Three white men were taken captive by a hostile Indian tribe. The chieftain was willing to let them go so he took them to a tepee, where there was no light. He put one head band on each of their heads (he had 3 white and 2 red - so 2 head bands were not used). Then they went out in a queue so that each man saw the head-band of those standing in front of himself (the first one did not see any head band, the second one saw the first one's head band, and the third one saw the head bands of the two others). If somebody said the colour of his head-band, they all would be free. After a quiet while one of them said: "My head-band is ...".
What colour was his head band? And how would you reason it?
2006-12-02 08:15:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
The first one (he did not see any head bands) thought this way:
The last one is silent, which means, he does not know, ergo at least one of head bands he sees is white. The one in the middle is silent too even though he knows what I already mentioned. If I had a red head band, the second one would have known that he had a white head band. However, nobody says anything, so the head band is not red – the head band is white.
=)
2006-12-02 08:19:01 · answer #1 · answered by §èxÿtà mmý ® 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It was white. He saw the other two had red headbands and know that there were only two of those, so his must be white.
2006-12-02 08:19:40 · answer #2 · answered by Kris G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
white
2006-12-02 08:33:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am going to say RED.
2006-12-02 08:31:21 · answer #4 · answered by whenwhalesfly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ummmmm
my brain hurts
2006-12-02 08:20:38 · answer #5 · answered by dana 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