Wow what a guess Syn, well done.
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Wow what a guess Syn, well done.
I believe you had a third one of these? Did you want to do it?
Sorry, I was at a client's office most of today so I haven't been in here. I think this is an easier one:
A man is alone on an island with no food and no water, yet he does not fear for his life. Why not?
Is the island Manhatten? ;)
No.Quote:
Originally Posted by Synnen
I would be amazed if you got it on your first guess. Second maybe. :)
Was it a curb island in a parking lot?
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Originally Posted by jmjoseph
A median, or other traffic-type island?
Yes. Really, that's it for this puzzle. It's a traffic island. Kind of nice to have an easy one once in a while. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by jmjoseph
Yea, I don't have a tough one in me after getting up at 4:00 A.M. every morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Looking
Actually, that's the kind that would stump me. All of these puzzles thus far have been the variety whereby there isn't any type of word-play type thing like that involved, as in, you can just take what it says at face value. (Though the statements can still be misleading.) So I would have taken island to be an island.
But then, that was the kind where you don't have to ask a bunch of questions - you just try to guess it.
Got any more up your sleeve?
I also lied to Unky earlier. It's not a mortician. That's the person who fixes up the body. It's a coroner you want, the medical guy in the morgue.
How about a change of pace? This isn't a "yes", "no" puzzle - just a logic puzzle.
A train goes between Chicago and New York. The brakeman, the fireman and the engineer are named Smith, Jones and Brown. (The names are not necessarily in order). There are also three passengers named Mr. Smith, Mr. Jones and Mr. Brown. Mr. Brown lives in New York. The brakeman lives halfway between New York and Chicago. Mr. Jones earns exactly $20,000 per year. Smith beat the fireman at their last game of golf. The passenger who lives in Chicago has the same name as the brakeman. The brakeman's next door neighbor is a passenger on this train and earns exactly three times as much as the brakeman. What is the name of the engineer?
Smith. And no I'm not just guessing.
I knew you'd get it but I thought it might take longer. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by morgaine300
I don't think I'll be here much tonight. "Someone" wants some attention. I'll see if I can find another puzzle later.
Actually, it took me like 5-10 minutes. I've been doing those logic puzzles my whole life. (Although I've never seen one that had a math trick as a clue.)
Deleted - sorry, changed my mind. :)
OK, since J-Lo is not wanting to commit at this very second, I'll throw some in. The following came from a list of "tricky" ones, except that I answered most of them correctly the first time, within about 30 seconds. So these are not yes and no ones... assuming anyone is alive out there, they shouldn't take long.
Adults are holding children, waiting their turn. The children are handed (one at a time, usually) to a man, who holds them while a woman shoots them. If the child is crying, the man tries to stop the crying before the child is shot.
A cabin, locked from the inside, is perched on the side of a mountain. It is forced open, and thirty people are found dead inside. They had plenty of food and water.
A man marries twenty women in his village but isn't charged with polygamy.
A woman came home with a bag of groceries, got the mail, and walked into the house. On the way to the kitchen, she went through the living room and looked at her husband, who had blown his brains out. She continued to the kitchen, put away the groceries, and made dinner
A man is found dead in the arctic with a pack on his back.
A train pulls into a station, but none of the waiting passengers move.
And lastly:
A young woman is whisked away to a far off land, where she kills the first person she meets. Then she teams up with three others to kill again.
Since those won't last long, I'll post a harder one. This one has two alternatives - one of them is easy and fairly obvious and I guessed it quickly too. (I also head it years ago.) So we're going to use the alternative answer because this'll require more figuring out.
A rope breaks. A bell rings. A man dies.
1. The children are getting their vaccination..
2. They died of suffocation while they were sleeping?
3. This is an African village or an Arabic/Islamic country?
4. " who had blown his brains out" that I do not understand the slang in here :(
5. The man got tired, fell down and froze to death?
6. The train is full... or the train has a notice saying it's under repair...
7. An extremist who hates men?
8. The man is being executed (guillotine)?
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