A reckless explorer was captured by logic loving cannibals. He was brought before the chief and told, “You may now speak your last words. If your statement is false, we kill you slowly, and if your statement is true, we will kill you quickly.”
The man thought for a moment, then made his statement. Perplexed, the clever cannibals realized they could do nothing but let him go. What did the explorer tell them?
Riddle AnswerYou are blindfolded and 10 coins are place in front of you on table. You are allowed to touch the coins, but can’t tell which way up they are by feel. You are told that there are 5 coins with heads up, and 5 coins with tails up but not which ones are which.
How do you make two piles of coins each with the same number of heads up? You can flip the coins any number of times.
Riddle AnswerA horse travels a certain distance each day. Strangely enough, two of its legs travel 30 miles each day and the other two legs travel nearly 31 miles. It would seem that two of the horse’s legs must be one mile ahead of the other two legs, but of course this can’t be true.
Since the horse is normal, how is this situation possible?
Riddle AnswerThree doctors said that Robert was their brother. Robert said he had no brothers. Who is lying?
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