You are in a prison cell. there are two separate doors. one leads to death and one leads to freedom. there is one guard for each door. one guard always lies and the other guard tells the truth.you dont know which one tells the truth and which one lies. what is the question that would lead you to the door of freedom? you can only ask one question to one of the guards.
2006-08-26 03:56:28 · 10 answers · asked by 「SUZAKU」 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
Ask one of the guards, "Which door would the other guard say is the door to freedom?"
The answer will be the door that is the door to death.
Why?
The truth telling guard will answer with the death door, because the other guard is the liar, and the truth guard knows the liar would say the death door is the freedom door.
The liar will answer with the death door, because he knows the truth guard will answer with the freedom door, and so will lie to you, and point at the death door.
2006-08-26 04:54:02 · answer #1 · answered by Hatir Ba Loon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is the Stephan Hradek riddle and there are tons of versions of this - some you get to ask both guards a question and some you know which guard is the liar and it is supposed to say something about the guards only being able to answer yes or no in some of them so that is why i am confused with this one in particular...seems that no matter what the question - as you have phrased the riddle - the guard could be lying and you wouldn't know - if I asked - are you a liar - he could be lying and since there is no other question to ask - I would never know so I think u are missing a piece to this ~ :o)
Will the other guard tell me this door leads to freedom. if the guard answers yes, then that is indeed the freedom door, and you go through. If the guard answers no, then the door leads to death, and you go through the other door.
I know that the right answer is something among these three:
"f I were to ask you if the left door leads to freedom, would you say yes? If the person asked is a truth teller, he will answer yes if the ldoor leads to freedom, and no otherwise. But so will the liar. So, either way, go to the door in the direction that gets the yes - and not the no.
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If I were to ask the other guard if this door led to freedom, would he say yes? while pointing either of the 2 doors
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What will the other guard say is the door to freedom?
If you get two questions - one to each guard which is the right way for this riddle to go - the answer is:
Is the liar in front of the door to freedom?
If the liar is he will say no
If the truthful man is he will say no
If the liar is in front of death he will say yes.
And if the truthful one is front of death then he will say yes.
So - you would take the door if mnan saying no and reject door of man saying yes.
2006-08-26 03:58:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ask the date or time (assuming you know what it is) and if the guard answers correctly he is telling the truth and that is the door to freedom...if he tells you the wrong date or time, then you will know he's lying and that is the door to death
2006-08-26 04:00:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Ask: What would the other gaurd say is the door to freedom, then go to the opposite of what he says.
Okay. So I'm not the first to get it right. But I'm the cutest, right?
2006-08-26 06:29:41 · answer #4 · answered by epitome of innocence 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
both doors lead 2 freedom,door 1 you get 2 get out of the prison and go out side and live,door 2 you die but u still get out of the prison,and go 2 heaven er hell my guess would be hell because well...duhh....ur in prison
2006-08-26 04:14:46 · answer #5 · answered by BrinkleyNicole 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hahahahaha easy, u just ask " Which door leads to freedom?" the one who tells the truth will.....ummm , ur right this is hard
2006-08-26 04:01:34 · answer #6 · answered by Prince pf darkness 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is this the door to freedom.
2006-08-26 03:59:06 · answer #7 · answered by simplepleasure 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You ask each one what the other prison guard would say if he was the one who told the truth... duh! This was on power puff girls once.
2006-08-26 04:21:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Are you lying when you say this is the door to freedom?"
2006-08-26 03:59:48 · answer #9 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
ask what the other guard would say and do the oposite
2006-08-26 04:00:36 · answer #10 · answered by chris r 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