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06-30-2004, 11:49 AM
|  | Geeky goof | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Boston, Mass.
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| | "The Deadly Drink" (new lateral thinking puzzle) | |
Here's another lateral thinking puzzler, which I found on the web:
Two men enter a bar. They are served identical drinks. One lives; the other dies. Why?
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06-30-2004, 11:51 AM
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| | Re: "The Deadly Drink" (new lateral thinking puzzle) | |
Is an allergy involved? |
06-30-2004, 11:55 AM
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Is an allergy involved? No. |
06-30-2004, 11:55 AM
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are the drinks alcoholic?
Is the death a result of consuming the drink? |
06-30-2004, 11:57 AM
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are the drinks alcoholic? Probably, though the solution didn't specify.
Is the death a result of consuming the drink? Yes. |
06-30-2004, 11:57 AM
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Are the drinks poisoned?
Does the deadly drink interact with something the man ingested (food, medicine, etc.)?
Do the men differ vastly in weight?
Since you've already shot done my PM'ed suggestion that the second man sees the first man dying and decides not to drink his, let me confirm: do both men actually drink what they are served? |
06-30-2004, 11:58 AM
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Do the men know the contents of the drinks? |
06-30-2004, 11:58 AM
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Are the drinks poisoned? Yes.
Does the deadly drink interact with something the man ingested (food, medicine, etc.)? No.
Do the men differ vastly in weight? No.
Since you've already shot done my PM'ed suggestion that the second man sees the first man dying and decides not to drink his, let me confirm: do both men actually drink what they are served? Yes. |
06-30-2004, 12:00 PM
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Do the men know the contents of the drinks? No (that is, they don't know there's poison in them). |
06-30-2004, 12:00 PM
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Does the non-deadly drink interact with something the man ingested? |
06-30-2004, 12:01 PM
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| | Re: "The Deadly Drink" (new lateral thinking puzzle) | |
Is the story from The Princess Bride? 
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06-30-2004, 12:02 PM
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HHm. That kills my guess. I thought it was 2-4-1 night and the second guy drank the first guys 2nd drink so guy one killed guy 2.
Then I thought that Guy 1 was important and Guy 2 was the one who tasted his food to make sure it wasn't poisoned. That doesn't work now either. |
06-30-2004, 12:03 PM
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Does the non-deadly drink interact with something the man ingested? No. |
06-30-2004, 12:03 PM
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Is the story from The Princess Bride? Inconceivable! |
06-30-2004, 12:15 PM
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| | Re: "The Deadly Drink" (new lateral thinking puzzle) | |
Quote: |
Is the story from The Princess Bride? Inconceivable! |  Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father: prepare to die.
Back to the real game....
Was there any substance on the glass itself?
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06-30-2004, 12:16 PM
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Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father: prepare to die. So drink this, or else ...
Back to the real game....
Was there any substance on the glass itself? No. |
06-30-2004, 12:20 PM
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Did the man have a medical condition that contributed to his demise?
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06-30-2004, 12:24 PM
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Was one man immune to the poison?
Was there the same amount of poison in each glass?
Did one man eat more prior to having the drink to absorb some of the shock of the poison? Is that even possible to happen?
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06-30-2004, 01:43 PM
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Did the man have a medical condition that contributed to his demise? No.
Was one man immune to the poison? No.
Was there the same amount of poison in each glass? Yes.
Did one man eat more prior to having the drink to absorb some of the shock of the poison? Is that even possible to happen? No (interesting idea, though), and who knows? |
06-30-2004, 01:50 PM
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Two men enter a bar. They are served identical drinks. One lives; the other dies. Why?
| They are served, but it doesn't say that they both drank. Did one man sip his beverage (or leave it sitting on the bar) while the other gulped his, and the one who gulped his died, and the other one did not drink his at all (or very little)?
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06-30-2004, 01:52 PM
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They are served, but it doesn't say that they both drank. Did one man sip his beverage (or leave it sitting on the bar) while the other gulped his, and the one who gulped his died, and the other one did not drink his at all (or very little)? Actually, the guy who died drank his more slowly, while the one who lived gulped his down. |
06-30-2004, 01:58 PM
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did he die because he was lingering in the bar stool too long and someone killed him for the seat?
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