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Darren
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What's the Story?

Here's an interesting game that will require a little dusting off of the brain cells.

I am going to post a simple scenario. YOU have to guess the what, how, why, etc of it.

You can ask any questions imaginable, but I can only answer with the following:
- Yes, < insert question reiteration here. >
- No, < insert negative question reiteration here. >
- Not important. (basically, you're on the wrong track. Your question and its answer are of no consequence to the problem.)
- Rephrase that. (some questions need rephrasing, or are answerable using loopholes, which will get you on the wrong track. Make sure it's got no loopholes.)

Ask as many questions as you wish, prepare for all eventualities.
First one to send a PM with the correct scenario wins... something or other.


Posted on 2011-06-18 at 17:44:09.

Darren
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An easier one to start with...

One of the easier, less bizarre ones I know. I'm adding extra details to make it a little harder.

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Two cowboys enter the saloon, in the small town of Normalville, where they happen to have a common enemy, the local crimelord. They both arrive at the bar, and each ask for a bourbon.

They are each served a fine bourbon in a small tumbler, ice cubes, condensation dripping down the outside.

In the saloon are various people, scattered around tables, of all sorts. A piano sits in the corner.

One of the cowboys downs his bourbon, then pays and leaves, setting out into the desert.
After about half an hour, someone begins playing the piano, and some people get up and dance. The second cowboy downs his bourbon, the music getting on his nerves. Between the bar and the exit, he drops dead almost instantly.

What happened?


Posted on 2011-06-18 at 17:50:09.

Tiamat5774
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Questions

Are there any visible marks or signs that would lead to a cause of Death?

Was the burbon poisoned,(beyond the fact that Alcohol is poison in itself)?

Was the music and sounds of people loud enough to cover the sound of a gunshot?

Is Normalville located in the desert?

Is there a sniper involved with the second cowboy's death?


Posted on 2011-06-18 at 20:53:43.

Darren
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Reply

Are there any visible marks or signs that would lead to a cause of Death?
- Nothing at all.

Was the burbon poisoned,(beyond the fact that Alcohol is poison in itself)?
- The bourbon? Not poisoned.

Was the music and sounds of people loud enough to cover the sound of a gunshot?
- Yes.

Is Normalville located in the desert?
- Yes. Which is why the two cowboys needed a drink.

Is there a sniper involved with the second cowboy's death?
- No.


Posted on 2011-06-19 at 08:49:22.
Edited on 2011-06-19 at 09:32:41 by Darren

Celtia
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Many more questions.

I think I can see a few specific details and choice of words in the scenario which I feel certain are important...how yet I'm not entirely sure.

And so I'll simply barrage you with questions until I have a key clue. I trust that's okay?

Questions:

Was anything they consumed poisonous in some manner?

Were the ice cubes in the bourbon composed of anything besides an average mix of water and minerals in a usual ice cube?

Do the two cowboys know that each other is an enemy with the crimelord?

Are either cowboy aware that the crimelord is in Normalville?

Is the crimelord in some manner responsible for the death?

Is the cowboy that left first dead or injured in some manner?

Is one cowboy responsible for the other's death?


Posted on 2011-06-19 at 10:54:03.

Darren
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Ooh

Was anything they consumed poisonous in some manner?
- Needs to be rephrased.

Were the ice cubes in the bourbon composed of anything besides an average mix of water and minerals in a usual ice cube?
- Yes.

Do the two cowboys know that each other is an enemy with the crimelord?
- No, but that's unimportant.

Are either cowboy aware that the crimelord is in Normalville?
- Yes. They're just too thirsty to wait until the next town.

Is the crimelord in some manner responsible for the death?
- Yes.

Is the cowboy that left first dead or injured in some manner?
- Yes: he got into a fight with some bandits a few days later and got a bullet or two to the head. But for the intents of this situation, no

Is one cowboy responsible for the other's death?
- No.


Posted on 2011-06-19 at 11:48:44.

Tuned_Out
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Specific details....

Were the ice cubes poisoned?

After that half hour, did the ice cubes fully melt in the second cowboy's drink?



Posted on 2011-06-19 at 13:41:10.

Darren
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Hmmm

Were the ice cubes poisoned?
- Yes.

After that half hour, did the ice cubes fully melt in the second cowboy's drink?
- Yes.

((I gave too much of a hint towards the ice cubes. Whoops. I DID say I was starting easy.))


Posted on 2011-06-19 at 15:10:47.

Jing
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Welp.

Was the Crimelord in the saloon at any time that day before the cowboys entered?

Did the cowboys recognize the barkeep?


Posted on 2011-06-19 at 21:37:26.

Darren
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Hmmm

Was the Crimelord in the saloon at any time that day before the cowboys entered?
- No.

Did the cowboys recognize the barkeep?
- Yes, he's the regular barkeep. They don't know him enough to be friends or anything, they simply recognise him.


Posted on 2011-06-21 at 12:43:12.

   
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