| Author | Message | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 543 Registered: 9-2006 |
The discovery of a man in a small room led to much scandal and fury. | ||
| Stinkycheese (Stinkycheese)
New member Username: Stinkycheese Post Number: 54 Registered: 12-2006 |
Was the man: Living? Human? Animal? Had he been: - Murdered? - Tortured? - Injured? - Dismembered? - Used for a benefit? - Damaged? - Damaged beyond repair? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 546 Registered: 9-2006 |
Was the man: Living? Yes Human? Yes Animal? No Had he been: - Murdered? No - Tortured? No - Injured? No - Dismembered? No - Used for a benefit? Yes - Damaged? No - Damaged beyond repair? No | ||
| Sunshine (Sunshine)
New member Username: Sunshine Post Number: 542 Registered: 1-2001 |
Was the room a lift? Was it a regular four walls and a door type room but on a small scale? Did it have a window? Furniture? Was it in a house? an office block? warehouse? Had the man been kept there against his will? If so, by one person? two? more? Had he been there for hours? days? weeks? longer? Was he discovered by chance? by people who had been searching for him? Was the benefit caused by his enforced absence from somewhere else? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 351 Registered: 8-2005 |
Is the mans occupation relevant? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 548 Registered: 9-2006 |
Was the room a lift? No Was it a regular four walls and a door type room but on a small scale? Yes Did it have a window? No Furniture? Probably Was it in a house? an office block? warehouse? Irr Had the man been kept there against his will? No Had he been there for hours? days? weeks? This one is most likely longer? Was he discovered by chance? Yope by people who had been searching for him? Yope Was the benefit caused by his enforced absence from somewhere else? No Is the mans occupation relevant? Yope | ||
| Everything (Everything)
New member Username: Everything Post Number: 34 Registered: 12-2006 |
Would there have been scandal and fury if anyone was found in the room? Just this man? Is there any other relevant object in the room? Had he been doing something particular during the time there? Did most of the fury come from one person? One small group? A community? Anyone who heard of it? Was the fury directed at the man? Another single person? A group? A community? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 549 Registered: 9-2006 |
Would there have been scandal and fury if anyone was found in the room? Yes Just this man? No Is there any other relevant object in the room? Yes Had he been doing something particular during the time there? Yes Did most of the fury come from one person? No One small group? Yes A community? Possibly Anyone who heard of it? No Was the fury directed at the man? Not really Another single person? Yes A group? A community? No to rest | ||
| Sebastepistis (Sebastepistis)
New member Username: Sebastepistis Post Number: 22 Registered: 12-2006 |
I have a guess, and I'll just fire it out there. Was the room the man was found in inside something else that wouldn't normally house a room? Is the man a midget? Is chess involved? | ||
| Everything (Everything)
New member Username: Everything Post Number: 42 Registered: 12-2006 |
Oh, good idea. If that's not it... Was the man spying? Writing something? communicating with the outside world in some way? | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 39 Registered: 9-2003 |
had the man been kept captive? was the room like a cell? was it in a jail? did the man damage anything? could he have damaged something? was he healthy? had he been fed? given water? | ||
| Rubberduck (Rubberduck)
New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 58 Registered: 3-2006 |
Was the man trying to raise money (e.g. for a charity) by spending time in this room? Was he communicating with the outside world while in the room? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 553 Registered: 9-2006 |
Was the room the man was found in inside something else that wouldn't normally house a room? No Is the man a midget? No Is chess involved? No There was already such a puzzle. Was the man spying? No Writing something? Nocommunicating with the outside world in some way?No had the man been kept captive? No was the room like a cell? No was it in a jail? No did the man damage anything? No could he have damaged something? Yope was he healthy? Yes had he been fed? Yes given water?Yes Was the man trying to raise money (e.g. for a charity) by spending time in this room? No Was he communicating with the outside world while in the room? No | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 121 Registered: 1-2007 |
Was the man hiding? If so, was he told to hide? Would he come out only if something happened? Was the reason any of: War, crime, radioactivity, virus? | ||
| Cookie (Cookie)
New member Username: Cookie Post Number: 232 Registered: 10-2003 |
Was there something else meant to be in the room? That the man pretended he was? Like there should be a dog in the room, the man spent time in the room pretending he was the dog? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 555 Registered: 9-2006 |
Was the man hiding? Yope If so, was he told to hide? Yes Would he come out only if something happened? Yes, I guess so... Was the reason any of: War No, crime Noish, radioactivityNo, virusNo Was there something else meant to be in the room? No, but there was something in the roomThat the man pretended he was? No Like there should be a dog in the room, the man spent time in the room pretending he was the dog?No | ||
| Cookie (Cookie)
New member Username: Cookie Post Number: 238 Registered: 10-2003 |
Was he told to guard that something in the room? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 558 Registered: 9-2006 |
