Did you solve it? The mystery of Portia's caskets
by Alex Bellos from on (#2CHHW)
The answer to today's Shakespearean logic puzzle
Earlier today I set you the following Puzzle, from Raymond Smullyan's What is the name of this book?
Beautiful Portia has three caskets: one gold, one silver and one lead. Inside one of them is her portrait. Her father's will has determined that any suitor must choose the casket with the portrait in order to win her hand in marriage.
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