Bet you can't answer this question?

Question

If you can, you'll get best answer and correctly answer a question required for understanding of higher order logic:

In the land of Xodarap there is a palace. You are stuck on a one way road in this land. You are trying to reach the palace so you can escape Xodarap. You know there are two types of people that live in Xodarap - people that ALWAYS lie and people that ALWAYS tell the truth.

On the road you come to a fork, at this fork a native of Xodarap is standing. You do not know if he is a native that always lies or always tell the truth. You do not know which way leads to the palace. He says he will answer one question and one question only.

What question do you ask the native to find out which way leads to the palace?

The question itself must address the issue...you are assuming this native stands in this spot ad infinitium (for an infinite amount of time)

Also, the question you ask must be one that allows for the native to express which direction the palace is - thus inevitably you "the palace" must be the subject of your question.

Rei H....you are on the right track, but there is no other person to ask thus that is a non sensical question.

The liar will always lie and the truth teller will always tell the truth....you dont know which it is....but a hint - for the purposes of this question you want to assume the person you are dealing with is the one who always lies.

And another thing, you cant take the question out of context....the answer must be in the form of a question that is a suitable answer to the logical confrontation.

No one has it right yet.

Answer 1

There's probably a bunch of questions that work. How about:

"If I were to ask a native who was your opposite which road leads to the palace, which road would he point me to?"

Then take the opposite to whichever he points to.

Answer 2

You would ask the native "Is the palace this way?" (pointing in whatever direction you choose). If he is a liar, he will have also lied about answering one question only, so you can check this by asking another question. If he answers the second question, then you can conclude that he is a liar so you would go the other way. If he does not, then he is telling the truth and you go the way he pointed.

Answer 3

If I asked the other person which way to go in order to get to the palace, what would they say?

If you asked the liar, they would point in the wrong direction because the other person would be truthful and point out the correct way, therefore the liar will point to the wrong way.

If you asked the truthful person, they would also point in the wrong direction since the liar would point in the wrong direction.

You then take the other road.

Answer 4

Which road would the person telling the opposite of you (the native) tell me to take to get to the palace?

(Then take the other road.)

Answer 5

Ask him if he lies or tells the truth. Then when he heads home, either follow him, if he is the truthful one, or go the other way if he is the lier....

Answer 6

Where do you go to not reach the palace?

Answer 7

Are you a liar? - It'll confuse them whether they are liars or not.

Do you want to die? (Followed by the waving of some sort of dangerous weapon in their face) -If someone threatened your life, I'm sure you'd be compelled to stay alive by giving them what they want.

Answer 8

Does the lier say the exact opposite??

Answer 9

i dont know please tell me