Ask Me Help Desk - Lateral Thinking Puzzle

Yea, impressive isn't it Unky?

Yes, I didn't think much about 'returning' to the radio station, but when you pointed it out, I was seeing one more fraction of the solution. But from there to guess the recorded tape, the alibi, the malfunctioning of the tape, wow! :p

Wow. Thanks, guys. I literally wrote the part about being more confused, and then it hit me. I'm so happy. :D

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Originally Posted by Unknown008

Yes, I didn't think much about 'returning' to the radio station, but when you pointed it out, I was seeing one more fraction of the solution. But from there to guess the recorded tape, the alibi, the malfunctioning of the tape, wow! :p

I watch a lot of crime shows - Criminal Minds, Law & Order, CSI. I'm sure that helped. :)

I think you and I each had a big part in this. Couldn't have done it without you.

Thanks, Adam, for the puzzle. That was a lot of fun.

No, problem, everyone deserves to have fun and have their brain challenged. Haha.

You two worked together to solve this one. I bet the crime shows do help a lot with these types.

Good job to the both of you.

Yes, I watch them too. I'm fond of them :p

Except that I don't always have the time :(

As for the quoting, just copy/paste the entire thread, then just highlight each question and use the quote thing at the top of the box to get it as a quote. They can all be answered individually that way -- and you'll actually be posting something in the thread instead of getting that silly message yelling at you.

I knew the first one about the yacht, so I guess it doesn't matter that I missed it.

And you may or may not be getting them from the same site, because the same puzzles are on 3 million different sites. At least all the "classic" ones are, and there's a lot of them. I've seen the one about the radio (there's more than one of those), but I've never looked at the answer. I try not to look at too many answers while I'm digging one out. They did a story that involved that type of thing on Magnum once. The difference was the lady played an repeat recording - like how the talk shows do when someone's on vacation or on a holiday. So she was replaying an entire show she did and slipped out to kill someone, when everyone thought she was live. Except Magnum recognized it cause he'd been at the studio earlier when she was doing that particular show.

By the way, it also helps if you post the question again when a new page hits, so someone like me doesn't come to 9 pages of a thread and wonder what the heck puzzle you're on.

And since I still time availability until about Wednesday, I'm going to throw one in while I can.

A man is driving his car. He turns on the radio, listens for five minutes, turns around, goes home, and shoots his wife.

This is the other radio one I've seen. I admit it's a little stupid, but since I already know the answer, what the heck.

Didn't see jm's before posting this. So we can finish that one first, and I'll put the link in to this when it's done. (Unless someone wants to to try to do two at once - fine by me.)

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Originally Posted by morgaine300

A man is driving his car. He turns on the radio, listens for five minutes, turns around, goes home, and shoots his wife.

This is the other radio one I've seen. I admit it's a little stupid, but since I already know the answer, what the heck.

Was he listening to music? The news? Sports? A talkshow?

Did they say something about his wife on the radio?

Did he hear his wife on the radio?

Is his wife dead now? Did he want to kill her prior to listening to what he heard on the radio?

Ah we have a player already. :)

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Was he listening to music? The news? Sports? A talkshow?

Type of station irrelevant. (Mostly.)

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Did they say something about his wife on the radio?

Yes.

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Did he hear his wife on the radio?

No.

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Is his wife dead now?

I assume so.

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Did he want to kill her prior to listening to what he heard on the radio?

No.

A man is driving his car. He turns on the radio, listens for five minutes, turns around, goes home, and shoots his wife.

Yes, I like purple.

He presumably disliked what he heard then?

Is what he heard relevant?
- Was it an advertisement?
- Was it during a news session?

Is it relevant the reason as to why he turned on the radio?
- Did he expect to hear something on radio?

Is the time he listened to the radio relevant?

Is his destination before he switches on the radio relevant?
- Was he heading to work?

Was his wife at home?

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He presumably disliked what he heard then?

Correct.

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Is what he heard relevant?

Yes.

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- Was it an advertisement?
- Was it during a news session?

No and no.

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Is it relevant the reason as to why he turned on the radio?

No.

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- Did he expect to hear something on radio?

Only what you'd normally expect. (i.e. no)

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Is the time he listened to the radio relevant?

In a sense.

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Is his destination before he switches on the radio relevant?
- Was he heading to work?

Not relevant, no.

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Was his wife at home?

Yes.

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Is the time he listened to the radio relevant?

In a sense.

Hmm, I'm thinking that's just going to be confusing. Let's call it not relevant for the moment.

Good questions already. Was the man an astronaut?

Was he about to go to space if so?

Did he like hamburgers?

Did he have any cats or dogs?

Was it his pistol?

Did he have friends?

Did this happen on a Monday?

Do I know this man?

Did he like sports?

Is this man old?

Ok, it is early and I am not sure how many more irrelavent questions I can ask.

The DJ dedicated the song playing to his sweetheart, car driver's wife. He felt betrayed and enraged, turned around and...

Go with it!

I don't know if this fits... I would rather think that he would be enraged towards the DJ then... unless something else happened in parallel...

