Brainteasers

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:28 am

#8

You have to get to the hospital.At a fork in the road you meet Joe and Moe,a pair, of identical twin boys.You can't tell them apart,but you know that Joe always tells the truth and Moe always lies. You can ask one of them one question.What question will quarantee that you take the correct fork...and which twin do you ask?

TerryGirl · Post by **TerryGirl** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:13 pm

I would cut one of their hands off and then follow them to the hospital.

TerryGirl · Post by **TerryGirl** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:16 pm

..... or I would ask their sister Janet who was in the back seat.

TerryGirl · Post by **TerryGirl** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:20 pm

I guess if you can only ask one of them one question, you can ask the other one all the questions you want and finally get the truth.

TerryGirl · Post by **TerryGirl** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:22 pm

If a hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half, how far does a turd have to fall to split a two-by-four?

RH@OU · Post by **RH@OU** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:47 pm

noreply66 wrote:#8

You have to get to the hospital.At a fork in the road you meet Joe and Moe,a pair, of identical twin boys.You can't tell them apart,but you know that Joe always tells the truth and Moe always lies. You can ask one of them one question.What question will quarantee that you take the correct fork...and which twin do you ask?

He could ask either what his brother would say was correct. Moe would lie and say the wrong road, and Joe would know that Moe would lie and say the wrong road. Either way he will be told the wrong road, and he can go the opposite road for the correct route.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:26 pm

#8 answer

You ask either of them,If I ask your twin which road to take to get to the hospital,which way would he tell me to go ? And then you would take the other road.

Why?--If the truth-telling twin tells you what his twin would say,it would be a lie,so the direction indicated would be wrong.The lying twin would lie about what his twin would say,which would be the truth,so the lying twin would also indicate the wrong path.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:04 am

#9

The person who made it had no use for it;the person who bought it didn't want it;and the one who finally ended up with it,never even knew about it.

What was it.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:11 am

#9 answer

coffin

lhskidstar5 · Post by **lhskidstar5** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:26 am

a man rode into town on friday, stayed three days and left on friday, how did he do it

Sports 101 · Post by **Sports 101** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:28 am

lhskidstar5 wrote:a man rode into town on friday, stayed three days and left on friday, how did he do it

You forgot the part were he rode in on a horse, and the horses name was friday.

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