Puzzle - The Lion and the Unicorn Last Updated : 18 Jan, 2023 Comments Improve Suggest changes Like Article Like Report Question: In the forest, a girl encounters a lion and a unicorn. Every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the lion tells lies, but on the other days, he tells the truth. The unicorn tells the truth the rest of the week but lies on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. The lion confessed to the girl, "Yesterday I was lying." So was I, the unicorn said. When is it today? Solution:Let us jot down our information in a tabular form for better clarity. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Lion TRUTH FALSE FALSE FALSE TRUTH TRUTH TRUTH Unicorn TRUTH TRUTH TRUTH TRUTH FALSE FALSE FALSE We conclude that: Lion is saying the truth today and was thus lying yesterday. That gives us only one possibility for today- ThursdaySimilarly, the unicorn was lying on Thursday and spoke the truth on Tuesday. So when he says that he was lying yesterday, which itself is a lie as he speaks lie on Thursday. Case: 1As per the question, Lion lies on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. It means that on Thursday lion is speaking the truth. He was lying yesterday (Wednesday), and this satisfies the condition of the question.Case: 2Also, as per the question, the unicorn lies on Thursday Friday Saturday. This means that on Thursday unicorn is lying that yesterday (Wednesday) he was lying, This also satisfies the condition given.Hence, today is Thursday. The answer is Thursday. Comment More infoAdvertise with us Next Article Puzzle - The Lion and the Unicorn T talktojacko6ds Follow Improve Article Tags : Aptitude Logical Puzzles Similar Reads Puzzle | Thief, Treasure and 2 Doors Puzzle: A thief has just found a pair of ancient treasure caves. One of the caves is filled with unbelievable treasure and the other has a fire breathing monster that will eat anyone who opens that cave.One cave has a black door decorated with diamonds and the other cave has a brown door decorated w 2 min read Puzzle | The Three Pile Trick A magician asks a person to select a card from a pack of 27 cards and return it back without showing it back to the magician. After the choice is made, the magician shuffles the pack and deals all the cards face up into three piles, one card to each pile in turn. The person is now asked which pile c 2 min read Puzzle | Bias and Unbias Robin and Williams are playing a game. Repeatedly, a fair coin is tossed. As soon as the HHT throws sequence appears, Robin wins. As soon as the HTH toss sequence appears, Williams wins. When one of them wins, the game is over. What are the possibilities of each player winning? Bias and UnbiasSoluti 2 min read Puzzle | (Help the Women, Cross the River) Puzzle 1 Help the Women: There is a mother who wishes to cross a river but she is not alone. She also has 5 daughters of age 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. There is only one boat available which can support the woman and either two of the daughters. So at a time, the boat can have only three objects (woman and 3 min read Puzzle | Camels and Travelers In a desert there are some camels and some travelers. How many camels and travelers are there if both the following statements are TRUE? If each traveler sit on the camel, one traveler doesn't get a camel. If two traveler share each camel there is one camel left out. Answer: Camels-> 3 Travelers- 1 min read Like