Here’s a little riddle that is based on a very recognized riddle, except it uses POTC references. π
Hereβs a little riddle that is based on a very recognized riddle, except it uses POTC references.
So basically itβs likeΒ Star Trek Monopoly, a spoof of the original.
Made it up on by own and really love it so hope you do too.
You are Jack Sparrow, Captain Jack Sparrow of the Black Pearl, and are on a journey to discover untold riches of the long gone Spanish pirate Benito de Soto.
His vast amount of gold doubloons is said to be hidden in Tortuga cave on a remote island called Monte Cristo.
You finally find the cave and immediately encounter 3 chests along with many skeletal corpses surrounding the water around the chests.
One chest is labeled βgold doubloonsβ, the other βsilver doubloonsβ, and the last one βgold and silver doubloonsβ.
As you head towards the gold doubloons chest, the phantom of Benito de Soto comes up to you with his sword and challenges you to his battle of the wits that many have failed .
You bravely accept his challenge and he tells you that,
βEach chest has been incorrectly labeled. You must chose one doubloon from one chest so that you may be then afterwards correctly label the chests. IF you cheat or fail to correctly label the chests, then you will die a miserable death and replace me as phantom. IF, however, you succeed, you may leave and take my gold doubloons with you.β
Assuming that the phantom is telling the truth, how will you, Captain Jack Sparrow, label the chests correctly and avoid certain death??
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ANSWER
Open the chest that is labeled βGold & Silver Doubloonsβ.
You know that since none of the labels are correct, that chest must either containΒ only silver doubloons, orΒ only gold doubloons.
Knowing thisβ¦
If you find gold doubloons in that chest you opened, that chest can be correctly labelled as βGold Doubloonsβ, and then the chest labelled as βSilver Doubloonsβ is the chest that contains βGold & Silver Doubloonsβ, and the chest labelled as βGold Doubloonsβ is the chest that contains βSilver Doubloonsβ
OR
Vice versa, if you find silver doubloons in that chest you opened, that chest can be correctly labelled as βSilver Doubloonsβ and then the chest labelled as βGold Doubloonsβ is the chest that contains βGold & Silver Doubloonsβ, and the chest labelled as βSilver Doubloonsβ is the chest that contains βGold Doubloonsβ
So if you were able to figure it out, HUZZAH! Hereβs Jack congratulating you on a job well done.
If notβ¦
TO DAVY JONEβS LOCKER WITH YA!