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The Tomb Door
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
There was a group of adventurers who stumbled upon an old tomb. Within the tomb there were many wonders and sights. There were many drawings upon the walls of men, women, and animals.
Here in this beautiful site, there had been found ancient mummies and items that are believed to be from the past.
While exploring the tomb, the group found a very unusual door. The door was 10 feet in height, and 3 feet wide. It was made of marble, but there was no window or door knob. There wasn't a way to open it.
However, along the right side of the door, there were vertical colored stones. The top one was a clear stone, then yellow, then red, then blue.
The group didn't know what to do. So, one of them touched the red stone and it glowed, then they touched the blue stone and it glowed. The clear stone turned violet, but then it flashed and became clear again. They figured out that the colored stones had to be the way to open the door.
Which color combination is the right one to open the tomb door?
Here in this beautiful site, there had been found ancient mummies and items that are believed to be from the past.
While exploring the tomb, the group found a very unusual door. The door was 10 feet in height, and 3 feet wide. It was made of marble, but there was no window or door knob. There wasn't a way to open it.
However, along the right side of the door, there were vertical colored stones. The top one was a clear stone, then yellow, then red, then blue.
The group didn't know what to do. So, one of them touched the red stone and it glowed, then they touched the blue stone and it glowed. The clear stone turned violet, but then it flashed and became clear again. They figured out that the colored stones had to be the way to open the door.
Which color combination is the right one to open the tomb door?
Hint
Only 2 colors are used in the combination.Answer
When the adventurers had tried a few combinations, they finally touched the right stones. When they touched the yellow and blue stones, the clear stone flashed green. It blinked several times and the door opened, and the adventurers went on exploring.(Here in the US, at the stop light, green means go.)
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Good one sunrose, i had fun trying my hand at it. Keep them coming.
I like the way this was written, but I didn't solve it
Nicely written. I had guessed either green (b+y) for go or 'O'range (r+y) for 'Open'. It does raise a question: if the tomb is ancient, how would they know that Green means Go? Did green me 'go' before there were traffic signals? Does this mean the tomb is a fake/reproduction of an old tomb?
I wouldn't have gotten it in a million years, but I like it!! Good job!!
it was kool.
Green means go here in the UK as well.
Thanks everyone. I wasnt sure about the other countries Question_Mark. Thats why I put that in there. Thanks for letting me know that it works the same in U.K.
same in oz too sunrose
i liked it, very clever - i kept re-reading the puzzle to see if there were any hints about colours of the surrounding area.
i liked it, very clever - i kept re-reading the puzzle to see if there were any hints about colours of the surrounding area.
I wasn't sure of the answer at first,but I read some of the commontary and figured it out.
GOOD ONE!!!
that was hard yadddaaameann!!!!
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green means go in Zambia too!! but tha doesn't mwean i got it purrrr it was haarrrrd!!!
oooh thats wuz a good one i got it right away cuz of the green meaning go but it was rele good!!
Good one, liked it a lot, had to make me think about it, like that
I forgot to mention I liked it.
Green means go in Kenya as well!! Not that I got the answer. Very clever!!
Good teaser!
I figured that it would be one of the colour combinations, but it still doesn't make sense the colour green would mean the same thing for an ancient tomb door as it does for modern traffic lights. Ah well.
No connection, but in Tibet Blue is associated with Air and Yellow with Life or Freedom. Yellow+Blue=Free Air or Free Life, while Green is associated with water, rebirth and Earth. So behind the door opened with green could have been a flood or landside...bye bye.
I did not know that. Thank you for sharing that bit of info
Well, it's funny!
What the hell kind of a tomb was built along the time of stoplights?
Everyone whining about the tomb being built around the time of stoplights... How were these gems glowing and what not? It is a teaser...
Anyway, assuming only two colors needed to be hit, there's only six combinations the explorers needed to try.
Anyway, assuming only two colors needed to be hit, there's only six combinations the explorers needed to try.
Pretty Smart Sunrose.....liked it alot.
Thank you for the kind words, and am glad you enjoyed it.
What the heck do you guys do in the US when the stop iight turns violet?
Shouldn't it be cyan?
Cyan=Blue+Green.
I figured out that they'd get the door open in less than 7 combinations:
1 stone press: B, Y, R
2 stone press: BY, BR, YR
3 stone press: BYR
But how they would know green means go doesn't make any sense. Ancient Egypt wouldn't know our traffic lights, nor would they know our language and alphabet (G reen / G o). Green for go only started after 1914, when a train crash showed everyone that they couldn't use clear for go, as they'd been doing previously.
All that said, the teaser was very interesting and well-written.
1 stone press: B, Y, R
2 stone press: BY, BR, YR
3 stone press: BYR
But how they would know green means go doesn't make any sense. Ancient Egypt wouldn't know our traffic lights, nor would they know our language and alphabet (G reen / G o). Green for go only started after 1914, when a train crash showed everyone that they couldn't use clear for go, as they'd been doing previously.
All that said, the teaser was very interesting and well-written.
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