sileod/reddit-riddles · Datasets at Hugging Face

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riddles	t3_e6nek	c15qjcw	I'm stuck. Define 'the information', please.	2	diligentdogs	1,289,871,549	t3_e6nek	null
riddles	t3_e6nek	c1821wk	If only the owner can kill his own dog (i.e. ALL dogs are only killed by their owners), and said owners cannot tell if said dog is sick, and NO information is given to the owner as to the health of the dog, then no dogs will be killed. I'm certain you told this wrong.	2	[deleted]	1,291,663,513	t3_e6nek	null
riddles	t3_e6nek	c18gqfs	This bears resemblance to a lot of problems in computer science; you might try posting in /r/programming.	1	aristotle2600	1,291,927,437	t3_e6nek	null
riddles	t3_e6nek	c18i8z4	Probably should specify that dogs are only killed at night, or something. EDIT: Also the crucial piece of information is that -all- the sick dogs are killed on night 3. 3 dogs are killed. Day 1: Each hunter without a diseased dog notices that there are 3 sicks dogs. However each hunter with a sick dog notices only 2 sick dogs. Day 2: The hunters realize that nobody shot their dog. They conclude, then, that nobody saw that all other dogs were healthy. For if someone saw that all other dogs were healthy they would then conclude their dog is sick and shoot it. Therefore at least 2 dogs must be sick and everyone knows this. However some people see 3 sick dogs and some see 2 so they can draw no conclusions. Day 3: Nobody shoots their dog. By the same reasoning as above, everyone concludes that at least 3 dogs are sick. Now the hunters with sick dogs (who have only seen 2 other sick dogs) are able to conclude that their dog must be the third sick one. And thus they shoot their dogs. Note this is much, much more interesting and difficult if you don't specify how many days go by. You just say "After some number of days the hunters have managed to shoot all the diseased dogs. How many days did it take and how did they do it?"	6	Zarigis	1,291,951,655	t3_e6nek	null
riddles	t3_e6nek	c1axu40	this is incorrect, although it's hard to understand where the question is coming from. zarigis has it right.	-1	bugs_bunny_in_drag	1,293,782,106	t1_c1821wk	null
riddles	t3_e6nek	c1axu72	this is the correct answer, and similar to another riddle i heard a week or two ago- the "blue forehead" riddle. 100 perfect logicians are in a room- a circle is painted on each of their heads, they don't know what color. they're told, at least one of them has a blue-colored forehead. in the room they can all see one another, but they aren't allowed to communicate, just observe. and no reflective surfaces or anything- they can't see themselves at all. the lights are going to go on and off every thirty seconds or so. when the lights are off, if you have realized you have a blue forehead, you are free to go. now, for a gag, all of their foreheads have been painted blue. the question: how do the logicians figure out they all have blue foreheads, and when do they figure it out and leave the room?	2	bugs_bunny_in_drag	1,293,782,170	t1_c18i8z4	null
riddles	t3_e6nek	c1az5hm	note: reply written before edit...	1	[deleted]	1,293,820,443	t1_c1axu40	null
riddles	t3_e6nek	c1az5ww	...what edit? i know zarigis posted later than you, but i thought you'd be interested to hear the solution.	1	bugs_bunny_in_drag	1,293,820,639	t1_c1az5hm	null
riddles	t3_e6nek	c1bf6a9	Canine disease does not affect humans so there is no reason to shoot a dog that appears healthy. Therefore none of the dogs are likely killed. A few will discharge their guns to make the others think they have nothing to worry about. However, some might not like their dogs and then use this opportunity to kill their dog, or kill their neighbor's dog because the human species typically uses opportunities as they are presented.	2	[deleted]	1,294,172,344	t3_e6nek	null
riddles	t3_e6nek	c1bgmc5	Certainly the most logical of the answers. Still looking though	1	deepinsighther	1,294,202,048	t1_c1bf6a9	null
riddles	t3_e6nek	c1df2qn	Cool puzzle, and very similar to the OP in the way it deals with recursion. In this case, I'd say they all leave at the 100th cycle, reasoning thus: * a single blue forehead would realize this immediately since there were no others, and leave on the first cycle. * two blue foreheads would leave on the second cycle, deducing that otherwise their fellow blue-head would have already left. * three blue foreheads would figure that since their companions didn't do the above, their own heads were also blue. * ... * after the 99th dark interval, since the other 99 blue foreheads didn't follow the procession to this point and leave already, everyone can finally deduce that their own head is blue. * and the next time the light comes on, the room is empty.	2	yParticle	1,295,481,960	t1_c1axu72	null
riddles	t3_e6nek	c1fkmew	Let's say there were two hunters instead of 100, and that every hunter knew that there was at least one sick dog. On the first day, one hunter would see that the other dog was not sick, so he'd kill his own dog (knowing that there must be at least one sick dog so it must be his). Hunter #2 would see that hunter #1's dog was sick so he would wait to kill his own. One dog would die in one day. On the other hand, if both of the dogs were sick, then both hunters would see the other's sick dog and wait to kill their own. However, after a day when they say that the other hunter did not kill his own dog, they would realize that they did so because their own dog was sick, so they would each kill their own dog on the 2nd day. If there were more than two hunters, but still two sick dogs, it would work the same way. Each hunter with a sick dog would look at all the other dogs and see 1 sick dog. After one day, when they notice that the sick dog has not been killed, they would realize that there must be 2 sick dogs (and thus, the other sick dog must be theirs) and they would each kill their own dog. All the hunters with healthy dogs would see two sick dogs. They'd be smart enough to realize that with two sick dogs, it wouldn't get resolved on the first day. After the second day, when the two hunters killed their sick dogs, they would realize the above; that each of the hunters with sick dogs only saw one other sick dog and killed their own dog after the 2nd day. Two dogs would die, all on the 2nd day. It's the same thing with if there were 3 sick dogs; all the hunters with sick dogs would notice that the other sick dogs didn't die after the 2nd day, so they would realize that there must be another sick dog (their own) and they would kill it after the third day. And so on and so forth, for however many sick dogs there are. TL;DR n dogs would be killed, and they would all be killed on the nth day. Where n = the number of sick dogs.	1	kabukistar	1,296,887,722	t3_e6nek	null
