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Million Dollar Fraud
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 was trying to auction a string of pearls he claims he found from a six-hundred year old treasure chest at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. He said the string of pearls was worth one million dollars.
When a curious bidder asked him how he cleaned them, he said he soaked them in vinegar.
The police were notified and the man was arrested. Why?
When a curious bidder asked him how he cleaned them, he said he soaked them in vinegar.
The police were notified and the man was arrested. Why?
Hint
They were real pearls.Answer
Pearls will dissolve in vinegar! The police later found out he was a jewel thief and that he stole the string of pearls from a store.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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WOOO YAY! first comment
i havent answered the question yet but is cus pearls dissolve in vingear?
oh yes!! i got it.. arent i clever
adorable teaser lefty
adorable teaser lefty
Very clever, Jasmin.
Thanks for playing!
Thanks for playing!
Very nice, easy but nice.
not bad! i didn't catch it tho
Not bad, not bad.
Great teaser, I love this one.. Going in my favourites
Don't really see why this is so 'fun', sorry.
kina obvious when you said 'vinegar' and all the people reacted...
Neve Knew about the vinegar and pearl thing it was interesting and a good fact to know
jasmin215 u must have read the answer coz u cnt post a quiz wivout cliking the answer button
it was quite a good teaser
it was quite a good teaser
I acually new this one!!
Dumb theif.
good teaser! I didn't know the peral thing. Admit it, it'd be cool to watch them do that. Why whould u clean something in vinegar, anyway?
Vinegar makes rusty pennies shiny.
actually, al111, you can post before you click answer if you click show comments first. Nice puzzle, luckylefty! a bit easy though i must add..
my sis got this one and shes a loser!
How is this a situation? Maybe trivia?
LOLZ. That was fun.
Kinda stupid for the jewel thief.
Kinda stupid for the jewel thief.
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