rookie1ja Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Honestants and Swindlecants IX. - Back to the Logic Problems After a hard day the gringo wanted some time to relax. But a few minutes later two aborigines wanted to talk to him. To make things clear, the gringo asked: "Is at least one of you an honestant?" After the answer, there was no doubt. Who are they and who answered? This old topic is locked since it was answered many times. You can check solution in the Spoiler below. Pls visit New Puzzles section to see always fresh brain teasers. Honestants and Swindlecants IX. - solution If the aborigine answered „Yes.”, the gringo would not have been able to identify them. That means, the answer had to be „No.“, and the one who said that was a liar and the other one was an honest man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 didn't look at the answer but if there is one honestant and one swindelcant then the identity is clear, the honestant would say yes and the swindelcant would lie and say no. but if both were honestants then they would both say yes. and two swindelcants would lie and answer yes as well. so the identity would only be clear if one was honest and the other lied. I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonanova Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 ...the identity would only be clear if one was honest and the other lied... There are 3 cases [HH, SS and HS] and in each case one or the other of the Aborigines could have answered. So the gringo could have heard any of 6 answers. As Ploper points out, 5 of these answers will be Yes. Only one answer could be No: the answer given by the Swindlecant in the case HS. So the answer is - the gringo heard "No" and that made it clear a Swindlecant was speaking and that there was one of each. A "Yes" answer gives no information about either point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 29, 2007 Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 Honestants and Swindlecants IX. - Back to the Logic Problems After a hard day the gringo wanted some time to relax. But a few minutes later two aborigines wanted to talk to him. To make things clear, the gringo asked: "Is at least one of you an honestant?" After the answer, there was no doubt. Who are they and who answered? Nice one: If the islanders were both Honestants, the answer would have been "yes", regardless of who answered. If the islanders were both Swindlecants, the answer would have been "yes", regardless of who answered. If the islanders were an Honestant and a Swindlecant, the Honestant would answer "yes", but the Swindlecant would have said "No". Since the gringo HAS NO DOUBT, it must mean that the two were an Honestant and a Swindlecant, and the latter answered the question. I have a paperback somewhere that contains a large number of these riddles. There they are called the "Greens" who always tell the truth, and the "Pinks" who always lie. This book goes a little further though, and at some point it introduces a third breed, the "Whites" who alternate between telling the truth or lying. The only problem with them is, you never know what type their first answer will be. I would post a few of them, but this may take a little time, because I would first have to locate the book, and then translate the riddles from Dutch to English. Please let me know if there's anyone interested in taking a crack at some of those. BoilingOil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 Good one! Uncluttered, gettable with some common sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 They're Aussies!! Oy Oy Oy!! The gringo spoke to aborigines... get it? It was funnier in my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Nice one: If the islanders were both Honestants, the answer would have been "yes", regardless of who answered. If the islanders were both Swindlecants, the answer would have been "yes", regardless of who answered. If the islanders were an Honestant and a Swindlecant, the Honestant would answer "yes", but the Swindlecant would have said "No". Since the gringo HAS NO DOUBT, it must mean that the two were an Honestant and a Swindlecant, and the latter answered the question. I have a paperback somewhere that contains a large number of these riddles. There they are called the "Greens" who always tell the truth, and the "Pinks" who always lie. This book goes a little further though, and at some point it introduces a third breed, the "Whites" who alternate between telling the truth or lying. The only problem with them is, you never know what type their first answer will be. I would post a few of them, but this may take a little time, because I would first have to locate the book, and then translate the riddles from Dutch to English. Please let me know if there's anyone interested in taking a crack at some of those. BoilingOil just found this site. please ost your questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 sorry but i didnt know which those words ment lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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