riddles	t3_kyimy	c2ocp3i	Okay, pretend each of the coins is numbered 1 - 9. * With the scale, measure coins 1, 2, 3 on one side against coins 7, 8, 9 on the other side. * If the left side is heavier, then measure coin 1 against coin 3. Whichever one is heavier is the counterfeit coin. If neither of them are heavier, then 2 is the counterfeit coin. * If the right side was heavier, do the same thing but with coines 7, 8, and 9. * If neither the left nor right side was heavier in the first weighing, then weigh coin 4 against coin 6. Whichever one is heavier is the counterfeit. If neither one is heavier, then coin 5 is the counterfeit.	9	kabukistar	1,317,597,829	t3_kyimy	null
riddles	t3_kyimy	c2ocq0l	That was fast. It's explained in a wonky way, but that's correct.	1	JohnLeprechaun	1,317,598,024	t1_c2ocp3i	null
riddles	t3_kyimy	c2od1lz	You want to hear one?	1	kabukistar	1,317,600,553	t1_c2ocq0l	null
riddles	t3_kyimy	c2od1w9	A riddle? Go for it.	1	JohnLeprechaun	1,317,600,614	t1_c2od1lz	null
riddles	t3_kyimy	c2od2n2	Okay. Here, I typed it into a new thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/riddles/comments/kytey/a_twist_on_an_old_classic/	1	kabukistar	1,317,600,778	t1_c2od1w9	null
riddles	t3_kytey	c2od4dg	Oh, wow. This is a good one. "If you were lying, which way would you tell me to go?" If he always tells the truth, he'd point the wrong way. If he always lies, he'd lie about his lie and point the wrong way. That way, you just go the way he didn't point and you'd be all good. At least, I think that checks out.	1	JohnLeprechaun	1,317,601,160	t3_kytey	null
riddles	t3_kytey	c2od5te	You're really close. >"If you were lying, which way would you tell me to go?" Liar: Well, I would tell him to go the wrong way. But that's the truth and I'll lie about my answer. "I'd tell you to go [the correct way]" Truth: Well, if I was lying, I would tell him to go the wrong way. "I'd tell you to go [the wrong way.]" You're on the right track, but you get two different answers that way.	2	kabukistar	1,317,601,474	t1_c2od4dg	null
riddles	t3_kytey	c2od68z	Bah, I figured something was amiss. EDIT: Okay, pondering again. If I ask which way is the wrong way, the liar would point the right way, but the truthful man would point the wrong way, so that's no good. This is much easier when there are two people to ask, and one always tells the truth and one always lies. Hrm... "If your stance about honesty were reversed, which way would you tell me to go?" The liar would be speaking from the stance of the truth-teller, so he would say yes, but he lies, so he'd point the wrong way. The truth teller, speaking from the point of the liar, and tells the truth, so he'd point the wrong way. Go in the opposite direction and you win! I'm fairly certain that's correct. Anyway, I'm entering a new riddle onto the main page. Standby.	1	JohnLeprechaun	1,317,601,566	t1_c2od5te	null
riddles	t3_kyupo	c2ode7j	Original comment had a length of 871 characters. The quoted comment now has a length of 611 characters after applying the Wadsworth Constant. >die. If you take none, you die. The ONLY WAY to live is to take one of pill A and one of pill B. > >So you pour out one of pill A into you're hand. So far so good. Then you accidentally pour out two of pill B! Suddenly you have a problem. Pill A and pill B are virtually identical--they have the same size, color, shape, weight, smell, etc. > >Unfortunately, you can't simply throw away the pills because they're ridiculously expensive. You need to use every single one. How can you, with 100% certainty, take one of each pill and survive? > >(I hope I haven't missed anything... lots of specifics with this one)	-2	WadsworthBot	1,317,603,253	t3_kyupo	null
riddles	t3_kyupo	c2oe4a1	Unless there is some conceivable way to tell the pills apart, I deem this riddle impossible. You have three identical pills in your hand. If you take two of them, there's a 2/3 chance you'll get the A and a B and be fine, but there's a 1/3 chance you'll get both of the B's and die. The smart thing to do would be to take those three pills and throw them in a ziplock bag and take two new pills. That way, you wont have to worry about them until after you finish the rest of the bottle, or (better yet) keep refilling them until you're really in a ind and can't buy any more.	1	kabukistar	1,317,608,728	t3_kyupo	null
riddles	t3_kyupo	c2oe5uf	No, there is most definitely a way to solve it. I can give you a hint if you'd like.	1	JohnLeprechaun	1,317,609,057	t1_c2oe4a1	null
riddles	t3_kyupo	c2oefes	Sure.	1	kabukistar	1,317,611,064	t1_c2oe5uf	null
riddles	t3_kyupo	c2oegh0	You may remove more pills from the bottles.	1	JohnLeprechaun	1,317,611,292	t1_c2oefes	null
riddles	t3_kyupo	c2ohvkt	take another A, add it to the other 3 pills. grind them all up and divide into 2 equal amounts. Each of these contains 1 of each pill.	7	fuzzy_smurf	1,317,654,384	t3_kyupo	null
riddles	t3_kyupo	c2oijd9	I didn't think there was a solution to this one but now I can confirm there is a simple and elegant solution. Thanks for the riddle! :)	2	Keir3D	1,317,659,374	t3_kyupo	null
riddles	t3_kyupo	c2oln62	Not quite. :P You're pretty close though.	2	JohnLeprechaun	1,317,680,728	t1_c2ohvkt	null
riddles	t3_kyupo	c2olnbj	Yeah, this is definitely among my favorites. I'll be posting more in this subreddit shortly!	1	JohnLeprechaun	1,317,680,763	t1_c2oijd9	null
riddles	t3_kyupo	c2om8j4	If that's close, then you could do the same thing, but by dividing the pills into thirds, and making 3 pills of 1/3 A and 2/3 B. You can then chop known pills from the bottles into thirds to complete 3 doses using the hybrid pills created. It's the same method as I first tried but using discrete instead of continuous sampling, I figured that dividing individual pills accurately into thirds was less reliable than dividing 1 pile of powder into 2.	2	fuzzy_smurf	1,317,685,040	t1_c2oln62	null
riddles	t3_kyupo	c2oma5f	You've got to think about this with the probability in mind. You have three pills in your hand, but you don't know which pill is from which bottle. All you know is that you have one of pill A and two of pill B. Cutting them into thirds only makes it LESS probable that you're going to get the correct amount. If you simple took two random pills, there's a 50/50 chance you'll live (First pill is always fine, and the second pill could either kill you or save you). When the pills are split in to thirds and you take six thirds (the equivalent of two pills), there's a much smaller chance. I don't feel like calculating it.	1	JohnLeprechaun	1,317,685,376	t1_c2om8j4	null
