Mrs. Braun
Mystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.
There once was a man named Mr. Braun. Not much was known about him, except for these things: he was married to a piano teacher, he was born and lived and married in Germany, and he had died a week earlier. Now, since he was dead and had no other living relatives, his estate would go to his wife (he left no will). The problem is, two women came forward, claiming to be the real Mrs. Braun.
Now, you're a detective, trying to figure out who is the real Mrs. Braun by having a piano competition. Mrs. Braun was an exceptional pianist, who could play many complex pieces. When you met them, they were sitting in a room with a couch and a piano. You extended your hand to greet them. One of them, a blonde, wore one ring (her wedding ring), which dug painfully into your hand when she shook it. The other (brunette) had one wedding ring also, but since it was on the other hand, you figured it was safe to shake.
Anyway, you put on the show with a lawyer as your witness. The blonde sat down and played Beethoven's Fifth with no trouble whatsoever, as did the brunette. They were both equal, but you managed to tell who the REAL Mrs. Braun was.
Who was it and how did you know?
Now, you're a detective, trying to figure out who is the real Mrs. Braun by having a piano competition. Mrs. Braun was an exceptional pianist, who could play many complex pieces. When you met them, they were sitting in a room with a couch and a piano. You extended your hand to greet them. One of them, a blonde, wore one ring (her wedding ring), which dug painfully into your hand when she shook it. The other (brunette) had one wedding ring also, but since it was on the other hand, you figured it was safe to shake.
Anyway, you put on the show with a lawyer as your witness. The blonde sat down and played Beethoven's Fifth with no trouble whatsoever, as did the brunette. They were both equal, but you managed to tell who the REAL Mrs. Braun was.
Who was it and how did you know?
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Posted by thecowancannons on Aug 08, 2005 good job  got the teaser pretty easy. good job though |
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Posted by craziigurl1105 on Aug 08, 2005 i knew it had something to do with rings, but got confused on which hand! great teaser tho! |
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Posted by Nytwynd on Aug 08, 2005 Nice one  Learned something new  |
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Posted by on Aug 10, 2005 Great teaser! I got it pretty easy but I liked it. My only suggestion for making it better would be that you said which hand you reached out to shake with. Although, that may have been a bit of a giveaway that it had something to do with the rings and hands. O well, nice teaser! |
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Posted by GarnetLover on Aug 10, 2005 i didnt know which hand he shook. i was thinking brunette because since the ring dug into the detectives hand, it muct have been big, and usually ppl who play the piano dont wear jewlry on their hands. |
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Posted by gumdrop480 on Aug 11, 2005 I knew it had to do with the rings... |
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Posted by dddlite on Aug 11, 2005 Well done!! I didn't know that about rings & fingers and other countries. I thought it was the brunette because of the ring.  Good teaser! |
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Posted by froggygg on Aug 11, 2005 Good teaser. I also knew it had something to do with the ring, but thought that made the ring wearer the guilty party as most piano players do not wear large jewelry on their hands. Fooled me.   |
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Posted by puppygirl1213 on Aug 17, 2005 Cool, i did not know that, but the hint pretty much made it obvious though. |
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Posted by hit_the_sand on Aug 17, 2005 I didn't know that in other countries they wear their wedding rings on different fingers, but after I read the clue, I figured it was possible! Great teaser! |
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Posted by phantomgal on Aug 20, 2005 that was a good one. i didnt know they wear thier rings in other countries, but i figured it had something to do with the rings. |
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Posted by babygrl329 on Aug 22, 2005 i got it!!!!! |
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Posted by soccercow10 on Sep 05, 2005 cool teaser!!!except i got it all mixed up.i wasnt really thinkin and i said it was the brunette because she had it on the left!!!! dont laugh at me! |
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Posted by sweetime on Sep 08, 2005 well done, took me ages to find somewhere that said that rings were worn on the right hand, not the left. had me completely stumped since i was aware that the tradition of wearing wedding and engagement rings on the left ring finger came out of europe. good job |
