Riddle me this:

[abyaly]

Ok, the following is a riddle (big surprise there)
what you need to do is determine what happened and the reasoning behind it
you may ask any yes/no question about the riddle and i will answer with a "yes", "no", or "irrelevant"
i will edit relevant questions into the first (or 2nd) post along with the answer.
this may or may not take a while to solve, depending on how many ppl get involved :)


The story so far...

A man gets into his car, turns on the radio, and drives off a cliff.



Aro23r
Is the car in proper working / driveable condition?
yes
Did he drive off of the cliff intentionally?
yes
Was it an accident?
no
Does what was said on the radio matter?
yes
Was the man sober?
yes
Did he drive off intending to kill himself?
yes
Did what was said on the radio cause him to drive his car off of the cliff?
yes
Did what was said on the radio affect him personally? (or someone close to him, personally?
yes
Did the radio inform him of some kind of horrible event?
yes
Did someone else die?
yes
Did something horrible (other than dying) happen to someone else?
no
Did he hear of this person dying over the radio?
no
Was the deceased a relative?
yes
Did he know that the person was dead before hearing about it on the radio?
yes
Did he enter the car, turn on the radio in that car, and then proceed to drive off the cliff in said car upon hearing the information contained in the radio report? (We just gotta make sure, because, hey, you never know.)
yes
xyxaxyx2
Did he park next to the cliff with the knowledge that he would drive over if something happened?
no
Hugh Junit
Was what he heard on the radio a song?
yes
Did the song remind him of something?
no
Duffman
Did he drive off the cliff to end his misery?
yes
Did the song on the radio give him any new imformation?
yes
Is the song connected to the deceased relative?
yes
Was the song written by the deceased relative
no
does the song talk about the...
no
MokoToko
did the song tell him to kill himself
no
did the song tell him his relative is waiting for him in heaven
no
did the song make him so sad he spiraled unbelievably fast into a horrible depression of which he could never escape
no
was there anyone in the car with him
no
does it have to do with any crimes he/his relavive commited
yes
was the deceased relative in the car (already dead)
no
noidea
works that man in the radio?
yes
Lich
was the radio on a radio station !>??!
yes
drakonfire
is the same thing playing on the radio over and over again?
yes
noidea
did he make a murder and the things didnt go like he expected?
yes
Serge
Did he get in the car with the intention of killing himself?
no
Did someone request the song for him?
no
Lord Achilles
does the original location from which he departed have anything to with the riddle?
yes
If he wasn't planning on driving off the cliff, was his destination imporatant to solving this?
yes
Was what he was going to do their matter?
yes
Ark Knight
Did he kill the relative?
yes




What happened?

[abyaly]

reserved for edit

[Aro23r]

Is the car in proper working / driveable condition?

Did he drive off of the cliff intentionally?
Was it an accident?

Was the man the only person in the car?

Was the car his to begin with?

Does what was said on the radio matter?

Was the man sober?

[abyaly]

Aro23r
Is the car in proper working / driveable condition?
yes
Did he drive off of the cliff intentionally?
yes
Was it an accident?
no
Was the man the only person in the car?
irrelevant
Was the car his to begin with?
irrelevant
Does what was said on the radio matter?
yes
Was the man sober?
yes

[Aro23r]

Did he drive off intending to kill himself?
If the above is yes, did he succeed?
If the above is no, did he die because of him driving off of the cliff?

Was there some form of emergency happening?

Did a disaster happen?

Does the location of the car and the cliff (and where he landed) matter?

[abyaly]

Aro23r
Did he drive off intending to kill himself?
yes
If the above is yes, did he succeed?
irrelevant
If the above is no, did he die because of him driving off of the cliff?
irrelevant
Was there some form of emergency happening?
irrelevant
Did a disaster happen?
irrelevant
Does the location of the car and the cliff (and where he landed) matter?
irrelevant

[Aro23r]

Oh, hmm, that last bunch of questions got us nowhere, feel free to chime in xyx. I see you reading this thread.


Did what was said on the radio cause him to drive his car off of the cliff?

