Kyoyeou (Ki jəʊ juː)Sep 23, 2023

What's your favorite Enigma / Riddle / Sentence Puzzle?

https://slrpnk.net/post/2456342

What's your favorite Enigma / Riddle / Sentence Puzzle? - SLRPNK

Tomorrow is a big event at my university. I’d like to make a fun thing where the people of the Board Game society I am in can try to find me for a riddle, kind of a Where is Waldo in a place where there is a crap tone of people to find the NPC that’ll give them a Riddle (Maybe something to win? No idea how I could do that detail)

Show threadRagnarokOnlineSep 23, 2023

How easy should it be to solve?

My favorite longer puzzle is “there’s a naked man lying dead in a field with a stick in his hand. Asking me only yes/no questions, tell me why he is in the field and how did he die?”

Show threadHonoraryMancunianSep 24, 2023
Was his death from natural causes?
Show threadRagnarokOnlineSep 24, 2023
No. It was sudden :)
Show threadHonoraryMancunianSep 24, 2023
Was his death an accident?
Show threadRagnarokOnlineSep 24, 2023
In a way, yes.
Show threadHonoraryMancunianSep 25, 2023
Did he die from a fall?
Show threadRagnarokOnlineSep 25, 2023
Yes!
Show threadHonoraryMancunianSep 25, 2023
Was he in water at some point recently?
Show threadRagnarokOnlineSep 25, 2023
He was not.
Show threadHonoraryMancunianSep 26, 2023
Was the stick being used by the man prior to death?
Show threadRagnarokOnlineSep 26, 2023
It was! The stick was used by the man prior to his death. More specifically the man was compelled to receive the stick before he died.
Show threadHonoraryMancunianSep 26, 2023
Did he know he was going to die by the time he’d received the stick?
Show threadRagnarokOnlineSep 26, 2023
This is a “Maybe, but probably yes”. While he didn’t know he would die, he did suspect he would be at least injured when he got a look at the stick he received.
Show threadHonoraryMancunianSep 26, 2023
Was the stick broken from something?
Show threadRagnarokOnlineSep 26, 2023
It was!
Show threadHonoraryMancunianSep 27, 2023
Was it part of a railing?
Show threadRagnarokOnlineSep 27, 2023
Yes!
Show threadHonoraryMancunianSep 27, 2023

Oh! Full on guess time!

Was he having an affair, but had to quickly dash to the (shoddy) balcony once the husband unexpectedly came back?

Show threadRagnarokOnline

A wonderful guess, but that is incorrect! There are no buildings around the field where his body lays.

You’re really getting the clues all together very quickly, though!

You are correct about the falling, but no affair and no shoddy balcony :)

Sep 27, 2023 at 12:14pmWeb
Show threadHonoraryMancunianSep 27, 2023

Oki doki

Did he fall from a plane?

Show threadRagnarokOnlineSep 27, 2023
Not from a plane, but you’ve got the right idea!