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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 is found hanging dead from the ceiling of a room. The room's dimensions are 15`x 15` x 15`. The man is only 6` tall and the rope was only 2` long. There are no windows and only one door into the room. The door is bolted shut from the inside and there is a puddle of water under the man. How did he kill himself?
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The man stood on a block of ice.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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A variation of this is the same situation, but NO PUDDLE of water. The question is the same but the answer is ... he stood on a block of dry ice. The solid CO2 sublimates into a gas.
Or, the ice melted, then evaporated because who keeps blocks of ice around the house let alone dry ice.
heard it b4
what if he had shoes on. And the block of ice could have been small and melting before the guy died. And if the door was bolted sut how do you know excactly how it happened? There are too many what if here.
ah, ice. Is there any teaser it CAN'T solve?
Jun 11, 2004
why would there be a cube of ice in a room that was bolted shut? And the ice cube would probably already melted some so if tried to get on the ice cube you would fall.
Jun 11, 2004
why would there be a cube of ice in a room that was bolted shut? And the ice cube would probably already melted some so if tried to get on the ice cube you would fall.
Jun 11, 2004
why would there be a cube of ice in a room that was bolted shut? And the ice cube would probably already melted some so if tried to get on the ice cube you would fall.
This one's popular..
old but nice
can it aso b dat da door woz wide open an it woz pouring down wid rain wen a gust of wind blew into da house an most of da rain woz blowing along wid it and den da window shut da door. long and confusing, i know. but it does make sense. doesnt it?
kinda boring
ooo thats creepy... i've heard of a couple kinda like that but not that one... please dont let this get into the wrong hands...i am not going to be able to sleep tonight....
I thought it was from lack of water and heat stroke.
i heard a versoin of this where someone was shot from outside oof a room, but the door was sealed and the window was locked and there was a puddle on the floor by the window.
one of my favorites.
one of my favorites.
Interesting! I liked it, but then I'm a little sideways..
confused
The hint gave it to me! Great teaser thanks
good 1 - i still don't understand y anyone would kill themselves
You should probably have mentioned the absence of a chair. I kinda had to assume that there wasn't one, and that you were looking for what he stood on...and with the puddle...
ewww, my first thought was slowly and painfully! but the ice thing was kinda obvious
yah ... i think i saw that on MONK or something
sorry, but I've heard of it before...
very interesting
I've heard this one many times, so it was quite easy.
I like how you gave a bunch of unnecessary facts, like the room dimensions, to veer us off track.
I like how you gave a bunch of unnecessary facts, like the room dimensions, to veer us off track.
Oh my gosh I've heard that WAAAAY to many times!!!! good teaser though!
A 7 foot tall block of ice, just to commit suicide? Come on...
i've heard that before.... still - good teaser
This is the dumbest one yet.
dude
heard it b4
ew grisly
why go thru so much trouble to kill yourself?
Fun tho!
why go thru so much trouble to kill yourself?
Fun tho!
i've heard this many times, too. there's supposed to be more to it.
I like the teaser, but how could he get onto a block of ice that size? Very difficult, considering the ice was slippery!
Your hint is most amusing!
i thought he was in anitrogen freezinhg chamber
If there is one bad ice teaser I haven't heard it. I heard this b4, though.
I didn't like this.
hahah what if he pissed so much he had a puddle under him?
hahah what if he pissed so much he had a puddle under him?
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