Bearing in mind that the queen has said that at least one man has cheated, there could be more than a single adulterer.
我們必須記住女王提到,至少有一名男子背叛妻子,這也就意味著該數目可能大于等于一.
If there are two cheaters, 98 women will know who they are. The next day when the wives who have been cheated on see that nobody has been executed they will realise the only explanation is that their husbands are the culprits, and will kill them.
如果村里有兩名男子背叛妻子,那便有98位婦人知道他們的身份.次日,他們的妻子沒有發現有人被處以死刑,那么婦人就會明白,唯一的可能就是自己丈夫,隨后殺之.
By that logic, 100 cheating husbands will be executed on the 100th day, as the riddle states that every man in the village has cheated on his wife.
依邏輯推斷,那100名有婚外情的男子會在第100天時通通被處死,正如謎題所述,村莊里的每個男人都曾背叛過自己的妻子.
A riddle about pirates sounds complicated but the answer is in fact quite simple.
有一個關于海盜的謎題看似玄乎復雜,但事實上答案十分簡單.
You're the captain of a pirate ship, and your crew gets to vote on how the gold is divided up.
假設你是一艘海盜船的船長,你的船員們就如何分配黃金的問題進行投票.
'If fewer than half of the pirates agree with you, you die. How do you recommend apportioning the gold in such a way that you get a good share of the booty, but still survive?
如果你的分配方案得不到半數支持,你就會被殺死.在自己可以活命的前提下,你如何分配才能拿到最多的財寶？
The solution is to share 51 percent of the treasure.
答案是分掉51%的黃金.
Another logic puzzled candidates were given to solve was: 'How many times a day do the hands of a clock overlap?'
"一天中,時鐘的時針和分針會重合幾次？"這是應聘者們被要求回答的又一個邏輯難題.
The hands overlap once an hour, but 11 times in 12 hours and 22 times in a day. This is because the overlap at 12 has already been accounted for.
時針和分針每小時重疊一次,但在12小時內會重疊11次,一天之內重疊22次.這是因為在12時位置的指針重合已經計算在內.
The overlaps occur at 12, 1.05, 2.11, 3:16, 4:22, 5:27, 6:33, 7:38, 8:44, 9:49 and 10:55 in the morning and after midday at 12, 1.05, 2:11, 3:16, 4:22, 5:27, 6:33, 7:38, 8:44, 9:49 and 10:55.
重合時間點分別是上午12:00,1:05,2:11,3:16,4:22,5:27,6:33,7:38,8:44,9:49,10:55以及下午12:00,1:05,2:11,3:16,4:22,5:27,6:33,7:38,8:44,9:49,10:55.
英文來源：每日郵報