riddles	t3_kzurv	c2omdmq	Eight? Are they adding up to the nearest multiple of nine? (12+6=18, 6+3=9, 10+8=18).	6	Simon_the_Cannibal	1,317,686,080	t3_kzurv	null
riddles	t3_kzurv	c2omfo0	three letters in the word	10	comofue	1,317,686,482	t3_kzurv	null
riddles	t3_kzurv	c2omgui	Wow, that's way more complicated than the real answer.	9	JohnLeprechaun	1,317,686,719	t1_c2omdmq	null
riddles	t3_kzurv	c2omgwg	Congrats, that's right.	3	JohnLeprechaun	1,317,686,729	t1_c2omfo0	null
riddles	t3_kyupo	c2omh0h	Take an extra pill from bottle A. You now have 2 A's, and 2 B's. Cut each pill in half, and take those halves. You will take a total of 1 A pill (2 halves) and 1 B pill (2 halves). On day 2, take the remaining 4 halves.	2	Linkster1211	1,317,686,750	t1_c2oegh0	null
riddles	t3_kyupo	c2omiah	Absolutely! Nice job.	2	JohnLeprechaun	1,317,687,015	t1_c2omh0h	null
riddles	t3_kzxri	c2omsxe	The cook didn't create a poison for the test, he just made a soup. Before meeting the king, the cook drank some weak poison he could make himself. During the test, the cook drank the alchemist's strong poison and was cured of the weak poison, and then had some harmless soup. The alchemist had the harmless soup, and then his strong poison, which killed him. The king ended up with a soup recipe. Good riddle.	17	fuzzy_smurf	1,317,689,171	t3_kzxri	null
riddles	t3_kyupo	c2omv3j	My method doesn't involve guessing which pills to take. I take 1/3 of each pill and put them together, this means you have 3 identical pills with 1/3 A and 2/3 B. You can then take pieces of the pills from the bottles to add 2/3 A and 1/3 B, which gives you the equivalent of 1 A and 1 B	2	fuzzy_smurf	1,317,689,585	t1_c2oma5f	null
riddles	t3_kzurv	c2on326	Such is my life. :(	11	Simon_the_Cannibal	1,317,691,069	t1_c2omgui	null
riddles	t3_kzxri	c2on3m5	Wow, that was really fast. Awesome job.	6	JohnLeprechaun	1,317,691,174	t1_c2omsxe	null
riddles	t3_l0uob	c2ovf59	Switch them all.	2	feefiefofum	1,317,763,872	t3_l0uob	null
riddles	t3_l0uob	c2ovxcs	But that wouldn't allow you to determine which switch is the correct one.	2	Keir3D	1,317,767,142	t1_c2ovf59	null
riddles	t3_l0uob	c2owufv	assuming that the lightbulb is turned off and has been for some time: Turn the first switch on. Wait for 10 minutes. Turn the first switch off and the second switch on. Go check the bulb. If the bulb is on, switch 2. If the bulb is off and hot, switch one. If the bulb is off and cold, switch 3.	8	fuzzy_smurf	1,317,773,374	t3_l0uob	null
riddles	t3_l0uob	c2oyd9n	Correct, good sir.	3	Linkster1211	1,317,783,361	t1_c2owufv	null
riddles	t3_l1onl	c2p1qe3	[My guess, hidden to not be a spoiler](http://i.imgur.com/XUGtm.png) Do spoiler tags work in here?	6	[deleted]	1,317,821,807	t3_l1onl	null
riddles	t3_l1onl	c2p1rgc	You're right. And I have no idea.	5	[deleted]	1,317,822,078	t1_c2p1qe3	null
riddles	t3_l1onl	c2p1s65	Well, I reposted my guess as an image, to not spoil it for others.	3	[deleted]	1,317,822,266	t1_c2p1rgc	null
riddles	t3_l0uob	c2p1xc6	So you turn on one light switch, and wait an hour. Then you turn on another one, and go upstairs. If you get there, and the light is on, the second one you turned on is the correct one. If the bulb is off, but hot, the first one you turned on is the correct one. If the bulb is off, and cold, the third, untouched switch is the correct one. :D Nice riddle, I had to think about it for a while. Dang, someone already answered it. :P	3	JohnLeprechaun	1,317,823,549	t3_l0uob	null
riddles	t3_l1onl	c2p1zj9	Daaang. All throughout I was thinking "Time. It's gotta be time. A clock. No, time." Then the last line totally tripped me up. Uh... [Spoiler](/s "Is it a corpse, or a coffin?")	3	JohnLeprechaun	1,317,824,072	t3_l1onl	null
riddles	t3_l1onl	c2p2lnk	[spoiler](//#s"testing")	1	diligentdogs	1,317,828,739	t1_c2p1qe3	null
riddles	t3_l1onl	c2p2rn2	Then shouldn't "Look at me and see their future" be more like "Look at me and see YOUR future"? [spoiler](//#s"You can't see a dead person's future by looking at their gravestone, you're seeing their past if anything.)") EDIT:hid spoiler	-2	Keir3D	1,317,829,836	t1_c2p1rgc	null
riddles	t3_l1onl	c2p2rw0	It was a continuation of what men do with the object. And, spoiler alert.	1	[deleted]	1,317,829,884	t1_c2p2rn2	null
riddles	t3_l1q60	c2p2x4s	1. I would put one white marble in one bowl and the rest of them in the other. So if I got the bowl with the white one, I survive or if I get the other bowl, it's still approximately 50/50. That's about a 74% chance of survival. I can live with that. 2. As for this second situation, the best way I think is to take a black one and keep it concealed in my pocket or fist. Then after the blindfold is removed I would point to the black one in the jar and 'deduce' that the one in my hand must be white. But since he's a mean king and was so determined to kill me in the first place, he'd probably just kill me anyway :(	7	Keir3D	1,317,830,873	t3_l1q60	null
riddles	t3_l1q60	c2p2y6t	Sheesh, correct on both counts. Nice. I need to find harder riddles...	2	JohnLeprechaun	1,317,831,069	t1_c2p2x4s	null
riddles	t3_l1onl	c2p2ze2	I see what you're saying, that does make sense but it's still unnecessarily misleading.	1	Keir3D	1,317,831,277	t1_c2p2rw0	null
riddles	t3_l1onl	c2p3pdc	I disagree.	1	[deleted]	1,317,835,874	t1_c2p2ze2	null
riddles	t3_l1onl	c2p5aft	>Born in mourning I see what you did there.	4	kabukistar	1,317,845,395	t3_l1onl	null
riddles	t3_kytey	c2p5chg	Yeah, that works. Hmm, I've got to re-work this riddle to make it more difficult :P	1	kabukistar	1,317,845,738	t1_c2od68z	null
riddles	t3_l0uob	c2p5di9	This was my favorite riddle to give kids when I was a teacher.	1	kabukistar	1,317,845,896	t3_l0uob	null
riddles	t3_kytey	c2p5era	I don't think it's the difficulty of it that's the issue; most people have just heard it before.	1	JohnLeprechaun	1,317,846,095	t1_c2p5chg	null
riddles	t3_kytey	c2p5hp4	Well, I'm trying to form it in such a way so that you can't give the same answer as the original, but just with a hypothetical lying/non-lying person.	1	kabukistar	1,317,846,593	t1_c2p5era	null
riddles	t3_kytey	c2p5krf	Well, good luck with that.	1	JohnLeprechaun	1,317,847,090	t1_c2p5hp4	null
riddles	t3_l1onl	c2p8g0g	That's the part I didn't actually want to type because it kind of gives it away. It's better when spoken.	3	[deleted]	1,317,865,930	t1_c2p5aft	null
