Puzzle
Jan 16th 2018, 4:48 am
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Puzzle
After my third glass of wine I thought up this little puzzle.
Robert was hurrying to an important meeting and had arrived, he thought he could hear his watch calling to him. The meeting was at eight o'clock, how late was he?
Answers on a postcard please.
Robert was hurrying to an important meeting and had arrived, he thought he could hear his watch calling to him. The meeting was at eight o'clock, how late was he?
Answers on a postcard please.
Last edited by dave_j; Jan 16th 2018 at 5:57 am.
Jan 16th 2018, 3:29 pm
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Re: Puzzle
8 minutes late? 8:08 = Bob?
Jan 16th 2018, 3:49 pm
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Jan 16th 2018, 5:45 pm
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Re: Puzzle
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.
Jan 16th 2018, 6:18 pm
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Re: Puzzle
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.
Jan 16th 2018, 8:53 pm
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Re: Puzzle
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.
Jan 16th 2018, 10:04 pm
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Jan 16th 2018, 10:53 pm
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Jan 16th 2018, 11:20 pm
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Jan 17th 2018, 12:48 am
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Jan 17th 2018, 12:50 am
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Re: Puzzle
I must be totally missing something. Maybe this is a Monty python type riddle which would definitely go over my head. Lol
Jan 17th 2018, 12:57 am
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