Brainteaser/Puzzle Corner (Part 4)

What do you mean lol ???

 

A dent decreases the volume of the can thus decreasing its capacity by 1mL.

Also I got 3 right you just didn't notice. So mean

W00T 1000 Posts

 

Okey ^_^ fine lol, just wait for 72 hours for power up i did not noticed that ??? : hehehe anyway 1000 POST lol, Congrats you are now a HERO MY FRIEND ;D

 

No I'm good. I would rather earn my power level than win it.

 

Hehehe OKEY :good:

 

of course he is powerless, it the same as having the US president, the pope and bill gates in the same room and you are the only one with a gun.

sure the president is powerful, but at that particular time in that particular room, there's nothing the president can do to stop you from shooting him. all his powers are for nothing if he is dead.

 

Very true on the second one bird of prey! , That's why I only thought something like air , gas ect.

 

I really can't tell if this riddle is supposed to to have some sort of trick answer, or just be a think-it-through type of deal. Anyway, my guess...

The King lives, the sellsword kills the Rich Man and the Priest. In every culture in the history of man (yes, I study history, shut up) that has had a King and used Gold as currency, the prescribed religion of that time has been decidedly anti-murder, and at the same time, decidedly pro-King. We also know that in these cultures, those of common birth were only shown the one religion of the area, and would most often go their entire lives without knowing of the existence of other religions. If they knew about other religions, they would only know of them as heretics who needed to be killed. Therefore, we can assume one of two things about the priest.

1) The Priest is of the religion of the King and the Sellsword. If this statement is true, then he is clearly not a very good one. Ordering the death of anyone who it not a heretic, especially the King, in the name of the Gods, is NOT something that a priest of any of these times would do. The fact that he did means that to not follow the Priest's orders would certainly not bring about the wrath of the Sellsword's perceived God.

or

2) The Priest is of a religion other than the one practiced by the King and Sellsword. In this case, the Sellsword would have absolutely no reason to follow the Priest's orders, and in fact may even be disgraced in doing so. (Most mercenaries in history have been surprisingly religious.)

Either way, the Sellsword has nothing to gain by following the Priest's orders. Therefore, it is between the Rich Man and the King. People in this thread have been saying that the King is powerless while in this room, while somehow failing to realize that he's the f*king KING. His power comes intrinsically, whereas the Rich Man's power comes materially.

Therefore, I put forth the notion that the Sellsword kills the Rich Man first, and then the Priest. After first being thanked by the King (briefly, he IS a King after all), the Sellsword humbly requests a moment alone in order to pray and assure the Gods that he meant them no offence in killing a Priest. The King, of course, must grant this request, and leaves the room. The Sellsword, for reasons I explained above, has no need to pray, and instead takes his sweet time sorting through the Rich Man's gold and pocketing as much of it as he possibly can. If he's anything like English or Spanish Medieval Mercenaries (which, with the presence of a King and Gold as currency, I suspect he is,) then he will be very skilled at this endeavour.

In the end, he's much richer, is in the King's favour, and is at the VERY least, not in the God's disfavour, and even has a chance of being in the God's favour. He comes out on top in every way.


Of course, there's a SLIGHT chance that I'm overthinking this. It's also possible that either noone dies, or the Sellsword dies, if we're working of the presumption that the King does indeed retain his powers.

 

sorry guys i was gone for so long. i had an interview a while ago and yesterday i had a psychological test. lol.

okay, protosscommander got it first and apparently Hadean got it completely. LT wasn't really sure of his answer.

okay, right now i don't have any additional quotes because i don't have extra minerals for prizes. i'll ask the admin for another hook up.

 

so what he's the f*king KING, he's a man just like anyone else, not chosen by god as most kings like to believe. what f*king "intrinsic" power does the king have when there's a piece of steel stuck in his heart. your argument about the world outside the room is irrelevant. whoever dies still depends on the sellsword. he could be stupid or faithless or harbors treacherous thoughts or anything in between. he's beliefs could be anything (e.g. not beliving the king has anything to do with god or believing the priest is an idiot)

he could kill all of them or none of them or any other combination. his sword is power in that room. everything depends on him.

 

Yehey, i Got the correct answer, Thanks Josh

 

uhh josh isnt this right?

 

Friend, the correct answer i got is Aladdin,he is the one who mensioned its not the genie friend

 

No, he couldn't. I can understand how there would be that illusion, but the fact of the matter is that the human brain just isn't wired that way. We have a logical, deductive brain, and killing everyone in that room doesn't make any sense. We were given no evidence that the Sellsword was a homicidal maniac, and the picture we were painted was that he was just your standard generic mercenary.

That being said, this room is just part of the world. All the power that the King would have out there, he has in here. Now, I am not disagreeing that it's a physical possiblity that he could kill the King. He's the one with the sword (assumingly) so he could, in theory, just walk up and stab the guy. But you wouldn't. For the same reason you wouldn't shoot a mob boss. You could, but the negative consequences are WAY too huge for the human brain to legitimately consider it.

Think about it. You could, in theory, smash your fist through the computer monitor right now, right? But you won't, because the negative consequences FAR outweigh the positive consequences. Physically, it's possible to do it. But it's not legitimately an option.

My point? The King has power because he's the King. He has political power, consent of the church, noble family ties, etc etc. Kill him, and you're an enemy of the kingdom, you've got a bounty on your head, you're labelled a heretic, you can't purchase land, etc. And that doesn't even apply to just you. That goes for your children, your wife, your grandkids, your mom, and anyone unfortunate enough to share your blood for the next century.

When one is a humble mercenary, one does not kill the King without a VERY, VERY good reason.


EDIT: I just realized that this post may be somewhat incoherent, so I'm gonna try and clear it up. Basically, my point is that the King's power over the Merc doesn't have to be physical. It doesn't have to be gaurds leaping into action, or a lightning bolt suddenly hitting him if he attacks the King. The power he has is psychological, and simply comes with being the King. The power he has lies in the ridiculously over-the-top consequences that the Sellsword anticipates. The King makes his future. Do him a favour, and your future is made. Cross him, and your future is gone. As well as the rest of your families.

 

man that riddle was posted like 9 pages and 1 1/2 weeks ago, u guys should just let it die

(heres my major hint for his riddle)
its a quote from a book

also i finaly got around to sending people the money who answered my riddles like 11 pages ago, i was busy. but now im broke so i'll start posting some riddles when sc2forum hooks me up.

 

in the very first aladin movie, genie says that to aladin. when they first meet.
i believe at the end aladin says it again to jafar at the end of the movie.

 

erm... why would aladin say this?
"phenomenal cosmic power!........ to itty bitty living space."
sounds like genie complaining about living in the small lamp. eh, i dunno it's been a while since the movie.

 

Oh god, it's a quote from a book? Man, people got stop messing with my brain like that.

Okay well, my guess is... Jim. Jim dies.



On the Aladdin thing, I'm pretty sure that Aladdin only says the "itty-bitty living space" part of the quote. So the full quote would have to be attributed to Genie.

 

genie says it to aladdin first in the cave, then aladdin says it to the bad guy...jafar?


And yet he is no one. He has neither crown nor gold nor favor of the gods, only a piece of pointed steel.

 

thats what i said hillz, but commander said that he put aladin and got it right. which is why i was confused.

and i think aladin says it at the end to mock jafar who wished to be a genie. but the genie definately says it first.