A woman named Cathy goes to the police claiming that someone broke into her house and stole her diamond bracelet while she was at work.
The policemen investigate the crime scene and notice that the bedroom window is broken. There are muddy footprints all across the bedroom floor. However, the room is otherwise neat and organized.
The following day, Cathy is arrested for fraud. Can you figure out why?
Riddle AnswerA doctor gives you 5 pills and instructs you to take each at intervals of half an hour. How long will the pills last?
Riddle AnswerThree missionaries and three cannibals want to get to the other side of a river. There is a small boat, which can fit only two. To prevent a tragedy, there can never be more cannibals than missionaries together.
How can all the cannibals and missionaries cross the river safely ?
Riddle AnswerA baseball bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
Riddle AnswerThere 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?
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