Just a little mind-game for all of you to figure out! If you already know the answer, don't poste it right away! Let me know that you've figured it out! Enjoy!

A man was walking down a dark alley on Pivet Drive. Suddenly he heard a guy scream, "Im Gonna Kill YOU!!!", and a shot was fired. He ran to the source which was an old abandoned building.When he got inside, he saw a dead doctor on the floor, a small handgun beside his head and four people standing over him.

Question: How did this man come to the answer that it was the fireman who killed the doctor?

I'll keep you posted on whether you're hot or cold through PM!! hehehehe....

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Keep your guesses posted!!


[ December 23, 2002: Message edited by: *_rAiGn_* ]

[ December 23, 2002: Message edited by: *_rAiGn_* ]

sino ung other three people? :confused:

hmm... this really gets me thinking...

Hmm... well a fireman often wears gloves when going into certain places such as burning buildings.

If there was no evidence of fingerprints on the gun, then it would likely be him.

Furthermore, since we have no clue as to who the other three men were, and since they were all inside an abandoned building, it makes no sense for a lone fireman to be in an abandoned building unless there was something happening there.

That is, of course, if the fireman SHOT the doctor.

The doctor could have been holding the gun. Regardless of who said "Im gonna kill you," it would also be possible that the fireman, with all their kick-ass devices to stop fires and stuff, could have killed the doctor by using an axe, which is a standard firefighting tool to break down doors, or any other object generally attributable to firemen.

In other words, the gun was used by the doctor, but he fired, missed, and was killed by the fireman through some means or a tool highly attributed to be of a fireman-ly nature.

I apologize if that doesn't make the best sense...

WAIT!!!

Perhaps the fireman actually got hit by the bullet, and as such would exhibit a wound of some kind. It becomes more likely then that he was the one fighting the doctor... and he was the victor between the two of them.

[ December 26, 2002: Message edited by: RomanticAtenista ]

Perhaps the building was abandoned because it was on fire. The three other people might be police. The doctor must've been injured by falling debris or stuff, and being a medical expert, he might've figured that he was irreparably injured and sure to die. He probably was in a hell of a lot of pain by then, so he asked his friend, the fireman to end his misery. The "I'm Gonna Kill YOU!!!" could have been a final request for confirmation by the fireman.

Or maybe the doctor was mortally injured due to the the fireman's negligence and the doctor just shot himself. So technically, the fireman killed the doctor and the doctor just sped up the process of dying. The doctor might have just shouted "I'm gonna kill you!" because he was angry at the fireman.

okay people, your explanations are very -er- acurate... but believe me.. the answer is simpler than you expect.... I suggest you read the selection again... good luck!
ps. it has nothing to do with the building being abandoned.
exercise your minds!

all 4 people were firemen?

He's the fireman, and the "I'm gonna kill you" was meant for him.

so, that means we're thinkin' too hard? hmmmm.... sige, i'll read it again...

a guy screamed right? and there were four people at the seen of the crime...
could it be that the other three people were female and the fireman was the only male?
so, based on the fact that the man heard a GUY scream, he came to the conclusion that the fireman was the killer since he was the only GUY there?

pwede...

I think when you said fireman, it didn't really mean he was a firefighter as in bumbero. Maybe you called him fireman because he was the one who fired the shot? Hehe! Kakaloka 'to a!

.. fireman talaga siya!

Sabi ko nga e!

it's possible rin namang all the four people were firemen so when the man said the fireman was the killer, he was still right. gets? heheheh...

so, it looks like my 1st guess was right (according to *_rAiGn_*).


so, here's a new one,

Tom and Tim are brothers, they have another sister, MaryJane. Anyway, Tom and Tim look exactly alike, have the same birthdate, have the same parents and they both have an identical birthmark on their left shoulder. The thing is they're NOT twins.
Question: How can this be? There's a logical explanation to this.

So, keep the guesses coming!

[ December 27, 2002: Message edited by: Sh0rTie ]

hmmmmm... could it be that Tom and Tim is only one person? kasi since maryjane is only 1 person right? so bali Tom Tim and Maryjane?? :confused: :confused:

they're brothers.. so, they're two different people.. good try though..

The two together with Maryjane are triplets!

It's not that maryjane makes triplets... it's just that there's at least one more identical brother two make it triplets or higher.

AND WHAT THE HECK's THE ANSWER TO THAT BLASTED FIREMAN THING ANYWAY?

