Three identical boxes are labeled 'Gold', 'Silver', and 'Bronze', but every single label is guaranteed to be incorrect. You are allowed to draw one item from a single box of your choice to fix all the labels. Which box must you open?
The box labeled 'Silver'
Since all labels are wrong, the box labeled 'Silver' cannot contain silver. If you draw from it and find gold, that box is Gold, meaning the box labeled 'Bronze' must be Silver, and the box labeled 'Gold' must be Bronze. Drawing from the mixed label uniquely identifies everything.
About this riddle
Logic riddles give you a few facts and ask what must be true. List what you know, cross out what cannot be, and see what is left.
Difficulty: Hard. More like this: Logic riddles with answers or try Einstein's Logic Grid for a different kind of puzzle.
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