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The Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever

Three gods: one truthful, one lying, one random — in a language you can't read.

by MindYourPuzzle

Dubbed "the hardest logic puzzle ever" by the philosopher who popularized it. Deep breath.

Three gods — A, B, and C — are called, in some order, True, False, and Random:

  • True always answers truthfully.
  • False always lies.
  • Random answers completely randomly (as if by coin flip).

Your task: determine which god is which by asking three yes/no questions — but:

  • Each question is put to exactly one god (you may ask the same god more than once).
  • The gods understand your language, but answer in their own: they say "ja" or "da" — and you don't know which word means "yes" and which means "no."

Can you always identify all three gods in just 3 questions — yes or no?

(Answer "yes" or "no".)

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