The King's Logic Puzzle

by BerkaZerka

Tags: Puzzle

Description

The king has proposed a contest of intellect.

You have a balance scale and twelve identical looking spheres of gold - except that one is either heavier or lighter than all the rest. Using the scale and only 3 measurements, you must determine which is the 'odd ball' and whether it is lighter or heavier.

If you fail, you get to be court jester for a month. The king has a terrible sense of humor - trust me; you don't want to be court jester (even for just a month). It's part of the reason he holds this contest. It's the only way he can get anyone to 'sign-up' for the job.

If you can correctly guess the 'odd ball,' but not whether it's lighter or heavier than all the others, you get to go free.

But if you can get the right ball AND figure out whether it's lighter or heavier - you get to keep all twelve spheres of gold. They're worth a small fortune - enough to buy your own keep - which would raise you up from lowly Surf to rich Landowner in the blink of an eye.

What do you have to lose - except your dignity...

Stats

(on a scale of 1 to 8)

Maturity Level: 1 - appropriate for all ages
Story Difficulty: 6 - wandering through the desert
Play Length: 4 - A well spent lunch break
Player Rating: 6 - it's worth every cent (based on 21 ratings)
My Rating: you have not yet rated this game
Played 17 times and finished 5 times since 4/12/2012

Comments

Cool game

-- CovElite (Score of 5000)
4/28/2012 2:56:33 AM:

Really good but...hard.
Warning: This is for smart people only. That doesn't include me.

-- cysid2 (Score of 0)
4/24/2012 8:49:07 PM:

knew it was one out of three and guessed right

-- betaband (Score of 5000)
3/1/2012 9:45:47 PM:

Try removing two balls on each side away.

123456--------------789101112
12345------------7891011
etc.

-- Swiftstryker (Score of 5000)
2/29/2012 8:10:03 PM:

Woohoo! Got it on my first try. (Try cutting off two balls one each side.)

-- Swiftstryker (Score of 5000)
2/29/2012 8:08:17 PM:

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