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Old August 5, 2009, 01:25 AM
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Default Are you smarter than the fifth hoo...ris?

I always disliked that term because upon reading the Holy Book it'd conjure up bad feelings that I would have suppressed. But anyhoo, here's a Game Theory like conundrum:

Suppose you enter Heaven. Then you are met by five Arabian-Romanesque caryatid like houris. Only one of them is telling the truth is pretty and has good character and choosing the right answer will open the pearly gates.

H#1= Choose me I am pretty and because all of them are damn liars except me!
H#2= Choose me because 3 is lying. I am an intelligent enough to grasp that.
H#3= Choose me because I am pretty and I always tell the truth like 1 is telling the lies.
H#4= Choose me because to be honest #2 is blind to the fact that she is ugly. And I don't lie...
H#5= I am ugly please don't choose me to tell you the truth because every time I lie only truth comes out!

Which houri do you choose who has all three qualities: beauty, character:honesty and intelligence who shall open you the doors of Heaven?

[Note: Show your toolish algorithms for full marks!]

Remember: Eternal life or damnation!
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