Braingle: '11 Bottles Of ?' Brain Teaser

11 Bottles Of ?

Logic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.

Puzzle ID:	#39236
Fun:	(2.88)
Difficulty:	(1.63)
Category:	Logic
Submitted By:	relay

There are 11 bottles sitting in front of you. You have been told that you're slowly dying and that there is only one antidote here to help you. You must drink from one of these bottles. There are Empty Bottles, Water Bottles, Poisoned Bottles, and one Antidote. Drinking from a Poisoned Bottle will surely kill you.
You know the following facts about the bottles...

Bottles:
1)
2) Empty Bottle
3)
4)
5)
6) Poisoned Bottle
7)
8)
9) Empty Bottle
10)
11) Poisoned Bottle

1) There are 4 Empty Bottles in front of you.
2) There is always a Poisoned Bottle next to another Poisoned Bottle, but never on both sides.
3) There are two other bottles between the Water Bottles.
4) There are only 2 Water Bottles.
5) Empty Bottles are just like Poisoned Bottles, there is always one of the same kind next to it but never on both sides.
6) The Antidote is in between a Poisoned Bottle and an Empty Bottle.

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Comments

Dontrelle Nov 18, 2007	Great teaser!
AndrewWalker Nov 19, 2007	I got it right It was hard till the end great teaser
salem33466 Nov 21, 2007	great quiz, it was a little easy but besides that it was fun!
zeepuzzlemaster Nov 25, 2007	lol it would be easier in real life because you can test if they are empty or not
zeepuzzlemaster Nov 25, 2007	just kidding, I understand what your saying good one!
cyberstar5150 Nov 29, 2007	This was fun! But why couldn't the antidote be bottle #4?
relay Nov 29, 2007	your actually right! Number four could also be an antidote, cuz number 7 could also be water, i never noticed that well if someone like edits this teaser they should so like add another set of answers where #4 is an antidote and and #7 is a water bottle. Thanks for pointing that out.
scallio Nov 30, 2007	If 4 was the Antidote and 7 was Water then there would be more than 2 bottles placed between the 2 waters... doesn't work.
relay Nov 30, 2007	Sorry to burst your bubble scallio (?) but there would be two bottles between four and seven Like this... 4. Water 5. (First Bottle) 6. (Second Bottle) 7. Water Do you understand know?
j279 Dec 05, 2007	Something that someone is saying isn't right. Relay, a couple of posts ago, you said that #4 could be an antidote, but in the post just before mine, you said that it was water. I think this will work (maybe this is what people meant). 1. Antedote, 2. Empty, 3. Empty, 4. Water, 5. Poison, 6. Poison, 7. Water, and 8 through 11 is the same as in the original answer. Sorry if I seem too critical. Thought it was a great teaser. Lots of fun!
j279 Dec 05, 2007	Never mind. The second possible set of answers I just gave is wrong. I forgot about how the Antidote is in between a Poisoned Bottle and an Empty Bottle.
cqwhiz Dec 19, 2007	Actually, it seems to me that the following is true: 1) bottles 8-11 are irrelvant (except that 8 must be empty), because they are always empty, empty, poison, poison. 2) based on the remaining clues there are 3 possible answers (abbreviating the bottle labels A, E, P, W) E E W W P P A W E E W P P A W E E A P P W Unless I missed something - can someone enlighten me?
relay Dec 19, 2007	man, y'all are too critical....just leave it at the first answer and be happy. I made this one night when I was bored and had nothing else to do so just be happy that there is something for y'all to do...okay thanks.
cqwhiz Dec 23, 2007	relay, regarding your remark "man, y'all are too critical," I must reply by saying that my comment was not meant to be critical bbut corrective. Since there are multiple correct answers, according to the puzzle, it should be so noted I am looking forward to more of your work.
Pathin09 Dec 28, 2007	E E W W P P A or W E E A P P W wouldn't work, it says there are 2 between the waters.
soccerboo21 Dec 31, 2007	yeah that wouldnt work cuz there have to be 2 bottles seperating the water. great i enjoyed it going onto my favourites
drfyra Jan 13, 2008	yeay i got it right for the first try. the old man is save..
drfyra Jan 13, 2008	old man? eh, am safe.
TRILLIONAIRE Jan 28, 2008	Why do relay's teaser(s) and quiz(zes) all have comments by her saying, "y'all are too critical"
(user deleted) Feb 29, 2008	Well friends i am getting two possible solution for this puzzle.Can somebody check whether i am right? W E E W P P A E E P P W E E W E P P A E P P
TRILLIONAIRE Feb 29, 2008	You'r second answer is incorrect because there's always an empty bottle next to another empty one.
(user deleted) Feb 29, 2008	Thanx for d clarification.
jntrcs May 05, 2008	wow! i actually got a logic, and it was only a semi guess, this is my new favorite puzzle. lol jk
ana_virt Jun 02, 2008	My first guess.. Open the bottles and smell them!
Gwendalla May 20, 2011	I got this one right but some of you guys are a little mixed up . Antedote can't be number 4 (water MUST go there) and it can't be number one (because the A has to go between a P and an E). See what I mean? Anyone agree?