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The Sound
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Puzzle ID: #6046
Submitted By: NotSoLilGeorge Corrected By: medster99
Submitted By: NotSoLilGeorge Corrected By: medster99
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
The police suspected thieves were hiding stolen goods in a cave and went to investigate. One dirty man was wandering out of the cave when the police stopped him to bring him in for questioning. The man said he was looking for his dog in the cave when he saw a bear. He ran and got lost, but a duck wandered in and quacked. He heard it at first and wasn't sure if it was real. Then the sound echoed, and he knew where it was coming from. So he found the entrance. The police knew that bears and ducks were common, but at one point the man lied. Where?
Answer
A duck's quack does echo, but it usually cannot be heard by human ears. The man, in his scared and lost state, would not have heard it.Hide Answer Show Answer
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And thus we see the power of Snapple.
Actually, they do echo...
http://198.64.129.160/critters/wild/duckecho.htm
http://198.64.129.160/critters/wild/duckecho.htm
The man has no way to tell if the duck has just wandered in or has been in the cave all along...
Aug 17, 2002
thats such a dumb teaser!!
Yea, I was bored and it was getting late so I made up a stupid teaser but my sister rushed me so it got even worse.
What, like I was high while writing it?
I heard that "fact" on a chain letter...
I like it.
I didn't know that, cool!
A ducks quack does echo. check out either of these web sites, or hundreds more:
http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/acoustics_world/duck/duck.htm
http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/acoustics_world/duck/duck.htm
http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/acoustics_world/duck/duck.htm
http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/acoustics_world/duck/duck.htm
They also tested it on Mythbusters. Duck quacks do echo, it's just that the weird sound of the quacks themselves blends in with the echoes.
It Does Echo Dummy!
Yeah I saw the thing on Mythbusters a long time ago. Can I get the teaser removed?
i guess i'm not the only one who watches mythbusters !
I think i fixed it to everyones satisfaction
Cool!
I watch Mythbusters too!
I watch Mythbusters too!
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