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momobiker · 19/08/2011 12:14

Five tricky questions

  1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?


2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and grey when you throw it away ?

  1. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?


  1. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!
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StealthPolarBear · 19/08/2011 12:17

I know all of these apart from 3
Love these puzzles :)

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StealthPolarBear · 19/08/2011 12:17

Number 3 I mean

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VelvetSnow · 19/08/2011 12:18
  1. Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day
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Itsjustafleshwound · 19/08/2011 12:19

Thinking .... but I am pretty dim at these sort of puzzles ...

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VelvetSnow · 19/08/2011 12:19

still trying to work out the others...

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Chocobo · 19/08/2011 12:19
  1. The room with the lions as they will all be dead!
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StealthPolarBear · 19/08/2011 12:19

good one VS, i'd have gone for yesterday, today, tomorrow

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Chocobo · 19/08/2011 12:19
  1. It is a photo of her husband


Still puzzling over the rest
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StealthPolarBear · 19/08/2011 12:20

is 3 charcoal?

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Itsjustafleshwound · 19/08/2011 12:21
  1. Yesterday, today and tomorrow??
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MrsVidic · 19/08/2011 12:21

Is number 2 a photographer then develops the photo?

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DontCallMeFrothyDragon · 19/08/2011 12:21
  1. The room full of Lions that haven't eaten for 3 years. They'll have starved to death.


  1. She took and developed a photo of him.


  1. Coal


  1. Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch Grin Or yesterday, today, tomorrow


  1. It has no letter "e".
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elegangle · 19/08/2011 12:21

no 4: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day

no 5: no e's

still working on the others!

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LadyThumb · 19/08/2011 12:22

No. 5 - No e's at all.

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MrsVidic · 19/08/2011 12:22

Is 3 credit?

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VelvetSnow · 19/08/2011 12:23

dead lions, photo of husband & charcoal.

excellent

Very intelligent ladies!

Stealth, I reckon your answer re the consecutive days is correct.

No. 5 - I have no idea, yet :)

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ilovenetball · 19/08/2011 12:24

5 - no e's

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BertieBotts · 19/08/2011 12:24
  1. The fire, because it might burn a hole in the door for him to escape...


  1. she's a photographer


  1. Newsprint?


  1. yesterday, today, tomorrow


  1. Something to do with the word "it". Is it the most common word in the sentence? Confused
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VelvetSnow · 19/08/2011 12:25

x post with the e's :)

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momobiker · 19/08/2011 12:25

The consecutive days is wrong, now I am Hmm

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DogsBestFriend · 19/08/2011 12:25

I think I know 4 out of them, not sure about the first one.

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BertieBotts · 19/08/2011 12:26

Oh oops, I was way off Grin

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DogsBestFriend · 19/08/2011 12:27

Ah!

They're dead of course! Poor things!



The others, I'd guess, are:

Wife's a photographer.
Coal
Yesterday, today, tomorrow.
No E's in the entire paragraph.

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StealthPolarBear · 19/08/2011 12:28

Is charcoal (or coal) right for 3?

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momobiker · 19/08/2011 12:29

yes coal is number 3 - does anyone want the answers?

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