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So tell me the story. Why did he kill himself?

You've almost got it Arthur. So he's a basketball player who is tall and if he begins to notice that the mailbox is out of his reach, what does he begin to think is happening to him and what are the consequences? Aileen

Yes Arthur you're on the right track. So if someone was jealous of him, bearing in mind he is tall.... what would they do to the mailbox which would make the basket ball player resort to killing himself. Shrink and stretch maybe? Aileen

Very good Arthur but not the correct answer. Think up and down, or down and up. Then tell me a story. Aileen

No Buttercup, you naughty little flower. I'll give you a clue. What is the one thing you would notice about most basketball players? Mailboxes in the US are usually outside. What are they attached to? So why would the basketball player kill himself and what did the police notice about the mailbox? Aileen

Stole his balls? BC

Hi Buttercup He has shot himself. Suicide. The police are treating it as murder because of something they discover about the mailbox. Did someone do something on purpose which drove him to kill himself? Aileen

Thought it was murder? BC

Hi Dorothy Oh have you got one going? I haven't really been looking through the threads. Was having a rummage in the garage and came across these and loads of quiz questions in a box. I'm still decorating. Thought I'd come on here for a while instead of watching the paint dry! Anyway, wrong answer. Think about his profession and what would make him kill himself. Aileen

He opened a letter and inhaled some noxious fumes??

No Elf not a rubbish answer, but not the correct one. Forget about how he died and concentrate on what the dead man was and the mailbox. The answer lies there. Aileen

He shot his mail box and the bullet ricochetted and killed him. (Yes, I know - a rubbish answer). Lorrainex

No Sarah

I'm stumped! was the gun inside the mailbox?

Still 5, unless the boat had taken on a cargo. CB >|<

I can't get the better of you lot today can I? A basketball player lies dead in his driveway next to his mailbox. He has shot himself. On close inspection the police realise that the mailbox was connected to his death, and that this is now a murder investigation. What did they discover?

Still 5 rungs as the boat rises with the tide.

It would be the same - the boat floats on the water. Gwynne

Are you sure you lot are not with the CIA? These are the sort of lateral questions they get asked when training. Okay what about this one: When a boat is at anchor, five of the rungs on the rope ladder over its side are underwater. If the rungs are 30cm apart and each one is 3cm thick, how many rungs would be underwater four hours later, if the tide rises at 35cm per hour?

It would be a miracle of nature to find a peacock's egg. Peahens lay eggs not peacocks Gwynne