HardMath and Logic
1 poisoned bottle in 1000. Prisoners needed?
Riddle
1 poisoned bottle in 1000. Prisoners needed?
Choose an answer
A.1,000 prisoners
B.500 prisoners
C.1 prisoner
D.10 prisoners
Hint: It's a word with 9 letters, starting with "1".
Answer
10 prisoners
Why this is the answer
Give each prisoner a unique combination of bottles to sip from based on binary (0 and 1). The specific combination of prisoners who get sick creates a binary code for the poisoned bottle number.
This riddle is filed under Expert Riddles for Adults and rated Hard.
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