Trapped in a fairytale nightmare, you have been caught by the King of a far away land. Fortunately, it is his birthday and as is his custom, he's going to let one of his prisoners free. However, this year he has decided he will set free the wisest and most worthy of his prisoners.
So he takes you and his other two prisoners to the highest room of the highest tower of his great dark castle. It's a round room, and he's had three sets of chains built into the walls. You and the other prisoners are put in the chains so that each prisoner can see the other two prisoners. The King then brings out five little dots for all to see; three of them are white, two of them are black. "I shall put one of these dots on each of your foreheads. The first of you to tell me what colour the dot on his forehead is shall be set free! Even more, I shall give a banquet in honour of his wisdom!" says the King. Then he has you and the other prisoners blindfolded, and puts a dot on your forehead and those of the other prisoners. The blindfolds are removed...
How will you escape?
ok, you really have to tell the answer to this one. i haven't figured it out--no surprise there. i'm notoriously bad at these. but now i'm really curious.
ReplyDeleteIf you see two black, you're white.
ReplyDeleteOne of each and a crashing silence, you're white.
Two white and an echoing stillness, you're white.
I leave the rest as an exercise to the reader.