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The Assassin
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
The assassin moved very quietly when he saw the man he was hired to kill. Stealthily he drew closer. Silently and carefully, he aimed his weapon. His target was in his sight. He pulled the trigger and his victim lay dead. He wasn't using a silencer, but no shot was heard. Why?
Answer
He was using a crossbow, which makes only a soft "twang".Hide Answer Show Answer
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i could see why but you couldn't put a silencer onto a cross bow even if you wanted to
Thanks for your comment. Maybe I didn't express that well enough. I had the idea people might think of a silencer on a gun.
I was gonna say pillow, ehh o_o Cause, yeah, that silences things for you, but could that be considered a "silencer"?
Pretty good (and I did figure it out) but does that count as a 'trigger'?
Thanks for your comment. Yes, the bolt on a crossbow is released by means of a trigger.
I thought it was because there was nobody else around and both of them were deaf. Good teaser!
Yes i thought it out and thought it was because neither man could here but I liked both answers
i figured it was someone giving a lethal injection
Hmmmm! I hadn't thought of that! Maybe another time....?
I was definitely stumped by this one.
fairly easy, but still fun!
i got it right away. i read a lot of books with things like that in them though.
That one was pretty easy, but I really liked it. The first thing to pop into my head was a bow and arrow, but then I thought of a crossbow because you said trigger. That was a fun one. Thanks.
fun
Nice teaser, and I got it almost immediately. Fun!
I thought blow pipe
Where the heck is Jenny?
Where the heck is Jenny?
whoops - trigger, Jenny must have the blow pipe.
My bad!
My bad!
Ahh!! I thought bow and arrows, but I didn't get any further. Oh well.
couldn't it be that he was playing a video game and he was hearing headphones to where nobody could hear it because he didn't have them on?
Played alot of assassins creed to know the answer of this one! Good one though.
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