osman@roxie.DEC (Eric, Digital, Maynard, 617 493-6664) (02/11/86)
> You are staggering down a road ready to give up on life >when you come to a fork in the road where there are two people >standing. You have heard about this place. One of the roads goes >straight to a hospital and the other to a alligator-infested >swamp. One of these people always tells the truth and the other >always lies. You can ask either person one question and only >one question in order to determine which way the hospital is. >What would be the question and to whom would you ask it? The question would obviously be "Which way is the hospital, please?" I would ask it to the person that tells the truth. >How would this question help you to determine which way to go? Whichever way they said, I'd go ! Jeesh, doesn't anyone have any hard puzzles anymore ? /Eric