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Poisoned Apple
Situation
Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.Situation
Legendary Madadian mass murderer, Shorty O'Cheekclencher, was confessing to one of his unknown crimes while on his death bed. He explained how he managed to poison someone by sharing an apple with him. It was the victim's apple, and the victim had the free choice of which piece either he or Shorty ate, yet the victim died of poisoning after eating his half of the apple that Shorty had sliced. There was no swapping of apples, nor was the poison administered to the victim in any other way, and there was no known antidote for the poison.
How did Shorty manage to poison only the victim's half of the apple?
How did Shorty manage to poison only the victim's half of the apple?
Answer
The poison was on just one side of the blade of the knife Shorty used to cut the apple. He asked the victim which half of the apple he would prefer, and then cut the apple with the poisoned side of the knife towards the victim's half.Hide Answer Show Answer
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