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The Diamond 2
Mystery
Mystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.Mystery
A group of tourists visits a museum. The museum's main attraction is a large diamond. After the tourists visit, the museum guard finds out the diamond has been stolen. The police get all the tourists who visited the exhibit and put them in a room. Unknown to them, the diamond has been covered with a solution that turns green when it comes in contact with salt. The detective who questions them tells his assistant to turn up the furnace. Why does he do this?
Hint
Tears.Answer
The sweat they will produce in the heat has salt. Since one of them obviously picked it up with their hands, the diamond will have stained the culprit's hands and in the heat, the person's hand will eventually sweat, giving away the culprit.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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You're telling me they didn't wash their hands or shower already? Eww...
Hello, when you steal stuff you wear GLOVES so you don't get finger prints on whatever you stole or anything around it. You always wear gloves when you're gonna steal something. Especially a big diomond.
I agree with Punk_Rocker, if they were a professional thief, they would have definitely wore gloves...and if they were an amature, then how did they get the diamond in the first place? You can say how they proved someone had stolen the diamond, but not how they found the thief.
Sure lets just blame all the tourist, their all guilty till proven innocent. I would check the guards too then and the museums staff for that matter. If all the tourist left, and then the diamond was returned, then how did one of the tourist take it? My vote is one of the guards took it!
u guys are overthinking things. it's just for fun! You are right, though...
Dec 29, 2004
I thought the riddle was simple and sweet. I do, however, agree with you commenters on most points.
very good i couldnt figure it out
Easy enough... but why wasn't it under more security in the first place
Humm. That substance, its not said, was to adhere to the burglar's hand and body (or where is made contact). Hands swet a lot, so the burglar may note his hands green after a few seconds (stealing will make me swet )
And probably was waterproof.
And probably will damage the Diamong too.
But the concept is very good.
And probably was waterproof.
And probably will damage the Diamong too.
But the concept is very good.
over analyse everthing et your being the first 4 letters of the point i'm making.
U GUYS ARE PRETTY RITE, CUT ME SOME SLACK THIS WAS MY FIRST TEASER
this was a good one . keep up the good work.
Jan 12, 2005
good, but 2.... easy!!!!
What if the culprit didnt have the diamond since the day before was the incident happen...
If I throw baffeled why dosen't he splatter? The answer is I bag my dog droppings before I throw him away!
Jan 26, 2005
Hmm.......................This has an element of trivia.
I liked it!!! It was great! I don't worry about the exact facts. It was fun and that's all that matters!
If you want to be technical, hands do not produce sweat. True you leave fingerprints, but only when your hands come in contact with dirt or oil from other parts of your body.
oh my god..you people suck..i thought it was good so EH! to all of you...
Yet another valid fun teaser picked apart by anally retentive comments. Ignore them all. This teaser was fun.
Feb 18, 2005
I agree with Mrlxolite, lighten up people! I enjoyed it.
I had to think for about 2 seconds before I came up with the answer to this teaser...case and point this was TOO EASY!
Good teaser. Nice and easy to start the day off, lol. Ignore those who are better than us.
Very nice teaser
THIS WAS A BRILIANT TEASER THE HINT KINDA GAVE IT AWAYY BUT IT WAS FINE
SOME OF THE GREEN STUFF COULD HAVE GOTEN ON THAIR SLEEV OR WHAIR THAY DID IT SO THAYD HAVE TO BE EXTRA CARIFULL TO NOT HAVE ANY EVIDENCE ON THEM
SOME OF THE GREEN STUFF COULD HAVE GOTEN ON THAIR SLEEV OR WHAIR THAY DID IT SO THAYD HAVE TO BE EXTRA CARIFULL TO NOT HAVE ANY EVIDENCE ON THEM
Despite all the "technical" exceptions to this teaser, hands DO produce sweat. Anybody who owns a playstation knows this
"There are two types of sweat glands:
Eccrine - the most numerous type that are found all over the body, particularly on the PALMS OF THE HANDS, soles of your feet and forehead
Apocrine - mostly confined to your armpits and your anal-genital area. They typically end in hair follicles rather than pores."
"There are two types of sweat glands:
Eccrine - the most numerous type that are found all over the body, particularly on the PALMS OF THE HANDS, soles of your feet and forehead
Apocrine - mostly confined to your armpits and your anal-genital area. They typically end in hair follicles rather than pores."
this one was really easy!!
Feb 18, 2005
although, as one person described scientifically, palms DO sweat(nutmeg), all you had to do was ask any teenager on a first date!
Feb 18, 2005
and yes,for all of you who will be pulling out MY teeth- I realize that "netmage" stated that palms dont sweat-not "nutmeg". I also realize that being she/he was wrong, and petty on top of that, I'd "typo" the name. ...alas...call me shallow :roll
very nice, but WHO IS BAFFLED!??
It was pretty good, but it was pretty obvious!
Really,really easy, but I liked it. Good job!
that's real good~ lot better than i could have done. i wus really happy when i got this one cause i'm not very good @ these & it was so much fun!
I stole the diamond!! HAHAHA!!
yep, got that one. but how is TEARS a hint?
guys, its just a teaser, they dont have to make sense bcuz there just for fun. Stop overthinking and enjoy them!
it looks like a symphony of smiley's okay let's sing the melody of beethoven's symphony 8
it's ok
Easy but fun just like it was meant to be. By the way, it was never stated that the tourists were brought back the next day - only that the diamond was discovered after the tourist left. The police could have gathered them all up within less than an hour - hence no time for a shower. Also if thief was posing as a tourist he might not have wanted to wear gloves inside the museum and bring attention to himself not to mention alert the guards. If he did wear gloves, unless they were surgical or rubber, in which case the guards would be all over him (or her) the green would have transferred to the gloves and anything else he touched. This was a simple and enjoyable teaser - just the way it is!
Apr 10, 2005
Good but easy. Ewwww thats kina gross that they never washed their hands 2.
I don't get it. Why does he sweat?
May 08, 2005
YES! i actually got that one lol im usually a little slow on these...they usually dont make sense even when i kno the answer but i got this one!!!
too easy
liked it. didnt get it at first, but it's really good.
what do the tears have to do with it tho?
I liked this one, even if it was easy. I think it belongs in the science section, though: only people with scientific knowledege would realize that sweat, tears, and other body fluids all have salts in them.
Easy one good warm up!!!!!
Nice one! I so go it, after I read it like 4 times.lol!
This teaser had a great concept, but unfortunately was underdeveloped. The point of this site, as pointed out, is to be fun, but to be fun in a way that uses facts to establish a teaser. The fact is that all of us have salts on our hands and everywhere else on our body at all times, no matter how many times we shower or wash or whether or not we've been sweating profusely, therefore as soon as the culprit stole the diamond (had he or she not been wearing gloves) the salts on his hands would turn green and, unless completely inept, he probably would have washed them. This teaser was a good attempt, but next time make sure the facts your teaser are based on are actually true.
I thought it was really, really good. I mean, its just a teaser so the culprit isn' going to wear gloves or anything. Nice Job!
Too obvious to be fun!
sumthing called gloves
This was a good teaseer and lots of fun!
Very easy but nicely done!
SourDough liked this one!
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uhmmm, what if the person wore gloves?
cool, sweat
Hey, I actually got this one!
Why is the clue Tears?
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