Was he told to guard that something in the room? No | ||
| Cookie (Cookie)
New member Username: Cookie Post Number: 239 Registered: 10-2003 |
Is the something in the room the reason why the man was there? | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 154 Registered: 1-2007 |
Was he transported? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 559 Registered: 9-2006 |
Is the something in the room the reason why the man was there? Yope Was he transported? No | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 164 Registered: 1-2007 |
The somehing in the room, is it another person, animal, object of interest Is the other something interesting in itself when he is found? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 567 Registered: 9-2006 |
The somehing in the room, is it another person, animal, object of interest An object Is the other something interesting in itself when he is found? Yes | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 204 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is it valuable? incriminating? stolen? smuggled? Was he holding on to it? If so, would it break if he had dropped it? Did it break? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 571 Registered: 9-2006 |
Is it valuable? Probably incriminating? Yes stolen? No smuggled? No Was he holding on to it? Yes If so, would it break if he had dropped it? No Did it break? No | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 243 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is it simply one object he is holding on to? Is it something that needs a container? If so, is the container a plastic bag? a box? an urn? a bottle? a wrapping? paper? carton? a bag? Is it an illegal substance? A weapon? a body? Is it something people have been looking for? Do you know what it is the second you see it? | ||
| Jarkun (Jarkun)
New member Username: Jarkun Post Number: 6 Registered: 1-2007 |
was it a document? a confession? evidence of something? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 574 Registered: 9-2006 |
Is it simply one object he is holding on to? Yope Is it something that needs a container? Yope If so, is the container a plastic bag? a box? an urn? a bottle? a wrapping? paper? carton? a bag? None Is it an illegal substance? No A weapon? No a body?No Is it something people have been looking for?Yope Do you know what it is the second you see it?Yesish was it a document? No a confession? No evidence of something? Yes | ||
| Jarkun (Jarkun)
New member Username: Jarkun Post Number: 15 Registered: 1-2007 |
is it evidence of why he's in the room? is it evidence of who put him in the prom? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 579 Registered: 9-2006 |
is it evidence of why he's in the room? Yes is it evidence of who put him in the prom? Yes | ||
| Emptyhead (Emptyhead)
New member Username: Emptyhead Post Number: 28 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is he Saddam hiding in the underground bunker? Is he Brandon Fraser from 'Blast from Past'? | ||
| Zartiblartfast (Zartiblartfast)
New member Username: Zartiblartfast Post Number: 2 Registered: 2-2007 |
is it what the man discovered in the room or the man being discovered in the room | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 383 Registered: 1-2007 |
Was the man and the object brought inside the room at the same time? Did he bring it inside? Has the object been modified during his stay in the room? By him? When he was found, did the other people immediately take the object away from him? Does the object have more of a symbolic value for the other people than monatary value? The other way around? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 590 Registered: 9-2006 |
Is he Saddam hiding in the underground bunker? No Is he Brandon Fraser from 'Blast from Past'? No is it what the man discovered in the room or the man being discovered in the room Uh, vhat? Was the man and the object brought inside the room at the same time? No Did he bring it inside? No Has the object been modified during his stay in the room? Yope By him? Yes When he was found, did the other people immediately take the object away from him? No Does the object have more of a symbolic value for the other people than monatary value? Irr The other way around? Irr | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 591 Registered: 9-2006 |
Aah, I understand now. You mean what is the "discovery"? is it what the man discovered in the room or the man being discovered in the room This | ||
| Blazingphoenix (Blazingphoenix)
New member Username: Blazingphoenix Post Number: 1 Registered: 2-2007 |
Could u please clarify this for me: Was he expectED to be there? (by other people?) Was he expectING to be there? (by himself?) Do we need to figure out what the room is, or is it irrelevant? Was he stealing the "discovery"? | ||
| Munchie (Munchie)
New member Username: Munchie Post Number: 1 Registered: 2-2007 |
Is the object tangible? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 594 Registered: 9-2006 |
Was he expectED to be there? (by other people?) No Was he expectING to be there? (by himself?) Yes Do we need to figure out what the room is Yope, or is it irrelevant? No Was he stealing the "discovery"? No Is the object tangible? Yes | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 481 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is it an object that is not supposed to exist? Lost forever? True story? Did it happen recently or long time ago? Last century? Before that? Is he holding on to any plans? For a revolution? Taking over the kingdom? Stopping or starting a war? Proof that the world is flat? Is it a description of what really happened in a certain situation? His or someone elses true identity? | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 482 Registered: 1-2007 |
