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Riddle of the Day
100 Prisoners and a Light Bulb
There is a prison with 100 prisoners, each in separate cells with no form of contact. There is an area in the prison with a single light bulb in it. Each day, the warden picks one of the prisoners at random, even if they have been picked before, and takes them out to the lobby. The prisoner will have the choice to flip the switch if they want. The light bulb starts off.
When a prisoner is taken into the area with the light bulb, he can also say "Every prisoner has been brought to the light bulb." If this is true all prisoners will go free. However, if a prisoner chooses to say this and it's wrong, all the prisoners will be executed. So a prisoner should only say this if he knows it is true for sure.
Before the first day of this process begins, all the prisoners are allowed to get together to discuss a strategy to eventually save themselves.
What strategy could they use to ensure they will go free?
Nominate one prisoner who is allowed to turn the light bulb off. The rest of the prisoners are allowed to turn on the light bulb if they they have never turned it on before. If they have turned it on before they are not supposed to flip the switch or say anything. The prisoner that can turn it off then knows they have all been there and saves them all when he has turned it off 99 times.