Danielle knows I like a good logic problem, so she sent this poser my way tonight.
There are 3 men in a dark room full of hats. Two of the hats are red, and all the rest are black. The men enter the room in the dark, put on a hat, and then the lights are turned on.
The first man looks at the other two and states,
"I see what you two are wearing, but I don't know which color hat I am wearing."
The second fellow looks at the others and says the same thing,
"I see what you two are wearing, but I don't know which color hat I am wearing."
The third man, who is blind, says,
"I cannot see what you two fellows are wearing, but I know what color *I* am wearing."
So, what color hat is the blind man wearing?
SPOILER ALERT: He's wearing black. :) I have always loved this riddle, but I've heard it told a different way. Three men are sitting single file in a room and are randomly given a hat from a bag in which there are 2 white hats and 3 red hats. They are only allowed to look forward and are given an incentive of $1,000,000 if they can correctly tell which color hat they are wearing. They are also told they will be killed for incorrect guesses. several minutes go by and the man in the front raises his hand, names his hat's color and recieves the money. (In this case, he's wearing red. :) )
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