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Mrs. Braun
There once was a man named Mr. Braun. Not much was known about him, except for these things: he was married to a piano teacher, he was born and lived and married in Germany, and he had died a week earlier. Now, since he was dead and had no other living relatives, his estate would go to his wife (he left no will). The problem is, two women came forward, claiming to be the real Mrs. Braun.
Now, you're a detective, trying to figure out who is the real Mrs. Braun by having a piano competition. Mrs. Braun was an exceptional pianist, who could play many complex pieces. When you met them, they were sitting in a room with a couch and a piano. You extended your hand to greet them. One of them, a blonde, wore one ring (her wedding ring), which dug painfully into your hand when she shook it. The other (brunette) had one wedding ring also, but since it was on the other hand, you figured it was safe to shake.
Anyway, you put on the show with a lawyer as your witness. The blonde sat down and played Beethoven's Fifth with no trouble whatsoever, as did the brunette. They were both equal, but you managed to tell who the REAL Mrs. Braun was.
Who was it and how did you know?
Now, you're a detective, trying to figure out who is the real Mrs. Braun by having a piano competition. Mrs. Braun was an exceptional pianist, who could play many complex pieces. When you met them, they were sitting in a room with a couch and a piano. You extended your hand to greet them. One of them, a blonde, wore one ring (her wedding ring), which dug painfully into your hand when she shook it. The other (brunette) had one wedding ring also, but since it was on the other hand, you figured it was safe to shake.
Anyway, you put on the show with a lawyer as your witness. The blonde sat down and played Beethoven's Fifth with no trouble whatsoever, as did the brunette. They were both equal, but you managed to tell who the REAL Mrs. Braun was.
Who was it and how did you know?
Hint
It's important that he didn't live in the United States.Answer
The blonde, since her wedding ring was on her right hand. In other countries including Germany, wedding rings are worn on the right hand, not the left.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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good job got the teaser pretty easy. good job though
i knew it had something to do with rings, but got confused on which hand! great teaser tho!
Nice one Learned something new
Aug 10, 2005
Great teaser! I got it pretty easy but I liked it. My only suggestion for making it better would be that you said which hand you reached out to shake with. Although, that may have been a bit of a giveaway that it had something to do with the rings and hands. O well, nice teaser!
i didnt know which hand he shook. i was thinking brunette because since the ring dug into the detectives hand, it muct have been big, and usually ppl who play the piano dont wear jewlry on their hands.
I knew it had to do with the rings...
Well done!! I didn't know that about rings & fingers and other countries. I thought it was the brunette because of the ring. Good teaser!
Good teaser. I also knew it had something to do with the ring, but thought that made the ring wearer the guilty party as most piano players do not wear large jewelry on their hands. Fooled me.
Cool, i did not know that, but the hint pretty much made it obvious though.
I didn't know that in other countries they wear their wedding rings on different fingers, but after I read the clue, I figured it was possible! Great teaser!
that was a good one. i didnt know they wear thier rings in other countries, but i figured it had something to do with the rings.
i got it!!!!!
cool teaser!!!except i got it all mixed up.i wasnt really thinkin and i said it was the brunette because she had it on the left!!!!
dont laugh at me!
dont laugh at me!
well done, took me ages to find somewhere that said that rings were worn on the right hand, not the left.
had me completely stumped since i was aware that the tradition of wearing wedding and engagement rings on the left ring finger came out of europe.
good job
had me completely stumped since i was aware that the tradition of wearing wedding and engagement rings on the left ring finger came out of europe.
good job
Too hard! How did you know about the Germany thing?
HMMMMMMMMM hard to decide when you don't know which hand he extends, learned something though, COOL
Easy when you know the ring thing.I didn't know,good job,I learned something new.
i cheated but i also learned something new
i thought it was the opposite. i completely forgot about the ring thing. got me.
fun teaser contextclues helped me. sorry about the spelling
I understood it. YAY ME!
Fun n easy...
I decided that it was the brunette because when you play the piano your right hand generally moves faster and a ring can hurt when it rubs against your fingers. Didn't evne consider the fact that it was on the wrong hand in the first okace. Great teaser.
it would have been good IF the mystery indicated which hand "i" extended to shake with the women, that way there would be an actual possibility of the readers knowing who was the real wife was without giving out the answer right away.
COOL Fireflyl!!! I didn't know that wedding rings are worn on the right hand in other countries!!
Which leads me to ponder......Is it JUST in the US that wedding rings are worn on the left??? If so, I wonder why?
ALSO... I automatically assumed that the RIGHT hand was extended for the handshake.... because its the standard way here in the US. Does that ALSO differ from country to country (when a handshake is the greeting)? Anybody know?
Which leads me to ponder......Is it JUST in the US that wedding rings are worn on the left??? If so, I wonder why?
ALSO... I automatically assumed that the RIGHT hand was extended for the handshake.... because its the standard way here in the US. Does that ALSO differ from country to country (when a handshake is the greeting)? Anybody know?
Cleaver.
I HOPE you meant "CLEVER" OldChinaHand!!! Otherwise, I think I'd better start running fast!!!
Got it! Woohoo! Ya!
Didn't get it.... I figured it had something to do with the ring, but I still couldn't figure it out.
yes i got it
As a teen traveling in Germany, I was teased by some local boys for wearing a ring on my right hand. I won't soon forget that bit of humor! Thanks for a fun walk down memory lane to my wilder days!
The only thing that was explained was the ring, so that had to be the problem. Good teaser.
Great teaser!
I guessed the answer correctly without ever having heard this tradition.
I knew it was something about the ring, but you don't say which hand was extended... I shake with my right but someone else might use her left.
WOW!!! SO EASY!!!! GREAT TEASER THOUGH!!!!
Fun! I got it right!
That was a good one.I didn't get it.
In the US, many people will move their wedding ring to their right hand if their spouse dies. Because of this I guessed the blond correctly, but for the wrong reason. I figured she was genuinely grieving and thought to move her ring, while the brunette didn't take the time to make sure her devious plan was watertight! Anyway, good teaser!
Why didn't they just ask for a marriage certificate, pictures or from the friends of Mr Braun?
So it's not possible for his real wife to be wearing it on her left hand for some reason? Okay then.
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