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Originally Posted by morgaine300

OK, I admit to some reluctancy on this one because I feel like it's difficult and more pieces to put together. But it is another one of the "classics" so I suppose it wouldn't be if people hated it. So I'll give it a go.

A man is returning from Switzerland by train. If he had been in a non-smoking car he would have died.

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I've read this one before so I'll have to bow out.

OK, there's too many of us posting at once. Stop that! If you do find one you like, you might PM and pose the scenario and see if it's one I know.

Since you're here, you can start the questions, but I really need to spend some time out in the yard - one of those many things I'm trying to get done. But I'll pop back in here and there.

I'd do another, but you're leaving tomorrow anyway. OK, I really AM going to head out to the yard now. Really. Really I am.

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I've read this one before so I'll have to bow out.

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The train is on fire and he is in one of the cars that is not on fire?

Current new one:

A man is returning from Switzerland by train. If he had been in a non-smoking car he would have died.

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Current new one:

A man is returning from Switzerland by train. If he had been in a non-smoking car he would have died.

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He took the train. His friends who were non smokers drove a car and crashed.

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The train is on fire and he is in one of the cars that is not on fire?

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Um, no.

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He took the train. His friends who were non smokers drove a car and crashed.

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No. And I'd be really shocked if anyone simply 'guessed' this without asking the questions.

Does Switzerland has any significance?

Does the man smoke?

Did the car crash?

Did the car explode?

Was the car attacked?

Was it winter? Summer then?

Did the car had a break down in the middle of nowhere?

Is the non smoking car part of the train.

Is the man in a car by the train?

I tried to catch up with you lol. You got so quick into getting to solve those :p

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I tried to catch up with you lol. You got so quick into getting to solve those :p

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A non smking car. The others could be on fire. Or he could be driving by
A train from Switzerland. The non smoking car could be broken down on the tracks. He is in the train and a car full of non smokers hit the train.:confused:

A man is returning from Switzerland by train. If he had been in a non-smoking car he would have died.

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Does Switzerland has any significance?

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I don't think so.

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Does the man smoke?

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Irrelevant.

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Did the car crash?

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No.

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Did the car explode?

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No.

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Was the car attacked?

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Yes, by killer tomatoes. Er, sorry. No.

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Was it winter? Summer then?

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Irrelevant.

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Did the car had a break down in the middle of nowhere?

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No.

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Is the non smoking car part of the train.

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Yes.

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Is the man in a car by the train?

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No.

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I tried to catch up with you lol. You got so quick into getting to solve those :p

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That may be, but it's seriously doubtful anyone would simply guess this. It's pretty, um, convoluted.

I noticed no questions from Adam this morning. Maybe I should wake him up with a PM as well. :D

Did the non smoking car get detached from the train?

Did he initially intend to be in the non smoking car?

Was the man in the machine room of the train?

Did the train pass near a mountain?

Did the train stop on its way (or slowed down drastically) for any reason?

Was the man in the train?

Was the man already dead when he started his voyage/trip?

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Did the non smoking car get detached from the train?

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No.

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Did he initially intend to be in the non smoking car?

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Irrelevant.

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Was the man in the machine room of the train?

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No.

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Did the train pass near a mountain?

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Good possibility.

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Did the train stop on its way (or slowed down drastically) for any reason?

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No.

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Was the man in the train?

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Yes.

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Was the man already dead when he started his voyage/trip?

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No.

Something I'm not sure about...

Are the non smoking car and the train in which the man was separate entities?

Was the man in a car in the train? (I saw 'by' up there... is this the same question? Sorry if it is)

Did anything unusual happen to the non smoking car?

Did the man get out of the train during this 'unusual' occurrence?

Because there's now been a confusion caused over this car, let's clear this up. It's a car on the train. It's not word play. There is no automobile. The "non-smoking car" is exactly what it appears to be. Granted, that does not establish where our man is, though it also says he's returning "by train." So he's on a train and the non-smoking car is part of a train. And your first question here establishes they are one and the same train.

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Are the non smoking car and the train in which the man was separate entities?

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No.

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Was the man in a car in the train?

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Yes.

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Did anything unusual happen to the non smoking car?

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No.

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Did the man get out of the train during this 'unusual' occurrence?

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No.