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الثلاثاء جانفي 3 - 19:06 Seems about right. Try not to give too many details so others can still have a go.
I'll try and post another one shortly.
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#3. The Most Intelligent Princess
A king wants his daughter to marry the smartest of all the extremely intelligent young princes in the kingdom. The 4 very best candidates are shorlisted:
[Yes I know, but every puzzle has it's flaws, lol.]
The king's wise men devise the following intelligence test.
The 4 princes are to be gathered into a room and seated, facing one another, and are shown 4 blue hats and 3 yellow hats. They are blindfolded, and 1 hat is placed on each of their heads, with the remaining hats hidden in a different room.
The king tells them that the first prince to deduce the colour of his hat without removing it or looking at it will marry his daughter. A wrong guess will mean death. The blindfolds are then removed. Each prince must provide a written answer with either of the two colours or blank if they don't wish to answer. This avoids giving any information to the other 3 candidates.
You know that your competitors are very intelligent and want nothing more than to marry the princess. You also know that the king is a man of his word, and he has said that the test is a fair and equal test of intelligence and bravery.
But there's a twist.
The princess is seriously unimpressed by all 4 candidates and doesn't wish to be the prize in such a competition. In fact, she finds them so disgusting that she decides to interfere in the test in such a way that all 4 princes will give the wrong answer and will be put to death.
Unbeknown to the king and the princes she manages to switch the hats.
What colour hats are the 4 princes wearing when the blindfolds are removed?