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Ms. Hynn Terprett

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Ms. Hynn Terprett
Released27 June 2005 (Update)
MembersYes
RaceHuman
QuestRecruitment Drive
LocationTemple Knight Training Grounds
GenderFemale
OptionsTalk-to
ExamineAn observer for the Temple Knights.
Map
Advanced data
NPC ID4686
LinkMOID

Ms. Hynn Terprett is one of the Temple Knights working in recruitment. She will test players with a series of riddles during the Recruitment Drive quest. Below are all the possible riddles (and answers) that she may give:

Riddle Answer
If you were sentenced to death, what would you rather choose, being thrown off a castle turret or fed to wolves that haven't eaten in 30 days? Being fed to the wolves - wolves cannot survive for 30 days without food, thus they would all be dead.
I have a husband and a daughter, my husband is 4 times older than my daughter and in 20 years my husband will be twice as old as my daughter, how old is my daughter. 10
I dropped four identical stones, into four identical buckets, each containing an identical amount of water. The first bucket was at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, the second was at 33 degrees, the third was at 34 and the fourth was at 35 degrees. Which bucket's stone dropped to the bottom of the bucket last? The First Bucket (32 Degree Bucket—the water would be frozen).
A father is 4 times as old as his daughter. In 20 years he will be 2 times as old. How old is the daughter? 10
Counting the creatures and humans in RuneScape you get about a million inhabitants. If you multiply the fingers on their left hand, how many would you get? 0 - From 1 million inhabitants there is a big chance, at least one of them has no fingers on his left hand. Multiplying with 0 is 0.
The number of false statements here is one. The number of false statements here is two. The number of false statements here is three. The number of false statements here is four. How many false statements are there? There are 3 false statements.

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Trivia

  • Ms. Hynn Terprett is play on the word, "misinterpret".

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