Does he know a secret? Is he in the room so he will not tell anyone? Did he write it down while sitting there? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 598 Registered: 9-2006 |
Is it an object that is not supposed to exist? No Lost forever? No True story? YesDid it happen recently or long time ago? long time ago Last century? Yes Before that? No Is he holding on to any plans? No For a revolution? No Taking over the kingdom? No Stopping or starting a war? No Proof that the world is flat?No Is it a description of what really happened in a certain situation? No His or someone elses true identity?No Does he know a secret?Yope Is he in the room so he will not tell anyone? NoishDid he write it down while sitting there? FA | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 599 Registered: 9-2006 |
Is it an object that is not supposed to exist? Noish | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 486 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is it related to WW 1 or 2? Cold war story with agents? Does it happen in the US? Europe? Russia? Japan? Is it a public building? An embassy? Government building? Military building? Does the man have the same nationality as the people finding him? Does he work for them? For the enemy? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 600 Registered: 9-2006 |
Is it related to WW 1 or 2? No Cold war story with agents? No Does it happen in the US? Yes Europe? no Russia? No Japan? No Is it a public building? Yes An embassy? No Government building? No Military building?No Does the man have the same nationality as the people finding him? Yes Does he work for them? No For the enemy?FA | ||
| Cookie (Cookie)
New member Username: Cookie Post Number: 295 Registered: 10-2003 |
Is the man still alive when he is discovered? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 602 Registered: 9-2006 |
Is the man still alive when he is discovered? Yes | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 495 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is it a library? Theater? Airport? Museum? Hospital? Police or fire department? School? Department store? Does it matter? Was the man expecting money or a reward by being there? Does he understand why he is in the room and what he is supposed to do there? Is he supposed to finish something inside the room before going out? Is the main purpose of being in the room to do whatever he is doing with the object? Is he creating something? Maintaining something? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 603 Registered: 9-2006 |
Is it a library? Theater? Airport? Museum? Hospital? Police or fire department? School? Department store? No Does it matter? Yes Was the man expecting money or a reward by being there? Yes Does he understand why he is in the room and what he is supposed to do there? Yope Is he supposed to finish something inside the room before going out? Yope Is the main purpose of being in the room to do whatever he is doing with the object? Yes Is he creating something? No Maintaining something? Yes | ||
| Blazingphoenix (Blazingphoenix)
New member Username: Blazingphoenix Post Number: 3 Registered: 2-2007 |
Is the object common, or is it something like... a bomb? (ex- he needed to blow up the building and the mob would pay him?) | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 606 Registered: 9-2006 |
Is the object common, No or is it something like... a bomb? (ex- he needed to blow up the building and the mob would pay him?) No | ||
| Sunshine (Sunshine)
New member Username: Sunshine Post Number: 606 Registered: 1-2001 |
Is the object made of metal? wood? paper? material? vegetable stuff? mineral? plastic? glass? Does it have moving parts? is it mechanical? electrical? Was it small enough to be held in his clenched hand? to sit on the palm of his hand? did it need the support of a table? Is the weight relevant? colour? Has he been using it? does he look at it? listen to it? feel it? press it? programme it? | ||
| Mapleleaf50 (Mapleleaf50)
New member Username: Mapleleaf50 Post Number: 1 Registered: 2-2007 |
Is the object one-of-a-kind? historical artifact? | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 517 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is there a sign on the door to prevent people from entering? Is it a special purpose room? such as a control room for heating, the elevator, electricity, water etc? Or is it just a plain small room without any special purpose for the building? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 609 Registered: 9-2006 |
Is the object made of metal? Maybe this, or...wood? ...this paper? No material? No vegetable stuff? No mineral? No plastic? No glass? No Does it have moving parts? Yope is it mechanical? Yes electrical? No Was it small enough to be held in his clenched hand? Yes to sit on the palm of his hand? No did it need the support of a table? Noish Is the weight relevant? No colour? No Has he been using it? Yesdoes he look at it? No listen to it? No feel it? No press it? Noishprogramme it?No Is the object one-of-a-kind? No historical artifact?No Is there a sign on the door to prevent people from entering? IrrIs it a special purpose room? such as a control room for heating, the elevator, electricity, water etc?No Or is it just a plain small room without any special purpose for the building?Yes | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 523 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is it a church? The thing he is doing with the object, does it show or have any effect outside the room? Would it technically be possible to do the same thing to the object just outside the room? Is the object long? Is it in the shape of a stick? a pipe? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 611 Registered: 9-2006 |
