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Old 04-18-2006, 11:02 PM Riddle HARD
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A man with his wife and child decide to go on vacation to an island. Being tired as they were, they decided to spend the night. The next morning, the man was alarmed to find his wife and child gone. As the man searched and searched all over the island for his family, he came across a man who said, "I have kidnapped your wife and child. They are either on Truth Island where the people there can only speak the truth, or they are on Lying Island, where people are only allowed to lie. You have 30 minutes to find them before they die." So the man searches and searches around for the pathway to the other 2 islands for 25 minutes until he comes to a fork in the road. One path leads to Truth Island, while the other path leads to Lying Island. Upon stopping, he encounters an old man. The old man says, "You may ask me one question, and one question only. You have 5 minutes left to find your family." In seeing that the young man doesn't know from which island the old man comes from, what question does the young man ask the old man?
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Old 04-19-2006, 12:08 AM Re: Riddle HARD
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thought it had it, but i dont think i do.
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Old 04-19-2006, 04:46 AM Re: Riddle HARD
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He asks, "If I asked someone from the island that you're NOT from where my family is, what would they say?" then he goes to the other island...

If the dude was from Truth Island, he'd tell the truth as to what someone on Lyeing Island would say, so you'd get the wrong answer.
However, if he was from Lying Island, he'd lie about what someone from Truth Island would say - thus giving you the same answer, i.e. the wrong answer.
Seeing as you now know you'd get the wrong answer in either case, and there's only 2 choices, you go to the other one.

Simple, when you think about it
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Old 04-19-2006, 01:02 PM Re: Riddle HARD
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An old one too. Still a good one though.
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