Answer the riddle then post the next riddle, I'll start with the all time classic.



Three gods A, B, and C are called, in no particular order, True, False, and Random. True always speaks truly, False always speaks falsely, but whether Random speaks truly or falsely is a completely random matter. Your task is to determine the identities of A, B, and C by asking three yes-no questions; each question must be put to exactly one god. The gods understand English, but will answer all questions in their own language, in which the words for yes and no are 'da' and 'ja', in some order. You do not know which word means which.

I asked but all he replied was, 'ja ja ja'

Fucking Spaniards.

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if you asked twice random probably wouldn't answer similarly.

if it wasn't for the random dude i'd just Labyrinth their arse.

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This is the original brain teaser that they simplified for the labyrinth. I even misread the teaser and assumed it was the same one that lots of teachers I know post at the beginning of the year to keep students quiet for a bit while they set things up and get the kids in line. In the version I've used you are allowed to ask 2 questions to 2, this makes the answer the same as it was in the labyrinth except you ask the 2 people that answered the same twice, random would change his answer.
I know I could look up the answer to this, but I've been stuck on it as well. Maybe not the best 1st post in such a thread since I don't know the answer but it had to be fun for me to solve as well!

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Originally posted by gmilf The gods understand English, but will answer all questions in their own language

Bastards!

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Can we ask them questions about the answers given by the other gods?

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Can we ask them questions about the answers given by the other gods?

As long as they're yes-no questions, I can't see why not. As I recall it, that's exactly the path to the right answer.

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Last edited by Lira on Feb-19-2011 at 19:28

The goal is to figure out the identities of the gods, not just the meaning of "ja" and "da."

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles The goal is to figure out the identities of the gods, not just the meaning of "ja" and "da."

I missed that part. Then it would depend on how many questions you can ask and whether you can ask compound questions. The wording of the riddle isn't clear.

Read this on another site once. You can only ask 3 questions but you can ask those 3 questions anyway you want. So you can ask each one a question, 2 to one and 1 to another, or all 3 questions to one.

shit I looked up the answer, and there is no way to simply explain it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_ha...er#The_solution
it makes sense...kinda, but total mind fuck none-the-less.

I worked on it for the better part of an hour and realized that I needed to ask complex questions, but the wording of the questions was beyond me. try to solve it before clicking the link, even then it will probably take a while to understand why this way would work unless of course you are much more brilliant than me. Of course, this is entirely possible having not met any of you. enjoy!