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Two Golfers
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
One sunny summer day two gentlemen decided to go golfing. After only a few holes both men hit their golf balls into the rough. Being good sports, they both walk into the tall grass and hit their balls and continue on with the game.
Some time later, one of the golfers falls terribly sick and has to spend some time recovering in the hospital. His doctor told him that he must have contracted the disease at the golf course. However, his fellow-golfer did not get sick and visited him several times in the hospital. Why did one one golfer get sick and not his friend?
Some time later, one of the golfers falls terribly sick and has to spend some time recovering in the hospital. His doctor told him that he must have contracted the disease at the golf course. However, his fellow-golfer did not get sick and visited him several times in the hospital. Why did one one golfer get sick and not his friend?
Hint
Did playing golf get him sick?No
Did it have to do with the environment?
Yes
Did the other golfer do something to protect himself?
Yes
Answer
The golfer who got sick was diagnosed with Lyme disease which is transmitted by the bite of a very small deer tick. The course the men were playing on was located near a forest and when the golfers hit their balls into the tall grass, they came into contact with deer ticks. However only one golfer got sick because he had been wearing shorts while the other was wearing long pants. The golfer with pants passed harmlessly through the grass, while the other, with bare legs exposed himself to the ticks.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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I thought it was poison ivy.
I got it right away. I guess because I live in the Carolinas and am used to ticks.
i thought it was poisen ivy too
Great teaser ! Got it though. I was thinking along the lines of poison ivy. Good Job !
I was thinking he got something from mosquitos, but the other guy was using bug spray..O_o
I was thinking bad allergies and the guy who didn't get sick had taken allergie medication. I should've known though! I'm from CT, and that's where they first found Lyme disease!
Too many options:
poison ivy
poison oak
lyme's
west nile
malaria
spider bites
poison ivy
poison oak
lyme's
west nile
malaria
spider bites
Got it, but only because I had just played golf and my Dad told me the same thing.
I was thinking like Punk Rocker-- I thought it was mosquetos (however that is spelled) and he had contracted West Nile! But it was a good teaser!
eeewwww ticks
Viking Boy, that is the whole point of a situation puzzle. The more different options you have the better it makes it.
"Situation Puzzles are not designed to be answered by themselves. The idea is for one person to know the answer and other people in a group to try and guess it using yes or no questions. The first person to get the answer is the winner."
"Situation Puzzles are not designed to be answered by themselves. The idea is for one person to know the answer and other people in a group to try and guess it using yes or no questions. The first person to get the answer is the winner."
By the way, very good teaser
I was thinking west nile too.
cool
i thought he got skin cancer by not applying sunscreen, while the other did
You can't ask the author yes or no questions on Braingle. You just have to guess the answer. The best situation teasers have an ironical feature so that the wording is somewhat misleading. When the context is correctly found, the clues should imply a unique yet not so obvious answer. The problem with many of the situation teasers on Braingle is that the answers are just random and many different answers would fit the clues just as well if not better!
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