Riddle me this ~

[BlueCelisWhite1]

No prizes just good ol fashion brain teasing fun. Have a crack if you like riddles and or puzzles!

GL!


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?

[Dman]

Hi Blue,

I'm stoned, but ask either guard...."which is the path to death"? ;)

[plantbuilder]

lol reminds me of trimmings sessions...
dman you only get to ask one guard one question
peace.
pb

[capt carnuba]

You ask:'If you were the liar where would you tell me to go'. That way you do the opposite of either.

[BlueCelisWhite1]

Two Gurads part Two

You have undoubtedly heard of those mysterious islands where half the inhabitants always tell the truth and the other half always lie. Nobody seems to have actually visited one of these islands, but everyone knows of someone who has, someone who found himself at the fork in a road with a strange islander (who could be either a truth teller or a liar) and who was able to ask only one question to find the right path.
That's simple. So is the case where the islanders don't speak English and you have to interpret their response. It's even possible to find the right road if half of them are zombies or psycho killers and you are armed with one silly question.
I once found myself on an island that made those places look like "Romper Room." Picture, if you will, the Isle of Row, a one-acre forsaken swatch of desert in the middle of the Sea of Troubles. Despite its diminutive size, Row has no less than four kinds of people, all outwardly indistinguishable from one another. There are the members of the First Family, who always tell the truth, and the Pretenders, who never do. There are the Eccentrics, who may or may not tell the truth, depending on whim. Finally there are the Wimps, who are incapable of speaking unless they have heard one of the other kinds of people speak, and then they obsequiously chime in.
One day, as luck would have it, I found myself at the only crossroads on the island, facing four possible routes. Three Rowians stood by, milling about, and I had only two questions to ask in order to reach, as directly as possible, the fabled 100-foot Tower of Schmooze, the island's premier, albeit only, tourist attraction. What did I do?
Yours in pursuit of truth, Dr. Crypton.

[BlueCelisWhite1]

I think your on the right track Nuba!

"If I asked the _other_ guard, which door would he indicate
leads to Paradise?" Take the door _opposite_ to what's indicated!
Regardless of whom you ask, they'll point to the wrong door.

[Dman]

Hi Folks,

Sorta the same....just didn't come out right. Ask..."which path leads to death?"...and do the opposite of whichever guard you ask. ;)

You ask:'If you were the liar where would you tell me to go'. That way you do the opposite of either.

[BlueCelisWhite1]

Hey Dman,

Ya basically you had it as well. I think there are many way that the same or similair quaestions could be asked!

Nice work!

[BlueCelisWhite1]

"What's your phone number, Drew?" asked Eliot.
"Well," said Drew, "if you replace the first digit of your phone number with the next lowest odd digit, you get my number."
"And the code?"
"Curiously," said Drew, "the product of the four digits in that number is the same as the square root of my phone number."
"But that's insufficient information," pointed out Eliot.
"Yes," said Drew. "But if, in addition to that information, I were to tell you the sum of those four digits, then you'd have enough."
What is Drew's code? Note: In Britain, the "code" is four digits.

[plantbuilder]

dman if you ask the lying guard which path leads to death he will say the life one and if you do the opposite you will die.
you have to ask them what the other person would say.

i never seen with but it seems drew agrees it is insufficient information(?)

peace.
pb

[capt carnuba]

Not the other person,but, specifically the liar. With the four options you would ask what the liar or pretender would say and then ask if that answer was the correct answer. Luckily I was tickling my kundalini. :)

[plantbuilder]

ty.

...there is no way i am telling yall the square root of my phone number lol
peace.
pb

[capt carnuba]

Let me get out my inculcator and tally the digits. :)

[LadyTokin]

Do you know what affect this is having on this indecisive person????? I'd still be standing between the two, blinking stupidly. LOL

[BlueCelisWhite1]

lol lady!

We are all smarter than we give ourselves credit for : )

[capt carnuba]

Here's a fun one. Take any age/sum/whatever and add the numbers together then subtract them from the original number. It will always end up a multiple of 9.