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NOVEMBER SOLUTION

The question is:

"Which door would the other tribe tell me to open?"

You will then know that the opposite door is the one with the treasure behind it.

This works because the answer is independent of the tribe you ask, and it gives you information about the door.

For example, if you ask the truth telling tribe, they will tell you the truth – that the other tribe would lie to you about which door you should open.

On the other hand if you happen to ask the lie telling tribe, they will lie to you about what the other tribe would tell you – which would have been the truth.