Braingle: 'Smugglin' Sam' Brain Teaser

Smugglin' Sam

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

Puzzle ID:	#25585
Fun:	(2.82)
Difficulty:	(1.98)
Category:	Mystery
Submitted By:	_fire_fly

Doc Jim and the police were investigating a drug smuggler who was staying at a local hotel. Unfortunately, when they arrived, the suspect, Smugglin' Sam, had already left. Luckily for them, he had left a list of the places where he was staying.

"According to his list," began the Captain, "he will be in Paris for two weeks, then Naples, then Athens, London, Palestine, and finally Moscow. He sure knows how to disguise himself. His girlfriend said he just recently bought a ten-gallon hat! Well, tonight I'll have my men fly out to France to get him. We'll search every hotel there, but we'll find him."

"Unfortunately," said Doc, "Your men will be flying in the wrong direction to catch ol' Sam."

Where was Sam hiding?

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froggygg Aug 26, 2005	Great teaser. The hat was the clue that gave me the answer!
loveshellylove Aug 26, 2005	Texas! Home Sweet Home. Thats where I hang MY ten gallon hat.
kittykatkate96 Aug 26, 2005	Hey i read that in a book
YellowDays Aug 26, 2005	easy, good job
GarnetLover Aug 26, 2005	that was hard but pretty fun
ErIn_RuLeS Aug 27, 2005	GREAT TEASER!!!!!
mxclint68 Aug 27, 2005	LOL...not to hard, since I've been to most of the towns....yes I am a Texan...nice teaser...good to see the Lone Star State in a teaser...
NTaliesen Aug 27, 2005	It was in an old Encyclopedia Brown mystery book, fun to read for the first time, not as much on the second go
jessjspieks Aug 27, 2005	easy answer with the ten gallon hat, but cute. Loved it
soccercow10 Aug 28, 2005	ha ha ha! really fun but the ten gallon hat gave it away.Also i knew paris was a city in texas thx to watchin TV
puppygirl1213 Aug 29, 2005	I am an east coast girl so i did not know that. Good one
renny Aug 29, 2005	I didn't know all those cities were in Texas.. but got the answer from the ten gallon hat! Fun Teaser!
lil_Brat Aug 29, 2005	all my exes live in texas Doodoodoo thats why i hang my hat in tennessee sry i just like that song but i know the answer woohooo im happy i feel smart
Katelin Aug 30, 2005	Yay I got it right but I live in Texas so that could be why...
yourmom0101 Aug 31, 2005	Nice try, but too bad thats in a book, not only is that not fair, its ILLEGAL Books are copywrited
swithie Sep 01, 2005	Got me. My geographical knowledge is appalling so i didn't stand a chance.
positiveneutron Sep 01, 2005	wow that was hard
Celanba Sep 03, 2005	It's easy to figure out if u know that there's such a city as Paris, Texas. It was pretty good though!
xmadnetx Sep 04, 2005	My dad was born in Palestine not Israel ....Those dam Israelians stole Palestinian's land btw...really that Paris, Naples, Athens, London, Palestine, and Moscow are all cities in Texas.....that cool PS: nice riddle....good one Just incase u wondering im half palestinian and half brazilian
belle_08 Sep 07, 2005	That was good and funny You gotta love Texas!
PENANDINK Sep 08, 2005	nice one
Haylie1506 Sep 09, 2005	I loved this one, but that's really because I'm a Texas native. I love my state!!! Yeehaw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FerretGirl Sep 11, 2005	Cool
teaser55 Sep 12, 2005	T for Texas,way to go.
chickybaby3 Sep 20, 2005	I second that YEEHAAAAAA!!!
bhssoccer23 Sep 20, 2005	I did not know that! Coolness!
stormy255 Sep 23, 2005	i got the answer but what's weird is that i got it a different way i thought since it said "his girlfriend said he recently bought a ten gallon hat" and i automaticly thought of texas.
converse_chik Oct 09, 2005	exemplary teaser i thot, it was simple enough to make you confused your self, yet challenging enough to make you think. very very good!! i praise you highly, and yes, i got it, but only because of the 10 gallon hat thing, still good.
bluvsscoobydoo Oct 12, 2005	Great teaser!!! Glad to see TX mentioned!!! "oh, the yellow rose of Texas..." sry, a little TX pride
maximo3491 Oct 16, 2005	good one
Maggirl23 Oct 28, 2005	got it at the ten gallon hat. when he said palestine i got suspicous. Great teaser.
peppamintp Nov 07, 2005	Great one I actually didn't know those cities were in Texas so of course I was stumped. But loved it any way
passion Nov 07, 2005	good one. but the country isreal is infact called Palestine which would mean that it doesn't matter if he had said isreal or not, well at least to me.
smarty_blondy Nov 13, 2005	I like it, good job!
abw7292 Nov 13, 2005	WoWeRZ... i aM So PRouD oF MiSeLF... i ACTuaLLY uNDeRSTooD THe aNSWeR 2 DaT 1... BaBii STePZ... BaBii STePZ... LoLeRZ!!
OldChinaHand Jan 29, 2006	Yippie ie oh, cowboy...
OldChinaHand Jan 29, 2006	Yippie ie oh, cowboy...
didida Jul 07, 2006	I have my roll back! I knew that from a cartoon! Ironic isn't it!
flamehead Oct 12, 2006	Very clever!
thelordnyax Nov 10, 2006	you hecka stole that from encyclopedia brown! oh well it was fun anyway
scallio Feb 22, 2007	Cool. One can, however, travel to Palestine. While it is a city in Texas, it is also an area in the middle East, and some may wish to say Palestine rather than Israel. In this case though, the 10 gallon hat made it obvious that he intended to travel to Texas. I just felt that your hint was off base.
scallio Feb 22, 2007	Don't most consider the Gaza strip and West Bank to be Palestine? A better hint might have been: "He didn't name a middle east city, instead Sam said Palestine. All other destinations named were cities. Could Palestine be a city somewhere other than the middle East?"
erob1977 Apr 14, 2007	I am very embarassed! I live in East Texas, about 2 hours at the most from Paris and Palestine, and I went to elementary school in London (although it was renamed New London after the school explosion).....and I missed it...oops!
HarryPutter May 25, 2007	true palestine is considered the people living in the Gaza and west banks
cowman12 Jun 12, 2007	Great teaser! Very well thought out!
preppygirl Jul 17, 2007	damn im frum ohio and i only knew there was a paris,texas frum watching reruns of boy meets worldlol
bookwrmKP Jan 25, 2008	this one stumped me, even with the hint. guess l need to get around more... Great teaser!
King_of_Smart Mar 12, 2008	Got it wrong. Very fun though!
nidhikaila Oct 07, 2008	oh wow! i really liked this one.
duleo Feb 15, 2009	Encyclopedia ripoff. I read the book like 20 times. Jeez, show some originality.
dancingd3 Mar 20, 2009	lol good teaser. i didn't totally get it, but then i was like, wait, isn't Paris a city in Texas? and i only knew that from an episode of Hannah Montana. lol (i'm from NJ, not familiar w/ Texan cities)
precious1026 Jun 06, 2010	good teaser, even though I thought the location was Las Vegas. But, that became iffy b/c of the Palestine clue. So, I was all wrong, but good teaser and fun.
MagicPurple Feb 27, 2011	Oh Texas.
bigbanggoo Jun 30, 2011	Pardon the ignorance guys but what's about the hat that gave it away?