riddles	t3_kzxri	c2pa8pp	But wouldnt the cook die anyways, because his own poison is not as strong as the alchemists poison? (You did say that in order to neutralize a poison you have to drink a _stronger_ poison)	1	ThatsMeNotYou	1,317,878,942	t1_c2on3m5	null
riddles	t3_l2p5q	c2paaw2	Say that you work for the Genderme, but you don't really like your job. He sent you out there to see if there were any highwaymen. If you don't come back alive, obviously he will know the highwaymen are there and send a more well-armed ambush party. Somehow, convince them that you will lie on their behalf and say you had an uneventful trip if they let you go.	6	kabukistar	1,317,879,514	t3_l2p5q	null
riddles	t3_l2p5q	c2pcloz	I wish I was smart enough to think about that if I was ever in that situation!	1	Abuzz	1,317,913,541	t1_c2paaw2	null
riddles	t3_kytey	c2pe9p5	Simplest answer: "If I were to ask you which way is home, with which path would you respond?" For simplicity, assume path 1 = home, path 2 = doom. Liar: Would respond 2, but must lie in response to my question and say that he would respond with the home path 1. Truthful: Would respond 1 and would say so in response to my question. Either way you ultimately get a positive (truthful) response. Doubling the question causes a double positive (which equals positive) and a double negative (which equals positive as well).	4	[deleted]	1,317,925,391	t3_kytey	null
riddles	t3_kzxri	c2pec40	Nope. Here's what the cook took (in order): * Before the contest, his own weak poison in secret * During the contest, the alchemist's stronger poison, which cancelled out the weak poison he took before the contest * During the contest, his "poison," which was really soup. No effect.	3	[deleted]	1,317,925,848	t1_c2pa8pp	null
riddles	t3_kzxri	c2pfxwc	Yes, that's correct. It's the whole point--what was the cook's plan? His poison was weaker, so how could he have still won?	1	JohnLeprechaun	1,317,936,267	t1_c2pa8pp	null
riddles	t3_kytey	c2pgnly	Ding! Ding! Ding! Correct.	3	kabukistar	1,317,941,337	t1_c2pe9p5	null
riddles	t3_l1q60	c2pgrew	1) put 1 white marble in 1 bowl. put 50 black marbles in the 2nd bowl FIRST, and the other 49 whites on top. 2) call the king racist and run away.	4	snickles19	1,317,942,129	t3_l1q60	null
riddles	t3_kyupo	c2pgtd4	how can you be sure you have 2 As and 2 B's? you dont know what you have in your hand	0	snickles19	1,317,942,538	t1_c2omh0h	null
riddles	t3_l2p5q	c2pgtrq	Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. I really need to be more speedy with the riddles here.	1	JohnLeprechaun	1,317,942,617	t1_c2paaw2	null
riddles	t3_kyupo	c2pu8be	The original post said you pour out 1 A and then accidentally pour out 2 B's. You know exactly what you have in your hand, just not which one is which.	1	Linkster1211	1,318,081,945	t1_c2pgtd4	null
riddles	t3_kyupo	c2pvvde	[deleted]	1	[deleted]	1,318,099,461	t1_c2pu8be	null
riddles	t3_kyupo	c2q3vqv	You take a pill, and cut it in half. Place those 2 halves into 2 separate piles. Take an uncut pill, cut it in half, and place those 2 halves into the piles (1 in each.) Repeat for the next two pills, and then take one of the piles. For the next take, take the remaining pile. You're not cutting the pills in half and then mixing them up again. That'd be silly.	1	Linkster1211	1,318,188,133	t1_c2pvvde	null
riddles	t3_l0uob	c2qnfro	turn (switch 1) on, do something else for a year or two, come back, turn another on (switch 2) and go upstairs. If the bulb is on, it was switch 2, if the bulb is off it was the third one, if the bulb is burnt out it was the first one you left on (switch 1). edit: damn i was close	1	SpaceCowboy57	1,318,360,287	t3_l0uob	null
riddles	t3_l0uob	c2qperj	Not too bad. A bit long, but it still works.	1	Linkster1211	1,318,372,574	t1_c2qnfro	null
riddles	t3_laddk	c2r56vh	Well [this is my guess](http://i.imgur.com/wQ4vC.png) I'm not sure if that's allowed under your rules.	2	[deleted]	1,318,510,849	t3_laddk	null
riddles	t3_laddk	c2r5g6o	Yes, I'll accept that.	2	JohnLeprechaun	1,318,513,592	t1_c2r56vh	null
riddles	t3_laddk	c2r5gd9	Oh wait, they have spoiler tags on here now? [spoiler](//#s"spoiler test") D'oh, that would have saved me a couple of minutes.	0	[deleted]	1,318,513,642	t1_c2r5g6o	null
riddles	t3_laddk	c2r5nd7	Heh, I wondered about that myself.	2	JohnLeprechaun	1,318,515,357	t1_c2r5gd9	null
riddles	t3_lc9uk	c2rj15w	Fire?	9	kabukistar	1,318,621,608	t3_lc9uk	null
riddles	t3_lc9uk	c2rjoyi	I read the last line before I read any of the others, and that seems pretty obviously fire.	3	GAMEchief	1,318,625,888	t3_lc9uk	null
riddles	t3_lc9uk	c2rk4p3	Why would anyone ever do that?	1	[deleted]	1,318,629,028	t1_c2rjoyi	null
riddles	t3_lc9uk	c2rk56j	Thanks for the downvotes. I guess that wasn't riddle-y enough for the riddle club?	2	[deleted]	1,318,629,129	t3_lc9uk	null
riddles	t3_lc9uk	c2rk8gp	[deleted]	1	[deleted]	1,318,629,812	t1_c2rk56j	null
riddles	t3_lcoit	c2rlv2h	I think I need to brush up on my fruit trivia...	1	[deleted]	1,318,643,209	t3_lcoit	null
riddles	t3_lc9uk	c2rm4tt	Accidentally.	1	GAMEchief	1,318,645,659	t1_c2rk4p3	null
riddles	t3_lcoit	c2rnchz	i thought i posted the image link but i guess not. Here it is http://imgur.com/Devek	2	whoisTronGalt	1,318,656,953	t1_c2rlv2h	null
riddles	t3_lc9uk	c2rnh5d	Yeah, I think this is it as well.	1	JohnLeprechaun	1,318,658,519	t1_c2rj15w	null
riddles	t3_lcoit	c2rnhcv	That's... kinda weird. Budapest.	4	JohnLeprechaun	1,318,658,590	t3_lcoit	null
riddles	t3_lcxou	c2rp20y	classic, I've heard it as if 4 room mates each keep their own umbrella in the same basket by their door, what are the odds of just 3 of them drawing their own umbrella.	2	beatatarian	1,318,688,042	t3_lcxou	null
riddles	t3_lcxou	c2rp2m5	Ah, yeah. As with most riddles, there are many different variations.	1	JohnLeprechaun	1,318,688,280	t1_c2rp20y	null
riddles	t3_lcoit	c2rp304	I never would have figured that out on my own. But that's the coolest thing I've seen all week!	1	[deleted]	1,318,688,446	t1_c2rnhcv	null
riddles	t3_lcoit	c2rp3ef	I just don't understand why it had to be a fruit. >.>	1	JohnLeprechaun	1,318,688,596	t1_c2rp304	null
riddles	t3_ldajv	c2rwsel	Ooh, this one took me a while. [spoiler](//#s"A fish.")	2	JohnLeprechaun	1,318,771,118	t3_ldajv	null
riddles	t3_ldajv	c2rx0w3	Very good!	1	[deleted]	1,318,774,575	t1_c2rwsel	null
riddles	t3_ldajv	c2rx1iv	Heh, thanks. I actually read it the day you posted it originally and it took me however long it's been to figure it out.	1	JohnLeprechaun	1,318,774,803	t1_c2rx0w3	null

