puzzles and riddles

[jean-luc]

'Cause he feels like it. I don't care what you say thats the correct answer.

 

You're driving a bus. At the first stop, 20 people get on; 15 small children and 5 parents(presumably). At the second stop, 2 women and 1 man with a bicycle get on, and 1 parent gets off with 2 kids. At the third stop, 20 people get on, making the bus a little crowded. At the fourth stop, 2 people get off. What is the color of the bus driver's hair?

[Brassow]

The bus driver has no hair because he is an anime dinosaur.

[jean-luc]

wow, that was quick. guess it works better when it's said out loud and you can't go back to see what was said

[sushi]

Haha! Well Brassow, do you have one?

[jean-luc]

I've got one:

A rich man tells his two sons to ride their gocarts through a desert, and whoever's gocart arrives last gets the fortune. The sons wander through back and forth as slow as they can, before they come up to a wise man and ask him for advice. After recieving the wise mans advice, they end up racing to the end of the desert.

 

What did the wise man tell them?

 

Also while googling for riddles I found the "answer" to sushi's elevator/stairs riddle. Supposedly, the man is too short to reach the buttons, but on a rainy day he has an umbrella that can hit the buttons. This man must want to exercise, because being short also makes it harder to climb stairs, so this guy must've figured out he could bring a small stick with him.

[Brassow]

To... race to the end of the desert?

Also: I'm not a fan of writing or finding riddles. So if I solve another, I'll just leave it to another person to write it.

[Yuki]

Jean-luc, they stole each other's carts.

[jean-luc]

Yes brassow, to the end sorry.

correct yuki!

 

anyone got another riddle?

[Guest]

I have one that I've been saving.

 

Three apprentice wizards decide to have a magical duel. The rules of the duel state that each apprentice gets a turn to attempt to cast a sleeping spell on one other apprentice. The last wizard awake wins. (Edit: After the last apprentice's turn, the order starts over.)

 

One of the apprentices, Aristotle, can only successfully cast the spell 50% of the time. The other two, Socrates and Plato, can cast the spell with 100% success. Aristotle takes his turn first, to give him a sporting chance. The other two flip a coin to decide who goes next.

 

The apprentices are smart, and will do whatever gives them the best chance at victory. What is Aristotle's best strategy, and if he follows it, what is his chance of winning?

[sushi]

There's a 50% chance that Aristotle puts someone to sleep on his first turn. That's actually bad for him, because that leaves one wizard awake, who will immediately take his turn, and will have no one to target but Aristotle, and have a 100% chance of defeating Aristotle and winning.

 

If Aristotle fails to put anyone to sleep on his first turn, the wizard who goes second will target the wizard who goes third, because that wizard is a greater threat than Aristotle. Then Aristotle will have a 50% chance of winning.

 

So it's in Aristotle's best interest to fail on his first turn, and succeed on his second. If he's allowed to pass on his first turn, or deliberately fail, he should do that, and he'll have a 50% chance of winning. If he's not allowed to, he has a 25% chance of winning.

 

Is that it? Is there something I'm missing?