Here is the answer for Sunday’s brain teaser. Once again, Vijaya came rather close, but not quite. Here is the answer:
The treasurer’s plan was to drink a weak poison prior to the meeting with the king, and then he would drink the pharmacist’s strong poison, which would neutralize the weak poison. As his own poison he would bring water, which will have no effect on him, but the pharmacist who would drink the water, and then his poison would surely die. When the pharmacist figured out this plan, he decided to bring water as well. So the treasurer who drank poison earlier, drank the pharmacist’s water, then his own water, and died of the poison he drank before. The pharmacist would drink only water, so nothing will happen to him. And because both of them brought the king water, he didn’t get a strong poison like he wanted.
Pretty sneaky! Here’s another one. Answers up on Thursday.
A sundial is a timepiece that has the fewest number of moving parts. Which timepiece has the most moving parts?
Ladies and gentlemen, have fun!
Posted on February 17th, 2009 by Jon Lim
Filed under: Brainteasers
Water clock. Each atom of water counts as one moving part