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100 prisoners and one light bulb. What is the survival strategy?
Riddle
100 prisoners and one light bulb. What is the survival strategy?
Choose an answer
A.I am innocent
B.You will shoot me
C.I am lying
D.One prisoner acts as the counter
Hint: It's a 6-word phrase with 27 letters, starting with "O".
Answer
One prisoner acts as the counter
Why this is the answer
This is a lateral thinking puzzle where the solution relies on a non-obvious interpretation of the words used.
This riddle is filed under Expert Riddles for Adults and rated Hard.
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