so this is just an icebreaker, lets just say heaven and hell exist.
throw everything that you think of the best to ask which door is the way to heaven..
don't worry there's nothing to worry about, this is one of those "what if's"
alright...so here we go
you have two doors. one leads you to heaven and the other leads you to hell. you don't know which door is which.
each door is guarded by a decent reasonable man with suit and tie etc.
one guard always tells the truth, and the other guard always lies.
you can only allowed to ask one question to one guard to figure out which door is the one that leads you to heaven
so the riddle is. what one question can you ask that will guarantee that you choose the heavens door?
enjoy...
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One question each, or one question total?
one question each bruh..
then you can pick which door you want
Boy, this is one for Harry Mudd!
Guard One question: "Is that a suit and tie your wearing?" The honest guard will say yes, the dishonest one no. I can work out which door leads to Heaven once I know who's honest and who's dishonest.
on the contrary miss sush...
they aren't angel or devil, they're neutral being on that purgatory like place , they just love to say the truth and the other a lie..
try again miss sush..
Sorry, Quasi, I don't understand your answer.
I wasn't thinking of them as being angel or devil, I just figured if I asked one if he was wearing a suit and tie, when he WAS wearing a suit and tie, (you said they're both wearing suits and ties), if he was the untruthful one, he'd have to deny it. He ALWAYS lies. He doesn't have a choice. This would mean the other one had to be the truthful one. He'd have to answer my question about which door truthfully.
Conversely, if the one I asked about his apparel agreed he was wearing a suit and tie, he'd have to be the honest one. He can't lie to me. He has to tell the truth. That means the other guy would have to lie about the door to Heaven. Whichever door he says it is, I know to go through the other one.
i guess the liar is so stupid to fall for that one..hahahah..
nice observation miss...good point..
but what is the liar guard is, is more like a deceitful and cunning.
hope you get the point.
sorry if it's confusing, but i guess u had it miss sush..well done
The riddle allows for only one question. Asking about ties and suits tells you who is a truther, but then the time is up.
The answer is, point at a door to ask either one of them: "If somebody were to ask you is this the door to heaven, what would your answer be?"
You will always get the truth.
A truther always telling the truth will give the truth.
A liar giving a LIE ABOUT A LIE will give the truth, (double negative = positive).
I thought about that, but we were never told which guard is guarding which door. So knowing which guard is the liar alone, can not be used to identify the doors. Have to ask a question about the doors.
Sorry QUASI.... but I believe its one question only...from either "guard".... but only one.
This link will give the answer...... (courtesy of "Labyrinth")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReFhu8KYbmU
well i guess i have to edit my post..
anyway..it will be useless cause you gave them the trick...hahah..
Yeah this is a derivation of an ancient riddle/telling. Road splits, traveler unsure of which path to travel, and there are 2 people there, one always tells truth other always tells a lie. Can only ask a single question etc.
Okay, I got it. Ask one guard if he is guarding a door. Since the answer is obviously yes, the liar would say no. Once you've determined who is who, ask the other guard if they are guarding the door to heaven. Then choose accordingly.
sounds like 2 questions to me
Quasi said one each in response to my first post.
Oh I see what you mean. That is not how I interpreted that sentence. I took it to mean one question per uhhh "contestant" or whatever.
You only need to ask one question of just one guard.
What if - As we are in the land of make believe, any and all doors work equally well but to enter you must be on the back of a giant, invisible, flying, magical, non-corporal, purple spotted with pink and blue, orange footed, eleven foot long, short haired hamster named Molly. In the land of "What if" nothing actually matters.
Your attempt at puzzling us was a huge failure. This is an old joke that I heard in High School 30 years ago. "You ask one of the individuals what the other one would say if you asked him which door is holding back Hell l and then open that door.
Do you need it spelled out?
P.r.o.b.a.b.l.y.
Thirty years ago would be about when I first heard this one...shows how hard up on jokes we were back then.
30 years ago we though farts, burps and other bodily functions were funny.
Hey, Cog! Pull my finger! *snicker*
@ Cog
See some of still do...*pulls blankets over wife's head and calls "DUTCH OVEN HAHA HA!" but I am so much more mature than that....
Qu@si,
The solution is to walk up to one of the guys. it doesn't matter which one, and say to him something like this:
"If I was to ask the other guard if his door leads to heaven what would he say?"
If the guard says that the other guard will say that his door leads to heaven then the guard you are talking to is the liar. The guard you are talking to is guarding the door to heaven.
If the guard you are talking to says that the other guard will say that the door he is guarding does not lead to heaven then the guard you are talking to is telling the truth and the other guard is guarding the door to heaven.
Do not mix the choices. If you do you can get confused and choose the wrong door. Remember, you have to make your decision based on the answer to just one question.
Diagram it out.
I don't want heaven or hell. I would turn and walk away.
if you turn your back chimp, and walk away. you wont notice that you're just circling and returning on the same spot you came from..
so you don't have a choice..hahah...if you want chimp...you can create your own door and guard it..join those bozos..
and you're door leads to Valhalla...
Ooh, can I guard the door to Candy Land?
yeah...of course, even OZ world jarhead..if you want...
or even narnya...where the fire nation attacked.
@Q
Uh... Helll-oooo...! Pretty sure I already have the door to Oz fairly well covered, thank you very much. Well, except for maybe when I go to lunch... or take a pee break... or have to go to the store.... or babysit Toto for Dorothy.... or get distracted by a YouTube video.... or go to...