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Mr. Masa's Cappuccino
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
Mr. Masa was sitting down for his afternoon break. He relished these moments when he could get away from the office and all its chaos.
As he was sitting down with his cappuccino (Mr. Masa's favorite) he heard a bloodcurdling scream. He spilled his scalding cappuccino all over his brand new white shirt, and ran to the place from where he had heard the scream come.
Standing over the dead president of the company were three people: the secretary, the janitor, and the vice-president.
Clutched in one of the president's hands was a ticket to Bermuda, and in the other, a note of resignation.
Who killed him and why?
As he was sitting down with his cappuccino (Mr. Masa's favorite) he heard a bloodcurdling scream. He spilled his scalding cappuccino all over his brand new white shirt, and ran to the place from where he had heard the scream come.
Standing over the dead president of the company were three people: the secretary, the janitor, and the vice-president.
Clutched in one of the president's hands was a ticket to Bermuda, and in the other, a note of resignation.
Who killed him and why?
Hint
It's not Mr. Masa, he was drinking his cappuccino!Answer
It was the vice-president. The president was running the company very poorly and had lied about how much profit it was making. The company was almost bankrupt. The vice-president heard that the president was fleeing to Bermuda, thus leaving the vice-president with the bankrupt company. The vice-president killed him so he could make it out like they couldn't run the company without the president and shut the company down quietly. That's just what he did. Too bad, if you got this right and you were the detective, you would've convicted him.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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