Answer that riddle

[Lia. 45]

No... there can't be three white hats...

[IdentityUnknown 216]

Did I mention there cant be two white hats?

KKLT, please run me through it again. You said that there can be one black hat and two white hats. I am slightly confused.

And for some reason...I am intrigued by the word King. You put it in all caps. That stands out to me...

[Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief 197]

NEXT RIDDLE

Once upon a time, there was a KING who wanted to appoint an advisor.

In his country, there were three wisest men and so the King invited them to a test.

The king blind folded them and put a hat on each of them.

The kind told them. I have put either a black or white hat on each of you.

All I can tell you is that there is at least one black hat. There could be one black hat and two white hat, two black hats and one white hat, or there could be three black hats.

There will never be Three White hats.

The first person who tells me what the colour of his hat is will be hired for the job.

However, if anyone answers wrongly, they will be beheaded. If nobody answers after two hours, we will ask all of you to leave.

The king then took out their blindfolds and the first man saw two black hats. The rest of the men seemed to look confused as well. After what seemed to be forever, the first man stood up and said "The colour of my hat is ...! "

He was appointed as the next advisor.

How did he do it?

@pyre: yep there CAN be two white hats.. But lia-chan said there can't be so many white hats. So I asked her if I mentioned that there can't be two white hats. And the answer is no.

Edit: don't mind the caps... I guess I could have put it for fun XD

[IdentityUnknown 216]

He said: "The color of my hat is either white or black!"

[Lia. 45]

but it can only be one of those two

[Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief 197]

He can only say one colour! Unless he can split himself into two! which is impossible

[Moonlight Magician 98]

I think he said that that the color of his hat is BLACK

But the only problem is that why is 3 black hats are more confusing than 2 black hats and 1 white hat right?

I cannot answer further......

P.S. i'm bad at English

[Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief 197]

heheheh

HINT:

WHat would happen if anyone open their eyes and see two white hats?

[Moonlight Magician 98]

Then they can tell immediately that their hat must be BLACK

Considering the fact that there can never be three hats.

[Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief 197]

HINT 2: So what would happen if you saw ONE WHITE AND ONE BLACK HAT?

[Moonlight Magician 98]

I will think directly that there is only one black hat.

[Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief 197]

HINT 3: If you see only one white hat and one black hat... what colour is your hat?

Can it be white?

[Moonlight Magician 98]

No it can't be white because if my hat is white then the person with black hat will guess immediately that his hat would be black by looking the two white hats and said that there can never be three white hats so in another words he is also confused because there is only one possible.There are three black hats.

[Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief 197]

No it can't be white because if my hat is white then the person with black hat will guess immediately that his hat would be black by looking the two white hats and said that there can never be three white hats so in another words he is also confused because there is only one possible.There are three black hats.

Thats correct!

The guy sees two black hats. It means his hat is either black or white.(There are only two choices so .. yea)

If his hat is white,

it means his opponents would have seen this:

ONE BLACK HAT, ONE WHITE HAT.

ASSUMING that his WISE opponents are actually WISE (though i doubt this is something we would want to argue about)

...they would know very clearly that if their hats are white,

then there would be TWO WHITE HATS and the last remaining person with the Black Hat will IMMEDIATELY know that his hat is black.

However, this person with the black hat had not IMMEDIATELY realised his hat was black. And why was that? That was because he DID NOT SEE TWO white hats! Which means what he saw, was A BLACK and a WHITE Hat. Since the one who is wearing the WHITE HAT is the first wise guy, it means their own hat is black.

Therefore, his opponents would have guessed after a very SHORT while that their own hat is BLACK.

However, that was not the case. ALL of them were confused and nobody knew what to do? The only reason is that, there were THREE BLACK HATS.

Great job!

[Moonlight Magician 98]

\o/ sorry for giving me hints I can't help it i'm very bad at English deeper words

[Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief 197]

\o/ sorry for giving me hints I can't help it i'm very bad at English deeper words

You were already very close No harm giving hints

[Lia. 45]

So... next riddle?

[Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief 197]

Eh... lets try a different kind of riddle this time >_<

What comes after...

1

11

21

1211

111221

312211

13112221

?

[Lia. 45]

413112221

[Moonlight Magician 98]

1113213211

[Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief 197]

1113213211

That's right!!!

1

11

21

1211

111221

312211

13112221

?

The bottom describes what is supposedly on top.

Example.

1 -> 1 ones -> 11

11 -> 2 ones -> 21

21 -> 1 two 1 one -> 1211

1211-> 1 one 1 two 2 ones -> 111221

...

so

1 3 11 222 1 -> 11 13 21 32 11 -> 1113213211

Great job!!!

Ok. Lets have a difficult one

NEXT QUIZ:

The KING takes 8 stamps - 4 red and 4 green, and sticks two to the forehead of each of the wise men so that each of them can see all the other stamps except those remaining 2 in the King's pocket and the two on their own forehead. He then asks them in turn if they know the colors of their own stamps:

A: "No."

B: "No."

C: "No."

A: "No."

B: "Yes."

What color stamps does B have?

Seeing its rather difficult, I have added some hints:

(Try not to go onto the next hint unless you really cant think of anything)

General Hint: Remember- 4 Red, 4 Green. 6 were used. 2 were kept.

Sherlock Holmes Hint:

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth

Hint 1:

Lets assume B had red-red, is it possible for A or C to have red-red? If no, what are the options left for A and C?

Hint 2:

If B had red-red, is it possible that A had green-green? No? Why?

Hint 3:

If B had red-red and A had green-green, then C can only have one choice left. Don't you agree? So did C know that? Why didnt C know?

Hint 4:

So what will A be if B was red-red?

Hint 5:

If A and B are as of above, and C is green-green, means A sees a green-green and a red-red. Sounds familiar? *see spoiler 3*

Hint 6:

So what will A, B and C be? Is this possible? Try it with the conversation.

Hint 7:

After you have SOLVED the above hints and you still cannot get it... then ask me for it.

[Moonlight Magician 98]

...... Need Einstein's brain

[Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief 197]

...... Need Einstein's brain

Im dont have Einstein's brain. You can work this out slowly if you have the potential

And I believe you have. lols

[hikari4869 8]

geezzz, I don't know

[Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief 197]

Refer to Sherlock Holmes quote to solve the question

If you can't solve the question, solve the spoiler.