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Laura
When the silent majority opens its mouth it is usually to yawn.
-Gerd de Lay
Pay It Forward = A Chain Reaction of Compassion
Posted at: 1:07 am on May 31, 2012
Laura
When the silent majority opens its mouth it is usually to yawn.
-Gerd de Lay
Pay It Forward = A Chain Reaction of Compassion
Posted at: 11:46 pm on May 31, 2012
A group of people with assorted eye colors live on an island. They are all perfect logicians -- if a conclusion can be logically deduced, they will do it instantly. No one knows the color of their eyes. Every night at midnight, a ferry stops at the island. Any islanders who have figured out the color of their own eyes then leave the island, and the rest stay. Everyone can see everyone else at all times and keeps a count of the number of people they see with each eye color (excluding themselves), but they cannot otherwise communicate. Everyone on the island knows all the rules in this paragraph.
On this island there are 100 blue-eyed people, 100 brown-eyed people, and the Guru (she happens to have green eyes). So any given blue-eyed person can see 100 people with brown eyes and 99 people with blue eyes (and one with green), but that does not tell him his own eye color; as far as he knows the totals could be 101 brown and 99 blue. Or 100 brown, 99 blue, and he could have red eyes.
The Guru is allowed to speak once (let's say at noon), on one day in all their endless years on the island. Standing before the islanders, she says the following:
"I can see someone who has blue eyes."
Who leaves the island, and on what night?
There are no mirrors or reflecting surfaces, nothing dumb. It is not a trick question, and the answer is logical. It doesn't depend on tricky wording or anyone lying or guessing, and it doesn't involve people doing something silly like creating a sign language or doing genetics. The Guru is not making eye contact with anyone in particular; she's simply saying "I count at least one blue-eyed person on this island who isn't me."
And lastly, the answer is not "no one leaves."
A word of warning: The answer is not simple. This is an exercise in serious logic, not a lateral thinking riddle. There is not a quick-and-easy answer, and really understanding it takes some effort.
Laura
When the silent majority opens its mouth it is usually to yawn.
-Gerd de Lay
Pay It Forward = A Chain Reaction of Compassion
Posted at: 2:49 am on June 1, 2012
I have an AWESOME riddle. NO ONE will get this.10th of June is the deadline.
Twelve pears hanging from a pear tree.
Twelve men camme along.
Each took a pear and left eleven hanging there. How can this be?
Pi=3.14. Pie=Yummy!!
Descended from Brian Boru!!
Ekat Diplomat
Spasky Rebel
Ben Spasky. :D
The preciousss..
Posted at: 6:24 am on June 1, 2012
Laura
When the silent majority opens its mouth it is usually to yawn.
-Gerd de Lay
Pay It Forward = A Chain Reaction of Compassion
Posted at: 8:43 am on June 1, 2012
Laura
When the silent majority opens its mouth it is usually to yawn.
-Gerd de Lay
Pay It Forward = A Chain Reaction of Compassion
Posted at: 8:44 am on June 1, 2012
Laura
When the silent majority opens its mouth it is usually to yawn.
-Gerd de Lay
Pay It Forward = A Chain Reaction of Compassion
Posted at: 9:41 am on June 1, 2012
Jaw hangs down so far it falls of.
Me: Goog! ya gock ick ight!!!
Thinks: I should fix my jaw,he'll NEVER understand me.
Fixes my jaw.
Dude!! You got it right!! My friends took FOREVER on that one!!!
Pi=3.14. Pie=Yummy!!
Descended from Brian Boru!!
Ekat Diplomat
Spasky Rebel
Ben Spasky. :D
The preciousss..
Posted at: 7:07 am on June 2, 2012
Pi=3.14. Pie=Yummy!!
Descended from Brian Boru!!
Ekat Diplomat
Spasky Rebel
Ben Spasky. :D
The preciousss..
Posted at: 7:08 am on June 2, 2012
Laura
When the silent majority opens its mouth it is usually to yawn.
-Gerd de Lay
Pay It Forward = A Chain Reaction of Compassion
Posted at: 10:16 am on June 2, 2012
Laura
When the silent majority opens its mouth it is usually to yawn.
-Gerd de Lay
Pay It Forward = A Chain Reaction of Compassion
Posted at: 10:16 am on June 2, 2012
Laura
When the silent majority opens its mouth it is usually to yawn.
-Gerd de Lay
Pay It Forward = A Chain Reaction of Compassion
Posted at: 12:30 pm on June 2, 2012
Oh,they can't talk? Ummmm...They look at everyone else,and see if they have different coloured eyes to blue,so because if there is only one blue,and no one else has it,then they leave? VERY tricky.
