Yes/No-question puzzle

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:34 am

Maybe this way of puzzles is done before but probably not this one:

A man lay dead in the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam (the city centre) with a package on his back. You have to investigate this case to find out what happened, by asking questions which only can be answered with yes or no.

Good luck!

Muzozavr · Post by **Muzozavr** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:37 am

Were the package's contents hazardous?

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:39 am

Muzozavr wrote:Were the package's contents hazardous?

No

Muzozavr · Post by **Muzozavr** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:03 am

Were these contents valuable?

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:29 am

No

Edit:
Actually I think the package was valuable though, but that is not the reason that he is dead. I think it's not very important.

jdl · Post by **jdl** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:55 am

Did the package belong to the man?

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:03 pm

jdl · Post by **jdl** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:08 pm

Was he married?

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:15 pm

No (but that should make no difference for this puzzle

)

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:48 pm

Was he stupid? lol

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Did he loaned something before he died?

uneekrose · Post by **uneekrose** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:50 pm

Was he murdered?

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:08 pm

No he was not stupid lol
And no, he didn't loan something.

No he was not murdered. Good question, I almost wanted to say that when Muzo asked about valuable, for I think he meant if the man was murdered because of the value of the package.

BTW, Dizzy and I were chatting, we said good morning and she gave the right solution at once.

So maybe if you lay dreaming in a hammock you find the answer.

kiki · Post by **kiki** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:36 pm

Is the package a bomb

Lutz · Post by **Lutz** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:37 pm

Just wondering what kind of package you wear on your back...

Was it a parachute?

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:56 pm

Lutz, you were dreaming in your hammock as well I think.

Correct. I would think this was much more difficult

Dizzy1 · Post by **Dizzy1** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:14 pm

But Lutz, you forgot to say, "A parachute which failed to open!"

Na na na na boo boo.

(ahem, sorry!

a little immature behavior there, but that's to be expected from me.) Mwa

Hope I'm forgiven.

It's my turn now?

This isn't a yes or no puzzle, but here you go:

Your sock drawer contains ten pairs of white socks and ten pairs of black socks. If you're only allowed to take one sock from the drawer at a time and you can't see what color sock you're taking until you've taken it, how many socks do you have to take before you're guaranteed to have at least one matching pair?

Lutz · Post by **Lutz** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:45 pm

3

na na na na boo boo back

Dizzy1 · Post by **Dizzy1** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:51 pm

Grrr

CORRECT!

Ok, you have to post a puzzle next!

maxnick · Post by **maxnick** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:18 pm

Dizzy1 wrote: Your sock drawer contains ten pairs of white socks and ten pairs of black socks. If you're only allowed to take one sock from the drawer at a time and you can't see what color sock you're taking until you've taken it, how many socks do you have to take before you're guaranteed to have at least one matching pair?

That goes in the Invisble Game topic...

Lutz · Post by **Lutz** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:46 pm

Dizzy1 wrote:Ok, you have to post a puzzle next!

Ok then, but I won't start a yes/no puzzle because I'm not around regularly and you have to wait too long for my answers. So just a simple riddle.

A snail is climbing a wall which is 10 m high.
The snail climbs 2 m a day but slides back 1 m during night.
How many days does the snail need to reach the top of the wall?

Muzozavr · Post by **Muzozavr** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:58 pm

The first time it will happen in 9 days. Then the snail will slide back and on the tenth day it will do so AGAIN.

rescuefire · Post by **rescuefire** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:41 pm

Lutz · Post by **Lutz** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:53 pm

Muzo is right. The snail reaches the wall top at the end of day 9.

rescuefire · Post by **rescuefire** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:56 pm

Oh silly me! Nice job Muzo

Muzozavr · Post by **Muzozavr** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:09 pm

A man lies unconscious. There's a green rock nearby. What happened?

speegled · Post by **speegled** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:11 pm

Is the green rock algae?

jdl · Post by **jdl** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:12 pm

Someone spray-painted the rock and hit the man with it?

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:53 pm

1 Is that rock like a stone a man can throw?
or
2 Is it like a mountain of stone?

3 Does "lies" mean: lay down? (for I'm not that good in English but I think it can also mean: Saying something what's not true)

4 If that rock was just grey, should have happened the same?

Muzozavr · Post by **Muzozavr** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:42 pm

No algae.
No spray paint.

Marinus:

1. 2. It doesn't matter, but in case of 2 the effect would happen way sooner!

3. Yes, he lays down. I guess I was unclear on that.
4. NO.

mqdar · Post by **mqdar** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:36 am

Is the rock green because it has moss on it?