Do you know the answer to this riddle??????

Question

i have been asked this question in school and i was wondering forever and still cant figure out, so here it is, There are 2 roads in front of you. 1 of them kills you if you enter it and another one gives you alot of joy. but you dont know which road is which. their is a person that is standing on each road. one of them tells the truth and one of them lies. what do you do.???? plz help i need to know.

Answer 1

I ask from one of them : if I ask from this one (another man) which of this ways is right and end to joy what he will be answer ?

then anything he answered do the opposite  

Answer 2

I would ask any of the guys.  "If I were to ask your friend (the other guy) which is the road that that leads to a lot of joy?  Which road would he point to?"  I would then take the opposite road to the one he would suggest!!!.

Answer 3

ask one of the men "what would the other man say is the joyful road?"

then take the road the man did NOT mention.

Answer 4

You ask one of them what the other would say.

Answer 5

This is from "The Labrynth" an 80's movie starring David Bowie. I dont remember the answer but you could watch it and find out.

Answer 6

Ask each of them: Which road would you take if you were the liar.

Answer 7

Good ole youtube,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocOua7RPP...

Answer 8

Just ask a question to both of them like "Are you a girl"  Then you know whose telling the truth and whose lying.  Thus which road you need to take.