Head Hat Riddle

What has a neck but no head and wears a cap.

Head hat riddle. They are told that each of these hats was selected from a group of five hats. They all raise their hands. Two black hats and three white hats.

Three men we will call them A B C each reach into the box and place one of the hats on his own head. The second man in the middle can see only the first man and his hat. They cant speak to each other and they cant touch each other.

A is in the same situation as B where he cant see anyone and cant determine his own hat color. Since A B and D are silent that leaves C. Every prisoner can see the hats of the people in front of him in the line - but not his own hat nor those of anyone behind him.

Number 4 sees only the wall. He proceeds to place a red hat on each of their heads. C knows he is wearing a black hat because if D saw that both B and C were wearing white hats then he would have answered.

The riddle remains the same and the question and the step by step explanation is given below. The ones who see it may go blind Contracting the fools madness. The riddle is also popular with the name Google Prisoners Hat Riddle.

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