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OH NO, firemonkey has been kidnapped!!!
The evil king Sisyphus (no relation) kidnaps the handsome hero firemonkey and his equally heroic cousin powdermonkey and takes them to his far away kingdom.
He incarcerates them incommunicado in two separate rooms in his evil tower. The rooms each have one window that looks out over the kingdom. Before closing the doors they are told that they will be released if they can say how many villages there are in the kingdom. Each day the jailer will visit them and ask how many villages there are. If they choose to answer it must be correct or they will be executed in such a manner that they will probably not risk guessing. Because king Sisyphus is not irredeemably evil he does tell them that there are either ten or thirteen villages and that between them they can see all the villages. Our handsome hero looks out, sees four villages, and draws up a cunning plan. Sure enough the plan works and he is the one that confidently tells the jailer the correct answer. How did he do it? And for a bonus point, how many villages are there? Please spoiler your answers so as not to spoil things for others. Thanks. I saw this quite a few years ago and I enjoyed it. I think I remember it correctly, sort of. |
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For the emoji use alone
The forum could do with a daily quiz, give the grey cells some exercise! This question is beyond me tho |
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I don't think I could do one like that every day, my brain would expolde.
Like most puzzles this one is easier than it looks. Not that that is any recommendation because it looks impossible at first glance. Looking on the positive side, the harder they are the bigger the buzz when you get that AHA!! moment. Don't just yet. |
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Good puzzle Sisyphus. I gave it a go, but I assumed that Firemonkey and Powdermonkey couldn't see the same villages to get my answer, so I might be well off the mark lol.
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Wow this is a real puzzler.
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It is fiendish but it is one of those where it can be solved in steps.
You can find bits of the answer but not be able to see how to use them until you have another bit. All of a sudden they all click into place. I don't think I have given much away by saying this. On the other hand we could start a revolution, rise up and overthrow the king, and release all the prisoners from the tower. |
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^ Am I allowed to ask, if firemonkey can see the villages can he also see the people in them?
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I think I've figured it out now that I'm charged up with two strong cups of coffee.
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Excellent! I'm quite pleased with myself lol. Do you want me to remove my answer, Sisyphus?
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What question would you ask anyway? How could you trust any answer?
The jailer probably comes from the village, would you trust them? You now know that the puzzle can be solved with the information you already have because Marco did it. I could give some spoilerd hints if you like or you could very quickly double click on the spoilers to get a feel of the answer without cheating too much. |
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^ No I was thinking someone from the village could shout from one to the other or something, I was thinking too far outside the box lol.
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Hi Marco,
I think you can be double smug for that. Let's be mean and leave the answers there to be a temptation. It will be a sort of marshmallow test. |
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^^ Thinking outside the box is good. Solving puzzles like this is good mental exercise.
You can learn as much from finding the wrong way to do it as you can the right. Deep down I am a 'rescuer' and I want to help you solve the puzzle. That is why I have told you too much already. |
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So what you're saying is, you're gonna start a dedicated puzzle thread to keep us mentally stimulated and get us all through lockdown
Thank you, sir |