Shucks!! i'm sorry RomanticAtenista! akala ko alam niyo na.. check out Sh0rtie's reply.. well, it was because the other three were women, that's why he knew that the fireman was the killer because a guy was the one who shouted "Im gonna kill you!" thing.... and he was the only guy!

Hmm. More riddles! I'll get some right. I coulda gotten the first one... but I thought it was a trick 'cause I know a different version where someone says something like "No Jack, not the gun!" So there was a hint, you know?! But I was thinking it was a new Harry Potter related one... 'cause of Pivet Drive. Isn't that Potter-related? Heh.
Anyway, more riddles!

Hey i know that john-gun thing!!
it's the same answer as to the first riddle! anyway i have a site of these kinds of riddles... as in around 87 riddles answerable by yes or no (kung baga, gagawa ka ng story so explanation na binigay ng riddler!

onga no? di ko naisip na Pivet Drive was HP pala! i couldn't think of anything else eh.. napaghahalata na ba na HP fan ako? hehe..

i have more riddles to come! but let's wait till Sh0rTie answers the guesses of the people... Sh0rTie.. where are you na???

----> baka nga triplets sila! there'a a riddle similar to this eh!

Sh0rTie's riddle was already answered. Yeah, it's the triplets (or quadruplets, quintuplets, et-ceteraplets...). Yup. I know that one. So, you post one rAIGn... pritty pleeaase!!

Here's riddle number 3! Just like the first one, madali lang din! Put your thinking Caps on!!

A man walked into a bar and asked the barman for a glass of water. The barman pulled out a gun and pointed it at the man. The man said, "Thank you," and walked out. Explain.

rijen---> try this one!!

The guy who walked in needed a glass of water for his hiccups so the bartender frightened him with the gun instead.

.. ang dali lang diba? so who will give the next riddle?!! Hamann, wanna do the honors?

"An apple is in the shape of a ball of radius 31 mm. A worm gets into the apple and digs a tunnel of total length 61 mm, and then leaves the apple. (The tunnel need not be a straight line.) Prove that one can cut the apple with a straight slice through the center so that one of the two halves is not rotten."

You could try this:
http://www.highiqsociety.org/common/smartest.htm

that should keep you guys busy

eh wait lang.. diba you can't measure the length in a circle? :confused: that's already the circumference right? ayyy ewan.. naguluhan nako!!
mali ata ako! mali!!

[ December 29, 2002: Message edited by: *_rAiGn_* ]

The worm can't possibly tunnel to the center of the apple then back out because it would have to travel 62 mm. Therefore, the furthest the worm can get into the apple is 30.5 mm. Since the center is unspoiled, it would be possible to divide the apple along a plane containing the center in such a way that one half would be untouched by the worm.

I think...

Yeah, I've seen that math problem before and you're answer is a simplified version of the solution. I like yours much better!

As the riddle said, it need not be a straight line. The worm can go through it on a path similar to a spiral staircase.

In order to get closest to the center, the worm must burrow in a straight line (one that would be seen within the apple as being 61mm and defined by the entry point and the exit) or via two straight line segments (one going toward the center [30.5mm] and one going away from the center [30.5mm]). And the closest it can possibly get to the center is still .5mm away. If it curves, then it becomes farther away from the center, and this becomes even more so if it spirals. Thus, if it never reaches the center -- which is the case -- there'll always be a way to cut out a half-portion that has not been traversed by the worm... like Fire n' Shadow implied. The worm cannot have touched every conceivable half; if it does, then it will have gone way past 61mm.
Note that the one assumption I am making is that the worm didn't burrow 61mm worth of wormhole inside of the apple then backtracked to get out or that the worm didn't die after burrowing 61mm to leave the apple "spiritually." This assumption should be correct. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a tunnel; it would just be a small hole with a pit.

hahaha.. la lang.. parang yung mga math prob na pinasosolve smin

and im not sure but i think its privet drive ata

onga no? thanks for correcting.. binago ko naman sa riddle ko eh! hihihihihi... i can't think of the real name of the street so i just wrote whatever came into my mind!

maybe it depends on how you cut the apple in half...

mind games.. i love mind games..

the apple thing is easy.. the question is really where you cut the apple. one half of the apple is more than ample space for the worm to tunnel a total of 61 mm. you're talking about a sphere here anyway.

[ December 30, 2002: Message edited by: drifter107 ]