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A Brainteaser with solution

• 5/1/12 5:46 pm
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Jack
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Hey guys and gals, just a quick brainteaser with solution for you to use on whoever you may want to, it could leave them stumped for hours.

The brainteaser is as follows:

A king sentenced a man to his death and gave him a choice on how to be killed. The man was told if he lied, he would be shot and if he told the truth he would be hanged.

What did the man say to the king to be let free?

If youi do not wish to see the solution please stop reading now!

Solution:

The man told the king that he would be shot. This works as if the king believes him to be lying then he must shoot the man, but then the man would also be telling the truth so would have to be hanged.

This creates an unsolvable paradox and the man will be let free as they cannot kill him with the methods offered.

Feel free to use this on your friends/family members :-)

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micah2419
• 03/05/2014 1:32 pm
• Level 28 : Expert Pixel Painter
"I am going to be shot" he says,
If he is shot he would be telling the truth therefore getting hanged therfore...
Forever.
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portal to amp
• 01/26/2014 9:08 pm
• Level 4 : Apprentice Explorer
He said, you will shoot me. I didnt even have to read the solution to get that one
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turtaro
• 01/24/2014 1:04 am
• Level 61 : High Grandmaster Turtle
Darn, I thought he would want to get hanged.
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Ploopyandproud
• 10/04/2012 4:22 pm
• Level 36 : Artisan Hunter
Maybe the king asked a Rhetorical question?? :3
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Aximili
• 05/22/2012 6:36 am
• Level 77 : Legendary Snark
To get free, he had to say ''I wanna die from agening, please''
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LOLDA
• 05/03/2012 10:39 am
• Level 49 : Master Ninja
:D
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demonicmuffins
• 05/02/2012 10:29 pm
• Level 30 : Artisan System
I thought that he would say "I am lying."
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Snurf_Goggler_1
• 05/02/2012 10:15 pm
• Level 23 : Expert Artist
bloom said it I've heard this before
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anonpmc203870
• 05/02/2012 6:17 pm
• Level 8 : Apprentice Miner
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Forager_21
• 05/02/2012 10:18 pm
• Level 3 : Apprentice Miner
Dude do you pay attention in school? Knights were OWNERS of land in the medieval times. They were far from dumb meat my friend, in fact they were some of the few who actually GOT an education in that time. Please don't make me go any further into the matter, I don't want to give history lessons on a minecraft site.
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