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Getting to the Knights' city (Posted on 2002-04-26) Difficulty: 1 of 5
You are stranded in a land with only two big cities. Knightville is populated only by Knights, and Liarville - only by liars. Naturally, you wish to get to Knightville, where you hope to find help.

During your travels, you meet a resident of these parts, who must have come from one of the two cities, but you do not know which.

With one simple question, how do you find out what direction Knightville lies in?

  Submitted by levik    
Rating: 3.4444 (18 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
Ask the person to point out the direction of his home city. A Knight will point to Knightville, and so will a Liar, so you will know where to go even without knowing the nature of the person you are speaking to.

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  Subject Author Date
SolutionPuzzle SolutionK Sengupta2022-09-06 00:54:00
SolutionAnswerMath Man2014-03-01 13:00:33
SolAndre2010-06-04 17:01:48
Far too easy!Paddy2006-02-08 06:19:44
havent looked... easy?sean2005-08-27 04:09:52
havnt looked at solution yetBrandon2005-05-16 14:07:13
mary.....could u pls tell us what u thought bout this problem's altrenative wayravi2004-09-30 11:47:10
Yeah!Poliahu2004-02-09 15:30:46
Possibly ...Lawrence2003-08-31 23:47:22
re: A puzzle about DrewLewis2003-06-03 07:06:18
A puzzle about DrewTim Axoy2003-04-20 03:27:02
Lying twice is not telling the truth.Tim Axoy2003-04-20 03:24:57
SolutionMy strategy:How it worksTim Axoy2003-04-13 02:16:47
another way?mary2003-04-05 03:59:23
Pointing to KnightvilleTim Axoy2003-03-18 01:49:27
re: =)Nick Reed2002-11-27 02:25:35
=)Raveen2002-11-26 04:17:31
Answer?Raveen2002-11-26 04:15:49
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