riddles

t3_e6nek

c15qjcw

I'm stuck. Define 'the information', please.

2

diligentdogs

1,289,871,549

t3_e6nek

null

riddles

t3_e6nek

c1821wk

If only the owner can kill his own dog (i.e. ALL dogs are only killed by their owners), and said owners cannot tell if said dog is sick, and NO information is given to the owner as to the health of the dog, then no dogs will be killed. I'm certain you told this wrong.

2

[deleted]

1,291,663,513

t3_e6nek

null

riddles

t3_e6nek

c18gqfs

This bears resemblance to a lot of problems in computer science; you might try posting in /r/programming.

1

aristotle2600

1,291,927,437

t3_e6nek

null

riddles

t3_e6nek

c18i8z4

Probably should specify that dogs are only killed at night, or something. EDIT: Also the crucial piece of information is that -all- the sick dogs are killed on night 3. 3 dogs are killed. Day 1: Each hunter without a diseased dog notices that there are 3 sicks dogs. However each hunter with a sick dog notices only 2 sick dogs. Day 2: The hunters realize that nobody shot their dog. They conclude, then, that nobody saw that all other dogs were healthy. For if someone saw that all other dogs were healthy they would then conclude their dog is sick and shoot it. Therefore at least 2 dogs must be sick and everyone knows this. However some people see 3 sick dogs and some see 2 so they can draw no conclusions. Day 3: Nobody shoots their dog. By the same reasoning as above, everyone concludes that at least 3 dogs are sick. Now the hunters with sick dogs (who have only seen 2 other sick dogs) are able to conclude that their dog must be the third sick one. And thus they shoot their dogs. Note this is much, much more interesting and difficult if you don't specify how many days go by. You just say "After some number of days the hunters have managed to shoot all the diseased dogs. How many days did it take and how did they do it?"

6

Zarigis

1,291,951,655

t3_e6nek

null

riddles

t3_e6nek

c1axu40

this is incorrect, although it's hard to understand where the question is coming from. zarigis has it right.

-1

bugs_bunny_in_drag

1,293,782,106

t1_c1821wk

null

riddles

t3_e6nek

c1axu72

this is the correct answer, and similar to another riddle i heard a week or two ago- the "blue forehead" riddle. 100 perfect logicians are in a room- a circle is painted on each of their heads, they don't know what color. they're told, at least one of them has a blue-colored forehead. in the room they can all see one another, but they aren't allowed to communicate, just observe. and no reflective surfaces or anything- they can't see themselves at all. the lights are going to go on and off every thirty seconds or so. when the lights are off, if you have realized you have a blue forehead, you are free to go. now, for a gag, all of their foreheads have been painted blue. the question: how do the logicians figure out they all have blue foreheads, and when do they figure it out and leave the room?

2

bugs_bunny_in_drag

1,293,782,170

t1_c18i8z4

null

riddles

t3_e6nek

c1az5hm

note: reply written before edit...

1

[deleted]

1,293,820,443

t1_c1axu40

null

riddles

t3_e6nek

c1az5ww

...what edit? i know zarigis posted later than you, but i thought you'd be interested to hear the solution.

1

bugs_bunny_in_drag

1,293,820,639

t1_c1az5hm

null

riddles

t3_e6nek

c1bf6a9

Canine disease does not affect humans so there is no reason to shoot a dog that appears healthy. Therefore none of the dogs are likely killed. A few will discharge their guns to make the others think they have nothing to worry about. However, some might not like their dogs and then use this opportunity to kill their dog, or kill their neighbor's dog because the human species typically uses opportunities as they are presented.

2

[deleted]

1,294,172,344

t3_e6nek

null

riddles

t3_e6nek

c1bgmc5

Certainly the most logical of the answers. Still looking though

1

deepinsighther

1,294,202,048

t1_c1bf6a9

null

riddles

t3_e6nek

c1df2qn

Cool puzzle, and very similar to the OP in the way it deals with recursion. In this case, I'd say they all leave at the 100th cycle, reasoning thus: * a single blue forehead would realize this immediately since there were no others, and leave on the first cycle. * two blue foreheads would leave on the second cycle, deducing that otherwise their fellow blue-head would have already left. * three blue foreheads would figure that since their companions didn't do the above, their own heads were also blue. * ... * after the 99th dark interval, since the other 99 blue foreheads didn't follow the procession to this point and leave already, everyone can finally deduce that their own head is blue. * and the next time the light comes on, the room is empty.

2

yParticle

1,295,481,960

t1_c1axu72

null

riddles

t3_e6nek

c1fkmew

Let's say there were two hunters instead of 100, and that every hunter knew that there was at least one sick dog. On the first day, one hunter would see that the other dog was not sick, so he'd kill his own dog (knowing that there must be at least one sick dog so it must be his). Hunter #2 would see that hunter #1's dog was sick so he would wait to kill his own. One dog would die in one day. On the other hand, if both of the dogs were sick, then both hunters would see the other's sick dog and wait to kill their own. However, after a day when they say that the other hunter did not kill his own dog, they would realize that they did so because their own dog was sick, so they would each kill their own dog on the 2nd day. If there were more than two hunters, but still two sick dogs, it would work the same way. Each hunter with a sick dog would look at all the other dogs and see 1 sick dog. After one day, when they notice that the sick dog has not been killed, they would realize that there must be 2 sick dogs (and thus, the other sick dog must be theirs) and they would each kill their own dog. All the hunters with healthy dogs would see two sick dogs. They'd be smart enough to realize that with two sick dogs, it wouldn't get resolved on the first day. After the second day, when the two hunters killed their sick dogs, they would realize the above; that each of the hunters with sick dogs only saw one other sick dog and killed their own dog after the 2nd day. Two dogs would die, all on the 2nd day. It's the same thing with if there were 3 sick dogs; all the hunters with sick dogs would notice that the other sick dogs didn't die after the 2nd day, so they would realize that there must be another sick dog (their own) and they would kill it after the third day. And so on and so forth, for however many sick dogs there are. **TL;DR** n dogs would be killed, and they would all be killed on the nth day. Where n = the number of sick dogs.

1

kabukistar

1,296,887,722

t3_e6nek

null

riddles

t3_kyimy

c2ocp3i

Okay, pretend each of the coins is numbered 1 - 9. * With the scale, measure coins 1, 2, 3 on one side against coins 7, 8, 9 on the other side. * If the left side is heavier, then measure coin 1 against coin 3. Whichever one is heavier is the counterfeit coin. If neither of them are heavier, then 2 is the counterfeit coin. * If the right side was heavier, do the same thing but with coines 7, 8, and 9. * If neither the left nor right side was heavier in the first weighing, then weigh coin 4 against coin 6. Whichever one is heavier is the counterfeit. If neither one is heavier, then coin 5 is the counterfeit.

9

kabukistar

1,317,597,829

t3_kyimy

null

riddles

t3_kyimy

c2ocq0l

That was fast. It's explained in a wonky way, but that's correct.

