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Johan_Gunardi
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Another Solution to Criminal Cupbearers
« on: May 20th, 2007, 6:26pm » |
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I think the King only need to murder one prisoner. The prisoner drinks 1000 wine bottles in a week. He drinks one bottle per ten minutes. The poison will take effect after a month. So the King can conclude which wine bottle contains the poison.
Tell me what do you think.
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Re: Another Solution to Criminal Cupbearers
« Reply #1 on: May 20th, 2007, 8:07pm » |
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I think that is one amazing poison - to take a month to kill, but to do so with less than 10 minutes of variation in the amount of time needed.
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Re: Another Solution to Criminal Cupbearers
« Reply #2 on: May 21st, 2007, 8:49am » |
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I think, were I the King, I would be disinclined to risk drinking any of the bottles "near" the one implicated - I'd hate to die because the poison was half an hour faster or slower than predicted...
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