Two Guards, Two Doors riddle?!
Question:
Two Guards, Two Doors riddle?
You are imprisoned in a chamber with two doors as the only exit. One door leads to death by cancer, filled with complications and malpractice; the other door leads to riches of jewelry, money and fine clothing for the rest of your life. There are two guards standing before you: one guard always lies; the other always tells the truth. Of course, you don’t know their identities. You can ask only one question to save your life. What should you ask?
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Answers: ud ask one guy if i ask the uva guy what door wud he say wud lead to my death? if he says he wud say door 1 then if he is telling the truth then the uva guy wud be lying so it wud be door 2 but if he says it wud be doo1 and he is lying then it wud again be door 2. ask one guard what the other guard will say? ask both guards which door would the other guard say goes to freedom i've read this riddle before.. but its still good Ask the truthful one to take you to the rich door? I don't know :S You would ask one of the guards what the other would say. If you ask the truthful guard he will tell you that the other one would pick the right one. The lying one would tell you the wrong thing. This is a logic question and can be answered if one realizes that the TRUTH of a LIE is a LIE, and the LIE of a TRUTH is a LIE. You need one guard to give you the other guard’s answer. Knowing this one could ask a question like, “If I were to ask the other guard which door leads to freedom, what would he say?”
If you ask the guard who always tells the truth, he would tell you the other guard would point you to the door of death. If you ask the guard who always lies, he would tell you the opposite door of the truth-telling guard and point you to the door of death. In either case, both guards will point to the door of death so you should choose the other one