Did what was said on the radio affect him personally? (or someone close to him, personally?)

[abyaly]

Aro23r
Did what was said on the radio cause him to drive his car off of the cliff?
yes
Did what was said on the radio affect him personally? (or someone close to him, personally?
yes

[Hugh Junit]

had the man ever been hypnotized?

[abyaly]

Hugh Junit
had the man ever been hypnotized?
irrelevant

[Aro23r]

Did someone else die (be wounded / kidnapped, the like) and he heard about it on the radio?

[abyaly]

Originally posted by Aro23r
Did someone else die (be wounded / kidnapped, the like) and he heard about it on the radio?
one-part questions please :)

[Aro23r]

Did someone else die and the radio informed him of this?

Was someone else injured and the radio informed him of this?

Was someone kidnapped and the radio.....?

Did some other kind of major (horrible) event happen to someone and the radio...?

[abyaly]

Originally posted by Aro23r
Did someone else die and the radio informed him of this?

Was someone else injured and the radio informed him of this?

Was someone kidnapped and the radio.....?

Did some other kind of major (horrible) event happen to someone and the radio...?
dude, those are all two-part questions

[Aro23r]

answer the question that if one part is false, it all is false.


Did the radio inform him of some kind of horrible event?

Did someone else die?

Did something horrible (other than dying) happen to someone else?

[xyxaxyz2]

Did he park next to the cliff with the knowledge that he would drive over if something happened?

[abyaly]

Aro23r

Did the radio inform him of some kind of horrible event?
yes
Did someone else die?
yes
Did something horrible (other than dying) happen to someone else?
no

[abyaly]

xyxaxyz2
Did he park next to the cliff with the knowledge that he would drive over if something happened?
no

[Aro23r]

Did he hear of this person dying over the radio?

Was the deceased a relative?

Did he know that the person was dead before hearing about it on the radio?

Did he enter the car, turn on the radio in that car, and then proceed to drive off the cliff in said car upon hearing the information contained in the radio report? (We just gotta make sure, because, hey, you never know.)


This is my last for the night, i'll see the answer and then turn in for now.

[abyaly]

Aro23r
Did he hear of this person dying over the radio?
no
Was the deceased a relative?
yes
Did he know that the person was dead before hearing about it on the radio?
yes
Did he enter the car, turn on the radio in that car, and then proceed to drive off the cliff in said car upon hearing the information contained in the radio report? (We just gotta make sure, because, hey, you never know.)
yes



im also gonna go sleep. i expect to have many questions when i come back

[Hugh Junit]

Was what he heard on the radio a song?
Did the song remind him of something?

[abyaly]

Hugh Junit
Was what he heard on the radio a song?
yes
Did the song remind him of something?
no

[Duffman]

Did he drive off the cliff to end his misery?

Did the song on the radio give him any new imformation?

Is the song connected to the deceased relative?

If So:
Was the song written by the deceased relative
does the song talk about the...

[LondonJack]

Is the guy in the car the riddler, and he heard on the radio that batman died?

Riddle me this Batman, how can i go on without an arch nemesis?
Ah look a rather conviently placed cliff.

[insignifiGant]

OK....

Did the radio report reveal something about the person who died that would be beneficial to the cliff diver(the man in the car, in case you wanted to be a jackass)?

edit - nvm.. it was a song...

um...

was the song a song that could/does really exist?

[abyaly]

Duffman
Did he drive off the cliff to end his misery?
yes
Did the song on the radio give him any new imformation?
yes
Is the song connected to the deceased relative?
yes
Was the song written by the deceased relative
no
does the song talk about the...
no

LondonJack
Is the guy in the car the riddler, and he heard on the radio that batman died?
no to both :P

[abyaly]

insignifiGant
was the song a song that could/does really exist?
irrelevant

[MokoToko]

did the song tell him to kill himself

did the song tell him his relative is waiting for him in heaven

did the song make him so sad he spiraled unbelievably fast into a horrible depression of which he could never escape

was there anyone in the car with him

does it have to do with any crimes he/his relavive commited

was the car his relatives

was the deceased relative in the car (already dead)

[noidea]

works that man in the radio?

