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John Hale
John Hale
Yarn Weaver

Dec-8-2004 01:45

Hello all.
I'm fairly new to Sleuth and I thought I might share a little hobby of mine with you all. Here's something for that sad moment when the mysteries of the day are all done.

Thousands lay up gold within this house,
but no man made it.
Spears past counting guard this house,
but no man wards it.
What is it?

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jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Dec-22-2004 07:03

But the second one if he saw white and green, could still had a white or a green hat.



cfmdec
cfmdec

Dec-22-2004 08:32

His hat must of been white. The other 2 must of been green. See Majandra's reasoning. :) If the other 2 wear wearing green, that is the only way they would have seen 1 green and 1 white and not be able to tell what hat they were wearing.

hakunamatata
hakunamatata

Dec-22-2004 09:32

Another riddle for some one to answer.

A race car driver enters a local race on a small oval track. The race is ten laps long. He completes the race in its entirety and wins. How many times did he pass the start/finish line during the race?


cfmdec
cfmdec

Dec-22-2004 09:51

11 times.

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Dec-22-2004 10:02

Nop reasoning is wrong. We don't know what the first one exactly saw, except that it wasn't two green hats. The secound also didn't see two green hats. So based on that reasoning, the third would still not know, as he is blind.

Majandra Belial
Majandra Belial

Dec-22-2004 10:03

Ngah. Colorblind me.

Did he start directly on the start/finish line or a few cars behind it?

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Dec-22-2004 10:15

Don't forget there are three white hats.

hakunamatata
hakunamatata

Dec-22-2004 11:59

cfmdec you are correct.

Majandra he started behind the start/finish line which makes it 11 times.

Verora
Verora

Dec-22-2004 12:12

All 3 was wearing white hats,the other 2 green hats were "red" herrings so to speak.The blind man knew this,and said his reasoning.

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Dec-22-2004 13:35

Nop, any takers, before I give the answer?

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