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Murder! Or Not?
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Difficulty: (1.13)
Puzzle ID: #18236
Submitted By: oosunshyneoo Corrected By: Winner4600
Submitted By: oosunshyneoo Corrected By: Winner4600
Mystery
Mystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.Mystery
Detective Smarttypaunts arrived at a suicide case. The man was the rich millionaire Dr. Snoot. Apparently, he hanged himself in his attic with a small stool and belt. The only witness was Dr. Snoot's butler. The butler's story was that he was outside bringing in groceries when he looked up and saw his master through the small round attic window kicking over the stool. Immediately, the Detective knew the man was lying and arrested him. What tipped off Detective Smarttypaunts?
Answer
If the butler was looking up into the attic, he couldn't have seen the Doctor kick the small stool - the attic would have been too high up for someone on the ground to see the stool through.Hide Answer Show Answer
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well, it was ok...but it didnt realli explain itself........
Alrighty I'll try to work on that...
I've heard of this one before
SmexiMegz, it was more of a waste to read your comment. The teaser was easy but not bad.
I liked it, if people dont like it, they dont have to leave comments
Sep 07, 2004
I thought it was pretty good. I especially liked the title
I guessed the answer right away! You obviously can't see the attic, because it's too far up.
YEAH!!!! I got it right!
Nice name for a detective!
I didn't get it at first, but now I do.....
I thought it was because you wouldn't kick the stool, you would walk off of it. Your answer is incredibly stupid, since you never mentioned a ledge.
Sickingly obvious, but a good time waster. Not boring enough to flame you.
i thought this was incredibly obvious he doesn't have to mention a ledge. because if you think about it your'e looking up into an atic which is the usually one of the uppermost floors of the house if he was supposedly looking through a small window how would he see a stool on the floor of the attic this teaser makes perfect sence the answer is not stupid at all.
Dec 17, 2004
I've read this teaser in a two minute mystery book, so I'm not entirely sure of the originality
didnt explain really about the ledge.......
I am seriously disappointed. The answer is a bit of a stretch seeing as how a ledge wasn't mentioned. It all depends where the butler was standing in the yard and how close the man was to the attic window. I think the editors have some work to do on this teaser.
get a grip! good sense would tell u they don't build windows at feet level.u would have to have been floating above the window to see his feet.clever teaser.
Agreed.. you don't need to mention a ledge. The important point is that through a small window you can see out of in a an attic an outsider would only be able to see a person's face, and even then only because they were close to the window. It's a matter of angles.. To see something in a window you nee to have direct line of sight. For example, if you put your head at the same level as a chair and look out of (even a relatively large) window and you probably can't see people walking down the path outside... it's probably only sky.
the mention or not of a ledge is irrelevent. A millionaire's house would be huge-probably 3 stories. A small round attic window viewed from the ground floor would reveal only a top part of whatever figure could be seen.
I liked this teaser...I really don't think there was anything wrong with it. Why is it that those of you that were frustrated with not getting the correct answer decided to lash out at the author of the teaser? This is supposed to be fun. Like my mom used to say...if you don't have something nice (or constructive) to say, don't say anything at all!
that was ezcept u didnt mention the ledge but i liked it
LOL nice you can tell there will be a ledge because the man is supposedly outside of the attic window right well what would be there other than a ledge or a roof well a rich person has a butler and a rich person would have a ledge there instead of the slanted roof get what im saying? i thought it was easy but fun
pretty cool
too vague to bring the ledge into this. you cant just throw that out when you havent even implied anything regarding the structure of the house
!!!!!!OMGsh!!!!!!
Ledge...no ledge...WHO CARES!!!!
I got it...it was OBVIOUS, and I think the ones who are mad are really just MAD BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET IT...
----BRAVO----GOOD JOB----
Ledge...no ledge...WHO CARES!!!!
I got it...it was OBVIOUS, and I think the ones who are mad are really just MAD BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET IT...
----BRAVO----GOOD JOB----
I didn't see anything wrong with it. It was very self explanatory. The windows in the attics are usually very high and you can barely see the person. Ledge or no ledge, you could've guessed it. Good one!
uh...well the names were funny
I liked it,easy and the names werer a good antidote
The window or ledge was never mentioned but other than that it was a great teaser
haha,detective smarttypants(wat a wierd name) it was kinda easy after 4 min.great!
too easy
Nice teaser, I didn't get the answer. But isn't "hanged" supposed to be "hung"? Awesome Job!!!!!!!!
A very fine mystery teaser. Yes, it was easy, but it was also very well written with a clear and concise answer.
Loved it!
Loved it!
It was easy....got it in a snap!
A-lolz use proper grammer...
B-lol i love the name. Dr. Snotts (snooty) and Detective Smarttypaunts (lol paunts)
C-i didnt get this...
B-lol i love the name. Dr. Snotts (snooty) and Detective Smarttypaunts (lol paunts)
C-i didnt get this...
A-lolz use proper grammer...
B-lol i love the name. Dr. Snoots (snooty) and Detective Smarttypaunts (lol paunts)
C-i didnt get this...
B-lol i love the name. Dr. Snoots (snooty) and Detective Smarttypaunts (lol paunts)
C-i didnt get this...
I got it right but I thought that since it said a SMALL window you wouldn't be able to see him kick the stool over or whatever he was standing on.
Apr 10, 2011
I actually really liked this teaser, though I have heard it before, (2 Minute Myseries) I still liked it and I don`t see anything wrong with it! I think you did a good job with it!
Too predictable... the butler always does it!
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