This one I can’t really pass along unless somone else has read the book… in which case I wont be able to play.
I’ve opted to make this a different thread because these logic puzzles are not riddles. It’s more like 20 questions with a twist. There was a book of puzzles I read once, of which I’m willing to relate a couple, if people are up for the game. The way it works is this. You read the puzzle, and then are allowed to ask any questions which can only be replied to with yes or no answers. Any other questions are invalid.
My favorite of the bunch is this one
A man wakes in the middle of the night. He gets himself a glass of water, and turns out the light. In the morning, he wakes, looks out the window; what he sees is so horrifying that he commits suicide. What did he see.
look at the instructions guys. You’re allowed to ask ANY yes or no questions. These puzzles are NOT riddles in that there is probebly no way that anyone could guess the answer right off the bat. The challenge of course is to get the puzzle in as few questions as possible. In the case of this one, I think the smallest number of questions I’ve seen completed the puzzle was 15, and that’s just because the recipient stumbled across a particularly good question.
So don’t hurt yourself… just try to think of as broad a question as possible to begin with. Each question will lead the next to a smaller and smaller definition of the answer.
In this case, since it’s the first one, I’ll relate this small clue. What has occured outside his window is his fault AND the answer is obvious when taken in perspective of EVERY line of the puzzle.
that’s as much as I can give you, and even that’s a little too much. I think I have about 50 of these though, so if people like them I’ll post one a day, starting in the evening (5 pm or so) which should provide the questioners the best chance of getting quick replies from me.
