Tag: logic

A couple of weeks ago, I set you a puzzle based on prisoners escaping their captivity. Read it here if you haven’t seen it. If you’ve given it some thought and are struggling with it, here’s a hint for you. Clearly they’re not going to just open lockers at random. Think about, as a prisoner…

Here’s an interesting puzzle for you. One hundred prisoners are kept in a prison (obviously!). One day the prison warder comes by and tells them that they have a chance to escape. The downside is, that if they fail to escape, they will all be executed. In order to facilitate this escape, they are given…