Is it a church?No The thing he is doing with the object, does it show or have any effect outside the room?YES Would it technically be possible to do the same thing to the object just outside the room?No Is the object long? Quite Is it in the shape of a stick? a pipe? Well, it is not straight | ||
| Sunshine (Sunshine)
New member Username: Sunshine Post Number: 607 Registered: 1-2001 |
Is the object in two pieces? more? Does he move it? Turn it? Is there something else in the room with which the object interacts? a hole in which the object is inserted? Is he giving the impression to people outside that something is happening which is not actually happening? does something move? light up? | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 467 Registered: 3-2006 |
Is the object attached to anything outside the room? Does it use remote control? Is he cheating in some way? Committing a scam or confidence trick? Prompting someone outside the room? Is it a writing implement? A signalling device of some sort? A periscope? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1035 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is the man the Wizard of Oz? | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 525 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is he sitting inside a fake ATM, handing out money to people? | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 526 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is he doing something manually, which people outside always thought was done with some kind of machinery? Is he handling something people outside can read? numbers? hear? The people finding him, do they think they have to fix a machine? | ||
| Wizardofoz (Wizardofoz)
New member Username: Wizardofoz Post Number: 78 Registered: 8-2001 |
Beccaann (Beccaann) Is the man the Wizard of Oz? no | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 615 Registered: 9-2006 |
Is the object in two pieces? No more? No Does he move it? Yes Turn it? Yes Is there something else in the room with which the object interacts? No a hole in which the object is inserted? Yes Is he giving the impression to people outside that something is happening which is not actually happening? Yope does something move? Yes light up? No Is the object attached to anything outside the room? Yes Does it use remote control? No Is he cheating in some way? Yes Committing a scam or confidence trick? Yes Prompting someone outside the room? No Is it a writing implement? No A signalling device of some sort? No A periscope? No Is the man the Wizard of Oz? No Is he sitting inside a fake ATM, handing out money to people? No Is he doing something manually, which people outside always thought was done with some kind of machinery? Yesish Is he handling something people outside can read? no numbers? No hear? Yes The people finding him, do they think they have to fix a machine? No | ||
| Sunshine (Sunshine)
New member Username: Sunshine Post Number: 612 Registered: 1-2001 |
Are people simply deceived - they have their illusions shattered when he is found? or are they losing money? both? Are only those people involved who choose to be? wider population like a township? Is he doing anything connected with a clock? Does he turn the object for specific periods of time? sporadically? at certain times of day? Is he somehow alerted when to turn? By what he hears? sees? Is someone else making a lot of money of which he expects a cut? Was the room on the floor at ground level? One up? More? Relevant? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 617 Registered: 9-2006 |
Are people simply deceived - they have their illusions shattered when he is found? Yes or are they losing money? Noish Are only those people involved who choose to be? Yes wider population like a township? No Is he doing anything connected with a clock? No Does he turn the object for specific periods of time? Yes sporadically? No at certain times of day? YesIs he somehow alerted when to turn? Irr By what he hears? sees? Irr Is someone else making a lot of money of which he expects a cut? Yes Was the room on the floor at ground level? One up? More? Relevant? No | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 538 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is he holding on to a microphone? Does he talk? Sing? Scream? Make sounds? Animal sounds? Special effect sounds? Playing a recorded sound? | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 543 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is gambling involved? | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 620 Registered: 9-2006 |
Is he holding on to a microphone? No Does he talk? Sing? Scream? Make sounds? Animal sounds? Special effect sounds? Playing a recorded sound? None of those Is gambling involved? No | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 628 Registered: 9-2006 |
Recap: A man in a small room has been caught operating an object which is a part of a bigger machine. This leads to much scandal and fury, since the man has been hired to take part in a hoax, and the people who saw him suddenly realized they had been cheated. | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 643 Registered: 9-2006 |
Well, seeing as there is no answer, I think I can give a ***SPOILER*** This puzzle refers to Redheffer's perpetual motion machine (http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/redheffer.html). He had presented his machine to visitors, but then someone got suspicious and enetered a small room where he found the old man that was propelling the machine. | ||
| Blazingphoenix (Blazingphoenix)
New member Username: Blazingphoenix Post Number: 83 Registered: 2-2007 |
Whoa! That's awesome! Good puzzle, sorry that it kinda died, though, you had me lost. |
