The Riddling thread of fiendishly cunning riddles

You come to a fork in the road. One path leads to the village of the truth tellers and the other, the village of compulsive liars. You aspire to reach the village of truth tellers by sundown and daylight is dwindling, so you can only explore one of the possible routes.

A man is standing at the fork. You are certain that he belongs to one of the two villages, but you cannot discern which. What single question can you ask to ensure you take the correct path?

You come to a fork in the road. One path leads to the village of the truth tellers and the other, the village of compulsive liars. You aspire to reach the village of truth tellers by sundown and daylight is dwindling, so you can only explore one of the possible routes.

A man is standing at the fork. You are certain that he belongs to one of the two villages, but you cannot discern which. What single question can you ask to ensure you take the correct path?

You come to a fork in the road. One path leads to the village of the truth tellers and the other, the village of compulsive liars. You aspire to reach the village of truth tellers by sundown and daylight is dwindling, so you can only explore one of the possible routes.

A man is standing at the fork. You are certain that he belongs to one of the two villages, but you cannot discern which. What single question can you ask to ensure you take the correct path?

ask what answer you would get if you asked someone from the other village which road led to the truthful village. Then go down the other road.

EDIT: Actually it'd be simpler to ask which road they came from. The liar will say they came from the truthful road, the honest one also says they came from the honest road.

Three men board a ship. A week into there journey, they sail into a storm and lose all of their rations and supplies. Their engine fails and the boat is horribly damaged.

A month later, the ship wreck washes ashore on a popular holiday beach resort. Two men get off and run for the nearest cafe. They both order an albatross burger. The first man takes a bite and an overwhelming feeling of relief washes over him. The second man takes a bite and begins crying uncontrollably.

What happened?

Fairly easy one but here goes. A man witnesses an explosion a mere 2 metres away from him. The blast instantly kills everyone within a 10 metre radius but the man escapes completely unscathed. How?

Fairly easy one but here goes. A man witnesses an explosion a mere 2 metres away from him. The blast instantly kills everyone within a 10 metre radius but the man escapes completely unscathed. How?

He was watching TV?


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He saw a recording of the blast?

Maybe because the further from town you go the further they have to walk and the more tired they get and the slower they paint?

Or they run out of paint and have to get more!

Three men board a ship. A week into there journey, they sail into a storm and lose all of their rations and supplies. Their engine fails and the boat is horribly damaged.

A month later, the ship wreck washes ashore on a popular holiday beach resort. Two men get off and run for the nearest cafe. They both order an albatross burger. The first man takes a bite and an overwhelming feeling of relief washes over him. The second man takes a bite and begins crying uncontrollably.

What happened?

When you went into the woods you got me.
You hated me yet you wanted to find me.
You went home with me cause you couldn't find me


What was I?

A splinter!

Mine: I have columns but cannot stand. I have Eigen but cannot see. I can be discriminated and I will never care. What am I?



This was posted from The Student Room's Android App on my GT-I9100

A splinter!

Mine: I have columns but cannot stand. I have Eigen but cannot see. I can be discriminated and I will never care. What am I?



This was posted from The Student Room's Android App on my GT-I9100