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Man in Scrubs
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
A man lies in a field, dead. He is wearing scrubs and has a large hole in his chest. How did he die?
Hint
The man had previously had a surgical implant.Answer
The man is lying in the magnetic field of an MRI machine. The strong magnetic field ripped the man's pacemaker (surgical implant), which the doctor overlooked, out of his chest. Believe it or not, this has actually happened multiple times.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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Clever play on the word "field", but not a mental picture I wanted to have.
Really? How can doctors miss this? I feel queasy....
I like this type of situation puzzle when done interactively so you can ask yes/no questions to figure them out.
This is a good, albeit horrifying, teaser.
This is a good, albeit horrifying, teaser.
Snowdog, I totally agree. These situation teasers are meant for that yes/no interaction.
Nice. I did not see that coming.
When it said field i thought it meant a meadow . That seems like a brutal way to die.
It would actually be rather quick.
This would have been easier if I'd known what scrubs were... Good teaser! I'll definitely use this on my friends
Haha good one!
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