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The Murderer 2
Situation
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
A policeman was walking down the street after a long day of looking for a murderer. As he was walking home, he saw the murderer that everyone was looking for, yet he just kept walking home.
Why didn't the policeman stop the murderer?
Why didn't the policeman stop the murderer?
Answer
The policeman saw the murderer in a disguise, and dismissed him as a harmless stranger taking a walk.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Never knew it!
Thought he'd seen a "wanted" poster!
I was thinking he saw the news on a TV in a shop window or something.
Thought he saw him in the back of someone else's squad car...
I thought the same thing as boodler... Nice teaser!!
ya it is very obscure
hmmm
It was very obscure!!!! I had the police car thing.... there are loads of answers!
Huh? I dont get it...
Too many possible answers to this one.
I was thinking that the murderer was on a wanted poster
i was thinking he was on a poster or on TV or something
Not my thing i dont get it
Pointless with too many answers
nice teaser but should be in the Trick area
I was also thinking of a poster. The answer surprised me.
Trick teaser not situation but theres multiple answers
I thought that the murderer killed the cop before he could arrest him.
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Yeah. I thought a poster as well...
I don't think my guess was a bad one but I guessed:
The policeman found the man earlier that day then he had to walk past the murderers jail cell to get to the door out of the prison.
The policeman found the man earlier that day then he had to walk past the murderers jail cell to get to the door out of the prison.
i figured he had walked by a jail or something and knew that he was caught. but good job!
I thought the "murderer" was one of those people who exterminate cockroaches and other insects in homes...but good teaser.
saw him in the squad car was my guess too. makes more sense and is still a "teaser"
being in a disguise, the policeman didn't see the murder, he saw the disguise.
being in a disguise, the policeman didn't see the murder, he saw the disguise.
i thought the same thing as likeproperty
My answer:
They were trying to catch a murderer, but they hadn't identified the murderer yet. They were still trying to catch him, so they didn't know what he looked like. So, the policeman saw him and just didn't realize he was the killer.
They were trying to catch a murderer, but they hadn't identified the murderer yet. They were still trying to catch him, so they didn't know what he looked like. So, the policeman saw him and just didn't realize he was the killer.
umm... a wanted sign maybe? think of alternate answers so you can give enough detail to make sure people can come up with one, sound answer.
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