What do you ask?, page-5

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    "If I asked you "does this door lead to the castle" would you say yes?"

    Classic logic problem of determining a positive by forcing a double negative, i.e. forcing the lying guard to lie twice. Assuming the guard asked is guarding the death door:

    QuestionTruthful guardLying guard
    1Does this door lead to the castle?NoYes (Lying because it doesn't)
    2Would you say 'yes'NoNo (Lying because he would say 'yes' to first question
 
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