So this dude wants to go to Rome. Only, he doesn't quite know the way. So he is on his way, but to his horror, he sees that the road splits, one branch going to the left and the other to the right. Which way should he go, to the left or right?
But then he meets this old man who is willing to help. He admits he doesn't know the way to Rome either, he is just to old to remember. But the old man does tells him that there are two houses near by and the people living in those houses do know the way to Rome. But he warns our dude that in one of the houses, the people living there always lie and the people in the other house always tell the truth. But again, he forgot which house was which.
Our dude is in a hurry and doesn't want to go to both houses to ask for directions and he only want's to ask one question (just trust me that he only want's to ask one question ).
So the what does he ask? He can't ask directly "what way leads to Rome" because he won't know if they are telling the truth. He can't ask "He is the color of my shirt green" to determine if they are speaking the truth because he would then have to ask an additional question. So what question does he ask?

If I were to ask the other guy which road led to Rome, what would he say?

Get whatever answer, and go the other way.

It doesn't matter though, all roads lead to Rome.

Doh .... Tell me you knew the answer to that one before hand. I coulden't figure it out till someone gave me a hint.

I think I heard it a while back.

levae to a brane ded guy to figure that one out... lol

I still don't get it. How does both roads leads to rome?

Sigh...

It's an old saying that during the Roman Empire, "All roads lead to Rome."

--Shade

Here is another, and I'm posting it because I actually solved it myself. Say you have 3 or more sacks of gold, all but 1 are real. You have only a penny scale and 1 penny (ONE measurement ONE time) How do you eliminate the fake sack knowing only that the real gold coins all have the same weight and the fakes have the same differant weight? It doesn't matter how many sack you assume, 3 or more, no limit. I got this from an old detective show called Columbo by the way

Don't know the answer to Whiteshark's question, but here's another:

what goes up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney up?

FIRE!!!! FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


as for witsehark:, throw them up into the air over a volcano, that should solve your problem

The one question he asks is:
"If I ask the guy in the OTHER house, which road will he tell me to take?"

Then that's the road NOT to take.

SciYro - nope, not fire.

What's that supposed to mean?

All the real coins weigh the same, all the fake also weigh the same, but not the same as the real ones

Oooh.