005, 11:52 AM

Originally posted by Meta Ridley

No,, he doesnt know who is who,, he only knows one lies and one doesnt,,, but there are identical so he cant tell who is who.

I meant by name, not by looks. He doesn't know which is which, but he does know which one lies (i.e. Sarah) and which one tells the truth (i.e. Emily).

**evelknievel** · 01-27-2005, 11:53 AM

Originally posted by Meta Ridley

Are you married?

If emily is married they will both says yes.
If sarah is married they will both says no.

If you get a YES from either , EMILY is married
If you get a NO from either , Sarah is married

----we don't know who's who, or which one lies: SO,

what if Sarah is married, and she is the truthful one, and I ask her?

then the answer is yes----

**Meta Ridley** · 01-27-2005, 11:56 AM

Originally posted by evelknievel

----we don't know who's who, or which one lies: SO,

what if Sarah is married, and she is the truthful one, and I ask her?

then the answer is yes----

You need to stick to jumping cars on your dirtbike becase apparently you cant read. Or you can have some try reading the riddle again for you so you get it rite.

**Furious_Female** · 01-27-2005, 11:58 AM

Originally posted by evelknievel

Riddle me this batman----

Two people are found dead in a cabin in the middle of the woods.

How'd they die?

The answer is in the sentence.

plane crash

**evelknievel** · 01-27-2005, 11:58 AM

Originally posted by Meta Ridley

You need to stick to jumping cars on your dirtbike becase apparently you cant read. Or you can have some try reading the riddle again for you so you get it rite.

fuck----got it mixed up with the other old one.....

**evelknievel** · 01-27-2005, 11:58 AM

Originally posted by Furious_Female

plane crash

**Meta Ridley** · 01-27-2005, 11:59 AM

Originally posted by evelknievel

Riddle me this batman----

Two people are found dead in a cabin in the middle of the woods.

How'd they die?

The answer is in the sentence.

plane crash but I already knew that,,,,, Im not big on riddles that involve nothing more than word trickery.

**Meta Ridley** · 01-27-2005, 12:00 PM

Originally posted by evelknievel

fuck----got it mixed up with the other old one.....

**paxton** · 01-27-2005, 12:01 PM

Plenty more riddles here folks (with link to solutions):

http://www.math.umass.edu/~diehl/mysteries.html

have fun

**Meta Ridley** · 01-27-2005, 12:04 PM

Originally posted by paxton

Plenty more riddles here folks (with link to solutions):

http://www.math.umass.edu/~diehl/mysteries.html

have fun

I dont like these because there are no "real" solution. You could come up ith several answers.

**evelknievel** · 01-27-2005, 12:10 PM

Originally posted by Meta Ridley

well, it sounds alot like the guard riddle, which we've all heard....I got stuck on the 'three word' limitation, and I passed right over the fact that we knew who was the liar and truth-teller...

(looking back, seems like others did too)

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