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05-14-2004, 01:02 PM
|  | Geeky goof | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Boston, Mass.
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| | For Whom the Bell Tolls (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
A new one which I found online (title is mine):
A rope breaks. A bell rings. A man dies. Why?
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05-14-2004, 01:07 PM
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| | Re: For Whom the Bell Tolls (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
Did the bell fall on the man?
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05-14-2004, 01:15 PM
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Did the bell fall on the man? No. |
05-14-2004, 01:20 PM
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Oh.
Was the rope breakage intentional?
Was the bell ringing a signal for something?
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05-14-2004, 01:21 PM
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| | Re: For Whom the Bell Tolls (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
Was the rope controlling the bell?
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05-14-2004, 01:31 PM
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Was the rope breakage intentional? No.
Was the bell ringing a signal for something? In a way, yes.
Was the rope controlling the bell? If you mean did it control whether the bell rang or not, the answer is no. |
05-14-2004, 01:36 PM
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Was the rope that broke the one that was holding the bell suspended?
Is the death intentional? (Either murder or by law?)
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05-14-2004, 01:41 PM
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| | Re: For Whom the Bell Tolls (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
Was the man executed?
Could the man hear the bell before he died?
Was it a Taco Bell?
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05-14-2004, 01:50 PM
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Was the rope that broke the one that was holding the bell suspended? No.
Is the death intentional? (Either murder or by law?) No.
Was the man executed? No.
Could the man hear the bell before he died? Yes.
Was it a Taco Bell? No. *groan* |
05-14-2004, 02:36 PM
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Was the man's death accidental?
If so, was the accident caused by the bell's ringing?
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05-14-2004, 02:37 PM
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Is it a door-bell? |
05-14-2004, 02:45 PM
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Was the man's death accidental? Yes.
If so, was the accident caused by the bell's ringing? It's definitely related, yes.
Is it a door-bell? No. |
05-14-2004, 02:46 PM
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A fact just established by PM: the man is blind. |
05-14-2004, 02:53 PM
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Did the sound of the bell cover some other, vital sound? |
05-14-2004, 02:55 PM
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Did the sound of the bell cover some other, vital sound? No. |
05-14-2004, 03:02 PM
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Was the rope restraining a man-eating tiger wearing a bell on his collar?
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05-14-2004, 03:07 PM
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Was the rope restraining a man-eating tiger wearing a bell on his collar? No, but that would've be a good solution too. |
05-14-2004, 03:27 PM
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Did the bell ring inspite or because of the rope breaking? |
05-14-2004, 04:01 PM
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Did the bell ring inspite or because of the rope breaking? In spite of. |
05-14-2004, 07:28 PM
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Is an elevator involved? |
05-15-2004, 08:06 AM
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All I can think about is the solution to Dorothy Sayers' Nine Tailors--a mystery concerning bell-ringing.
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05-15-2004, 02:16 PM
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Quote: | soxfan said
Did the bell ring inspite or because of the rope breaking? In spite of. | I thought I had it, until this answer.
Are the three events listed in the order they occurred: rope; bell; death? |
05-17-2004, 10:12 AM
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Is an elevator involved? No.
All I can think about is the solution to Dorothy Sayers' Nine Tailors--a mystery concerning bell-ringing. I don't know that one. How does it go?
Are the three events listed in the order they occurred: rope; bell; death? Yes. | |