1

JohnLeprechaun

1,317,598,024

t1_c2ocp3i

null

riddles

t3_kyimy

c2od1lz

You want to hear one?

1

kabukistar

1,317,600,553

t1_c2ocq0l

null

riddles

t3_kyimy

c2od1w9

A riddle? Go for it.

1

JohnLeprechaun

1,317,600,614

t1_c2od1lz

null

riddles

t3_kyimy

c2od2n2

Okay. Here, I typed it into a new thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/riddles/comments/kytey/a_twist_on_an_old_classic/

1

kabukistar

1,317,600,778

t1_c2od1w9

null

riddles

t3_kytey

c2od4dg

Oh, wow. This is a good one. "If you were lying, which way would you tell me to go?" If he always tells the truth, he'd point the wrong way. If he always lies, he'd lie about his lie and point the wrong way. That way, you just go the way he didn't point and you'd be all good. At least, I *think* that checks out.

1

JohnLeprechaun

1,317,601,160

t3_kytey

null

riddles

t3_kytey

c2od5te

You're really close. >"If you were lying, which way would you tell me to go?" Liar: Well, I *would* tell him to go the wrong way. But that's the truth and I'll lie about my answer. **"I'd tell you to go [the correct way]"** Truth: Well, if I was lying, I would tell him to go the wrong way. **"I'd tell you to go [the wrong way.]"** You're on the right track, but you get two different answers that way.

2

kabukistar

1,317,601,474

t1_c2od4dg

null

riddles

t3_kytey

c2od68z

Bah, I figured something was amiss. EDIT: Okay, pondering again. If I ask which way is the *wrong* way, the liar would point the right way, but the truthful man would point the wrong way, so that's no good. This is much easier when there are two people to ask, and one always tells the truth and one always lies. Hrm... "If your stance about honesty were reversed, which way would you tell me to go?" The liar would be speaking from the stance of the truth-teller, so he would say yes, but he lies, so he'd point the wrong way. The truth teller, speaking from the point of the liar, and tells the truth, so he'd point the wrong way. Go in the opposite direction and you win! I'm fairly certain that's correct. Anyway, I'm entering a new riddle onto the main page. Standby.

1

JohnLeprechaun

1,317,601,566

t1_c2od5te

null

riddles

t3_kyupo

c2ode7j

Original comment had a length of 871 characters. The quoted comment now has a length of 611 characters after applying the Wadsworth Constant. >die. If you take none, you die. The ONLY WAY to live is to take one of pill A and one of pill B. > >So you pour out one of pill A into you're hand. So far so good. Then you accidentally pour out two of pill B! Suddenly you have a problem. Pill A and pill B are virtually identical--they have the same size, color, shape, weight, smell, etc. > >Unfortunately, you can't simply throw away the pills because they're ridiculously expensive. You need to use every single one. How can you, with 100% certainty, take one of each pill and survive? > >(I hope I haven't missed anything... lots of specifics with this one)

-2

WadsworthBot

1,317,603,253

t3_kyupo

null

riddles

t3_kyupo

c2oe4a1

Unless there is some conceivable way to tell the pills apart, I deem this riddle impossible. You have three identical pills in your hand. If you take two of them, there's a 2/3 chance you'll get the A and a B and be fine, but there's a 1/3 chance you'll get both of the B's and die. The smart thing to do would be to take those three pills and throw them in a ziplock bag and take two new pills. That way, you wont have to worry about them until after you finish the rest of the bottle, or (better yet) keep refilling them until you're really in a ind and can't buy any more.

1

kabukistar

1,317,608,728

t3_kyupo

null

riddles

t3_kyupo

c2oe5uf

No, there is most definitely a way to solve it. I can give you a hint if you'd like.

1

JohnLeprechaun

1,317,609,057

t1_c2oe4a1

null

riddles

t3_kyupo

c2oefes

Sure.

1

kabukistar

1,317,611,064

t1_c2oe5uf

null

riddles

t3_kyupo

c2oegh0

You may remove more pills from the bottles.

1

JohnLeprechaun

1,317,611,292

t1_c2oefes

null

riddles

t3_kyupo

c2ohvkt

take another A, add it to the other 3 pills. grind them all up and divide into 2 equal amounts. Each of these contains 1 of each pill.

7

fuzzy_smurf

1,317,654,384

t3_kyupo

null

riddles

t3_kyupo

c2oijd9

I didn't think there was a solution to this one but now I can confirm there is a simple and elegant solution. Thanks for the riddle! :)

2

Keir3D

1,317,659,374

t3_kyupo

null

riddles

t3_kyupo

c2oln62

Not quite. :P You're pretty close though.

2

JohnLeprechaun

1,317,680,728

t1_c2ohvkt

null

riddles

t3_kyupo

c2olnbj

Yeah, this is definitely among my favorites. I'll be posting more in this subreddit shortly!

1

JohnLeprechaun

1,317,680,763

t1_c2oijd9

null

riddles

t3_kyupo

c2om8j4

If that's close, then you could do the same thing, but by dividing the pills into thirds, and making 3 pills of 1/3 A and 2/3 B. You can then chop known pills from the bottles into thirds to complete 3 doses using the hybrid pills created. It's the same method as I first tried but using discrete instead of continuous sampling, I figured that dividing individual pills accurately into thirds was less reliable than dividing 1 pile of powder into 2.

2

fuzzy_smurf

1,317,685,040

t1_c2oln62

null

riddles

t3_kyupo

c2oma5f

You've got to think about this with the probability in mind. You have three pills in your hand, but you don't know which pill is from which bottle. All you know is that you have one of pill A and two of pill B. Cutting them into thirds only makes it LESS probable that you're going to get the correct amount. If you simple took two random pills, there's a 50/50 chance you'll live (First pill is always fine, and the second pill could either kill you or save you). When the pills are split in to thirds and you take six thirds (the equivalent of two pills), there's a much smaller chance. I don't feel like calculating it.

1

JohnLeprechaun

1,317,685,376

t1_c2om8j4

null

riddles

t3_kzurv

c2omdmq

Eight? Are they adding up to the nearest multiple of nine? (12+6=18, 6+3=9, 10+8=18).

6

Simon_the_Cannibal

1,317,686,080

t3_kzurv

null

riddles

t3_kzurv

c2omfo0

three letters in the word

10

comofue

1,317,686,482

t3_kzurv

null

riddles

t3_kzurv

c2omgui

Wow, that's way more complicated than the real answer.

9

JohnLeprechaun

1,317,686,719

t1_c2omdmq

null

riddles

t3_kzurv

c2omgwg

Congrats, that's right.

3

JohnLeprechaun

1,317,686,729

t1_c2omfo0

null

riddles

t3_kyupo

c2omh0h

Take an extra pill from bottle A. You now have 2 A's, and 2 B's. Cut each pill in half, and take those halves. You will take a total of 1 A pill (2 halves) and 1 B pill (2 halves). On day 2, take the remaining 4 halves.

2

Linkster1211

1,317,686,750

t1_c2oegh0

null

riddles

t3_kyupo

c2omiah

Absolutely! Nice job.

