Braingle: 'The Ancient Vase' Brain Teaser

The Ancient Vase

Mystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.

Puzzle ID:	#24889
Fun:	(2.79)
Difficulty:	(1.67)
Category:	Mystery
Submitted By:	sweetime
Corrected By:	bookwrmKP

Detective Sing was sitting at his desk when he was approached by a young lady.

"I've come to you for advice, Detective Sing," she said. "I met this guy, Dr. Howard, a few months ago. He's an archaeological expert, specialising in sun rituals in ancient times. A few days ago he approached me and said that he had found a beautiful vase which had pictures on it celebrating the Summer Equinox. He said that it's a rare find, but that if I give him $2000, he'll give me a half share in any proceeds he gets when he sells the vase. I was wondering whether you could find out some more about him for me, to make sure I'm not going to be handing over money to a fraud."

"Well," said Detective Sing. "The vase may well be a genuine artifact, but I'd be careful of this guy 'Howard' - he's a fraud."

What made Detective Sing so sure?

Show Answer

What Next?

See another brain teaser just like this one...

Or, just get a random brain teaser

If you become a registered user you can vote on this brain teaser, keep track of
which ones you have seen, and even make your own.

Comments

lycanthrope Jul 26, 2005	I forgot about the solstices so I didn't get it! Excellent mystery anyway!
froggygg Jul 26, 2005	Very good mystery. I enjoyed this one.
joeschmo Jul 26, 2005	it was pretty good it took me a while before i got it....nice job
zsmash31 Jul 26, 2005	it was too easy it took me like 30 secs to figure it out
SaturnCat08 Jul 27, 2005	Good One!
irishthistle Jul 28, 2005	Great mystery, I really enjoyed this one.
GarnetLover Aug 05, 2005	good one.
hit_the_sand Aug 18, 2005	I knew it had something to do with the Summer Equinox thing, but I just couldn't place it! Keep the teasers comin...I submitted a teaser earlier today...hope it makes it!
soccercow10 Sep 05, 2005	good and easy!!great job
FerretGirl Sep 11, 2005	Solistices?
chickybaby3 Sep 20, 2005	Equinox?
sweetime Sep 20, 2005	from what i can remember (and someone feel free to correct me here) equinoxes are where the days and nights are of equal length and occur around march and september 21/22. solistices are where the days are either at their longest or shortest (so the summer solistice has the longest daylight to night time ratio and the winter solistice has the shortest daytime to nighttime ratio) thanks to everyone who liked it
stormy255 Oct 06, 2005	keep them coming i liked this one!
precious1026 Oct 10, 2005	I thought the mystery was??????? you write a lot of teasers. You're good. Keep up the ggoodd wworkk. NOO, I did not get it. I just knew he was dishonest, and he sold fakes.
AZTTT Oct 12, 2005	Good one! I actually got it, Nice job, Keep 'em coming!
converse_chik Oct 20, 2005	really good, i got it, but it was fun, it has been awhile since i have done any thing with equinoxes and solstices. made me think, really good.
OldChinaHand Feb 07, 2006	Nice One.
choptlivva Feb 19, 2006	Good one Sweetime!! I had to think about it for a minute, but then I got it!
didida Jul 07, 2006	Got it!
angelpunk Aug 27, 2006	ahh,that detective sing,so so smart,how does he do it O_o
scallio Jan 10, 2007	Awesome teaser! I should have known this but it stumped me.
preppygirl Jul 17, 2007	seriously ive read most of ur teasers and your really smart!
adrianlvr1123 Jan 30, 2008	WEll GREAT JOB!!!! That was so mysterious, ooo!! LOL!! Great TEASER!! KEEP THEM COMIN!! LOL!!
luckypuppy Mar 18, 2008	I guessed it Nice facts at the end there.
gorilladanny Mar 21, 2009	totally love it.
KiraKaty Nov 16, 2009	While I was reading it, I was like, "...'Celebrating the Summer Equinox.' !! Archeologist guy's a faker!" It's just a little too easy if you know your facts.