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04-28-2004, 11:19 AM
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| | "Message Received" (lateral thinking puzzle) | |
I went back to Paul Sloane's Super Lateral Thinking Puzzles for this one:
How did Alexander the Great send secret messages with his envoy?
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04-28-2004, 11:22 AM
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| | Re: "Message Received" (lateral thinking puzzle) | |
His envoy was MIA. (Macedonian Intelligence Agency)
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04-28-2004, 11:50 AM
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| | Re: "Message Received" (lateral thinking puzzle) | |
Did he use carrier pigeons?
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04-28-2004, 11:51 AM
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| | Re: "Message Received" (lateral thinking puzzle) | |
Quote: | soxfan said
How did Alexander the Great send secret messages with his envoy? | 
Quietly |
04-28-2004, 01:20 PM
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His envoy was MIA. (Macedonian Intelligence Agency) Er, no.
Did he use carrier pigeons? No. Quietly Yes, actually.  |
04-28-2004, 01:25 PM
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| | Re: "Message Received" (lateral thinking puzzle) | |
He used light signals?
He sacrificed a virgin? |
04-28-2004, 01:28 PM
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He used light signals? No.
He sacrificed a virgin? No. |
04-28-2004, 01:29 PM
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| | Re: "Message Received" (lateral thinking puzzle) | |
I'm missing something here.
Ok - are we trying to find out how he communicated with his envoy?
Are we trying to determine how his envoy delivered his secret messages to others?
Did he write them down? |
04-28-2004, 01:33 PM
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Ok - are we trying to find out how he communicated with his envoy? No.
Are we trying to determine how his envoy delivered his secret messages to others? Yes.
Did he write them down? Yes. |
04-28-2004, 01:35 PM
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Does it have something to do with Alexander's language being Greek?
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04-28-2004, 01:35 PM
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Ok then! I got it.
He wrote them down. Gave them to his Envoy. His Envoy took a horse and delivered the message.
Am I correct? |
04-28-2004, 01:38 PM
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Does it have something to do with Alexander's language being Greek? No.
Ok then! I got it. He wrote them down. Gave them to his Envoy. His Envoy took a horse and delivered the message. Am I correct? No -- his method was a little more complicated than that (he wanted to keep it secret, remember). |
04-28-2004, 01:46 PM
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He wrote them down. Gave them to his Envoy. Told his envoy to be very very quiet. His Envoy took a horse and delivered the message. Am I correct? |
04-28-2004, 02:02 PM
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Did he write them in a code of some sort?
Did he write them in such a way that the writing would be difficult to see? |
04-28-2004, 02:04 PM
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He wrote them down. Gave them to his Envoy. Told his envoy to be very very quiet. His Envoy took a horse and delivered the message. Am I correct? No.
To clarify: Alexander didn't want his enemies to intercept the message, even if someone managed to stop the envoy en route. |
04-28-2004, 02:05 PM
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Did he write them in a code of some sort? No.
Did he write them in such a way that the writing would be difficult to see? Yes. |
04-28-2004, 02:06 PM
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did he use invisible ink?
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04-28-2004, 02:08 PM
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did he use invisible ink? No. |
04-28-2004, 02:08 PM
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Did he write them in another language?
Did he hide the messages in something?
Did he sew them into clothing lining?
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04-28-2004, 02:10 PM
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Did he write them in another language? No.
Did he hide the messages in something? Yes.
Did he sew them into clothing lining? No. |
04-28-2004, 02:13 PM
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Did he hide them in something made of stone?
of wood?
of paper?
Was it something small?
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04-28-2004, 02:18 PM
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Were the messages inside the soldier?
For example, did the soldier have to die to have the message extracted?
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