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No. That is, he wasn't sentenced to die at the tone of the bell.
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So you know this one? It's one of my favorites.
Is the rope associated with (connected to in some way) the bell?
Um. I'll use one of your questions, 'cause I'm pretty nearly stumped. "Is the man near a cliff?"
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Thera: No
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Was there someone else with him when he died?
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Did he fall off the cliff?
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Could the man see the edge of the cliff?
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Is the man mentally deficient? Physically?
^^ More specifically is the man blind or deaf?
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Yes.
Did the rope break right before or at the time when the man died?
Was the man responsile for breaking the rope?
Lesse... the rope was attached to the bell. The man was on a cliff...Was the man ever in contact with either the bell or the rope?
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Was the man ever in contact with either the bell or the rope?"
But the rope was attached to the bell.
Was someone responsible for his death?
COW WITH A BELL ON ITS NECK KICKED THE MAN OFF THE CLIFF I WIN!
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Was the old man riding a unicorn who cut the rope, making the bell toll, then bucked him off?
Or..The man knew he was near a cliff, so he grabbed the rope and it broke. He fell over the cliff, and the bell rang on the way down.
Or...
He was frustrated so he hit the rope and it swung back and hit him, knocking him out cold. He tumbles down a hill and off a cliff. On the way down the hill, the rope breaks.
Is the riddle given in chronological order?
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Yes.
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Yes."
Is their any animals involved in any way?
Did any other forces act upon the man to push him off the cliff?
Did he follow the ringing of the bell to his doom, like the poor children traipsing after the Pied Piper?
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No.
Helen wrote: "Did he follow the ringing of the bell to his doom, like the poor children traipsing after the Pied Piper?"
He did follow the bell, but not like the Pied Piper's followers.
In a minute mystery, the riddler asks a question, giving a short description of a scenario. The important details may or may not be included. The others' job is to figure out what happened (usually these entail death). Problem is, the riddler can only answer a question with 'yes' or 'no' or 'irrelevant question.' After a while, most people start to figure out what types of questions need to be asked. For example:
"A rope breaks, a bell tolls, a man dies."
Bad questions: "Where was the man?" (not yes-or-no)
....................... "was the bell painted red?" (irrelevant)
Good questions: "Was the bell far away from the man?"
......................... "Was the man near a . . . (cliff, desert, sea, town, etc.)
......................... "Was anyone else involved?"
The last question is always one of the key questions in a Minute Mystery. One mystery at a time, and winner (or whoever the winner gifts the privilege to) does the next mystery. So go ahead, ask away, and see if you can figure it out!
A rope breaks. A bell tolls. A man dies.