WoK3 Puzzles #1 & #4 - Robert Win

Puzzle #1: The man who lives on the tenth floor of the building is short, too short to reach the 10th floor button in the elevator, that is why he when he returns to his apartment, he presses the button of the highest floor button he can reach (seventh floor) and then walks from that floor. He is able to take the elevator all the way down from his tenth floor apartment because the ground floor button is at the very bottom, which he is able to reach.

Puzzle#4: The man in the snorkeling kit was swimming in the nearest lake, when a fire fighting helicopter came and swooped some water from the lake along with the man who was snorkeling, to place it on the forest fire. The water (and the snorkeler) were dropped onto the forest fire. The man was killed sometime during the event, either by drowning, or by falling from a height.

WoK : Reason - Jason

Puzzle #1:
The text never told us that he took the elevator from the 10th floor. So i assume that the elevator only goes up to 7 floors.

Puzzle #5:
As there Cleopatra and Mark Anthony was not poisoned, and there were no mark on either of the bodies. I assume they died from starvation, the broken bowl signifies that there was nothing to eat.

Puzzles

Puzzle #3: Looking at the situation, it seems to have died without anything else interfering. An explanation would be the package fell out of a cargo aeroplane and hitting the man on the head unluckily. Another one might be, he went to the field to suicide, and the unopened package was for his and family and friends to look at when they found out what happened.

Puzzle #4: It seems impossible for a deep sea diver to have died in a forest. It must be a very odd occasion to have a deep sea diver, or rescuer to have accidentally fallen out of a helicopter when travelling to its destination. Another explanation might be he got scooped up from the sea when water is needed for saving bush fire. Ultimately leading to him falling and dying in the forest.

Puzzles.

I found it very difficult to anaylze and try to understand these puzzles although i am happy to say i had a go.

Puzzle 1 and 2.

Puzzle 1 - I think the man was a short man, so as he went down he could press ground floor button but when he went up the 10th floor button is very high in the lift so he cannot reach.

Puzzle 2- This could be because the man through a rope over and had someone pulling him up therefore he could hang himself.

Cole Pamuk

Norbert-Reason (1 and 5)

Frankly, I am absolutely hopeless, but I will try my best to attempt to solve these puzzles. To me they are sort of tricks. There are many different answers, and you may argue that there’s more to it.

 

I think I know the answer to the 5^th puzzle. I think A and C have both drank the contents that was originally in the bowl; they could have thought it is some sort of medicine, but in fact it is poison. They drank it, they faint, they drop the bowl, they drop, and they die.

 

The answer to number 1 I think is that he isn’t tall enough to reach to 10^th floor button in the lift. So when he leaves, he needs to press the ground floor button, which is usually at the bottom. When he returns, he tries to reach for 10, but could only manage 7.

 

As you might be able to see, I wasn’t sure whether I solved them correctly. But I gave out reasons, to why I think my answer is correct, and hoping you will be persuaded that my answer is correct.