[abyaly]

MokoToko
did the song tell him to kill himself
no
did the song tell him his relative is waiting for him in heaven
no
did the song make him so sad he spiraled unbelievably fast into a horrible depression of which he could never escape
no
was there anyone in the car with him
no
does it have to do with any crimes he/his relavive commited
yes
was the car his relatives
irrelevant
was the deceased relative in the car (already dead)
no
noidea
works that man in the radio?
yes

[Serge]

Did he get in the car with the intention of killing himself?

Did someone request the song for him?

Did the dead relative request the song he heard?

Did he request the song for the dead relative?

[noidea]

did he make a murder and the things didnt go like he expected?

[Lich]

was he an escaped mental patient

[drakonfire]

i think i've heard a variation of this riddle... dunno though, i'll have to see what the answer is


is the same thing playing on the radio over and over again?

[Lich]

was the radio on a radio station !>??!
was it playing a cd
was it playing a cassete!

[abyaly]

Lich
was the radio on a radio station !>??!
yes
was it playing a cd
no
was it playing a cassete!
no
was he an escaped mental patient
irrelevant

drakonfire
i think i've heard a variation of this riddle... dunno though, i'll have to see what the answer is
is the same thing playing on the radio over and over again?
yes

if you think you've heard this before, dont ruin it by spilling the beans :P i have another one for after this is solved


noidea
did he make a murder and the things didnt go like he expected?
yes

Serge
Did he get in the car with the intention of killing himself?
no
Did someone request the song for him?
no

[Lich]

was the song magic and like possessing him and controling him to go kill some guy that the song tells him too?!!

[abyaly]

Originally posted by Lich
was the song magic and like possessing him and controling him to go kill some guy that the song tells him too?!!
no :p

[Lich]

are u lying now? IM RIGHT HAHAYHAYHYAH ok is the man crazy?

[Lord Achilles]

Was the original location he left his home?

If not, does the original location from which he departed have anything to with the riddle?

If he wasn't planning on driving off the cliff, was his destination imporatant to solving this?

[abyaly]

Lord Achilles
Was the original location he left his home?
this is open to interpretation. both yes and no would be a right answer to this - either from one view or another
If not, does the original location from which he departed have anything to with the riddle?
yes
If he wasn't planning on driving off the cliff, was his destination imporatant to solving this?
no, it's irrelevant [*edit - yes. it matters]

[Lord Achilles]

What, I don't know what irrelevant means.

[abyaly]

irrelevant means it isnt related to the riddle

[Lord Achilles]

Yes, it is. I'll restate it, more clear.

You said when he got in his car, he wasn't planning on driving off the cliff. So if he wasn't planning on driving off the cliff, did his original destination have anything to do with the riddle?

[drakonfire]

okay ach, try this


irrelevant means it is not important to the riddle, meaning he answered ur question already (however he apparently answered it wrong, this is an edit after seeing his next post)


and abyaly, yup i kno the answer, took me and like 4 friends half a road trip (six hour road trip mind u) to figure this out, lol

[abyaly]

now that i think of it, it is relevant. sorry about that. yes, it does matter where he was planning to go

[Lord Achilles]

Was what he was going to do their matter?

If he had failed to do his task at the destination, would it have affected the story?

[abyaly]

Lord Achilles
Was what he was going to do their matter?
yes
If he had failed to do his task at the destination, would it have affected the story?
you already know he never made it there

[Lord Achilles]

I'm saying if he did make it their.

[abyaly]

irrelevant.

[Ark Knight]

Did he kill the relative?

[green97sierra]

if he were to crash where no one was there to witness it, would the car still make a sound as it exploded into itty bitty pices, charring the very marrow of his bone?

[abyaly]

Ark Knight
Did he kill the relative?
yes
random fool :p:p:p:p
if he were to crash where no one was there to witness it, would the car still make a sound as it exploded into itty bitty pices, charring the very marrow of his bone?
irrelevant

[green97sierra]

I GOT IT! THE RELATIVE WAS IN THE TRUNK! THE BITCH BACKTALKED ONE TOO MANY TIMES AND HE HAD IT!

