Who is telling the truth?

[Winston]

Six habitual criminals are brought in for interrogation following a string of robberies. Afterwards, the sheriff asks each one of them to state whether the others have been telling the truth during their interrogations.

Now, the sheriff is well acquainted with the six delinquents in question, and he knows that only one of the following answers is true.

Which one is it?

Adams: "My five friends here are telling the truth, of course."

Benson: "As usual, all of those four morons from the creek are lying."

Creek-Cooper: "Only one of the two distinguished gentlemen before me was telling the truth."

Dixon of the Creek: "My three friends have just been telling you the truth", referring to the three who spoke before him.

Everts Creekdweller: "Nobody who has spoken so far has told the truth."

Fredericks O'Creek: "You're all a bunch of liars."

[Lawrence of Arabia]

everts creekdweller is telling the truth.

[Whoha]

my guess is E, or Everts Creekdweller.

[SlowwHand]

Creek-Cooper

[OzzyKP]

Yup, that's my guess too.

[Winston]

Seems it was a bit too easy. Though not for me when I saw it in the paper. I had to peek at the answer.

What if the sheriff is lying?

[Whoha]

If the sheriff is lying then you have to evaluate the statements that claim that more then one person is telling the truth, and the statement that everyone is lying. it all works out though.

[Spiffor]

Re: Who is telling the truth?

teh Reagan of course.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

dixon eliminates himself and the first guy.

cooper eliminates benson who eliminates him

which means everts is correct.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Creek-Cooper

Logically ruled out. If exactly one of the two speaking before him was speaking the truth then he too would be speaking the truth, making 2 people speaking the truth and violating one of the precepts of the problem.

[KrazyHorse]

Adams is obviously ruled out. Benson is ruled out by Creek-Cooper's statement (see above). Creek-cooper has already been dismissed. Dixon obviously ruled out. O'Creek's statement, if true, would mean that Creekdweller's statement was also true, making 2 true statements, both violating the rules of the game and contradicting itself.

By process of elimination, Creekdweller alone remains.

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Its easy, really:

Adams: "My five friends here are telling the truth, of course."

He's not really friends with them.

Benson: "As usual, all of those four morons from the creek are lying."

The guys from the creek are actually pretty smart.

Creek-Cooper: "Only one of the two distinguished gentlemen before me was telling the truth."

"Distinguished gentlemen"? HA!

Dixon of the Creek: "My three friends have just been telling you the truth", referring to the three who spoke before him.

See Answer: "Adams"

Everts Creekdweller: "Nobody who has spoken so far has told the truth."

This is true.

Fredericks O'Creek: "You're all a bunch of liars."

Well...that may be true...but in this context, he lies, because the guy before told the truth.

[KrazyHorse]

Your logic is....interesting.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Your logic is....interesting.

He's an artist

[The Emperor Fabulous]

But plausible