by moonbeam » Feb 1st, '09, 18:51
Seeing how no-one else is posting a riddle, here's another one for ya .......
Three gods,on a distant planet - one always tells the truth; one always lies and the other one lies and tells the truth at random.
Your task is to identify which god is which.
You are allowed to ask 3 questions which must be answerable with either a yes or a no - if you ask a question that causes one of them to answer with anything but a yes or a no (such as a maybe) - you will be incinerated on the spot.
The first question is asked to all 3 gods and they all answer in turn, with a yes or a no.
The 2nd question is asked to one (and only one) of the gods and he answers with a yes or a no.
The 3rd question must be directed to the same god that you asked the 2nd question to.
To make things awkward, the gods speak a language that you have never heard before and as such, you do not know what the words "yes" and "no" translate to in their language. After asking the first question, the gods may have all answered with the same answer (yes OR no), in which case you will only know one of their yes and no words; or they may have given different answers (yes AND no), so after the first question you may be lucky enough to know what both the words are (even though you won't know which word means yes and which word means no).
However, as you are a newcomer on this planet, use of their language is punishable by instant death, so you are not allowed to speak these words, or communicate them in any written form or whatever.
What questions do you ask in order to determine which god is which and to also enable you (without asking) what words mean yes and no??
QUESTION:
If we can sue McDonalds for making us fat and cigarette companies for giving us cancer; why can't we sue Smirnoff for all the ugly gits we've sh*gged ??