Embassy

Preview

The Scenario

You are gathering intelligence from a foreign embassy that does not always tell the truth. There are 5 secret questions, each with two possible answers — only one is true. Across 5 rounds you choose which questions to ask. At the end of each round the embassy gives you its answers (some of which may be lies) and tells you how many of your asked questions you currently have right — but never which ones. Use each round of feedback to narrow down the truth, then lock in a final answer for all 5 questions. Get every one right to win.

How to Play

What You'll Gain

• Practice making confident decisions when information is incomplete and unreliable
• Experience how to separate signal from noise when the source may be lying
• Build the habit of testing hypotheses and updating beliefs as new evidence arrives
• Learn to value feedback even when it is partial or ambiguous
• A short, replayable warm-up that gets people thinking critically before a session

Main Features

• 5 secret questions, each with two possible answers — only one is true
• 5 rounds of play with feedback after each round
• Choose which questions to ask the embassy each round
• Answers from the embassy may be lies
• A correct-count after each round — but never which answers were right
• Lock in a final answer for every question to win

Knowledge Terms Covered

• Deductive reasoning
• Process of elimination
• Hypothesis testing
• Signal vs. noise
• Belief updating
• Information reliability
• Decision under uncertainty