Welp, I got one response yesterday for the logic brainteaser from Vijaya and she was very close! She made an assumption out of nowhere, but she did have the right lines of thinking. Here is the answer for yesterday’s logic problem:
Wait until night time, and then go through the magnifying glass room.
Sneaky eh?
Here’s another problem that is intricate and interesting, hopefully more response from this one!
In a far away land, it was known that if you drank poison, the only way to save yourself is to drink a stronger poison, which neutralizes the weaker poison. The king that ruled the land wanted to make sure that he possessed the strongest poison in the kingdom, in order to ensure his survival, in any situation. So the king called the kingdom’s pharmacist and the kingdom’s treasurer, he gave each a week to make the strongest poison. Then, each would drink the other one’s poison, then his own, and the one that will survive, will be the one that had the stronger poison.
The pharmacist went straight to work, but the treasurer knew he had no chance, for the pharmacist was much more experienced in this field, so instead, he made up a plan to survive and make sure the pharmacist dies. On the last day the pharmacist suddenly realized that the treasurer would know he had no chance, so he must have a plan. After a little thought, the pharmacist realized what the treasurer’s plan must be, and he concocted a counter plan, to make sure he survives and the treasurer dies. When the time came, the king summoned both of them. They drank the poisons as planned, and the treasurer died, the pharmacist survived, and the king didn’t get what he wanted.
What exactly happened there?
Answers up by tomorrow! I’ll probably begin doing this every other day from here on out, so be sure to tune in for different brain teasers! Comment with your guesses, folks.
Posted on February 15th, 2009 by Jon Lim
Filed under: Brainteasers
The treasurer’s plan was to steal the poison the pharamacist created and replace it with a similar looking weak poison without the pharmacist ever knowing.
Anticipating the steal, the pharmacist hides the poison he created and replaces it with a similar looking weak poison.
As a result, the treasurer ends up swapping only to receive a weak poison (which he believes to be the strong poison), and the pharmacist anticipating the swap discards the weak poison left by the treasurer.
The pharmacist walks into the challenge with the poison he initially prepared and hid, and wins the challenge.