RonPaulFTW wrote:First person was unable to guess bc 2-4 are wearing one dunce and two admirals.
Second person picks dunce if 3-4 are both wearing admirals - or he picks admirals if one of 3-4 is wearing dunce.
Confirmed first actually correct answer. Previous answers seem suspiciously copy-pasted from the simpler version of the riddle as they only talk about three hats/people.
Feone wrote:The second guy could be lucky and see the dunce cap on guy #1, after not hearing #4 he could shout the answer.
Hmm, didn't even think of this

Feone wrote:Then again, they are criminals, who are not often known for their logical reasoning and intellect. So they may just shout a random answer and hope for the best.
This is what they should do. The whole game is rigged, in the end the king still decides through the set-up which of them will walk.