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I'm more concerned with the "why" aspect of the question.

Correct, Norroen! Your turn

The first storey? People need to come down.

Your turn, Sinister!

I don't know any logic puzzles. So my turns up for grabs.

I'll take it then . Let's do another "hats" puzzle.

Six children chose to participate in a puzzle in which the first child to solve it correctly would get an ice cream. The other children would get nothing. The children were told that they were to be given either a black or white hat to wear. They would be unable to see the colour of their own hat, but could see the colour of the hats of the other children. To solve the puzzle correctly, a child must guess the colour of their own hat. They were told that there was at least one black hat and one white hat, but were not given any other information. Three of the children were given black hats, and the remaining three were given white hats. Being very intelligent children, they all spent some time considering the puzzle before simply guessing. Are any of the children able to solve the puzzle, and if so, how?

Edit: Originally the children were just told that there was at least one black hat. I have changed it so that they have now been told that there is at least one black hat and at least one white hat. The answer to the puzzle is still essentially the same.

A long shot:



Another shot:

That's a nice starting point, Mars :p

Edit: I have changed the puzzle so that now the children are aware that there is and at least one white hat as well as at least one black hat. With this addition, the answer to the puzzle is essentially the same.

Incorrect. Only the first child to guess gets an ice cream.

So they have to shout in chorus to get their share?

... I don't know what would happen if they shouted in chorus... ... ... *brain explodes*

Incorrect.

No lol; they are not allowed to take their hat off and look at it :p.

I should point out that without any information on how many hats of each colour there were, they puzzle would not be solvable. Even if one child could see five white hats, without knowing whether there was at least one black hat, they couldn't reasonably deduce that their own hat was black; they could only guess.

Something tells me the two details, ice cream and one black and white hat, are very important points.







We can come to the conclusion that is impossible to answer the hat from deduction and there is some other kind if reasoning to figure it out.

That's what I was talking about earlier. Either it's a common condition for all possible hat combinations, or that's where the trick lies.

Since the stake here is one ice-cream, teamwork is out of the question. Every child is out for him/herself to get the preciousss.

Even if the children aren't told there is at least one black and one white hat, since they are given three of each they would know there's at least one of each. Right? I mean there's nothing separating them or keeping them from just forming a circle and looking at all the other hats.