Pi=3.14. Pie=Yummy!!
Descended from Brian Boru!!
Ekat Diplomat
Spasky Rebel
Ben Spasky. :D
The preciousss..
Posted at: 9:50 am on June 3, 2012
How is that possible???
Date:12.00pm Sunday 10th May 2012
Laura
When the silent majority opens its mouth it is usually to yawn.
-Gerd de Lay
Pay It Forward = A Chain Reaction of Compassion
Posted at: 3:29 am on June 4, 2012
... That riddle is so hard. I don't know.
Justin
Tomas council
~write on
~~AG III
Posted at: 3:45 am on June 4, 2012
1) What animal is it that first walks with four legs, then with two legs and finally near the end of its life with three?
2) A man is going towards a huge precipice or cliff, he knows that when he gets there, he'll die. But he does not stop going towards the cliff. Why? (No, he doesn't want to suicide)
3) The more you take out of it, the bigger it is. What is it?
4) At a party there are a bunch of people playing musical chairs. Suddenly, the music stops and the lights turn off. When the lights turn on again, someone has died. Who is it and how did they die?
5) What two questions can you never answer with a "yes"? (Gosh this one is too easy...)
6) What can jump higher than a mountain?
7) A man lives in the 10th floor of a building. When it rains, he takes the elevator up, when it's sunny, he goes up the stairs. Why?
8) A man lives (again) on the 10th floor of a building. He takes the elevator up to the 5th floor, and then the stairs up the rest of the way until the 10th floor (where he lives). Why?
Uhh yeah sort of lame but I can't think of any good ones right now. I'll keep on thinking about the eye-island one though...
A chain reaction of compassion
Not all who WANDER are LOST…
Posted at: 8:02 am on June 4, 2012
1) What animal is it that first walks with four legs, then with two legs and finally near the end of its life with three?
2) A man is going towards a huge precipice or cliff, he knows that when he gets there, he'll die. But he does not stop going towards the cliff. Why? (No, he doesn't want to suicide)
3) The more you take out of it, the bigger it is. What is it?
4) At a party there are a bunch of people playing musical chairs. Suddenly, the music stops and the lights turn off. When the lights turn on again, someone has died. Who is it and how did they die?
5) What two questions can you never answer with a "yes"? (Gosh this one is too easy...)
6) What can jump higher than a mountain?
7) A man lives in the 10th floor of a building. When it rains, he takes the elevator up, when it's sunny, he goes up the stairs. Why?
8) A man lives (again) on the 10th floor of a building. He takes the elevator up to the 5th floor, and then the stairs up the rest of the way until the 10th floor (where he lives). Why?
Uhh yeah sort of lame but I can't think of any good ones right now. I'll keep on thinking about the eye-island one though...
A chain reaction of compassion
Not all who WANDER are LOST…
Posted at: 8:02 am on June 4, 2012
1) What animal is it that first walks with four legs, then with two legs and finally near the end of its life with three?
2) A man is going towards a huge precipice or cliff, he knows that when he gets there, he'll die. But he does not stop going towards the cliff. Why? (No, he doesn't want to suicide)
3) The more you take out of it, the bigger it is. What is it?
4) At a party there are a bunch of people playing musical chairs. Suddenly, the music stops and the lights turn off. When the lights turn on again, someone has died. Who is it and how did they die?
5) What two questions can you never answer with a "yes"? (Gosh this one is too easy...)
6) What can jump higher than a mountain?
7) A man lives in the 10th floor of a building. When it rains, he takes the elevator up, when it's sunny, he goes up the stairs. Why?
8) A man lives (again) on the 10th floor of a building. He takes the elevator up to the 5th floor, and then the stairs up the rest of the way until the 10th floor (where he lives). Why?
Uhh yeah sort of lame but I can't think of any good ones right now. I'll keep on thinking about the eye-island one though...
A chain reaction of compassion
Not all who WANDER are LOST…
Posted at: 8:03 am on June 4, 2012
A chain reaction of compassion
Not all who WANDER are LOST…
Posted at: 4:54 pm on June 4, 2012
SHOWLEEN CAHILL
WRITER OF THE IMPOSSIBLE QUEST: 26293
YOU SHOULDN'T JUDGE SOMEONE UNLESS YOU KNOW THEIR FULL STORY-ME
Posted at: 7:14 pm on June 4, 2012
34 heads = 30 fourheads.
Carla:
1) man.
2)
3) air?
4) murder in the dark...
5) XDDDDD
6) anyone.
7) "I'm singing...in the rain..."
8) There is no elevator shaft beyond that floor?
I only got the first right XD
1. Human
2.?