2

JohnLeprechaun

1,317,687,015

t1_c2omh0h

null

riddles

t3_kzxri

c2omsxe

The cook didn't create a poison for the test, he just made a soup. Before meeting the king, the cook drank some weak poison he could make himself. During the test, the cook drank the alchemist's strong poison and was cured of the weak poison, and then had some harmless soup. The alchemist had the harmless soup, and then his strong poison, which killed him. The king ended up with a soup recipe. Good riddle.

17

fuzzy_smurf

1,317,689,171

t3_kzxri

null

riddles

t3_kyupo

c2omv3j

My method doesn't involve guessing which pills to take. I take 1/3 of each pill and put them together, this means you have 3 identical pills with 1/3 A and 2/3 B. You can then take pieces of the pills from the bottles to add 2/3 A and 1/3 B, which gives you the equivalent of 1 A and 1 B

2

fuzzy_smurf

1,317,689,585

t1_c2oma5f

null

riddles

t3_kzurv

c2on326

Such is my life. :(

11

Simon_the_Cannibal

1,317,691,069

t1_c2omgui

null

riddles

t3_kzxri

c2on3m5

Wow, that was really fast. Awesome job.

6

JohnLeprechaun

1,317,691,174

t1_c2omsxe

null

riddles

t3_l0uob

c2ovf59

Switch them all.

2

feefiefofum

1,317,763,872

t3_l0uob

null

riddles

t3_l0uob

c2ovxcs

But that wouldn't allow you to determine which switch is the correct one.

2

Keir3D

1,317,767,142

t1_c2ovf59

null

riddles

t3_l0uob

c2owufv

assuming that the lightbulb is turned off and has been for some time: Turn the first switch on. Wait for 10 minutes. Turn the first switch off and the second switch on. Go check the bulb. If the bulb is on, switch 2. If the bulb is off and hot, switch one. If the bulb is off and cold, switch 3.

8

fuzzy_smurf

1,317,773,374

t3_l0uob

null

riddles

t3_l0uob

c2oyd9n

Correct, good sir.

3

Linkster1211

1,317,783,361

t1_c2owufv

null

riddles

t3_l1onl

c2p1qe3

[My guess, hidden to not be a spoiler](http://i.imgur.com/XUGtm.png) Do spoiler tags work in here?

6

[deleted]

1,317,821,807

t3_l1onl

null

riddles

t3_l1onl

c2p1rgc

You're right. And I have no idea.

5

[deleted]

1,317,822,078

t1_c2p1qe3

null

riddles

t3_l1onl

c2p1s65

Well, I reposted my guess as an image, to not spoil it for others.

3

[deleted]

1,317,822,266

t1_c2p1rgc

null

riddles

t3_l0uob

c2p1xc6

So you turn on one light switch, and wait an hour. Then you turn on another one, and go upstairs. If you get there, and the light is on, the second one you turned on is the correct one. If the bulb is off, but hot, the first one you turned on is the correct one. If the bulb is off, and cold, the third, untouched switch is the correct one. :D Nice riddle, I had to think about it for a while. Dang, someone already answered it. :P

3

JohnLeprechaun

1,317,823,549

t3_l0uob

null

riddles

t3_l1onl

c2p1zj9

Daaang. All throughout I was thinking "Time. It's gotta be time. A clock. No, time." Then the last line totally tripped me up. Uh... [Spoiler](/s "Is it a corpse, or a coffin?")

3

JohnLeprechaun

1,317,824,072

t3_l1onl

null

riddles

t3_l1onl

c2p2lnk

[spoiler](//#s"testing")

1

diligentdogs

1,317,828,739

t1_c2p1qe3

null

riddles

t3_l1onl

c2p2rn2

Then shouldn't "Look at me and see their future" be more like "Look at me and see YOUR future"? [spoiler](//#s"You can't see a dead person's future by looking at their gravestone, you're seeing their past if anything.)") EDIT:hid spoiler

-2

Keir3D

1,317,829,836

t1_c2p1rgc

null

riddles

t3_l1onl

c2p2rw0

It was a continuation of what men do with the object. And, spoiler alert.

1

[deleted]

1,317,829,884

t1_c2p2rn2

null

riddles

t3_l1q60

c2p2x4s

1. I would put one white marble in one bowl and the rest of them in the other. So if I got the bowl with the white one, I survive or if I get the other bowl, it's still approximately 50/50. That's about a 74% chance of survival. I can live with that. 2. As for this second situation, the best way I think is to take a black one and keep it concealed in my pocket or fist. Then after the blindfold is removed I would point to the black one in the jar and 'deduce' that the one in my hand must be white. But since he's a mean king and was so determined to kill me in the first place, he'd probably just kill me anyway :(

7

Keir3D

1,317,830,873

t3_l1q60

null

riddles

t3_l1q60

c2p2y6t

Sheesh, correct on both counts. Nice. I need to find harder riddles...

2

JohnLeprechaun

1,317,831,069

t1_c2p2x4s

null

riddles

t3_l1onl

c2p2ze2

I see what you're saying, that does make sense but it's still unnecessarily misleading.

1

Keir3D

1,317,831,277

t1_c2p2rw0

null

riddles

t3_l1onl

c2p3pdc

I disagree.

1

[deleted]

1,317,835,874

t1_c2p2ze2

null

riddles

t3_l1onl

c2p5aft

>Born in mourning I see what you did there.

4

kabukistar

1,317,845,395

t3_l1onl

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riddles

t3_kytey

c2p5chg

Yeah, that works. Hmm, I've got to re-work this riddle to make it more difficult :P

1

kabukistar

1,317,845,738

t1_c2od68z

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t3_l0uob

c2p5di9

This was my favorite riddle to give kids when I was a teacher.

1

kabukistar

1,317,845,896

t3_l0uob

null

riddles

t3_kytey

c2p5era

I don't think it's the difficulty of it that's the issue; most people have just heard it before.

1

JohnLeprechaun

1,317,846,095

t1_c2p5chg

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t3_kytey

c2p5hp4

Well, I'm trying to form it in such a way so that you can't give the same answer as the original, but just with a hypothetical lying/non-lying person.

1

kabukistar

1,317,846,593

t1_c2p5era

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t3_kytey

c2p5krf

Well, good luck with that.

1

JohnLeprechaun

1,317,847,090

t1_c2p5hp4

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riddles

t3_l1onl

c2p8g0g

That's the part I didn't actually want to type because it kind of gives it away. It's better when spoken.

3

[deleted]

1,317,865,930

t1_c2p5aft

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t3_kzxri

c2pa8pp

But wouldnt the cook die anyways, because his own poison is not as strong as the alchemists poison? (You did say that in order to neutralize a poison you have to drink a _stronger_ poison)

1

ThatsMeNotYou

1,317,878,942

t1_c2on3m5

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riddles

t3_l2p5q

c2paaw2

Say that you work for the Genderme, but you don't really like your job. He sent you out there to see if there were any highwaymen. If you don't come back alive, obviously he will know the highwaymen are there and send a more well-armed ambush party. Somehow, convince them that you will lie on their behalf and say you had an uneventful trip if they let you go.

