Braingle: 'Weird Legend' Brain Teaser

Weird Legend

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Puzzle ID:	#43691
Fun:	(2.8)
Difficulty:	(1.53)
Category:	Trivia
Submitted By:	yangjun
Corrected By:	peanut

A legend says that 200 years ago a man sailed from Madagascar to Paraguay. The man used a sailboat made out of wood from maple trees that grew on his island. The man used the north star to navigate at night and he ate lobsters to survive. Once he reached Paraguay, his boat sank and his ghost lives near the wreckage.

Explain 4 things that are wrong with this legend.

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Answer

1) There were no maple trees in Madagascar.

2) He could not see the north star to navigate in the south hemisphere.

3) He would not be able to fish for a lobster to eat as lobster live at the bottom of the sea instead of swimming around.

4) Lastly, Paraguay could not be accessed by water.
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Comments

grilledcheese Dec 08, 2008	I only got 2! Good quiz
MissMarple Dec 08, 2008	I got sixteen,I think. Good job.
here2 Dec 08, 2008	I think this one is fun. Thanks.
dogg6pound9 Dec 08, 2008	got them all with ease... still a fun one though!!!
Shadows Dec 09, 2008	I got the answer because I saw it in the reviewing queue many times. I rated it fun.
kingofda808 Dec 10, 2008	good 1 missed da 1 bout da orth staar hit da rest on da head!
westbrook Dec 13, 2008	I loved it!!!!!! I didn't get anything though
javaguru Dec 15, 2008	Yeah, easy but fun. I think you needed to throw one statement in there that was possible in order to make the answers less obvious. By the time I got to the end of reading it I'd already identified the problem with each statement.
markmonnin Jan 06, 2009	I didn't get #4. I used "ghosts don't exist" instead. Fun!
yangjun Jan 29, 2009	Thanx of all ur comments Hope ur enjoy this teaser
dancingd3 Mar 04, 2009	awesome teaser, i got three, and "half-got" the 1 about lobsters. i said they wouldnt b living where he sailed... close!
HarryPutter Apr 20, 2009	I got 1 - 3, didn't know about Paraguay Nice
Lady_Lani Apr 23, 2009	great teaser, I got most of the answers, missed the last one though. Keep 'em comin!
Lil_Dork May 16, 2009	fun scary legend!!!!
zigthepig Jun 05, 2009	I didn't know any of these but I guessed them all and got them right. good one.
mathisnice Feb 18, 2010	Good teaser. I thought that ghosts can't "live" as the fourth one. I should have remembered Paraguay isn't water-accesible.
mathisnice Feb 18, 2010	Good teaser. I thought that ghosts can't "live" as the fourth one. I should have remembered Paraguay isn't water-accesible.
Obilio Feb 19, 2013	Thanks, that was fun! I too thought ghosts (supposedly the essence of people who have died), couldn't be said to "live" somewhere.