Brain Teasers

[bdm860]

An archeologist discovers a sealed cave.

Upon opening it, he looks in, shines his flashlight around and sees two perfectly preserved unclothed bodies...one male and one female.

He then re-seals the cave and publishes a paper, describing his findings, in a scientific journal.

He claims that he has discovered the bodies of Adam and Eve, and that his brief look inside the cave yielded indisputable proof of their identity.

What is the proof?

They didn't have belly buttons!

[kw10]

What would the other guard say if I asked him what is behind his door? The good one knows that the liar will say heaven, the bad one knows that the good one will say heaven, but lie about it and say hell.

Their answers reveal what's behind them.

Not quite, it's a very good guess though. And on the right track I guess, and as I said, it's a yes or no question.

P.S. your answer is incorrect, I'm not saying it's wrong because it's not what I'm looking for.

[CelticsWhat35]

Those who make it, don't want it.
Those who buy it, don't use it.
And those who use it, don't know it.

What is it?

[ChampKind]

What would the other guard say if I asked him what is behind his door? The good one knows that the liar will say heaven, the bad one knows that the good one will say heaven, but lie about it and say hell.

Their answers reveal what's behind them.

Not quite, it's a very good guess though. And on the right track I guess, and as I said, it's a yes or no question.

P.S. your answer is incorrect, I'm not saying it's wrong because it's not what I'm looking for.

"Would the other guard tell me that this door leads to heaven?"

[celticmaestro]

What would the other guard say if I asked him what is behind his door? The good one knows that the liar will say heaven, the bad one knows that the good one will say heaven, but lie about it and say hell.

Their answers reveal what's behind them.

Not quite, it's a very good guess though. And on the right track I guess, and as I said, it's a yes or no question.

P.S. your answer is incorrect, I'm not saying it's wrong because it's not what I'm looking for.

"Would the other guard tell me that this door leads to heaven?"

second that.

[CelticsWhat35]

What would the other guard say if I asked him what is behind his door? The good one knows that the liar will say heaven, the bad one knows that the good one will say heaven, but lie about it and say hell.

Their answers reveal what's behind them.

Not quite, it's a very good guess though. And on the right track I guess, and as I said, it's a yes or no question.

P.S. your answer is incorrect, I'm not saying it's wrong because it's not what I'm looking for.

"Would the other guard tell me that this door leads to heaven?"

Both the angel and devil would give the same answer, so that wouldn't work.

[kw10]

What would the other guard say if I asked him what is behind his door? The good one knows that the liar will say heaven, the bad one knows that the good one will say heaven, but lie about it and say hell.

Their answers reveal what's behind them.

Not quite, it's a very good guess though. And on the right track I guess, and as I said, it's a yes or no question.

P.S. your answer is incorrect, I'm not saying it's wrong because it's not what I'm looking for.

"Would the other guard tell me that this door leads to heaven?"

Yep you got it! TP!

And btw the answer I was looking for was 'Does the devil guard the way to hell?'

[ChampKind]

What would the other guard say if I asked him what is behind his door? The good one knows that the liar will say heaven, the bad one knows that the good one will say heaven, but lie about it and say hell.

Their answers reveal what's behind them.

Not quite, it's a very good guess though. And on the right track I guess, and as I said, it's a yes or no question.

P.S. your answer is incorrect, I'm not saying it's wrong because it's not what I'm looking for.

"Would the other guard tell me that this door leads to heaven?"

Both the angel and devil would give the same answer, so that wouldn't work.

The devil always lies...if the door is behind the devil, he says that the angel says Yes.  The angel says that the devil says no.

If the door is behind the angel:

Angel: No
Devil: (since the angel would say no) Yes

[CelticsWhat35]

What would the other guard say if I asked him what is behind his door? The good one knows that the liar will say heaven, the bad one knows that the good one will say heaven, but lie about it and say hell.

Their answers reveal what's behind them.

Not quite, it's a very good guess though. And on the right track I guess, and as I said, it's a yes or no question.

P.S. your answer is incorrect, I'm not saying it's wrong because it's not what I'm looking for.

"Would the other guard tell me that this door leads to heaven?"

