Nara-chan 38 Report post Posted June 9, 2014 Do you know about the traditional "Pirates and Gold" question? Well, it enforces a thing called "Game Theory", in where you have to think how your opponent thinks. Here's a variation of the "Pirates and Gold" question: There are 5 pirates who have 100 pieces of gold. They split it up as follows: a. The highest ranking pirate will suggest a division. They then hold a voting process to see if the majority will agree or not. b. If majority agrees, the coins will be divided as such. c. If majority does not agree, the pirate who suggested it will be killed and the next in rank will suggest another division until they reach an agreement. d. Equal votes do not count as majority. All the pirates are greedy, rational and logical. Greedy as they are, they value their lives above everything else. They are also ruthless, not hesitating to kill someone if he cannot gain anything from him being alive. You are the highest ranking pirate. What is the maximum number of coins you can get without being killed? Misc.Riddles: A fisherman was asked by someone on the number of fish he had caught. He replied, "I caught 6 without heads, 8 half bodied, and 9 without tails." How many fish did he catch that day? Arrange 6 coins in a triangle such that each side has 4 coins. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief 197 Report post Posted June 9, 2014 Oooh!! I've asked a similar one before! XD http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/forum/topic/1214-answer-that-riddle/?p=59956 So I somehow know the answer xD I'll answer the one below then. 15? And uh... Stack them on top of each other! Like this! O OO Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nara-chan 38 Report post Posted June 9, 2014 ^ I saw that, neechan, but this is slightly different. You do start with 2 pirates, though. Â Â No. Â Â Uh, I don't get it, neechan :/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief 197 Report post Posted June 9, 2014 The coins! Three coins make one triangle. Then stack another three coins on top of it. :V 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nara-chan 38 Report post Posted June 9, 2014 ^ Yup, that's correct! Wow, that was fast! Â Â rep for you, neechan! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A L 217 Report post Posted June 9, 2014 Whut the fish (yes I use this phrase IRL). *cough* 23? (fishes caught). Â And the highest number of coins the pirate can get, 60? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nara-chan 38 Report post Posted June 9, 2014 1. No 2. No Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A L 217 Report post Posted June 9, 2014 But a fish is a fish and you didn't ask how many fishes could he make if he assembled the parts he caught/full fish and how the heck does one catch a headless fish anyway?! Or is the answer zero is it not? >.> Â PS: *did Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nara-chan 38 Report post Posted June 9, 2014  Don't rant here  >->  *P.S. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A L 217 Report post Posted June 9, 2014 But don't these things have to make sense or is my perception of reality too stupid?  PS: It is acceptable to write without the stops :V   A fisherman was asked by someone on the number of fish he had caught. He replied, "I caught 6 fish without heads, 8 half bodied fish and 9 fish without tails." How many fish to he catch that day?  ^ :< why you break my heart. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nara-chan 38 Report post Posted June 9, 2014 Â Sorry. I didn't know it what you were referring to. NO SPAMMING. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A L 217 Report post Posted June 9, 2014 You still haven't answered my question and are treating it as a rant :VÂ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nara-chan 38 Report post Posted June 9, 2014 Â Read the question again. Â Â It is a rant. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A L 217 Report post Posted June 9, 2014 Then answer the rant please. :V did he catch 4 fishes? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nara-chan 38 Report post Posted June 9, 2014 Â No. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief 197 Report post Posted June 9, 2014 9 fish. All of them are without tails. :V Â EDITS:OH WAIT. NONE 0. He caught all the fish last time. :V Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A L 217 Report post Posted June 9, 2014 9 fish. All of them are without tails. :V Â EDITS: OH WAIT. NONE 0. He caught all the fish last time. :V Â It's not zero though :VÂ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rukia Kurosaki 357 Report post Posted June 9, 2014 Well, if there's no overlap between the half-bodied and headless/tailless fish, which I assume there isn't because to remove those would make it less than half a body, then he had to catch at least 13, so I'll make that my base guess and go from there since I haven't seen a riddle in a while. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nara-chan 38 Report post Posted June 9, 2014 No to all of you~~~ Why not try the pirate problem? It's fun to solve~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rukia Kurosaki 357 Report post Posted June 9, 2014 Pirate? Didn't see that one. *goes back to read it* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A L 217 Report post Posted June 9, 2014 No to all of you~~~ Why not try the pirate problem? It's fun to solve~ Â But I said it's not zero and if you say no to that it would mean it is zero O.O" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nara-chan 38 Report post Posted June 10, 2014 I mean, no to all the attempts to solve the riddle :V Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief 197 Report post Posted June 10, 2014 Let me answer the pirate question. 95 gold. :V Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nara-chan 38 Report post Posted June 10, 2014 No :V Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief 197 Report post Posted June 10, 2014 No? :3 Then it's 97 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
