A little riddle
Salt has been stolen from the King(the thief stole and ate the salt). It was found that the culprit was either the caterpillar, bill the lizard, or the cat. The 3 were tried and made the following statements in court; The caterpillar said "Bill the Lizard ate the salt", Bill the Lizard said "That is true", the cat said "I didn't eat the salt. Atleast one is telling the truth and one is lying, who stole/ate the salt?
October 4, 2011
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[quote=Obscene]Except your answer isn't correct. If Bill ate it, that means he is telling the truth. As is the caterpillar. As is the cat. As in, all three are telling the truth which is out of the bounds of the question.[/quote]
Oh, I don't know the answer, I'm just looking to what you guys would say. It is indeed a logic question. I was thinking the caterpillar ate it and when I saw what she said It may be correct. Bill didn't specify what's true so it can be false but he's not saying what the caterpilaar said is false.
[quote=AngelicDawn]This is actually logical. Bill The Lizard ate the salt because if the caterpillar is telling the truth when he said that Bill The Lizard ate the sale, Bill The Lizard can be lying when he says that "That is true". In a court environment, people can lie if they choose to, that doesn't mean they didn't commit the crime. Therefore, it is possible for the caterpillar to be telling the truth and Bill The Lizard to be lying. By the way, don't compare this with the real answer if it differs from what I said, because my answer is still correct..[/quote] Except your answer isn't correct. If Bill ate it, that means he is telling the truth. As is the caterpillar. As is the cat. As in, all three are telling the truth which is out of the bounds of the question.
The Caterpillar ate it.
My reasoning is that the caterpillar blamed Bill the lizard. Bill the lizard wasn't responding to the caterpillar's statement, but saying "that is true" to the fact the salt was in fact stolen. And the cat did not do it because cats dont eat salt. ^_^
the cat because if the caterpillar is lying then that would make bill the lizards statement true and the caterpillars true thus meaning that the caterpillar can't be lying.
vice versa for lizard.
Lizards cant eat salt, so it wasn't bill. Therefore by Bill saying, that is true, he must be referring to what the cat said, proving the caterpillar ate the salt.
If Bill ate it, all three are truthful.
If the cat ate it, all are lying.
Therefore the caterpillar ate it.
No guessing, if yu guess it's a 1/3 chance of getting it right.. You have to state why you think it's that person.