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Izzy Dizzy
Fun: (2.22)
Difficulty: (1.45)
Puzzle ID: #5158
Submitted By: J_L_Quicksolve Corrected By: Winner4600
Submitted By: J_L_Quicksolve Corrected By: Winner4600
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
Dr. Quicksolve stood beside Sergeant Shurshot and watched the television screen intently as Lieutenant Rootumout pushed the buttons on a remote control. Horizontal lines waved across the screen as a fuzzy picture came into focus and revealed a man backing away from a teller's window and walking backwards out the door of the local bank. Lieutenant Rootumout pushed the remote again and said, "Watch as he enters the bank. You get a good look at his face." They watched the robbery unfold. The man entered, looked boldly at the security camera, then proceeded to steal the money. Lieutenant Rootumout then turned off the screen.
"We have arrested a suspect, Izzy Clownen," he said. "You have a clear picture. What's the problem?" asked Sergeant Shurshot.
"Well, he looks just like the robber, but he has an alibi. Several people claimed he was at a bar across the street from the bank at the time of the robbery. They said he was there for two hours drinking. Finally, he got up and left. It seems like he's in two places at once."
"Is he?" said Dr. Quicksolve. "Or is he Dizzy?"
What does Dr. Quicksolve mean?
"We have arrested a suspect, Izzy Clownen," he said. "You have a clear picture. What's the problem?" asked Sergeant Shurshot.
"Well, he looks just like the robber, but he has an alibi. Several people claimed he was at a bar across the street from the bank at the time of the robbery. They said he was there for two hours drinking. Finally, he got up and left. It seems like he's in two places at once."
"Is he?" said Dr. Quicksolve. "Or is he Dizzy?"
What does Dr. Quicksolve mean?
Answer
Dr. Quicksolve guessed that Izzy had an identical twin brother named Dizzy. While Izzy was at the bar, Dizzy robbed the bank.Hide Answer Show Answer
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wow. straight from a book. didn't change a word. Even had to take your name from the book so it looks like you arfe the main charictor.
Haha. And also sureshot1824 is my screen name. what a coincidence
Thats copied from a book.
Good, but plagerized! And curly, shut your face. no one is listening to you. that was proboable the first bad remark mad-ade ever made.
For such an easy answer that was a long teaser
Guessing he has an identical twin is obvious. But unless all identical twins have rhyming names, why would he haved even tried to guess the name?
sorry to say it, supermew, but its not the first. i do think that it took me at least ten times longer to read it than it did to solve, bad ratio there
this may be plagerized,but there is a reason for it.J_L_Quicksolve(his screen name)happens to be the person who came up with the teaser,and the others in the rest of the book.how do i know this?i am the illustrator.
that's a pretty impressive guess by the detective, i mean he even seems to have gotten the name of the twin correct - can anyone else say "cop on the take"
I was going to say what Sweetime so eloquently just did!
I don't see how he could possibly deduce that without prior knowledge of the twin brothers.
That was the easiest teaser ever. Ever.
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