(edited, to make it easier, on 18 March, 2008… thanks Adam/anon for suggesting a simpler story)
There are two twins. One of them ALWAYS tells a lie. While the other could tell the truth or tell a lie.
One of them, whose name is Santosh (he’s the guy who ALWAYS lies), commits a murder.
The twins stand before the judge, knowing that Santosh committed the murder, asks the first fellow, “Are you Santosh?”
The guy says, “Yes I am.”
With this information, the judge was able to figure out which of the two was the murderer.
Can you?
hey hey hey i’ve been spending a few hours on this riddle. . .
but i cant seem to figure it out. . so pease if you can send the answer to my email or post it plz. !!1
To adsad:
Sorry about this, adsad, but this is a riddle I heard many years ago and I remember it had a solution. However, when I recovered my old files, all I had was the riddle, and no solution. So I put it up here, partly to open this question to the “world wide web” so that others can maybe find the solution.
I must admit that I too spent a long long time trying to figure it out… but couldn’t.
All I can say is that the question IS authentic. And I do remember it had a solution. But I’ve forgotten it.
Perhaps… for all time!
the one who always lies has to lie when asked….”Are You Sanotsh” the only possible lie is “No” if he is Santosh…so the second twin is santosh
Santosh always has to lie no matter what. SO if he is asked are you santosh, he will say no i am not.
The other guy lied, cos he can decide to tell the truth or lie, or whatever he wants
it was the guy hu said ‘yes i am’ to the judge because he is lieing saying he is santosh when he aint, if the guy had a choice he would say his own name because the murderer knows santosh did it (y)
it was the guy hu said ‘yes i am’ to the judge because he is lieing saying he is santosh when he aint, if the guy had a choice he would say his own name because the *judge* knows santosh did it (y)
Soz bout da mistake people
your welcome :)
Thats Not Hard At All. It Took Me Like 10 Seconds To Figure This Out. If Santosh Always lies, Then when The Judge Asked, Are You Santosh?! He would have said. no.. But the other twin can lie and tell the truth. so he decided to lie, and say yes, i am santosh.. but hes a dumb ass. cuz if he would have said no, then both of the twins would have said no, leaving the judge with much more of a problem to figure out who’s who..
Heres a Riddle..
A Man Was Found Dead On Sunday Morning. His Wife Immideatly Called The Police. They Came Over And Investigated, and asked everyone questions. these are everyones allibis :
Wife : Sleeping
Maid : Checking The Mail
Gardener : Piking vegetables
Cook : Cooking Breakfeast
Butle : Cleaning The Closet.
The Police Immidiatly Took The Murderer In Custaty.
WHO DID IT XD WHO MURDERED THE MAN!?!?!?!?!?? XD AND HOW DID THE POLICE KNOW!?
The Maid. There is no mail on Sundays.
I figured it out!!!! Yay! Me and my bro were thinking for a long time, here was his idea.
The judge was on his way to the trial, he had got stuck in traffic for hours and was pissed off. So when he is in the trial he instead of trying to figure out the case, he pulls out his 12 gauge under his desk and asks the first fellow, “Do you want me to shoot you?” The man imediatly says, “NOOOOO!” The second fellow is asked the same question and he says, “Yes, go right ahead.” The judge then blows the crap out of the fellow. (Santosh) If the second fellow was Santosh he would not lie, therfore he would have to say, “Yes, shoot me.” If the other guy was asked the question he had the option of saying truth, therfore he would most definetly say, “NOOOOO, do not shoot me” Therfore the man who is asked to be shot, is Santosh
Clever eh?
My answer
The guy who was asked the question is not Santosh, if it were and he said he was Santosh, he would be telling truth, and Santosh is not allowed to do that. Therfore the guy who is asked the question must not be Santosh, he tells a lie and means the other fellow is Santosh. The person who was not spoken to, is most definitely Santosh.