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Post by Canuovea on Apr 15, 2015 19:48:02 GMT
Here is one I found.  |
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Post by zaealix on Apr 15, 2015 20:36:43 GMT
I find it odd the logic of this one boils down to 'one of these is not like the other'...But I unfortunately don't have a riddle to present myself at the moment!
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Post by Horsie on Apr 15, 2015 20:46:19 GMT
Nope.
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Post by Canuovea on Apr 15, 2015 23:45:33 GMT
This one is basically a step by step process of elimination based on what anyone knows at each step.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Apr 16, 2015 6:48:23 GMT
Why is it worded so weird? Was it translated from another language?
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Post by Canuovea on Apr 16, 2015 6:50:35 GMT
The wording is a bit problematic, yes. I don't know why it is like that.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Apr 16, 2015 6:56:11 GMT
It stands out so oddly that I'm thinking it's a clue to how to solve it.
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Post by Canuovea on Apr 16, 2015 7:00:39 GMT
In some way, it is, yes. At least I think so. It depends on if my answer is in fact correct.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Apr 16, 2015 7:36:48 GMT
Well, we can eliminate May 19 and June 18 because they don't duplicate anywhere and if that were the answer she would basically be giving it away by telling one the day. Since that would only leave June 17 in the June column which would be giving that away if she told the Month of June, so we can eliminate June altogether. That would leave August 17 as the only 17.
That's not the answer though. I'm missing something.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Apr 16, 2015 7:46:22 GMT
I think it's July 16.
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Post by Canuovea on Apr 16, 2015 8:08:54 GMT
I agree.
By Month (the person who knows the month) saying they know that Day (the person who knows the day) doesn't know, means that we can eliminate May and June. Since both of those have the days that only appear once. If it were either of those months, then Month couldn't know that Day doesn't know.
Day now knows that their options are the July and August days.
July: 14 and 16
August: 14, 15, 17
Day then says that that they know. Which means that the day isn't 14th (because that appears twice, and Day couldn't know if 14 was the number he was given).
That leaves only July 16th, August 15th, and August 17.
Month then says he knows. They couldn't know if it were August because there are two options. So that means that the month Month knows is July.
Therefore July 16th is the birthday.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Apr 16, 2015 8:21:29 GMT
I'm glad you wrote it out cuz I didn't want to. But, yeah, that's what I was thinking too.
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Post by Canuovea on Apr 16, 2015 8:45:03 GMT
It was a fun logic problem. Distracted me more than a little bit when I should have been focusing.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Apr 16, 2015 9:02:54 GMT
Here's a classic:
An Arab sheikh tells his two sons to race their camels to a distant city to see who will inherit his fortune. The one whose camel is slower wins. After wandering aimlessly for days, the brothers ask a wise man for guidance. Upon receiving the advice, they jump on the camels and race to the city as fast as they can.
What did the wise man say to them?
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Post by Canuovea on Apr 16, 2015 9:47:12 GMT
Aside from "don't be dipshits?" I'll think about it later. Sleep would be nice at the moment.
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