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Offline Jnelson09

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Re: Riddle Me This
« Reply #255 on: August 17, 2008, 10:41:23 AM »
He would say "This statement is false." If it was false, he was telling the truth. Thus, a paradox. So he would either be let go or he would be sawed in half, one half dropped off the cliff and the other fed to the lions.
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Re: Riddle Me This
« Reply #256 on: August 17, 2008, 11:51:40 AM »
Quote from: JokerFan on August 17, 2008, 10:07:39 AM
There is no "let go" situation.  The explorer is either going to be thrown over a high cliff or be eaten by lions.  How would the man be "let go"?

There is too. Find the loophole.

Quote from: Jnelson09 on August 17, 2008, 10:41:23 AM
He would say "This statement is false." If it was false, he was telling the truth. Thus, a paradox. So he would either be let go or he would be sawed in half, one half dropped off the cliff and the other fed to the lions.

Negative, but on the right track.
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Re: Riddle Me This
« Reply #257 on: August 17, 2008, 12:00:13 PM »
"I am lying?"
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Re: Riddle Me This
« Reply #258 on: August 17, 2008, 12:08:59 PM »
This would be true and false at the same time, but not the right answer.
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Re: Riddle Me This
« Reply #259 on: August 17, 2008, 02:12:08 PM »
He said "You are going to throw me to the lions"?

If this were TRUE, then he would have to be thrown off the cliff, therefore making it impossible to be true.

Only if the statement were FALSE could he actually be thrown to the lions, so it is impossible for him to be thrown to the lions.

Therefore, the chief had to let him go because that statement makes both alternatives impossible.
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Re: Riddle Me This
« Reply #260 on: August 17, 2008, 07:34:48 PM »
PIR85 is correct.  The explore would have to make a paradoxical statement.
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Re: Riddle Me This
« Reply #261 on: August 17, 2008, 09:36:49 PM »
Quote from: PIR85 on August 17, 2008, 02:12:08 PM
He said "You are going to throw me to the lions"?

If this were TRUE, then he would have to be thrown off the cliff, therefore making it impossible to be true.

Only if the statement were FALSE could he actually be thrown to the lions, so it is impossible for him to be thrown to the lions.

Therefore, the chief had to let him go because that statement makes both alternatives impossible.

Correctomundo and that is exactly what I have so no need to post the answer I had.

Deadline: Thursday, August 21.

Clues: 1

Here's a short one.

The day before yesterday Freda was 17. Next year she will be 20. How can this be so?
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Re: Riddle Me This
« Reply #262 on: August 17, 2008, 10:36:15 PM »
Freda was 17 days old two days ago (the day before yesterday).  This means today she is 19 days old.  Tomorrow, which will be a new year, she will be 20 days old.  This means that today is December 31.
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Re: Riddle Me This
« Reply #263 on: August 17, 2008, 10:40:54 PM »
Quote from: JokerFan on August 17, 2008, 10:36:15 PM
Freda was 17 days old two days ago (the day before yesterday).  This means today she is 19 days old.  Tomorrow, which will be a new year, she will be 20 days old.  This means that today is December 31.

Very good.

Deadline: Friday, August 22.

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Farmer Giles has four sheep. One day, he notices that they are standing in a way that they are all facing away from each other. That is to say, the distance between any two of the four sheep is the same. How can this be so?
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Re: Riddle Me This
« Reply #264 on: August 18, 2008, 09:08:34 AM »
Quote from: TPIR1990 on August 17, 2008, 09:36:49 PM
The day before yesterday Freda was 17. Next year she will be 20. How can this be so?

Quote from: JokerFan on August 17, 2008, 10:36:15 PM
Freda was 17 days old two days ago (the day before yesterday).  This means today she is 19 days old.  Tomorrow, which will be a new year, she will be 20 days old.  This means that today is December 31.

Quote from: TPIR1990 on August 17, 2008, 10:40:54 PM
Very good.
Freda could also have been 17 YEARS old two days ago (the day before yesterday), which was December 30th. She turned 18 YEARS old on December 31st. That statement (The day before yesterday Freda was 17. Next year she will be 20. How can this be so?) was said on January 1st (the start of a new year). At the end of that new year, she'll be 19 YEARS old. Therefore, the next year, she'll be 20 YEARS old.     
 
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Re: Riddle Me This
« Reply #265 on: August 18, 2008, 10:11:31 AM »
Quote from: barkerguy on August 18, 2008, 09:08:34 AM
Freda could also have been 17 YEARS old two days ago (the day before yesterday), which was December 30th. She turned 18 YEARS old on December 31st. That statement (The day before yesterday Freda was 17. Next year she will be 20. How can this be so?) was said on January 1st (the start of a new year). At the end of that new year, she'll be 19 YEARS old. Therefore, the next year, she'll be 20 YEARS old.    
 


This is also true.
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Re: Riddle Me This
« Reply #266 on: August 18, 2008, 03:02:13 PM »
Quote from: TPIR1990 on August 17, 2008, 10:40:54 PM
Farmer Giles has four sheep. One day, he notices that they are standing in a way that they are all facing away from each other. That is to say, the distance between any two of the four sheep is the same. How can this be so?
This is a good and tricky one. Um................. Are they standing in a unique way?
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Re: Riddle Me This
« Reply #267 on: August 18, 2008, 06:39:56 PM »
Yes
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Re: Riddle Me This
« Reply #268 on: August 18, 2008, 07:44:06 PM »
Three of the sheep are standing around the base of a small hill - facing North, South, and East.  The fourth is standing on the top of that hill, facing West.  The distance from each sheep around the base of the hill is exactly the same as the height of the hill.  Therefore, the sheep at the top of the hill is the same distance from each of the sheep around the base of the hill as those sheep are from each other.

Am I close?
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Re: Riddle Me This
« Reply #269 on: August 18, 2008, 08:05:09 PM »
The four sheep are standing at the most northern part of the world.
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