Not Entirely Identical Twins
A man is sitting with two women, seemingly identical twins. One of the women always tells the truth, the other always lies, but the man does not know which one is which. The women have served him a pair of drinks, one of which contains a tasteless, odorless, but deadly poison, the other the cure for a fatal disease he has contracted. Before choosing which glass to drink, the man may ask one question of one of the women. Can you formulate a question that would guarantee the safety of the drink chosen?
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I put, Would you like a drink of my drink? but I mean I guess both ladies could turn it down and the guy would be screwed! So, any ideas?
2006-11-26 19:24:59 · 16 answers · asked by Nikki2 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
Take a glass from one woman and ask "Would your sister say this drink is poisoned?". If she says yes then the drink isnt poisoned and that sister is the one that tells the truth. If she says no then the drink is poisoned and that is the lying sister.
2006-11-26 19:28:05 · answer #1 · answered by supermonkey081 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would have to ask some sort of rhetorical question about the drink they were holding. This way you could identefy who was telling the truth and who was lying. I guess the question would also have to also say something about the drink they were holding being poison or cure. Wow though this is a good riddle and I have no 100% safe answer.
2006-11-26 19:37:04 · answer #2 · answered by Larry C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He would ask any lady "Is this the drink you gave to me?"
And then if she said no she would be lying because she did give it to him therefore she would be the lying one and she would have given him the poisoned drink.
But if she said yes then she wouldn't be the lying one and she would have given him the normal drink.
2006-11-26 21:47:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He should ask either lady (while pointing to the other) "Did she put a poison in my drink?"
2006-11-26 19:29:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'll asked "i gve up, i wanna end my misery of having this fatal disease. I WANT TO DIE! which drink has the poison?"
2006-11-26 19:41:42 · answer #5 · answered by pit_bulldog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoever bought me the drink with the poison has to blow me.
2006-11-26 19:29:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Which drink is the poison?"
The one that always tells the truth would point to hers (or the other's, depening on which on she served), and the one that always lies would point to the others (or hers).
2006-11-26 19:32:06 · answer #7 · answered by Angel Eyes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is the sky blue? The liar would say no and the truth teller would say yes. I am guessing
2006-11-26 19:30:01 · answer #8 · answered by betty boop 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would ask either of them : if you were your sister, which drink would you let me take? whatever is the answer, take the opposite drink
2006-11-26 21:05:23 · answer #9 · answered by 【ツ】ρεαcε! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if they turn down,he would say if it is not good enough for you to drink than is not good enough for me.
2006-11-26 19:37:20 · answer #10 · answered by kitty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