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Heian-794
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Reshaper -- the four possibilities for your question:
He's from City of Truth, and left is City of Truth: Yes
He's from Truth, and left is Lies: No
He's from Lies, and left is Truth: Yes
He's from Lies, and left is Lies: No
Looks like you've got it! (And our intrepid traveller will never actually know which city the man comes from...!) |
Reshaper256
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"Would the left path take me to your city?" That should do it. If he says yes it's the city of truth, and if he says no it's the city of lies.
edit: Hey, I'm a Micro-Goomba! |
Heian-794
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Let's add a new wrinkle: suppose you can only ask him one yes or no question.
What then?
(I've heard the answer, so I'll stay quiet.) |
Reshaper256
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You're right, sorry for being too picky. 
The question I would ask is, "Which of these two paths leads to the city you came from?" just to avoid all confusion. I'm a bit of a perfectionist I guess. I'll try to avoid that if I do another riddle. |
Masako
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Well, adding a 'will you' and a question mark hardly is a problem is it? A simple command works the same as a question, right? And it gets the same effects. |
Reshaper256
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Yep. Now you've officially got it! 
edit: Maybe not, that's not a question! LOL |
Masako
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Oh, I see, so the correct question would be "Point me in the direction of the city you came from.", Haha, I wasn't thinking about that, sorry. |
Reshaper256
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That's very, very close! But watch how you phrase the question, or you won't get an answer you can use. If you ask him that, he'll just *say*, "The city of truth," and you still won't know which path to take. Oh well, that was so close let's just say you got it.  You're fast! |
Super Sion
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Im going with same answer since I know its right, Ive heard this riddle before in Through the Looking Glass, interesting book. |
Masako
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Would the answer be, "Which city did you come from?" Because if he were from the city of lies, he would point to the city of truth, and if he were from the city of truth, once again he would point to the city of truth.
THat one was very interesting for me, I had never heard anything like it before. |
Reshaper256
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There is a city of truth, and a city of lies. A person from the city of truth may only tell the truth, while a person from the city of lies may only lie. You are on a journey to find the city of truth. Tired and weary, you are nearing the end of your journey when you come to a fork in the road. There is an old man standing there, next to a sign. The sign reads:
"One of the two paths in front of you leads to the city of truth, while the other leads to the city of lies. The old man standing here is from one of these two cities. You may ask this man ONE question, and he will answer. Then you must choose a path and take it, and never come back to this place."
The riddle is... what would your question be?
(The question cannot be two questions in one sentence, such as, "Is the sky blue and which path takes me to the city of truth?" That sentence contains two questions!)  |
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