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The Turtle Soup Game
Many years ago, I taught folklore at a summer camp(we had new campers each week of different ages, from 8-15). At the time, the folklore class was pretty unstructured, so I could more or less do as I pleased. Sometimes I told ghost stories, sometimes sports games, sometimes mythology, whatever I thought might be entertaining to the kids. One of the most useful things we did was two minute mysteries, as they allowed me to be lazy.
The basic rules are as follows: a scenario is laid before the people playing, and you're allowed to ask as many yes/no questions as you like to determine the answer. The answer to the question may also be 'Irrelevant' if it has no bearing on the solution.
I request the following :
* One question per post
* If you already know the answer, please keep it to yourself and let others play. Same with Googling the answer.
Once the scenario is solved, the person who solves it gets to post a new one OR they can pass it back to someone else who's interested (FYI, I'm happy to post more).
So here's the first scenario:
A man is found dead, surrounded by 52 bicycles. What happened?
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Permalink Reply by Peter Wrexham on
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A true story.
A friend of mine, returning from the 2003 World SF Convention, Torcon 3, reported that one of my favourite singers had attended the con, and got married there. I found this very surprising, until I was reminded that the convention had taken place in Toronto, Canada.
Randy Jackson said:
Was the singer Canadian ?
No.
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Permalink Reply by Randy Jackson on
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Is the singer male?
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No.
Randy Jackson said:
Is the singer male?
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Did the singer marry a Canadian?
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No.
Randy Jackson said:
Did the singer marry a Canadian?
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Did the singer marry someone who is also famous?
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No. (At least, I only know of the spouse because I know of the singer).
Randy Jackson said:
Did the singer marry someone who is also famous?
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It might be helpful to know that both the year and the location of the convention have a bearing on the puzzle. I would not have been surprised by the singer getting married if the convention had been five years earlier; or five years later; or in a different location. Though the reason for my lack of surprise would not be the same in all three of those instances.
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Is the singer mostly known for a specific musical genre?
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Irrelevant.
Randy Jackson said:
Is the singer mostly known for a specific musical genre?
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I'm trying to think of questions to ask but I'm not coming up with anything useful.
Does the singer still perform?
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Permalink Reply by Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod) on
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I think I found the key: Was it a same-sex wedding?
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