A king’s beautiful daughter reaches marriageable age and the kingdom is besieged by princely courters from across the fairy tale land. Wishing to marry his daughter off to the prince most likely to be a thoughtful king when the old king dies and he inherits the throne, the king devises a riddle for the many princes to solve. The king places a note that states, “You may marry my daughter and , when I die, inherit my realm.” He places this note in one of three boxes. In the other boxes he places poisonous snakes. The first box is made of gold and has the inscription, “Your prize is inside this box,” carved into the lid. The second box is made of silver and carved on its lid is the inscription, “Your desired prize is not inside this box.” The third box, made of lead, states, “The inscription on the gold box is untrue.” The king tells the princes that there is only one true statement on all three boxes.
Presuming none of the Princes want to open a box containing a poisonous snake in which box is the desired prize? A. Gold B. Silver C. Lead On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Thomas Reinhardt < [email protected]> wrote: > > > Tom Reinhardt > Fire Inspector/Plan Reviewer > Skokie Fire Department > 7424 Niles Center Road > Skokie, IL 60077 > Office: 847-982-5342 > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Technology Bates Technical College 1101 So. Yakima Ave. Tacoma, WA 98405 [email protected] http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ 253.680.7346 253.576.9700 (cell) Member: ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC, WFSC They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) A problem well stated is a problem half solved. -Charles F. Kettering, inventor and engineer (1876-1958) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
