Can you solve the wizard standoff riddle? - Dan Finkel

have to give a thumbs down on this one as the rules did not explain that you were stuck with the same wand chosen at the beginning for the entire duration of the event, which ruins the whole riddle, since the rules werent clear that you could not switch wands in later rounds.

I think the probability of winning for noether 9000-miss and Gaussian-miss are indelibaretely wrong written. When you miss with %100 wand, if 2nd guy decides to hit that would be you. If he misses, 3rd guy still hits you. If 3rd guy misses or decides not hitting anyone, you all gonna turn into cats meaning still lost. If 2nd guy decides not hitting anyone, 3rd guy must hit cause otherwise all losing it. When he hits, obviously you die. He misses, you still die. What I want to tell is that if you miss with %100 chance wand, no matter what happens, you can not survive in any situation. Table gives that information a little bit wrong. Gaussion should be %1.6 and Noether 9000 and miss on purpose should be %0 instead.

A quick question, tho: How does the second-strongest wand have a worse chance of winning by missing on purpose than the strongest wand?

This doesn't work if you don't think being turned into a cat is a bad thing

For the apple riddle, it doesn't matter. Your odds of survival are 10% either way

I'm gonna go with the 60% working i rate

I NEVER REMEMBERED A HAMILTON REFERENCE IN THIS RIDDLE EP??

Reference to Hamilton huh?

Green

3rd wand and at the 2nd person

Thanks a lot, my basketball coach kicked me off the team

tbh i always wantedto be a cat, no more school and be lazy all day. besides, I'll get to eat the fish.

For the bonus riddle, the odds of surviving the duel are the same regardless of which bowl you pick. Consider the first bowl, where three apples are poisonous, and two are not, and you must eat two. The only way you lose is if you eat two poisonous apples in a row. The odds of that happening are 60%*50%, or 30%. Once you eat one poisonous apple, 2 are left, and 2 are nonpoisonous, hence the 50% chance on the second one.
In the second case, where only 2 apples are poisonous, but you have to eat 3 apples, there are 3 ways you can lose: you eat 2 poisonous apples in a row immediately; you eat one poisonous apple, one regular, and then another poisonous apple; or you eat one regular apple and then two nonpoisonous apples. Interestingly, the probability of any individual losing scenario occurring is 10%. Since there are 3 DIFFERENT ways you can lose that are mutually exclusive and happen 10% of the time, you have a 30% chance to lose this way as well.
:)

eat apple is same chance there is 1 C(5,3)=10: apple XXOOO is 12345 :eat 123, 124, 125 will die. there is 2 C(5,2)=10: apple XXXOO is 12345 :eat 12, 23, 13 will die

If you miss with the Gaussian, and the Enchantress fails to strike you down, then that’s the end of the first round. You would become a cat

Uh....I'm not exactly sure if u should choose the bannekar and miss on purpose(🤔🪄)

Bonus: It's the same for both bowls. 70% of choosing either one lets you survive. However; I would "go green" though, because why don't eat one more free apple?

Bonus: It's the same for both bowls. 70% of choosing either one lets you survive. However; I would "go green" though, because why don't eat one more free apple?

I'd rather be a cat them be stuck on Mt Everest,Become a fish or get strangled to death by vines

whoever drew the statues had a fun time with the "parts"

Spent 30+ minutes calculating probabilities to find out you can skip turns and the probabilities never come into play

Another one: Take 2 wands and cast them at the same time as the rules never stated how many wands you can use at a time or one wand uses one turn.

A duel that doesn’t involve a children’s card game! BLASPHEMY!

having higher percent chance of working doesn't make you the most dangerous, id rather be teleported to a mountain top than being transformed into stone.

The weakest wand

Love the hamilton reference

how does missing on purpise with guasian guarantee defeat

Look the video you saw is very wrong. You just assume that the wizard will attack someone who has a higher chance of hexing an opponent. The actual chance of winning within a round is 23.6% for the weakest wand, and 39.33% for the strongest; including the skip turn tactic. Your reasoning was bullsh*t in every f**cking way.

I will take the green apples

I can't believe I got that right

well cats arent os bad... i mean i can become a puss in boots like character

Oh man I didn’t even consider you could miss on purpose!! That’s so cool

oh yes, just simply miss.. didnt think of that one.. definintely clicking do not suggest on this channel forever, jesus christ what a terrible shitshow

Should mention the option to miss in the rules..

Okey, I have missundertood rules and thought passing turns is illegal. However, even than taking 60% is the best solution which gives you 34% chance of winning :)

Who ever designed this wizard tournament needs to tighten up the rules.

Umm can I teleport myself to the mountain?

last riddle ans - Doesn't matter to choose because the probility of living is 70% in both the cases

Hamilton! ❤ (throw away your shot)

i choose the 100% one and say that its the 60% one! hehe.

Just wear a backpack with everything you need to get back to your school and hit yourself with the 100% wand

Fail. The description gives the % chance of working. This implies none of this miss on purpose claptrap introduced after the setup.

It is real easy to make tough riddles when the rules change midstream. Boo! BOO!

I just watch these for fun

I like the Hamilton reference at the end

Question, what if both the wizards, Attacks you? (It might not make sense but why not)