Mensa Quiz

[nickeye]

A hit with the Mensans, it's a lateral thinking puzzle. I tell you the scene, and you get to ask "Yes" or "No" questions until you figure out exactly what happened.

The scene: a guy is found dead in a puddle of water. What happened?

(starter question: "Was he drowned?" answer: "No")

Any takers?

--NickEye

[Sheeplovr]

IS ther marks on his neck?

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[nickeye]

No neck marks.

[Se7en]

Was he found indoors or outside?

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[nickeye]

Was he outdoors? Yes.

Good question.

[Tall_James]

Are there tell-tale signs of foul play?

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[nickeye]

No signs of foul play.

[Lisa Croft]

Is it rain water?

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[nickeye]

Rain water? Hmmm... sorta.

[JustJon]

Did a helicopter pick up seawater and drop it on a forest fire, not realizing the guy was in there?

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[nickeye]

No, but I think I've heard that one, too. This one much less complex.

[Zipgun]

The scene: a guy is found dead in a puddle of water. What happened?



What happened? A guy was found dead in a puddle of water, that's what happened.

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This message was edited by skidmark on 12-17-01 @ 12:01 AM

[nickeye]

Okay, a little more complex than THAT, smartypants.

[spoon]

Any head trauma?



Cya.

[nickeye]

Head trauma: Yep.

[spoon]

Blunt head trauma?

Cya.

[nickeye]

Blunt: No.

[Sabotage]

Did anything pierce his skull?

Hooray, We can say "Stuff your Ass" now! Damn, now I'm starving!

[nickeye]

Yep, something pierced his skull.

[spoon]

Something about the water I can't put my finger on....

However, any signs of choking/asphyxiation?

Cya.

[nickeye]

No choking/asphyxiation.

[spoon]

Sorry the last post was asked before the pierce question was posted and answered. Was the piercing the sound of Joe Poo's voice?

Cya.

[nickeye]

Sorry the last post was asked before the pierce question was posted and answered
And I almost made a smart-ass remark about the thing piercing his skull being enough by itself. Score one for self-restraint.

[TLM]

Total guess here...
He tripped, hit his head and died... then it rained and the puddled formed?????

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[nickeye]

No, that would be mean. The puddle has something to do with what happened...

Recap:
dead guy
puddle
outside
pierced skull
no foul play

[TLM]

I cheated... I *think* I know the answer... should I post it even though I cheated?

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[Dan]

Was he standing on a block of ice?

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[nickeye]

TLM - it's a "lateral thinking" puzzle, so, officially, any way you arrive at the answer (including research on the internet) is valid. Maybe you should wait because Dan's on the right track...

Dan - damn close, but not exactly. "Pierced skull"...

[TLM]

Yeah, I think I do know the answer... but here's a question to make sure...

was he killed by someone else?

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[nickeye]

No, he wasn't killed by someone else.

[TLM]

Ok, I know the answer then... I'll let the others figure it out since I cheated


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[GaryWyze]

<font color=purple>Two possibilities, with the latter being the most likely.

(1) He sliped on the water in the puddle, striking his head on the ground below, or (2) he was killed by a blunt object made of ice, which has now melted into a puddle of water./font>

[spoon]

Choice #2 by Gary has to be it.

Cya.

[nickeye]

Really close with number 2, except for 2 things:

1) no foul play; he wasn't killed by someone else
2) it was a piercing blow, not blunt

Soooooo close, though....

[spoon]

Icicle fell from a house overhang or tree and pierced his skull.


Cya.



This message was edited by spoon on 12-17-01 @ 1:54 AM

[nickeye]

Exactly. Nice detective work. I'm going to bed.

--NickEye
"You'll shoot your eye out."

[spoon]

me too

Cya.

[Sheeplovr]

god dammit i heard this one before round 2

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[Se7en]

I figured it was the icicle. I just didn't want to guess that, for fear that I was wrong and look like an idiot.

Anyone know what the qualifications for being a Mensa are?

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[angrymissy]

Mensa is an international society that has one - and only one - qualification for membership: a score in the top 2% of the population on a standardized intelligence test - from mensa.org


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[nickeye]

score in the top 2% of the population on a standardized intelligence test
There are a bunch of different approved tests, or you can have Mensa test you. There's an annoying sample test (that won't qualify you) online: http://www.mensa.org/workout2.html

--NickEye

[BrandonKattel]

I dont think that was a real Mensa question, more of a lil riddle type thing.

I took that test before and got like 20 out of the 30 correct, oh well

Any more questions on this Quiz?

This message was edited by BrandonKattel on 12-18-01 @ 1:33 PM

[Sheeplovr]

Hes a question theres a pund of bacon on the floor and theres not butter to be seen whats happend ask yes or no

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[nickeye]

Any more questions on this Quiz?Okay, here's another "lateral thinking"-type problem. This time, you don't get to ask any questions, though.

You're standing in front of a closed door. Next to the door are three light switches. Each switch controls one of three light bulbs inside the room.

You get to flip the switches however you like, but you can only open the door once. Once the door is open, you have to say which switch controls which bulb.

How do you do it?

--NickEye

[spoon]

I don't know if this is legal, but how about flipping the first switch on for five minutes and then turn it off without opening the door. Next flip the second one on and leave it as your choice. Third, go into the room and the light that is on is controlled by the second switch and the one off that is hot/warm is controlled by the first switch. Leaving the third switch controlling the other bulb that is off yet still cold, like all the women in my life (except mottthhheerr!!) j/k

Cya.

[spoon]

Hey nickeye!! I think that works, but perhaps the answer is different, let me know!!!

Cya.

[INFOSTUD]

If I read the question and the answers correctly, here's my answer:"If here's lying there face up, he probably slipped on the puddle of water fell to his back and then struck his head."

Any fall from your own body height onto the back of your skull can kill you. I was an EMT for 10 years.

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[nickeye]

Sorry, spoon; didn't see you reply. You got it.

Infostud - one of the answers was that it was a piercing-type wound. The solution is above.

[spoon]

Nice!! This is the smartest I've felt since I figured out what the zipper was for on jeans...scratch your balls.

Cya.

[JustJon]

To join mensa, you can score top 2% on a standardized exam or get a qualifying score on a mensa entrance exam. The test on their site is a practice exam for the mensa test.

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[nickeye]

For anyone who's interested:

Up until about 1990, Mensa accepted the SAT as a valid IQ test. If you took the test before then, and got a score of around 1300, you can probably get in with that...

It's mostly a social-type organization; members tend to be very odd, but, for some reason, enjoy interacting with each other. Why does this sound familiar?

--NickEye

[spoon]

Would they take me if I got 7/20 right on the Bin Laden quote test in the other thread? Or a 95% on a Maxim sex quiz. That's right ladies 95. All this as a tender virgin! LOL

Cya.