Riddles!

Bobert

I LOVE riddles!

A man is to be put to death for murder. The exicutioner says "You can say one thing. If i find it is a lye then i shall drown you. if i find it true i shall hang you." What can the criminal say to be spared?

Bobert

You all SUCK.

But i got the hardest riddle if you can solve this one.

Chrono

Was what he said, "One thing"?

Bobert

yes
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arildno

"I am going to be drowned.."

Bobert

and by one thing i mean one sentance.

Bobert

yup
i hate the 10 letter thing

Bobert

next riddle.

There are three gods in a room. the god of truth, God of false, and god of random. The god of truth will allways tell the truth, the god of false always lies, and the god of random is unpredictable. The gods also never speak english. they will only answere with nee or yee. asking ONE question you must figure out witch god is witch and what nee and yee mean.

NateTG

That's impossible.

Bobert

no it isn't but it is very very tricky

arildno

Can you state a question that all three must answer simultaneously?

Bobert

yes you can. any question at all

Bobert

also sorry for the late response i was away

NateTG

Well, if you're willing to be tricky consider the following:

You cannot assume that 'yee' and 'nee' correspond to 'yes' and 'no' since there are questions that can cause problems. "Does your answer to this question correspond to 'yes'?" is a bit problematic. Let's say that the god of lies answers. Clearly, the god of lies cannot respond with the sylable that corresponds to no, since it is true, similarly, the god of lies cannot respond with the syllable that corresponds to 'yes' since that is also a true response.

Bobert

yes but he says the oppisate of truth so if you say "God of false, are you a god?" the god of false will answere because he was directed to and he will also say a lie so if he says yee than yee means no but if he says nee than nee means no.

Bobert

If u post agian i will answere tomarrow cause i got to go

arildno

I think I've solved it:
Suppose the gods sit around a table (or in a circle).
Furthermore, we assume the gods are well-mannered beings; in particular, they will refrain from answering if not asked.

We now ask:
"Oh, gods of Truth and Falsehood, pray tell me at once if the god at your left-hand side will answer "no" in your language to my question?"

Argument:
1. Due to a good upbringing, the God of Random remains silent.
He is therefore readily identified.
2 Case 1. God of Truth has the God of Random on his left side.
The God of Truth is obliged to answer "no" in his language, since otherwise he would have implied that GoR says something in response to our question, i.e, he would have uttered a lie.

Hence, GoF is forced to say "no" as well, in order to deny the truth that the god on his left side (GoT) will say "no".

Conclusion:
In this arrangement, we'll get identical answers from the two gods.

3. Case 2. God of Falsehood has the God of Random on his left side.

GoF is obliged to answer "yes"; otherwise, he could be charged with having implied the truth that GoR won't say anything at all.

Hence, GoT must say "no" in response to our question.
Conclusion:
In this arrangement, we'll get different answers from the two gods.

4.
Hence, we may conclude:
If both answer identically, the GoT sits at GoR's right-hand side, and the word said means "no".

If their answer differs, the GoF sits at GoR's right-hand side, and his answer means "yes"