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The Will
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Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.Situation
Detective Tannaj was looking at the dead body that lay sprawled on the ground. She noticed that the man had a great collection of Greek mythology ornaments. He had huge crystal statues of Zeus and the other gods and goddesses. A policeman handed the man's will to the detective. The will read:
"I, Thomas Moore III, do give all of my land, my home, and my beautiful platinum statue of Venus to my Daughter Cynthia Cordelia."
That night Cynthia Cordelia was arrested for murder and forgery. Why?
"I, Thomas Moore III, do give all of my land, my home, and my beautiful platinum statue of Venus to my Daughter Cynthia Cordelia."
That night Cynthia Cordelia was arrested for murder and forgery. Why?
Answer
The man was a great collector of GREEK mythology. When Detective Tannaj saw that the statue was referred to as "Venus" in the will, she got suspicious. Surely the old man would have known that Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of love, not Venus (who is the ROMAN goddess of love).Hide Answer Show Answer
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I got it after thinking for a while. Good one!
A teaser inspired by the goddess of beauty. More please.
Nice one. Good thing I learned mythology in school or I wouldnt have got this one
That was wonderful! good job
This is cute.
I don't personally like teasers that give false information. There is nothing in the wording that suggests that he thought that Venus was Greek. You might as well say the detective was mistaken about the heredity of the ornaments. Why can't he give Venus to his daughter and all his Greek statues to the Greek museum? It occurred to me that Venus was not Greek but so what?
Hehehe good one. I got it after 5 seconds though. LOL
I didn't see how the answer related to why the daughter was accused of murder
That was good, but another way I thought of was that the detective saw crystal statues. The will said a platinum statue.
angelbaby12, the relation between Venus and the daughter getting arrested, is that *most likely* the daughter killed her father. She probably forged the note to get a hold of the statues, and didn't know anything about Greek mythology.
i like it
I rated it as hard because I don't know Greek Mythology that well, but I do have a great interest in the subject. GoodOne!
That made me think for a bit. Easy enough to get it, but hard enough to make you think. Excellent riddle.
May 15, 2005
smartgirl2000-That's what I thought!
Good teaser. Had to think about that one!
jimbo - the teaser didn't actually give out false information.
Aphrodite and Venus are the same deity, it's just that one is Roman and one is Greek. Therefore, if the father was a collector of Greek mythology he would refer to the statue as being of Aphrodite. A person who collected Roman mythology would refer to her as Venus. Therefore, when the Will stated that the statue of Venus was being given to the daughter, it meant that the Will hadn't been written by the father.
Aphrodite and Venus are the same deity, it's just that one is Roman and one is Greek. Therefore, if the father was a collector of Greek mythology he would refer to the statue as being of Aphrodite. A person who collected Roman mythology would refer to her as Venus. Therefore, when the Will stated that the statue of Venus was being given to the daughter, it meant that the Will hadn't been written by the father.
i thought it was cause they had differnet last names :\
but she's probably married
but she's probably married
Glad I know my mythology! XD
That was pretty easy but also fun.
I've always thought that Aphrodite was a better name anyways.
I've always thought that Aphrodite was a better name anyways.
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