Hi Friends,
Let's exercise our brains a little today. I am posting a puzzle, and let's see who gets it right. Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid a house to arrest a suspected MURDERER. They don't know what he looks like, but they know his name is "John". Inside the room, they find a carpenter, a lorry driver, a car mechanic, and a fireman playing cards. Without even asking his name, the police immediately arrested the fireman. How do they know they have got their man?
The answer would come from one of you. I know. If no one gets it right, I will post the answer tomorrow.
Cheers,
Himanshu
From India, Mumbai
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29Let's exercise our brains a little today. I am posting a puzzle, and let's see who gets it right. Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid a house to arrest a suspected MURDERER. They don't know what he looks like, but they know his name is "John". Inside the room, they find a carpenter, a lorry driver, a car mechanic, and a fireman playing cards. Without even asking his name, the police immediately arrested the fireman. How do they know they have got their man?
The answer would come from one of you. I know. If no one gets it right, I will post the answer tomorrow.
Cheers,
Himanshu
From India, Mumbai
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Hey guys,
So many views but no one attempted to answer. Even if you get it wrong, you would at least participate. So give it a try, and someday we could use this in training. You see, thinking out of the box is what is required here.
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Himanshu
From India, Mumbai
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So many views but no one attempted to answer. Even if you get it wrong, you would at least participate. So give it a try, and someday we could use this in training. You see, thinking out of the box is what is required here.
Regards,
Himanshu
From India, Mumbai
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Fireman was wearing a chain with a cross. As we know that his name is john and he was also in his uniform. :) ................... Ruchi
From India, Madras
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Hi I think fireman should be at work :D. Why he was playing card there freely :D Thought of participating. Can’t wait for answer. Himanshu, can we have answer please? Regards Sujata
From India, Faridabad
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Simple, The policeman entered in and shouted "John You are unders arrest????" And john put his cards down and was the most paniced person. regards Harsha
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Prof. Laxman’s answer looks most probable: The fireman is the only man in the room. The rest of the card players are women.
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Dear Prof. Lakshman,
You got it right! The fireman was the only man in the room. This puzzle is an excellent example of how our perceptions stop us from thinking logically. We all operated with the perception that all of the people in the room are men (a lorry driver... can't a woman be a lorry driver, can't a woman be a carpenter, and can't a woman be a car mechanic?). Cheers, Professor!
The right answer is The fireman was the only man in the room.
More puzzles to come today.
Regards,
Himanshu
From India, Mumbai
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You got it right! The fireman was the only man in the room. This puzzle is an excellent example of how our perceptions stop us from thinking logically. We all operated with the perception that all of the people in the room are men (a lorry driver... can't a woman be a lorry driver, can't a woman be a carpenter, and can't a woman be a car mechanic?). Cheers, Professor!
The right answer is The fireman was the only man in the room.
More puzzles to come today.
Regards,
Himanshu
From India, Mumbai
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Hi, The fireman was in uniform and it had his nametag on it. Elementary, my dear Watson! regards Ajay
From India, New Delhi
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Hi,
All the others, i.e., carpenter, lorry driver, and car mechanic, are independent workers, whereas the fireman works for the fire department. Instead of being at the department, how was he playing cards in uniform? So, I think by logic, the police should arrest him.
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Sridhar
From India, Bangalore
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All the others, i.e., carpenter, lorry driver, and car mechanic, are independent workers, whereas the fireman works for the fire department. Instead of being at the department, how was he playing cards in uniform? So, I think by logic, the police should arrest him.
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Sridhar
From India, Bangalore
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i think from holding the position of cards , or difference in cards the police could find out that fireman would be guilty Abhijeet
From India, Ahmadabad
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From India, Ahmadabad
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Hey guyz its so obvious!!!! All others are dead except that Fireman playing cards!! No wonder the police got him without asking questions :wink: Sonali
From India, Delhi
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Hi Himanshu, Upon entering the policemen said " Hands up John ! " and up went the fireman’s hand. :D Regards, Latha
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Hey Guys,
Professor Laxman got it right already... The answer is, "The fireman was the only man in the room, and all the others were women. So, the police could figure out that he was the murderer."
This puzzle is a good example of how people operate with perception and hence cannot solve logic that is too simple. Here, we all tried to perceive that all of them were men and could not find the correct answer. But if you think out of the box (out of the perception), then you would be able to figure out that all the others (mechanic, driver, etc.) were females, and only the fireman is a man.
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Himanshu
From India, Mumbai
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Professor Laxman got it right already... The answer is, "The fireman was the only man in the room, and all the others were women. So, the police could figure out that he was the murderer."
This puzzle is a good example of how people operate with perception and hence cannot solve logic that is too simple. Here, we all tried to perceive that all of them were men and could not find the correct answer. But if you think out of the box (out of the perception), then you would be able to figure out that all the others (mechanic, driver, etc.) were females, and only the fireman is a man.
Regards,
Himanshu
From India, Mumbai
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Hi Himanshu You have pointed it correctly. We all have general perception that all these can be male only. Can’t think that these work can be done by females also :D Regards Sujata
From India, Faridabad
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From India, Faridabad
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Hi Fireman is the only man rest were women :twisted: A carpenter, lorry driver or a mechanic can be women but "Himanshu" you stated fireman
From India, Gurgaon
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I think when the policeman entered the room and said, "John, you're under arrest," the fireman would have reacted, or John would have reacted upon hearing the police sound. Please let me know the right answer. :)
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Rangaraj
From Canada, Toronto
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Rangaraj
From Canada, Toronto
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The fireman was the only man in the room, and all others were women. So, the police could figure out that he was the murderer.
This puzzle is a good example of how people operate with perception and hence cannot solve logic that is too simple. Here, we all tried to perceive that all of them were men and could not find the correct answer. But if you think out of the box (out of the perception), then you would be able to figure out that all others (mechanic, driver, etc., all were females) and only the fireman is a man.
Regards,
Himanshu
From India, Mumbai
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This puzzle is a good example of how people operate with perception and hence cannot solve logic that is too simple. Here, we all tried to perceive that all of them were men and could not find the correct answer. But if you think out of the box (out of the perception), then you would be able to figure out that all others (mechanic, driver, etc., all were females) and only the fireman is a man.
Regards,
Himanshu
From India, Mumbai
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In four 1 must be singh(with turban) ,1must be khan(with cap and beard) and 1 must be women and left over will be Jhon whom police arrested................ :!: viranchi
From India, Hyderabad
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From India, Hyderabad
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Hi Guys, Isnt the answer obvious? All the 3 are dead except that 'fireman playing cards'. Therefore he is the obvious hold!!! 8) Sonali
From India, Delhi
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