Edge Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 There are 3 black hats and 2 white hats. You and two others each have one of the 5 hats. You can all see what colour hats the others are wearing, but not your own. Everyone wants to be the first to work out the colour of their own hat. You can see one of them is wearing a black hat and the other a white hat. How can you tell what colour yours is? There are 5 hats 3 black and 2 white. If one of the other guys is wearing a white hat, then look at the 2 spare hats, if one is white you MUST be wearing a black hat, if they are both black you must be wearing a white hat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxuan Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Well i don't see anywhere in the question where it says you're not allowed to ask one of the others what hat you have on, not to mention you would have to see it when you are putting it on. Hints for mine........................well it not a serious question. Ken Well, if you can take the hat off and look or ask the others, then it would not be good question for you guys. Come on, you can not ask others or send any signal and you can not take the hat off to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Yeah that too Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxuan Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 There are 5 hats 3 black and 2 white. If one of the other guys is wearing a white hat, then look at the 2 spare hats, if one is white you MUST be wearing a black hat, if they are both black you must be wearing a white hat. There is only one answer. No if clauses. Hint: Everyone wants to be the first to answer it correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Wow wow wow wow. I am gonna pull a puggy here, and demand to be crowned winner for giving the CORRECT answer. There must be 2 spare hats, therefore depending upon the colour of the spare hats, you can determine the colour of your own. No if's, no but's, no maybe's this is CORRECT lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxuan Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Wow wow wow wow. I am gonna pull a puggy here, and demand to be crowned winner for giving the CORRECT answer. There must be 2 spare hats, therefore depending upon the colour of the spare hats, you can determine the colour of your own. No if's, no but's, no maybe's this is CORRECT lol. That'd be too easy for you. No, you can not see the spare hats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Wow wow wow wow. I am gonna pull a puggy here, and demand to be crowned winner for giving the CORRECT answer. There must be 2 spare hats, therefore depending upon the colour of the spare hats, you can determine the colour of your own. No if's, no but's, no maybe's this is CORRECT lol. Yeah but Chris if we didn't see our own hat being put on what makes you think we can see the spare hats Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 The fact that noone said you couldn't see the spare hats. Ok then if everyone is trying to be first then everyone will guess what colour hat they have on. If you are wearing a white hat then the person wearing the black hat will say black, as that is the only possibility. If there is hesitancy and noone KNOWS what colour hat they have on then you must be wearing black, as it is the only option where NOONE would KNOW what they are wearing. You would see a black and a white. The person wearing black would see a black and a white the person wearing white would see a black and a black Hence none of you would KNOW what colour of hat you have on. So if you are wering black then noone knows what colour they are wearing, hence upon the hesitancy you can assume you are wearing a black hat. If you are wearing a white hat then, the person wearing a black hat KNOWS HE MUST be wearing black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 There is only one answer. No if clauses. Actually, the answer does depend on if clauses. If nobody answers, you know what you're wearing. That's a conditional. I have figured out how this hat trick works and it does work on a conditional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 I believe yours and my answers are the same. Noone answers you are wearing black. The person wearing black answers then you are wearing white! That what you got pugster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 That what you got pugster? Yes. It's based on the reactions of others, therefore is conditional. I hate to be this pedantic, but there are so many of the teasers that demand exactly this level of pedantry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxuan Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 The fact that noone said you couldn't see the spare hats. Ok then if everyone is trying to be first then everyone will guess what colour hat they have on. If you are wearing a white hat then the person wearing the black hat will say black, as that is the only possibility. If there is hesitancy and noone KNOWS what colour hat they have on then you must be wearing black, as it is the only option where NOONE would KNOW what they are wearing. You would see a black and a white. The person wearing black would see a black and a white the person wearing white would see a black and a black Hence none of you would KNOW what colour of hat you have on. So if you are wering black then noone knows what colour they are wearing, hence upon the hesitancy you can assume you are wearing a black hat. If you are wearing a white hat then, the person wearing a black hat KNOWS HE MUST be wearing black. Perfect! since Edge answered correctly first. Winner!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted September 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 And the chickens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Haven't got a bloody clue lol. How bout he owned 3 hens and 3 roosters, the are all randy little buggers and have copulated to make little baby hens, hence the 3 tiers, all different families lol - WRONG!! How about he owns all the hens, and the roosters are imposters as it's a HEN HOUSE - WRONG!! lol haven't got a clue on this one, prolly really simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxuan Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 I also have no clue. A guess, he owns only the hens. Why? No bloody idea! OK. The rooster will not let others mess with their hens. Since they can share them nicely shows that they are new to each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Ok I'm sorry already.................I told you it wasn't a serious question He owns the buggers on the bottom rung...........................the rest are on higher perches (purchase).......*groan* Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted September 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 He owns the buggers on the bottom rung...........................the rest are on higher perches (purchase).......*groan* Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Glad you liked it I thought I was in for a stoning for a while there Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxuan Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Glad you liked it I thought I was in for a stoning for a while there Ken Don't worry Ken. I did not quite get the point there since English isn't my first. Anyway, Keep them coming. BTW, I came across some questions, which I do not have/ know answers. What to try them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Ken that was an absolute shocker mate. BOOOOOOO!! lol HAHAHAHA!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Yeah nxuan hit us with your questions, that joke of mine is an example of what happens when I get bored.........so I'm sure you don't want to see much more of that Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxuan Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 There is an island of monks where everyone has either brown eyes or red eyes. Monks who have red eyes are cursed, and are supposed to commit suicide at midnight. However, no one ever talks about what color eyes they have, because the monks have a vow of silence. Also, there are no reflective surfaces on the whole island. Thus, no one knows their own eye color; they can only see the eye colors of other people, and not say anything about them. Life goes on, with brown-eyed monks and red-eyed monks living happily together in peace, and no one ever committing suicide. Then one day a tourist visits the island monastery, and, not knowing that he's not supposed to talk about eyes, he states the observation "At least one of you has red eyes." Having acquired this new information, something dramatic happens among the monks. What happens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted September 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Was it LOVE in their eyes?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 They all start going to bed early Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxuan Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Was it LOVE in their eyes?! No, not that kind of question. They all start going to bed early Ken Nope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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