3. A loan
4. The guy was eliminated from the game
5.?
6. Anyone mountains don't jump
7. The steps are outside so the person only uses them when it is sunny
8. ?
Justin
Tomas council
~write on
~~AG III
Posted at: 2:25 am on June 5, 2012
These are hard. I'll have to give it some thought. The only one I know is Carla's #1 - man - cuz I've heard that one a lot of times.
“It was like walking into a treasure trove of books, hoarded by pirate librarians.” ― Pseudonymous Bosch, The Name of This Book Is Secret
Posted at: 3:01 am on June 5, 2012
William
C.C.S. VP, ITG:TUC writer,The Demigod Spy.Lucian VP
The Elements /36894
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” - Oscar Wilde
Posted at: 3:51 am on June 5, 2012
1) Man (baby, child/teen/adult, elderly with a cane)
2) Um... because he wants to...
3) Nothing?
4) One of the people playing musical chairs and I think that someone just killed him???
5) "Are you alseep?" and "Are you dead?"
6) Everyone, because a mountain can't jump! XD
7) The stairs are unsheltered???
8) The elevator can only go up to the fifth floor
P.S. I didn't check the internet
Laura
When the silent majority opens its mouth it is usually to yawn.
-Gerd de Lay
Pay It Forward = A Chain Reaction of Compassion
Posted at: 4:32 am on June 5, 2012
~JadeWolf~
Janus/Madrigal Agent:Daehr eaklK aeikpaoiK JadeWolf-286
50% Madrigal + 50% Janus = 100% Cahill
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Posted at: 6:10 am on June 5, 2012
Correct!!
Suppose there is only one barber shop in your town, and it employs two barbers. One of the barbers has a nice, neatly trimmed head of hair. The other's hair is a complete mess. Which of the two barbers should you go to and why?
deadline: June 10th 2012
...That awkward moment when you have no idea what someone just said...
Posted at: 6:47 am on June 5, 2012
Hi, I'm the Ekaterina version of Laura (BearAstronomy23)! Yeah, it's still me! :DD
Laura Cahill (duh)
I am the Ekaterina version of Laura!!
It's a beautiful world, where everything shines... only that the Vespers taint it.
Posted at: 7:30 am on June 5, 2012
♥Miley ♥
If life gives you lemonade, make lemons. Life will be like: WHOT?!
Music ROX!
If yeh cud chenge yer feht... Wudjur
Adventure, action, comedy!
Posted at: 10:26 am on June 5, 2012
Is he Cliffhanger? You know: Cliffhanger! Hanging from a cliff! That old show?
♥Miley ♥
If life gives you lemonade, make lemons. Life will be like: WHOT?!
Music ROX!
If yeh cud chenge yer feht... Wudjur
Adventure, action, comedy!
Posted at: 10:37 am on June 5, 2012
Riddles Ring Player
~
Holly Annabella
♥Miley ♥
If life gives you lemonade, make lemons. Life will be like: WHOT?!
Music ROX!
If yeh cud chenge yer feht... Wudjur
Adventure, action, comedy!
Posted at: 10:48 am on June 5, 2012
Go to the barber with the messy hair. The barber with messy hair is too busy to trim his own hair because he has a lot of customers and the barber with nice hair doesn't have so many customers so he has a lot of time to make his hair very nice. I read this riddle somewhere in a Chinese book/magazine-like thing.
Laura
When the silent majority opens its mouth it is usually to yawn.
-Gerd de Lay
Pay It Forward = A Chain Reaction of Compassion
Posted at: 11:43 am on June 5, 2012
JadeWolf286: How did the person with blue eyes find that it's him who has blue eyes? And on what night did he leave?
Hint: What happens if there is one brown-eyed guy, one blue-eyed guy and the Guru? What happens if there are two brown-eyed guys, two blue-eyed guys and one Guru?
Laura
When the silent majority opens its mouth it is usually to yawn.
-Gerd de Lay
Pay It Forward = A Chain Reaction of Compassion
Posted at: 11:59 am on June 5, 2012
My name is Chistian I'm 12 years old I am a proud christian I a Ekat my multiple skills will teach those vespers a lesson
Posted at: 12:58 pm on June 5, 2012
Khalifaziz's ghost
"If you see me, don't search for me again, you'll only be disappointed." --Khalifaziz's ghost.
Posted at: 2:12 pm on June 5, 2012
Since they all argue perfectly logically, they can work out that N blue-eyed people will leave on day N.
'Till all are one.
Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus.
One ring to rule them all.
maximus optimus - "The greatest of the best."
Lucian, Madrigal, Ravenclaw, Destron.
Posted at: 3:23 pm on June 5, 2012
