Question

LGBARIDDLE:

You are heading to the Village of Truth. However, on your way there, you encounter a fork. One leads to the Village of Truth, and the other leads to the City of Lies. The villagers always tell the truth and the city-dwellers always lie. You see a man by the fork, but you do not if he came from the village or the city. You can ask the man any yes/no question, but only one. What would it be?

Answer 1

it would be,,are you man ??
if he says yes,,fron truth village,,otherwise vice versa !! :D

Answer 2

but how will that let you know where to go?

Answer 3

ahh..yes,,i see..sorry..

Answer 4

suppose i need to go to village ..
one can simply ask what according to the dwellers of the other place (other than where u reside) is the way to village
and whatever ans u get to reach the village u have to choose the alternate one...

Answer 5

yes/no question

Answer 6

the Question : "This is not the way to Village of truth, is it?"
by pointing in any one direction.
if yes , GO OTHER way,
if no , GO SAME way.

Answer 7

did i get it right ?@lgbasallote ?

Answer 8

that seems more of a grammar trick

Answer 9

where do the liars and truth-tellers come in

Answer 10

yep..grammatical one where the man is in dilemma..

Answer 11

and btw... your trick question fails @hartnn you have it backwards

Answer 12

similar to this one :
YOU'RE A MAN WHO CAME FROM THE DIRECTION WHERE THE VILLAGE OF TRUTH LIES,RIGHT ?

the word man keeps him in dilemma! :P

Answer 13

well that could work...but that still wont tell you directions

Answer 14

but he would know where to go based on that question.

Answer 15

nope. a liar and a truth-teller will say different things

Answer 16

in your question...

if the truth-teller says yes..you should go the same way

if the liar says yes...go the other way

if the truth-teller says no...go the other way

if the liar says no... go the same way

Answer 17

and both those 'different things' will point to only one direction...

Answer 18

nope

Answer 19

if truth teller says yes, u should GO OTHER WAY !

Answer 20

"This is not the road to the village of truth, is it"

if the truth-teller says yes, then that means that is the road to the village of truth

Answer 21

that's why i told you your "grammar trick" was wrong and backwards

Answer 22

YES means 'yes,this is not the road' so take OTHER route
i don't understand why u say same route... :(

Answer 23

your question was "is it?"

Answer 24

that's why very people respond to yes/no to those. they get confused

Answer 25

very few people*

Answer 26

your English teacher taught you wrong if he said that responding yes to "is it" means "it isn't"

Answer 27

.....not...., is it ?
if reply is yes, then
yes it is not ....

Answer 28

^^ thats what i learned.

Answer 29

Thus, when the questioner and the respondent both think that Martha is not very bright, the question goes, “Martha is not very bright, is she? ”, to which we native speakers answer, “No ” (to the tag)

source: http://www.teflteachthai.com/Tag_Questions_Made_Easy.html

you ALWAYS answer the TAG

Answer 30

got it now @hartnn ?

Answer 31

anyway..that's not the right question

Answer 32

then it would be "This is the way to Village of truth, isn't it?"

Answer 33

it's not a tag question...

Answer 34

as i showed you earlier..tag questions won't give you the answer

Answer 35

if the reply is just "yes or no" then it responds to the tag. but if it's complete like "no it isn't" only then will your method work

Answer 36

but since the reply can only be yes/no....tag question won't work

Answer 37

..... :(
"Is this not the road to village of Truth ?"

Answer 38

still no

Answer 39

"Will i reach the City of Lies if i take this route ? "

Answer 40

suppose i need to go to village .. one can simply (pointing to any direction)ask does this road leads to village according to the dwellers of the other place (other than where u reside)

Answer 41

....

Answer 42

k... i give up
maybe i was close....

Answer 43

@hartnn how would you know if you're talking to liar or truth-teller

Answer 44

@matricked how would you know if the answer is lie or truth?

Answer 45

u won't know., not required..... u just take other route for yes and same youte for no

Answer 46

a truth's yes or no is different from a liar's yes or no

Answer 47

a truth's yes = a liars no = this route is CITY = go other way
a truth's no = a liars yes = this route is VILLAGE = go this way

Answer 48

so how do you know which is which?

Answer 49

if the ans is yes then we have to chose the other way
if no we have to stick to the way pointed initially

Answer 50

just showed u !!

Answer 51

no..you showed a liar's no/yes and a truth's yes/no...but how do you know which one is responding?

Answer 52

how do you know if you're talking to a liar or a truth teller

Answer 53

oh, u wanna know that! i thought the question is just to find the way!
with my question, u would NOT know, who u are taking to, but u will know the correct way to village.

Answer 54

yes you need to know the way

Answer 55

but you also don't know if you're talking to a liar or a truth-teller

Answer 56

case i if truth is asked (and the pointed direction is not the way ) then his answer will be no but i asked him what according to the dwellers of the other city is hence truth one will say yes (if that is not the way)

Answer 57

go on...

Answer 58

as i said earlier if my aim is ONLY to go to village, its not required to find whether he speaks truth or lie.

Answer 59

actually @matricked your question leads to a paradox....

Answer 60

case i if truth is asked (and the pointed direction is not the way ) then his answer will be no but i asked him what according to the dwellers of the other city is hence truth one will say yes (if that is not the way)
case 1 if the person telling false is standing then (if the pointed direction is not the way ) then the false knows that the truth will say no but he says false hence he says als "yes"
that means as pers my question if the reply is yes (from whoever it is ) i have to move to the alternate route...

Answer 61

is it ur talking abt a liars paradox

Answer 62

but these is srt of boolean algebra question
and my explaination is clear...

Answer 63

in this case you're going for a truth and liar paradox

Answer 64

and also note... i said truth-tellers ALWAYS tell the truth

Answer 65

you can't make them lie

Answer 66

as i am not asking his answer is yes or no
i am asking "does this road leads to village ..according to the dweller of the city other thab where u reside"


case i if truth is asked (and the pointed direction is not the way ) then his answer will be no but i asked him what according to the dwellers of the other city is hence truth one will say yes (if that is not the way) bcoz the other(lia) will say yes
case 1 if the person telling false is standing then (if the pointed direction is not the way ) then the false knows that the truth will say no but he says false hence he says also "yes" that means as pers my question if the reply is yes (from whoever it is ) i have to move to the alternate route...

Answer 67

so you're contradicting two points here

Answer 68

may be grammatically i may be wrong but there is no contradiction ...i think

Answer 69

1) if the truth teller will act as a liar then he should lie
2) if the liar will act as a truth-teller he should tell the truth

Answer 70

if you say those two situations don't apply then you'll contradict the situation given at the start

Answer 71

what you suggested was a paradox

Answer 72

the truth teller is not acting as a liar he is telling (yes/no) accordingly answered by liar
if my way is wrong one then truth teller tells no but heknows that the liar's answer in this case will be "yes" so the truth teller tells truth as "yes" .. thus i hvae to choose an alternate way to the village

Answer 73

that's really not the question

Answer 74

it results to paradox

Answer 75

the right question is actually "If I were to ask you whether this road leads to the village, would you say yes?"

if the man is a truth teller and it's the wrong road, then he would say no.

if the man is a liar and it's the wrong road, he'll still say no (because if it's not the right road, then he will answer yes..but since the question is whether he will say yes, he'll lie and say no)

Answer 76

Oh come on, I was still thinking.......