🎲 The riddles game preciousssss

Eljorahir · Sep 14, 2023

It seems we have Superman and lump of kryptonite?

Glorfindel Goldtress · Sep 14, 2023

You are correct! Congratulations.

Vorondil · Sep 14, 2023

That was a bloomin ard! I never woulda guessed that Guv.

Eljorahir · Sep 14, 2023

Maybe most people have heard this one before, but it’s the only riddle I can think of at the moment. I know of two correct responses.

You are in a room with two doors (#1 and #2) and two all-knowing robots (Robot A and Robot B).
One door leads to an instant death. The other leads to escape. But you don’t know which is which.
One robot only speaks the truth. The other only speaks lies. But you don’t know which is which.
The robots can only answer a question and will obey no command from you. You must ask only one robot only one question.

What question do you ask and to which robot do you direct the question in order to ensure your escape to safety?

Glorfindel Goldtress · Sep 14, 2023

Eljorahir said:
Maybe most people have heard this one before, but it’s the only riddle I can think of at the moment. I know of two correct responses.

You are in a room with two doors (#1 and #2) and two all-knowing robots (Robot A and Robot B).
One door leads to an instant death. The other leads to escape. But you don’t know which is which.
One robot only speaks the truth. The other only speaks lies. But you don’t know which is which.
The robots can only answer a question and will obey no command from you. You must ask only one robot only one question.

What question do you ask and to which robot do you direct the question in order to ensure your escape to safety?

What would the other robot say? Then you pick the opposite door.
I've heard a variant with two Natives.

You can go again. 😅

Eljorahir · Sep 14, 2023

Glorfindel Goldtress said:
What would the other robot say? Then you pick the opposite door.
I've heard a variant with two Natives.

You can go again. 😅

I was afraid it was too common to be much of a challenge, but I won't give up just yet:

Same riddle. What's the second correct response? It involves asking a single robot a single question without referring to the other robot in the question.

Vorondil · Sep 19, 2023

Eljorahir said:
It involves asking a single robot a single question without referring to the other robot in the question.

Is the correct question to ask :''Tell me which door to use or I'll blow your circuits out.''?

Glorfindel Goldtress · Sep 24, 2023

Aethelwulf said:
Is the correct question to ask :''Tell me which door to use or I'll blow your circuits out.''?

If you rephrase it as a question, I think that should definitely be it.

Eljorahir · Sep 25, 2023

I'll rework the structure of the current riddle:

You are in a room with two doors (#1 and #2) and a single all-knowing robot.
One door leads to an instant death. The other leads to escape. But you don’t know which is which.
The robot is either programmed to always tell the truth or always lie, but you don’t know whether you're stuck with the lying robot or the truthful robot.
The robot can only answer a single question and will obey no command from you.

What question do you ask to ensure your escape to safety?

Eljorahir · Sep 25, 2023

I think the current time is hint o'clock:

Glorfindel gave a correct answer when the riddle involved both robots. He posted:
"What would the other robot say? Then you pick the opposite door."

The answer to our current single-robot puzzler is almost the same as the previous answer, just change a few words.

(I remember learning this long long ago. At the time, I found it very difficult to wrap my brain around the logic of the answer.)

Eljorahir · Sep 26, 2023

I think the statue (🗽) of limitations is up on this here riddle. So, here's the answer.

Riddle:
You are in a room with two doors (#1 and #2) and a single all-knowing robot.
One door leads to an instant death. The other leads to escape. But you don’t know which is which.
The robot is either programmed to always tell the truth or always lie, but you don’t know whether you're stuck with the lying robot or the truthful robot.
The robot can only answer a single question and will obey no command from you.

What question do you ask to ensure your escape to safety?

Correct response:
Ask the robot: "If I were to ask you which door leads to safety, what would your response be?"

Whichever door the robot indicates will in fact be the door to safety, regardless of whether the robot is the truth-teller or the liar.

Glorfindel Goldtress · Sep 26, 2023

Eljorahir said:
I think the statue (🗽) of limitations is up on this here riddle. So, here's the answer.

Riddle:
You are in a room with two doors (#1 and #2) and a single all-knowing robot.
One door leads to an instant death. The other leads to escape. But you don’t know which is which.
The robot is either programmed to always tell the truth or always lie, but you don’t know whether you're stuck with the lying robot or the truthful robot.
The robot can only answer a single question and will obey no command from you.

What question do you ask to ensure your escape to safety?

Correct response:
Ask the robot: "If I were to ask you which door leads to safety, what would your response be?"

Whichever door the robot indicates will in fact be the door to safety, regardless of whether the robot is the truth-teller or the liar.

So I have a question on this, my original thinking was, "What would you say?" but I thought this would not work so I didn't say it. Isn't this misconstruable?

Eljorahir · Sep 26, 2023

Glorfindel Goldtress said:
Isn't this misconstruable?

I'm not sure what you're asking. Maybe you can rephrase?

Anyway, here's an attempt at an explanation:

Correct response:
Ask the robot: "If I were to ask you which door leads to safety, what would your response be?"

So, the liar robot knows that if you were to ask him directly: "Which door leads to safety?" he would direct you to the door of death. This is the truth about which door he would direct you to. However, he can't tell you the truth about which door he would direct you to. So, he directs you to the door to safety.

Hopefully that helps, but maybe it's as clear as mud.

Glorfindel Goldtress · Sep 26, 2023

Eljorahir said:
I'm not sure what you're asking. Maybe you can rephrase?

I was just confused on how what you said was different from my line of thinking. As in, it can be misconstrued.

Eljorahir said:
So, the liar robot knows that if you were to ask him directly: "Which door leads to safety?" he would direct you to the door of death. This is the truth about which door he would direct you to. However, he can't tell you the truth about which door he would direct you to. So, he directs you to the door to safety.

I get it now though; this makes a LOT of sense!

Glorfindel Goldtress · Oct 4, 2023

Okay, long time in coming, but here's my riddle (as I answered the riddle to Eljorahir's first question):

There is a cave, which makes no sound, and a shell, which carries the sound. What is this?

Glorfindel Goldtress · Oct 15, 2023

Glorfindel Goldtress · Oct 21, 2023

We thinkses it musst be time to give hintses! The above sstill appliess..

Hint: The cave is representative of a being.

Vorondil · Oct 22, 2023

Glorfindel Goldtress said:
There is a cave, which makes no sound, and a shell, which carries the sound. What is this?

Is it someone writing? The 'shell' might represent a piece of paper, or a pen?

Glorfindel Goldtress · Oct 22, 2023

Aethelwulf said:
Is it someone writing? The 'shell' might represent a piece of paper, or a pen?

Nay, not writing. But good guess!

banakil · Oct 23, 2023

Glorfindel Goldtress said:
Okay, long time in coming, but here's my riddle (as I answered the riddle to Eljorahir's first question):

There is a cave, which makes no sound, and a shell, which carries the sound. What is this?

The ear.

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