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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 doing a dangerous and difficult job has to wear a mask for protection. Suddenly he tears off his mask and as a consequence, dies. He is not under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and he did not mean to commit suicide. What made him tear off his mask?
Answer
The man is a deep sea diver. A diver at great depth can be affected by a phenomenon commonly referred to as "rapture of the deep." This condition causes euphoria, and the affected person loses grasp on reality and becomes convinced that equipment, such as his mask, is not necessary and should be discarded.Hide Answer Show Answer
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I thought it was a gas mask.
haha i thought so too.. funny
very interesting. Into the favs
Ha ha. I was thinking "space man".
Not enough information to reasonably expect anyone to deduce the answer.
Excellent! My only peeve is I gave up too soon. I could have thought that out but I got antsy.
haha i was thinking gas mask! only mask i could think of haha. good one
Really? I never knew that...
Didn't know that one. I wonder....
solasistim, lol i have the book you're using!
isn't it lateral logic puzzles by erwin brecher?
isn't it lateral logic puzzles by erwin brecher?
Was he diving with those people from your other teaser?
Most of the time my friend tells me teasers he finds. I never know where he gets 'em....But he isn't a member so if he tells it to me and it's not on the site...well...you know....
I think the only reason I got it right was because I just did the other teaser about deep sea divers! Never knew that about the "rapture of the deep"... kind of cool!
I was thinking he was a bee keeper who got killer bees under his mask. Ripped it off, then got stung and killed by the whole swarm. Oh well, can't get them all right.
Good theory though!
It could be a dentist. If he doen't know that his patient has a deadly disease ( which the patient might not know about themselves ) the moment he takes off his mask, he would get it, too. He would eventually die from it.
maybe he was wearing a protective mask, such as a doctor one, or a gas mask, or anything like that..
Maybe if he saw a HUGE spider inside the mask, he was so scared he flung it off, not thinking of wht the consequences are.
Maybe if he saw a HUGE spider inside the mask, he was so scared he flung it off, not thinking of wht the consequences are.
i thought he worked in a power plant and there is like toxic stuff and he needed some air.great quiz though
I thought he was a Baseball catcher who had to take his mask off to see the ball, and the ball hit him so hard he died. Kinda weird....
omg i thought spider in the mask too, reptile
Do we really have to go to college before solving these teasers? I mean REALLY PEOPLE!
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