Lateral thinking puzzles

[Alex+R 0]

They work like this.

One person has the puzzle and knows the answer. So I might say:

A man is found hanging in a locked room with a puddle of water under his feet.

Others have to ask yes/no/maybe questions to determine what's going on in this scenario.

e.g. "Is he alone?" Yes. "Did he hang himself?" Yes. etc. etc. until you figure out that the answer is he hung himself by standing on a block of ice and waiting for it to melt.

Anyone else a huge fan?

[Jenn! 918]

Yeah, there was a game based on this that we used to play in high school - mind trap I think it was called.

[Peikko 1,575]

Are there any new ones though? That ice one is as old as the proverbial hills.

[Alex+R 0]

Are there any new ones though? That ice one is as old as the proverbial hills.

Yeah... it's the example for a reason.