6

kabukistar

1,317,879,514

t3_l2p5q

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riddles

t3_l2p5q

c2pcloz

I wish I was smart enough to think about that if I was ever in that situation!

1

Abuzz

1,317,913,541

t1_c2paaw2

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t3_kytey

c2pe9p5

Simplest answer: "If I were to ask you which way is home, with which path would you respond?" For simplicity, assume path 1 = home, path 2 = doom. Liar: Would respond 2, but must lie in response to my question and say that he would respond with the home path 1. Truthful: Would respond 1 and would say so in response to my question. Either way you ultimately get a positive (truthful) response. Doubling the question causes a double positive (which equals positive) and a double negative (which equals positive as well).

4

[deleted]

1,317,925,391

t3_kytey

null

riddles

t3_kzxri

c2pec40

Nope. Here's what the cook took (in order): * Before the contest, his own weak poison in secret * During the contest, the alchemist's stronger poison, which cancelled out the weak poison he took before the contest * During the contest, his "poison," which was really soup. No effect.

3

[deleted]

1,317,925,848

t1_c2pa8pp

null

riddles

t3_kzxri

c2pfxwc

Yes, that's correct. It's the whole point--what was the cook's plan? His poison was weaker, so how could he have still won?

1

JohnLeprechaun

1,317,936,267

t1_c2pa8pp

null

riddles

t3_kytey

c2pgnly

*Ding! Ding! Ding!* Correct.

3

kabukistar

1,317,941,337

t1_c2pe9p5

null

riddles

t3_l1q60

c2pgrew

1) put 1 white marble in 1 bowl. put 50 black marbles in the 2nd bowl FIRST, and the other 49 whites on top. 2) call the king racist and run away.

4

snickles19

1,317,942,129

t3_l1q60

null

riddles

t3_kyupo

c2pgtd4

how can you be sure you have 2 As and 2 B's? you dont know what you have in your hand

0

snickles19

1,317,942,538

t1_c2omh0h

null

riddles

t3_l2p5q

c2pgtrq

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. I really need to be more speedy with the riddles here.

1

JohnLeprechaun

1,317,942,617

t1_c2paaw2

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t3_kyupo

c2pu8be

The original post said you pour out 1 A and then accidentally pour out 2 B's. You know exactly what you have in your hand, just not which one is which.

1

Linkster1211

1,318,081,945

t1_c2pgtd4

null

riddles

t3_kyupo

c2pvvde

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1

[deleted]

1,318,099,461

t1_c2pu8be

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riddles

t3_kyupo

c2q3vqv

You take a pill, and cut it in half. Place those 2 halves into 2 separate piles. Take an uncut pill, cut it in half, and place those 2 halves into the piles (1 in each.) Repeat for the next two pills, and then take one of the piles. For the next take, take the remaining pile. You're not cutting the pills in half and then mixing them up again. That'd be silly.

1

Linkster1211

1,318,188,133

t1_c2pvvde

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t3_l0uob

c2qnfro

turn (switch 1) on, do something else for a year or two, come back, turn another on (switch 2) and go upstairs. If the bulb is on, it was switch 2, if the bulb is off it was the third one, if the bulb is burnt out it was the first one you left on (switch 1). edit: damn i was close

1

SpaceCowboy57

1,318,360,287

t3_l0uob

null

riddles

t3_l0uob

c2qperj

Not too bad. A bit long, but it still works.

1

Linkster1211

1,318,372,574

t1_c2qnfro

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t3_laddk

c2r56vh

Well [this is my guess](http://i.imgur.com/wQ4vC.png) I'm not sure if that's allowed under your rules.

2

[deleted]

1,318,510,849

t3_laddk

null

riddles

t3_laddk

c2r5g6o

Yes, I'll accept that.

2

JohnLeprechaun

1,318,513,592

t1_c2r56vh

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riddles

t3_laddk

c2r5gd9

Oh wait, they have spoiler tags on here now? [spoiler](//#s"spoiler test") D'oh, that would have saved me a couple of minutes.

0

[deleted]

1,318,513,642

t1_c2r5g6o

null

riddles

t3_laddk

c2r5nd7

Heh, I wondered about that myself.

2

JohnLeprechaun

1,318,515,357

t1_c2r5gd9

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riddles

t3_lc9uk

c2rj15w

Fire?

9

kabukistar

1,318,621,608

t3_lc9uk

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t3_lc9uk

c2rjoyi

I read the last line before I read any of the others, and that seems pretty obviously fire.

3

GAMEchief

1,318,625,888

t3_lc9uk

null

riddles

t3_lc9uk

c2rk4p3

Why would anyone ever do that?

1

[deleted]

1,318,629,028

t1_c2rjoyi

null

riddles

t3_lc9uk

c2rk56j

Thanks for the downvotes. I guess that wasn't riddle-y enough for the riddle club?

2

[deleted]

1,318,629,129

t3_lc9uk

null

riddles

t3_lc9uk

c2rk8gp

[deleted]

1

[deleted]

1,318,629,812

t1_c2rk56j

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riddles

t3_lcoit

c2rlv2h

I think I need to brush up on my fruit trivia...

1

[deleted]

1,318,643,209

t3_lcoit

null

riddles

t3_lc9uk

c2rm4tt

Accidentally.

1

GAMEchief

1,318,645,659

t1_c2rk4p3

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riddles

t3_lcoit

c2rnchz

i thought i posted the image link but i guess not. Here it is http://imgur.com/Devek

2

whoisTronGalt

1,318,656,953

t1_c2rlv2h

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t3_lc9uk

c2rnh5d

Yeah, I think this is it as well.

1

JohnLeprechaun

1,318,658,519

t1_c2rj15w

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riddles

t3_lcoit

c2rnhcv

That's... kinda weird. Budapest.

4

JohnLeprechaun

1,318,658,590

t3_lcoit

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riddles

t3_lcxou

c2rp20y

classic, I've heard it as if 4 room mates each keep their own umbrella in the same basket by their door, what are the odds of just 3 of them drawing their own umbrella.

2

beatatarian

1,318,688,042

t3_lcxou

null

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t3_lcxou

c2rp2m5

Ah, yeah. As with most riddles, there are many different variations.

1

JohnLeprechaun

1,318,688,280

t1_c2rp20y

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t3_lcoit

c2rp304

I never would have figured that out on my own. But that's the coolest thing I've seen all week!

1

[deleted]

1,318,688,446

t1_c2rnhcv

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t3_lcoit

c2rp3ef

I just don't understand why it had to be a fruit. >.>

1

JohnLeprechaun

1,318,688,596

t1_c2rp304

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t3_ldajv

c2rwsel

Ooh, this one took me a while. [spoiler](//#s"A fish.")

2

JohnLeprechaun

1,318,771,118

t3_ldajv

null

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t3_ldajv

c2rx0w3

Very good!

1

[deleted]

1,318,774,575

t1_c2rwsel

null

riddles

t3_ldajv

c2rx1iv

Heh, thanks. I actually read it the day you posted it originally and it took me however long it's been to figure it out.

1

JohnLeprechaun

1,318,774,803

t1_c2rx0w3

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