Minute Mysteries
Posted: April 12th, 2008, 3:18 pm
I used to love trying to solve these mysteries as a kid(even though since it is on a forum, you'll get more than a minute), so now, I want to challenge the brilliant minds of DCTP with them.
It is pretty simple: I'll give a scenario, and all you have to do is answer/explain. You can ask questions about it, but they can only be "Yes or No" questions.
#1: Two guys go into a bar, and they order the same exact drink at the same time. The drinks are exactly identical, and they were made the same exact way. When they got their drinks, One guy drank it very quickly, and he enjoyed it. The other guy drank it very slowly, and he died. Why did he die?
#2: There is a man named Bob who lives on the 12th floor of a building. Every morning, he takes the elevator down to the 1st floor to go to work, but every night, he takes the elevator up to the 7th floor, and walks up the rest of the way. Why?
#3: A man was found hanging from the ceiling of a warehouse dead, and nothing was in the warehouse except for a pool of water. How did he die?
I'll try to find some more mysteries for you guys, but for now, these are the ones I know.
Update: I got some other ones, but I think they are too simple for you guys(I see them more as riddles than mysteries), but it might be just me.
#4: There were two policemen were guarding the outside of a bank at night when a burglar broke in and threw them in an airtight car trunk. One hour later, the other policemen opened the trunk to find one alive and one died of suffocation. How did the policeman survive for the hour?
#5: A woman shot her husband, put him in water, and hanged him. Then, they went out for dinner. How?
#6: A dead man left a will to his two sons that stated that they would have a contest where they would race camels from their house across the desert to the city and back, and the one whose camel came last would inherit all of his possessions. They started their race, going as slow as they could, and upon reaching the city, a wise woman spoke to them. After speaking, the two sons raced as fast as they could back home. What did the woman say?
#7:Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager finds out that the room rate is $25 and gives $5 to the bellboy to return. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to share among three people so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totalling $27. The bellboy has $2, totalling $29.Where is the remaining dollar?
It is pretty simple: I'll give a scenario, and all you have to do is answer/explain. You can ask questions about it, but they can only be "Yes or No" questions.
#1: Two guys go into a bar, and they order the same exact drink at the same time. The drinks are exactly identical, and they were made the same exact way. When they got their drinks, One guy drank it very quickly, and he enjoyed it. The other guy drank it very slowly, and he died. Why did he die?
#2: There is a man named Bob who lives on the 12th floor of a building. Every morning, he takes the elevator down to the 1st floor to go to work, but every night, he takes the elevator up to the 7th floor, and walks up the rest of the way. Why?
#3: A man was found hanging from the ceiling of a warehouse dead, and nothing was in the warehouse except for a pool of water. How did he die?
I'll try to find some more mysteries for you guys, but for now, these are the ones I know.
Update: I got some other ones, but I think they are too simple for you guys(I see them more as riddles than mysteries), but it might be just me.
#4: There were two policemen were guarding the outside of a bank at night when a burglar broke in and threw them in an airtight car trunk. One hour later, the other policemen opened the trunk to find one alive and one died of suffocation. How did the policeman survive for the hour?
#5: A woman shot her husband, put him in water, and hanged him. Then, they went out for dinner. How?
#6: A dead man left a will to his two sons that stated that they would have a contest where they would race camels from their house across the desert to the city and back, and the one whose camel came last would inherit all of his possessions. They started their race, going as slow as they could, and upon reaching the city, a wise woman spoke to them. After speaking, the two sons raced as fast as they could back home. What did the woman say?
#7:Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager finds out that the room rate is $25 and gives $5 to the bellboy to return. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to share among three people so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totalling $27. The bellboy has $2, totalling $29.Where is the remaining dollar?
... the answer is obvious (and if I remember correctly it is from the episode of DC where they are at the school play and Shin'ichi dresses as the main character dude and kisses Ran).