Dots on their foreheads?

Question

Dots on the forehead

A guru had three disciples & he wanted to award the precious gold medallion to the disciple who was the smartest amongst the three. So he decided to test them - he summoned the three disciples to the altar & told them "in this contest, first you will be blindfolded, then I shall apply a dot on each one's forehead - the dot may be either red or yellow colour - then when I open your eyes, you shall see the dots on the others' foreheads. If you see any red dots, then raise your hands. The one who says what colour is the dot on his own forehead first, wins the contest & will be awarded the medallion".

The contest gets underway & the guru applied only red dots on each one. When they saw each other, all the three had their hands up & after a while one of them found out & told the guru that he had a red dot on his forehead. He won & was awarded the gold medallion.

How did the disciple manage to win the contest?

Answer 1

idk maybe wat he meant by a red dot was a zit.haha

Answer 2

common sense. right?

Answer 3

He ask the other two what colour his was.

Answer 4

The one who won was sure he had a red dot on his forehead as both his counter-parts had raised their hands which meant he had a red dot on his head.

Answer 5

I think the dude above me might be right..

Answer 6

50/50 chance?

Answer 7

he saw that the other two had their hands up.so that means they could see the dot on his forehead also which was red.thus he concluded that the dot on his forehead was red.