A famous violinist was in town for a concert. While he was away from his room for a short time his favorite violin, a Stradivarius, was stolen. The inspector took immediate action and , through diligent research, was able to identify four suspects. Each of them makes one statement as follows. The guilty one's statement is false; the other statements are true.
A. I was not in town at the time of the theft.
B. C is the culprit.
C. B's statement is false.
D. C's statement is true.
C'mon, if you can mate with a King and a rook against a King you can solve this little riddle.
Originally posted by ivanhoeB
A famous violinist was in town for a concert. While he was away from his room for a short time his favorite violin, a Stradivarius, was stolen. The inspector took immediate action and , through diligent research, was able to identify four suspects. Each of them makes one statement as follows. The guilty one's statement is false; the other statements are ...[text shortened]... on, if you can mate with a King and a rook against a King you can solve this little riddle.
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Originally posted by TheMaster37Hi there Kupikupopo,
B is the thief 🙂
Orkyboy got here first, so .....
The Dutch jury gives you 2 points ...
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Originally posted by mr tanker
i myself think it was the question master himself that stole it- (i know ur secret) and a,b,c,d were all accolpacies (or some word like that)
Or
b (do i get mre points for mentioning b twice i promise that i didnt read the other 2 saying b)
I like the way you invent new words. Accolpacies ... great !
One point from the Dutch jury goes to the Baltic republics ...
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Originally posted by ivanhoeA & D's statements could equally well have been "Penguins like fish" and "Fruit flies like a banana".
A famous violinist was in town for a concert. While he was away from his room for a short time his favorite violin, a Stradivarius, was stolen. The inspector took immediate action and , through diligent research, was able to identify four suspects. Each of them makes one statement as follows. The guilty one's statement is false; the other statements are ...[text shortened]... on, if you can mate with a King and a rook against a King you can solve this little riddle.
Originally posted by iamatigerBut then how could you know that C wasn't lying, and B was telling the truth?
A & D's statements could equally well have been "Penguins like fish" and "Fruit flies like a banana".
Without D's statement to back up C's, there is not enough information to conclusively solve the problem.
Originally posted by iamatiger
A & D's statements could equally well have been "Penguins like fish" and "Fruit flies like a banana".
Ho ho bro iamatiger,
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Penguin Power and Banana Power to the Fruitcakes !
Ivanhoe Joe, Proud member of the Illustrious Loonies Clan
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By the way I think you are right about A's statement, but don't tell anybody ... 🙄