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[Cory]

So Alex had a riddle and here is mine.



A traveler went to a distant land where their where two types of people. Liars and truth tellers. The liars could only lie and the truth tellers could only tell the truth. The traveler had no way of telling who is which one so when he got their he decided to ask. A man passed by the traveler and the traveler said to him. "Are you a truth teller or a liar?" the man mumbled under his breath so that the traveler couldn't understand him. The Traveler just continued on until he met another person. He asked this person if he was a truth teller or a liar. The man responded with That last guy you talked to said he was a truth teller and he is a truth teller and so am I.


So the riddle is

was one of the guys a liar and one guy a truth teller or where both guys truth tellers or where both guys liars?


Their is a logical way to figure this answer out, it just may take a few moments for you to get it.

[Alex]

I cant figure it out
Unless its the really obvious thing, but I doubt that it is because then it wouldnt be a riddle XD

[Cataliste]

first guy: truth teller

second guy: liar

[Harley]

first guy: truth teller

second guy: liar

How though. If the liar was telling the truth saying the first guy is a truth teller ._<

[Hydrogen]

ive heard a similar riddle before and I think you are missing a part of it at the end.

[Kitchwa]

I dunno I cant choose who is who?

[Rush]

I think your missing something too..

[Harley]

There is no correct answer.

[Frizzle]

It's a paradox. It has no answer.

[Cory]

Incorrect, their is a correct anwser.


A positively correct anwser.

[Hydrogen]

ive heard a similar riddle before and I think you are missing a part of it at the end.

[Jaf]

Both liars.
Since nr. 2 said that person nr. 1 was a truthteller and so was he.

[Cory]

So far incorrect, so the answers are narrowed down.



No I did not leave any of this off.

[Jaf]

2/4 left then.
Looks obvious now too
T T, like it says

Edited by Jaf, 01 May 2006 - 12:29 PM.

[Ilya]

They are both liers...

[Rush]

umm..first guy: liar
second: truth

just because the second one said that the first one said that he(the 1st) was a truth teller doesn't mean he is..
riddles are supposed to be misleading..

Edited by knight_of_doom, 01 May 2006 - 12:18 PM.

[Cory]

Still no correct answers.

[Ilya]

or maybe the first guy is a lier, and the second guy is the truth teller, because the first guy didnt answer right away he was membling thinking what to say and the second guy is a truth teller because he answered right away I think...

[Cory]

Incorrect Adobe - Their is no trickery in the wording like that.

[Rush]

just tell us

[Ilya]

Ok then... I know...
The first guy is the truth teller the second guy is a lier...

[Jaf]

Read the riddle over and over til you eventually get it

[Cory]

-------------------------------ANWSER----------------------------------------


So it seems you all guessed everyone except the correct answer. The answer is that they are both


TRUTH TELLERS


First lets think logically.

Truth Tellers can only tell the truth
Liars can only lie

So if a Truth Teller is asked what he is he can only say that he is a Truth Teller

Liars can only tell lies, so if he is asked what he is then he can only say Truth Teller


So the first guy mumbled that he was a Truth Teller since no matter if he is a Liar or a Truth Teller he would have to say he was a truth teller.

Then the second guy said that is what he said and he really is a truth teller.

So then the second guy said that he said he was a truth teller, which he had to have said, then the second guy said that the first really was a truth teller.

So the second guy said that the first was a truth teller which if he wasn't then he would have to say he was a liar...


Yes it is very confusing, but it makes sense when you think about it.

[Ilya]

ok...

[Cory]

It took me a while to understand it to. Just think about it. It all revolves around the statement the second guy made saying that the first guy said he was a truth teller and he is a truth teller.