Every man in a village of 100 married couples has cheated on his wife

[AB Editor]

Every man in a village of 100 married couples has cheated on his wife.

Every wife in the village instantly knows when a man other than her husband has cheated, but does not know when her own husband has.

The village has a law that does not allow for adultery. Any wife who can prove that her husband is unfaithful must kill him that very day. The women of the village would never disobey this law.

One day, the queen of the village visits and announces that at least one husband has been unfaithful. What happens?

[redman41]

Does she kill her own Husband Ed ?

[ChuckFickens]

An orgy?

(or is that just wishful thinking)

[ummmm]

They all start gossiping and drop all the other husbands in it?

[kawakiri]

Is this queen a man?

[bibblebub]

the women kill all the men and sit around all day talking about make-up and fluffy kittens

[squarebear]

Nothing, as the other women will already know?

[squarebear]

Day1: nothing happens. As every woman would be expecting that one of the men, she knows for adultery should die. No one would kill her own husband.

Day2: When no one dies, each woman would instantly come to know that her husband has cheated, and each woman would kill their husband. So every man dies.

[wolf63]

Kill the one she slept with last night.

[mollykins]

If she has more than one husband does she get done for adultery?

[ummmm]

Read it again Molly...

Every man in a village of 100 married couples has cheated on his wife.

100 married couples....

[mollykins]

Yeah but the queen announces at least one of her husbands cheated.

[mollykins]

Or all the quens husbands are killed.

[AB Editor]

I think Squarebear offers the best answer so far.

I don't know the answer by the way!

Spare Ed

[sophie_1003]

No she announces 'one husband' not 'one of HER husbands'

[ummmm]

At least ONE husband.

It doesn't say the queens husband.

[mollykins]

i give up.

[Old_Geezer]

I can't get my head around how all the other women know immediately. CCTV in all the bedrooms ? All seems a bit fishy to me. Anyway it seems to me that the village queen hasn't said anything every woman in the village doesn't already know. Although I suspect there's a clever time related official answer to this.

[kawakiri]

Nothing untill the 100th day then all the men die.

[mollykins]

Nothing, if she can't proove it.

[Dinkypuzzled]

In front of all the women, the Queen asks any two to tell her how many husbands they know have been unfaithful. They will both reply truthfully '99' and so every wife will kill their husband. ( All 100 )