Another Riddle

Nick22 · **Reply #60 on:** December 13, 2004, 10:39:35 AM

Malte, can you think of one?
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #61 on:** December 22, 2004, 03:44:07 PM

This is a really old one and all of you who know Odipus will know this riddle, so please give those a chance who didn't read or hear this legend:

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Which being goes on four legs in the morning
On two legs during the day
And on three legs in the evening?

By the way, Odipus had to solve this riddle or a sphinx would have killed him.

Nick22 · **Reply #62 on:** December 30, 2004, 01:52:20 AM

The answer is a man. He crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as a adult, and leans on a cane in old age. when Oedipus answered correctly, the Sphinx let him pass, then killed herself.
Nick

Petrie · **Reply #63 on:** December 30, 2004, 10:00:55 AM

Ah yes I've heard that one before.

Malte279 · **Reply #64 on:** December 30, 2004, 06:46:38 PM

Right. Do you know any riddles Nick?

Nick22 · **Reply #65 on:** December 30, 2004, 08:14:27 PM

I know a few.but I can't think of one right now.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #66 on:** January 08, 2005, 05:52:30 AM

Okay, here is another riddle for you:

In a horrible castle there lived a horrible Duke with his horrible wife and their horrible servants. One morning the Duke was dead – murdered by one of the other horrible people living in the castle.
When the residents of the castle were interviewed by the police, every person gave two correct answers and told one lie. This is what they said:

The Duchess said:
I didn’t kill the Duke.
The gardener killed my husband.
I’m not guilty.

The Cook said:
It wasn’t me.
I have been working here for 27 years.
The butler knows who’s done it.

The Butler said:
I am not the murderer.
The chambermaid is my witness; we were playing cards in the kitchen last night.
The Duke was killed by the cook.

The Chambermaid said:
I didn’t do it.
I wasn’t even here last night.
The gardener did it.

The Gardener said:
The Duchess is lying when she says that I did it.
I am innocent.
The butler is the murderer.

Who is the murderer?
I'll wait for several answers before I tell you wheter or not you would have found the real murderer.

Petrie · **Reply #67 on:** January 08, 2005, 12:24:03 PM

I would say the Dutchess did it because nobody blamed her.

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Malte279 · **Reply #68 on:** January 11, 2005, 06:33:31 AM

Some more guesses? Anyone?

Nick22 · **Reply #69 on:** January 13, 2005, 03:42:07 PM

My guess is the chambermaid.

Malte279 · **Reply #70 on:** January 14, 2005, 07:01:07 AM

So we've two guesses. Anyone else?

Nick22 · **Reply #71 on:** January 16, 2005, 01:44:21 PM

So each told one lie? Hmm. An interesting Whodunit Malte.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #72 on:** January 18, 2005, 05:59:33 AM

One hint. If everybody told one lie and said the truth two times, there is only one possible outcome of this riddle. There is only one person who can be the murderer if everybody lied one time and said the truth two times.

Nick22 · **Reply #73 on:** January 18, 2005, 04:20:38 PM

The Cook did it. The Duchess was telling the truth when she said she didn't do it, But she lied when she blamed the gardener. The chambermaid lied when she denied that she was present at the castle the previous night. The gardener is telling the truth when he said the Duchess is lying, but lied when he blamed the butler.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #74 on:** January 19, 2005, 05:50:15 AM

Cheers! Splendid thinking Nick! You caught the murderer!

Nick22 · **Reply #75 on:** January 19, 2005, 12:04:40 PM

Simply a process of elimination

Nick