Has the man just left his home? (just like in... less than an hour)

Did he have some argument with his wife prior to listening the radio?
- Did he tell his wife not to do something?
- Did he threaten her?
- Did his wife 'disobeyed' him?

Did the man discover something through that radio about his wife, that he wasn't aware of?

Is another man involved in this? I mean, did the man hear something to think his wife was cheating?

Is money involved in any way?

Did he kill her over anger? Versus something liking killing her to help her avoid some kind of pain?

Was his wife also on the radio?

Did she win a contest?

Was a man calling in to the radio to talk about his wife?

Was something said on the radio that made him realize his wife had lied to him?

Didn't expect you today, but nice to see you.

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Good questions already. Was the man an astronaut?

Irrelevant. (I'd love to know where that came from.)

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Was he about to go to space if so?

N/A

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Did he like hamburgers?
Did he have any cats or dogs?
Was it his pistol?

All irrelevant.

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Did he have friends?

Well probably, but irrelevant.

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Did this happen on a Monday?

A Manic Monday? Could have been any day.

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Do I know this man?

I seriously doubt it.

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Did he like sports?

Irrelevant.

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Is this man old?

Probably not.

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Ok, it is early and I am not sure how many more irrelavent questions I can ask.

I don't know, but you're doing a pretty good of it. :) But you know, you never know when hamburgers might be relevant. (I'll have to hunt one down that it is.)

A man is driving his car. He turns on the radio, listens for five minutes, turns around, goes home, and shoots his wife.

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The DJ dedicated the song playing to his sweetheart, car driver's wife. He felt betrayed and enraged, turned around and ....

No.

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I don't know if this fits... I would rather think that he would be enraged towards the DJ then... unless something else happened in parallel...

Interesting point.

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Has the man just left his home? (just like in... less than an hour)

Mostly irrelevant, but it's more likely he's more recently left than say on his way home.

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Did he have some argument with his wife prior to listening the radio?
- Did he tell his wife not to do something?
- Did he threaten her?
- Did his wife 'disobeyed' him?

No.

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Did the man discover something through that radio about his wife, that he wasn't aware of?

Yes.

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Is another man involved in this? I mean, did the man hear something to think his wife was cheating?

Yes.

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Is money involved in any way?

No.

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Did he kill her over anger? Versus something liking killing her to help her avoid some kind of pain?

Correct.

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Was his wife also on the radio?

No.

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Did she win a contest?

Not yet.

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Was a man calling in to the radio to talk about his wife?

No.

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Was something said on the radio that made him realize his wife had lied to him?

Uh... she's likely lied, but that's not the main focus. (Though I think you've already figured that out.)

Adam, do you know this one?

Was the man on radio dedicating a song so his wife?
Was the man thanking his wife for something?
Was the man talking about his wife in a 'good' way?

Yes, I know this one. I thought I would just see how many irrelavent questions I could ask. I am sure there is a million more but that's all I could think of that early.

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Was the man on radio dedicating a song so his wife?
Was the man thanking his wife for something?
Was the man talking about his wife in a 'good' way?

No to all.

Ok, that means I have made an assumption which is probably false.

Was the man (the other one involved) on radio?

By the way, I hope you understood what the man I was talking about in my last post was the other man involved. =S

So it sounds like something happened on the radio that told the man his wife was cheating and he therefore drove home and shot her. We just need to find out what was said to solve this puzzle?

Did the man call into the radio station?

Looking back at the answers, you said she didn't win a contest yet and you weren't sure how to answer the question about the time being relevant. I'm thinking of Regis and Kelly here :p but:

Did the radio station call her to play in a contest?

Was it at night and a man answered her phone? (though that seems pretty dumb - if she's having an affair, why would he answer the phone? If not, the husband killed her for nothing.)

Hm... that last question seems plausible...

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Hm... that last question seems plausible...

Only if the man's an idiot - why would he answer the phone? :o

Good job J-lo. How do you go from nothing to everything J-Lo? You must be a genius! Haha

Because who'd expect the husband to be listening to the radio? :D

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Because who'd expect the husband to be listening to the radio? :D

But he wouldn't know it was the radio station calling - what if it was the husband calling?

But why would the man answer the phone in a house that wasn't his. Especially if he was sleeping with the woman who lived there.

Anyway, enough with the questions. Good job again, I will let Morgaine come along and do the congratulating.

Maybe they had the radio on too :p

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Was the man (the other one involved) on radio?

Yes.

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By the way, I hope you understood what the man I was talking about in my last post was the other man involved. =S

I assume you mean "the man" that J-Lo asked about you assumed to be the "man on the radio," as in the DJ?

OK, I guess we need to clear this up.

There's a man involved, and when she asked about another man, I was referring to this man that we didn't yet know anything about. The DJ could as easily be a woman, and is not the same person I was referring to. So you asked about the "man on the radio," and I assumed you meant the DJ because we had not established any info yet about this "other man."

However, if you were referring to the as-yet-unknown man, the answer to all 3 questions would still be No.

So the announcer on the radio should be called the DJ I guess.