[abyaly]

dude.. put that stuff in a diff topic. or ill bust out with the snake!

[Duffman]

Was the man faking his death?

Did he die? (sry if this was asked before)

Was the radio the news report?

Did it say he was a suspect in a crime?

If So was that crime killing his relative?

Am i on to something here?

[abyaly]

Originally posted by Duffman
[B]Was the man faking his death?
no
Did he die? (sry if this was asked before)
irrelevant
Was the radio the news report?
- look at prev questions :p
If So was that crime killing his relative?
- prev
Am i on to something here?
yes

[noidea]

he made a murder.
he works at the radio station.
he didnt plan to kill himself, only when he switched on the radio. (i suppose because somethings went wrong in the radio station and that makes wrong his alibi).
it wasnt playing a Cd, neither a cassete, was it a vinyl?
if is yes i think i got it, but i will wait if someone else can follow the thread.

[abyaly]

it wasnt playing a Cd, neither a cassete, was it a vinyl?
the car radio was playing! i said it from the first. why are people asking about tapes and cds?

[Ct Jack Sparrow]

Ok, I got this one from some book...
An Old lady lives alone, in a huge house by the ocean. She almost never left, but one day, she had to go grocery shoping, so she turned off the lights, locked all the doors, and leapt into here corpral jet (just addin a little spice here), and zoomed down to the supermarket at 500 mph. While she was gone, a huge boat crashed into the shore, thus killing 300 people. When she returned with her sushi, calimari, and pet penguin, the police were there to arrest her. Why?

[LondonJack]

I'm going to guess she lives in Lighthouse or was busted because of the laws against domesticated penguins.

[drakonfire]

definitely a lighthouse


sparrow plz dont pirate the thread, i wanna see how long it takes ppl to figure it out, they almost have it

[Ark Knight]

Was it her boat?

[Ct Jack Sparrow]

Yes, she lived in a lighthouse.

and drakonfire...I thought this was like an open riddle thread...I didn't know there was only 1 riddle. sry. I didn't mean to "pirate" it.

[Ct Jack Sparrow]

Oh, and I've got a question to...I forgot:

Was the radio sending out subliminal messages?

[Serge]

Did he work at the radio station?

Did the station start looping a song/recording?

Did he murder the relative?

Was his job at the radio station his alibi for the murder?

Possible solution-He got in his car to go to the radio station, when he turned on his radio(to his station)a song was looping, he realized his alibi was now crap, in lieu of his immenent arrest and facing the death penalty, he drives off the cliff.

[Lich]

was the man emotionaly HURT?
was he gay?

[Serge]

Originally posted by Lich
was he gay?

That is random, and completely irrelevant.

[Lich]

how do u know ur not the CREATOR OF THREAD BURN BURN

[Lord Achilles]

Hmmm...maybe Ab is really the person in this riddle, and he died, and he can't remember who he is, but before he died he mailed himself a set of clues, so he's making us help. So that means....SHIT! GHOST!

[abyaly]

Originally posted by Serge
Possible solution-He got in his car to go to the radio station, when he turned on his radio(to his station)a song was looping, he realized his alibi was now crap, in lieu of his immenent arrest and facing the death penalty, he drives off the cliff.
ding! ding! we have a winner. congrats.
*gives serge the suicidal DJ award*
i have a similar puzzle. a bit harder. gonna put it in a new thread

[abyaly]

was he gay?
yes. yes he was :p

[Lord Achilles]

Wait...explain it. Serge used too many words I didn't understand.

[abyaly]

the man was a radio DJ. he went home from work to kill his wife, and he left a cd playing; that way he can claim work as his alibi. but when he got into his car after killing her and turned the radio to his station, he heard the cd skipping. he knew he would now be arrested for the murder of his wife. so he drove off a cliff

[Lord Achilles]

Ah.

[Serge]

Sorry for the necropost but I didn't know that I won till just now. So... YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!one111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!