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How'd He Die?
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 man lies dead in front of his house.
Around him are:
a hammer and some nails,
a full container of nitroglycerin,
and a crimson fish.
What happened?
Around him are:
a hammer and some nails,
a full container of nitroglycerin,
and a crimson fish.
What happened?
Hint
The fish is not very important.Answer
The man strained himself while working on his roof and died of a heart attack, because he didn't take his medicinal nitroglycerin. The crimson fish is a red herring.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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i feel so stupid with the fish
I feel like i have heard that one before..... i dunno i knew the answer though.......
that was gud but weird....
I think it could have used more details, since nothing implies he could have had a heart attack. And what is a fish doing on a porch?
Ok.
Ok.
a bit morbid, eh? the fish threw me off, until i read the hint. good teaser tho.
Hahah
Nitroglycerin is used for heart problems, and the red herring isn't actually a fish its a kind of false clue.
I was on the right track and I got it wrong, probably cause it's hard 4 me 2 think when I'm sick
the title looks very inviting
lol at the fish
haha, the fish was red herring!
hahaha, made me chuckle. brilliant teaser! hope to see some more from you soon!
good teaser, I like the fish thing!
What's with the fish?
(A fish out of the water?!)
So, nitro is also medicinal. N~. Never knew that.
(A fish out of the water?!)
So, nitro is also medicinal. N~. Never knew that.
I thought he 'blew' his brains out!
cute
Why did he have to be on the roof? Shouldn't there be a ladder nearby?
Of Course (sarcastic). I thought he had his head bashed in
the red herring thing is positively brilliant! For those of you who don't know a red herring is something put there to throw you off even though it has positively nothing to do with it.
great teaser!!!
great teaser!!!
I thought his killer attacked him with the hammer and nails, ran off with the nitroglycerin, put it back when he was dead, and...his cat dropped a fish?
How about saying "nitroglycerin pills", so we know he wasn't planning to blow something up?
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