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Old 12-01-2001, 03:21 PM   #73
Staralfur
Baaz Draconian
 

Join Date: April 8, 2001
Location: Nottingham, UK
Age: 45
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quote:
Originally posted by SixOfSpades:
Staralfur:

How many questions do they get? If one spy guesses and turns out to be wrong, do they all die? Or if one spy gives his answer (which is heard by the others), do the others still get to go?

If it's sudden-death, Spy 3 has a 66% chance of guessing right.
If at least 2 spies may answer, Spy 1 and Spy 3 each have a 100% chance, IF Spy 4 goes first.



Only one guess is allowed, although it isn't a guess really, and they are not allowed to communicate, in this way or any other.
One of them is able to say what the color of their hat is, so this situation doesn't really arise.
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