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Drink and Die
You are a prisoner in a dungeon, with a torturer who likes to gamble. One day, he brings you two glasses of transparent liquids. He tells you one is water and the other is poison, which if completely drunk will kill you. He then forces you into an empty cell. You have 5 minutes to drain one glass, and leave the other full. What do you do? (You must drink one full glass.)
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You drink half of one and half of another, knowing that half a glass of poison cannot kill you (only a full glass can according to the problem). Then pour the remainder of one glass into the other, and it will seem like you have a full glass of only one type of liquid.Hide Answer Show Answer
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This one is great
i have a question: do the poison and the water taste the same? if not, u could just try both and whichever 1 is water, drink all of that: after all, u are a prisoner, so u will want as much water as possible, right?
By logic, they do, or else the torturer would not let the man choose alone.
Once he's done the solution he can tip the other away too , pretend he's quaffed the poison, feign death and escape when the jailer carries him out. Great teaser by the way
i agree with gmoney-gdog...
I give you an A+ for this.
A cell with no walls? The mind boggles!
well if u want my answer i would just drink one glass and if its the poison then i will die its better then being a prisoner and if its the water i will still live........its a great teaser thanks
Personaly, If the cell had no walls I would say stuff your drinks and run away.
cell with no walls???
I was thinkin the exact same as Paul
Jan 11, 2003
a cell with no walls? How is the ceiling held up? I think I'd just leave.
I think this teaser was too simple and easy. It was more like a joke
I actually got this one right! Was that a typo when you said it had no walls?
I agree with navehumor.
Found it incredibly easy, but good riddle. I think it could have worked better if you used different wording (didn't say that you had to drink whole glass)... good try
Easy teaser but not a bad one. Its been repeated over and over again but I just have to say it...........A cell with no walls?!?!?
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this wouldn\'t work if the water and solution are immiscible, because then they would form visible line half-way(where the two liquids meet assuming that they do not mix)it is like mixing water and canola oil - nonpolar and polar substances do not mix
i thought u would just dump one out
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