Conundrums, Puzzles, Logic Problems (1 Viewer)

[Peyton Marino]

He gets a call at work telling him that someone in his family has the car running in the garage trying to commit suicide. As he rushes home, he gets another call telling him the car ran out of gas and no one was killed.

nope.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

A ship floats in the middle of the ocean. Twenty corpses are floating in the ship's vicinity.

 

[Peyton Marino]

are they human corpses?

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

are they human corpses?

Yes.

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

has the ship been disabled somehow?

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

has the ship been disabled somehow?

No.

 

[Moe Green]

Were the corpses at any time on the ship?

 

[Peyton Marino]

does the ship have any passengers on it?

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Were the corpses at any time on the ship?

Yes.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

does the ship have any passengers on it?

No.

 

[Alias]

Is there anyone alive on the ship?

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Is there anyone alive on the ship?

No.

 

[Alias]

Was the cause of death of the floating people all the same?

Did they drown?

Did they suffocate?

Did they burn to death?

 

[Alias]

Is the ship a sailboat?

Is it in the ocean?

Was there a storm recently that caused the deaths?

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Was the cause of death of the floating people all the same?

Yes.

Did they drown?

Yes.

Did they suffocate?

No (unless drowning counts as suffocation, in which case the answer is yes).

Did they burn to death?

No.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Is the ship a sailboat?

No.

Is it in the ocean?

Yes.

Was there a storm recently that caused the deaths?

No.

 

[videoguy505]

Were they alive before they got on the ship?

 

[Peyton Marino]

Did the people at one point think the ship was going to sink?

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Were they alive before they got on the ship?

Yes.

 

[Alias]

Is the ship a submarine?

Does the type of ship have any bearing on why the people died?

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Did the people at one point think the ship was going to sink?

No.

 

[Peyton Marino]

Did the people end up in the water voluntarily?

 

[Alias]

Did a dangerous animal get loose on the ship causing everyone to jump ship?

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Is the ship a submarine?

No.

Does the type of ship have any bearing on why the people died?

This is difficult for me to answer the way it is phrased. Can you try to reword it?

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Did the people end up in the water voluntarily?

Yes.

 

[rick6668]

Is the ship just for use on the water? Can it fly?

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Did a dangerous animal get loose on the ship causing everyone to jump ship?

No.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Is the ship just for use on the water?

Yes.

Can it fly?

No.

 

[Alias]

Is the ship a submarine?

No.

Does the type of ship have any bearing on why the people died?

This is difficult for me to answer the way it is phrased. Can you try to reword it?

Was the ship transporting something that caused the deaths of the people?Was the ship a seaplane?

 

[Peyton Marino]

Were the people's lives in danger if they stayed on the ship?

Were the people involved in some sort of contest?

 

[bryhamm]

Were the people at one point frozen?

Were the people at one point standing on ice?

 

[Alias]

Did the people tread water before drowning?

Was there something preventing the people from getting back on the ship before drowning or did they prefer to stay in the water?

Did the people drown in the ocean or while on the ship?

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Was the ship transporting something that caused the deaths of the people?

No.

Was the ship a seaplane?

No.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Were the people's lives in danger if they stayed on the ship?

No.

Were the people involved in some sort of contest?

No.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Were the people at one point frozen?

No.

Were the people at one point standing on ice?

No.

 

[Peyton Marino]

was fatigue the main contributor to the people's drowning?

 

[bryhamm]

Was the ship ever on fire?

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Did the people tread water before drowning?

Yes.

Was there something preventing the people from getting back on the ship before drowning

Yes.

did they prefer to stay in the water?

No.

Did the people drown in the ocean

Yes.

or while on the ship?

No.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

was fatigue the main contributor to the people's drowning?

Yes.

 

[bryhamm]

Was the ship floating upside down?

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Was the ship ever on fire?

No.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Was the ship floating upside down?

No.

 

[Early_10]

Iceburg!

 

[Alias]

Did everyone decide to go swimming, then the ladder broke preventing them from getting back on the ship?

 

[Peyton Marino]

did the people stand to gain something from jumping into the water?

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Iceburg!

No.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Did everyone decide to go swimming, then the ladder broke preventing them from getting back on the ship?

They all went for a swim but forgot to put out the ladder. The ladder breaking works too.New conundrum in a minute.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

A king dies. Two men claim to be the long-lost son of the king and rightful heir to the throne. A wise man proposes a test to figure out who is the real heir. One of the purported heirs agrees to the test, the other declines. The wise man identifies the man who refused to take the test as the true heir.

 

[dgreen]

A king dies. Two men claim to be the long-lost son of the king and rightful heir to the throne. A wise man proposes a test to figure out who is the real heir. One of the purported heirs agrees to the test, the other declines. The wise man identifies the man who refused to take the test as the true heir.

So what's the question here? Is it: How did the wise man know? Is it: What was the test? Is it something else?

 

[videoguy505]

Would taking the test have risked the life of the true heir?