Thread:Enigma Puzzlemasters/@comment-1479469-20111202210507

There were long ago three elder gods, A, B, and C, they were once called, One of their words were always true, One of them always lied to you, And the truth of the last, it was random.

They all know English, these great gods, And you can ask them what questions you may, Yet their manner of answer is very odd, For "da" and "ja" are all they say.

We know one meant "yes", and one meant "no", But say which was which we could not, We were really stuck in a very bad spot, And we were hoping you'd help us, you know?

Your task: you must ask questions three, No more, no less, just questions three, With only yes/no questions, please, You must find, of A, B, and C: Who speaks true, which false, and which random.

(Plain English Translation: Three gods, A, B, and C, are called - in no particular order - True, False, and Random. True always speaks truly, False always speaks falsely, but whether Random speaks truly or falsely is a completely random matter (unpredictable). Your task is to determine the identities of A, B, and C by asking three and only three yes-no questions; each question must be put to exactly one god. The gods understand English, but will answer all questions in their own language, in which the words for yes and no are "da" and "ja", in some order. You do not know which word means which.)

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