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Posted by FerretGirl on Sep 11, 2005 Too hard! How did you know about the Germany thing? |
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Posted by chickybaby3 on Sep 20, 2005 HMMMMMMMMM hard to decide when you don't know which hand he extends, learned something though, COOL |
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Posted by teaser55 on Sep 22, 2005 Easy when you know the ring thing.I didn't know,good job,I learned something new. |
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Posted by turtlesrock44 on Oct 10, 2005 i cheated but i also learned something new |
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Posted by Maggirl23 on Oct 28, 2005 i thought it was the opposite. i completely forgot about the ring thing. got me. |
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Posted by hidentreasure on Nov 06, 2005 fun teaser contextclues helped me.  sorry about the spelling  |
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Posted by wizkid on Nov 06, 2005 I understood it. YAY ME! |
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Posted by y4n4 on Nov 28, 2005 Fun n easy...  |
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Posted by swithie on Dec 07, 2005 I decided that it was the brunette because when you play the piano your right hand generally moves faster and a ring can hurt when it rubs against your fingers. Didn't evne consider the fact that it was on the wrong hand in the first okace. Great teaser. |
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Posted by pinay on Dec 29, 2005 it would have been good IF the mystery indicated which hand "i" extended to shake with the women, that way there would be an actual possibility of the readers knowing who was the real wife was without giving out the answer right away. |
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Posted by choptlivva on Jan 18, 2006 COOL Fireflyl!!! I didn't know that wedding rings are worn on the right hand in other countries!! Which leads me to ponder......Is it JUST in the US that wedding rings are worn on the left??? If so, I wonder why? ALSO... I automatically assumed that the RIGHT hand was extended for the handshake.... because its the standard way here in the US. Does that ALSO differ from country to country (when a handshake is the greeting)? Anybody know? |
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Posted by OldChinaHand on Jan 30, 2006 Cleaver. |
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Posted by choptlivva on Jan 30, 2006 I HOPE you meant "CLEVER" OldChinaHand!!! Otherwise, I think I'd better start running fast!!!  |
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Posted by didida on Jul 07, 2006 Got it! Woohoo! Ya! |
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Posted by auntiesis on Oct 26, 2006 Didn't get it.... I figured it had something to do with the ring, but I still couldn't figure it out. |
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Posted by LeafFan4life on Mar 05, 2007 yes i got it |
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Posted by scallio on May 08, 2007 As a teen traveling in Germany, I was teased by some local boys for wearing a ring on my right hand. I won't soon forget that bit of humor! Thanks for a fun walk down memory lane to my wilder days!  |
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Posted by Kamazar on Jun 13, 2007 The only thing that was explained was the ring, so that had to be the problem. Good teaser. |
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Posted by cowman12 on Jul 05, 2007 Great teaser! |
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Posted by meg19_83 on Jul 29, 2007 I guessed the answer correctly without ever having heard this tradition. |
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Posted by luckypuppy on Aug 15, 2007 I knew it was something about the ring, but you don't say which hand was extended... I shake with my right but someone else might use her left. |
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Posted by adrianlvr1123 on Jan 30, 2008 WOW!!! SO EASY!!!! GREAT TEASER THOUGH!!!! |
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Posted by King_of_Smart on Mar 12, 2008 Fun! I got it right! |
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Posted by Starriddler on Jun 07, 2008 That was a good one.I didn't get it. |
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Posted by Subtox on Feb 12, 2010 In the US, many people will move their wedding ring to their right hand if their spouse dies. Because of this I guessed the blond correctly, but for the wrong reason. I figured she was genuinely grieving and thought to move her ring, while the brunette didn't take the time to make sure her devious plan was watertight! Anyway, good teaser! |
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Posted by bigbanggoo on Jun 28, 2011 Why didn't they just ask for a marriage certificate, pictures or from the friends of Mr Braun? |
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