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Murder By Poison
A serial killer, dubbed "The Poisoning Devil" by the press had a special, yet sinister, way of having fun. He would kidnap a victim, blindfold them and take them to a room where he would sit opposite them with a table in between them. He would then put 2 tablets on the table between them and a glass of water for each of them. The Poisoning Devil would then tell the victim that only one of the pills on the table were poisonous. To make it fair, he would allow the victim to choose which pill they wanted and once that was done they would both take a pill at exactly the same time, looking at each other (the Poisoning Devil would take the other pill - the one the victim had rejected). The victims always died. How did the killer make sure he was always safe?
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Think about how to take a pill.Answer
The killer simply poisoned the water that was in front of the victim. The pills were just sugar pills.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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Alternate answer: both pills were poisoned and the murderer was immune to the poison.
I have always loved this riddle
Inconceivable!
Aww, you beat me to it, Snowdog.
To the author: You should qualify that the poison is something no one can be immune to, just to rule out the "Princess Bride" solution.
To the author: You should qualify that the poison is something no one can be immune to, just to rule out the "Princess Bride" solution.
Thank you Zag24 - I have never seen Princess Bride so I didn't realise!
Not original, but I love this teaser so I am not complaining.
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