Yep you got it! TP!

And btw the answer I was looking for was 'Does the devil guard the way to hell?'

Oh, okay.  I wasn't reading that right.

[kw10]

What would the other guard say if I asked him what is behind his door? The good one knows that the liar will say heaven, the bad one knows that the good one will say heaven, but lie about it and say hell.

Their answers reveal what's behind them.

Not quite, it's a very good guess though. And on the right track I guess, and as I said, it's a yes or no question.

P.S. your answer is incorrect, I'm not saying it's wrong because it's not what I'm looking for.

"Would the other guard tell me that this door leads to heaven?"

Both the angel and devil would give the same answer, so that wouldn't work.

Doesn't matter who answers it or which door they are guarding. If they say 'yes' then the door behind him is to heaven, if 'no', then it's to hell, in which case the other door would be taken.

[bdm860]

During the war, an enemy soldier was captured and was given the choice as to how he would be executed.  His captors said he would be allowed to make one statement; if it was a lie he would be shot, if it was the truth he would be hanged.  The captors were very honest people and always stayed true to their word, so the enemy soldier's only hope of survival would be to make a statement that would not allow him to be excuted by his captors standards.  So what statement could the captured soldier say to get him out of either situation? 

(It's not some cheesy statement like "I will reveal my armies secrets" or "if you kill me I won't tell you where the bomb is" or something stupid like that, also it's not some ambiguous statement that can't be proved right or wrong, or a statement that has to do with opinion.  It's just a clever statement that would not allow him to be excuted based on the guidelines set forth by his captors).

[CelticsWhat35]

What would the other guard say if I asked him what is behind his door? The good one knows that the liar will say heaven, the bad one knows that the good one will say heaven, but lie about it and say hell.

Their answers reveal what's behind them.

Not quite, it's a very good guess though. And on the right track I guess, and as I said, it's a yes or no question.

P.S. your answer is incorrect, I'm not saying it's wrong because it's not what I'm looking for.

"Would the other guard tell me that this door leads to heaven?"

Both the angel and devil would give the same answer, so that wouldn't work.

Doesn't matter who answers it or which door they are guarding. If they say 'yes' then the door behind him is to heaven, if 'no', then it's to hell, in which case the other door would be taken.

Gotcha.  The way I was reading it, I though the question was "Does this door lead to Heaven?"  In which case, if the angel was guarding Heaven, both the angel and devil would respond "yes", and if the devil was guarding Heaven, both the angel and devil would respond "no", and neither case would help.

[Robb]

Those who make it, don't want it.
Those who buy it, don't use it.
And those who use it, don't know it.

What is it?

A Coffin.

[Robb]

During the war, an enemy soldier was captured and was given the choice as to how he would be executed.  His captors said he would be allowed to make one statement; if it was a lie he would be shot, if it was the truth he would be hanged.  The captors were very honest people and always stayed true to their word, so the enemy soldier's only hope of survival would be to make a statement that would not allow him to be excuted by his captors standards.  So what statement could the captured soldier say to get him out of either situation? 

(It's not some cheesy statement like "I will reveal my armies secrets" or "if you kill me I won't tell you where the bomb is" or something stupid like that, also it's not some ambiguous statement that can't be proved right or wrong, or a statement that has to do with opinion.  It's just a clever statement that would not allow him to be excuted based on the guidelines set forth by his captors).

The horse's name was Friday.

[CelticsWhat35]

During the war, an enemy soldier was captured and was given the choice as to how he would be executed.  His captors said he would be allowed to make one statement; if it was a lie he would be shot, if it was the truth he would be hanged.  The captors were very honest people and always stayed true to their word, so the enemy soldier's only hope of survival would be to make a statement that would not allow him to be excuted by his captors standards.  So what statement could the captured soldier say to get him out of either situation? 

(It's not some cheesy statement like "I will reveal my armies secrets" or "if you kill me I won't tell you where the bomb is" or something stupid like that, also it's not some ambiguous statement that can't be proved right or wrong, or a statement that has to do with opinion.  It's just a clever statement that would not allow him to be excuted based on the guidelines set forth by his captors).

"You are going to shoot me."