Posers and Puzzles
15 Sep 06
15 Sep 06
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I will answer your questions yes or no until you can solve this puzzle.
The police break into a closed room. It is looked from the inside, the key is still in the lock. The only window into the room is closed and locked.
In the middle of the room a man hangs, dead. There is nothing in the room besides a puddle underneath the man.
What happened, how was this crime committed. This is a problem which only Poirot can solve, can you?
Edit: See below, 4th item - new puzzle as this was too easy!
15 Sep 06
Originally posted by Dragon Firefirst off i'll start by saying that this is the oldest riddle i could find anywhere.
I will answer your questions yes or no until you can solve this puzzle.
The police break into a closed room. It is looked from the inside, the key is still in the lock. The only window into the room is closed and locked.
In the middle of the room a man hangs, dead. There is nothing in the room besides a puddle underneath the man.
What happened, how was this crime committed. This is a problem which only Poirot can solve, can you?
next i'll say this the man put the noose around his neck in the middle of a room that had a huge ice cube in it. as the cube melted the man came down when it was low enough he hung himself from the rope.
15 Sep 06
Originally posted by sofar55Thats not fair!
first off i'll start by saying that this is the oldest riddle i could find anywhere.
next i'll say this the man put the noose around his neck in the middle of a room that had a huge ice cube in it. as the cube melted the man came down when it was low enough he hung himself from the rope.
I heard it in 1975 when I was at college. Haven't heard it since.
16 Sep 06
Originally posted by Dragon FireI've heard several answers to this one, but I don't know which one you would perfer.
So try this harder one
"The music stopped and she died"
1. Was she a ballarina in a music bow and when the music stopped she "died?"
2. Was she a blindfolded tight-rope walker and the band played while she walked the rope?
There were a few more but i can't remember them off hand.
16 Sep 06
Originally posted by hypotheticalI still reckon the official answer should be the blind girlwith a radio on the beach. It's short, sweet and has no complexity about it.
I've heard several answers to this one, but I don't know which one you would perfer.
1. Was she a ballarina in a music bow and when the music stopped she "died?"
2. Was she a blindfolded tight-rope walker and the band played while she walked the rope?
There were a few more but i can't remember them off hand.
16 Sep 06
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Originally posted by hypotheticalClearly these are all too easy or you fellows are just very bright!
I've heard several answers to this one, but I don't know which one you would perfer.
1. Was she a ballarina in a music bow and when the music stopped she "died?"
2. Was she a blindfolded tight-rope walker and the band played while she walked the rope?
There were a few more but i can't remember them off hand.
Answer 2 was the one I knew!
16 Sep 06
Originally posted by Dragon FireThis one was posted here a few months ago.
I will answer your questions yes or no until you can solve this puzzle.
The police break into a closed room. It is looked from the inside, the key is still in the lock. The only window into the room is closed and locked.
In the middle of the room a man hangs, dead. There is nothing in the room besides a puddle underneath the man.
What happened, ...[text shortened]... only Poirot can solve, can you?
Edit: See below, 4th item - new puzzle as this was too easy!