The puzzle was invented by the logician and puzzle-master Raymond Smullyan, and modified slightly by the computer scientist John McCarthy.
Solution found by Ronald Bergeron on march 12 2009.
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The puzzle:
Three gods A, B, and C are called, in some order, True, False, and Random. True always speaks truly, False always speaks falsely, but Random speaks truly or falsely is a completely random matter.
Your task is to determine the identities of A, B, and C by asking three yes-no questions; each question must be put to exactly one god.
The gods understand english, but will answer in their own language, in which the words for yes and no are "da" and "ja", in some order. You do not know which word means which.
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The solution found by Ronald Bergeron on march 12 2009.
