Wouldn’t be as interesting to watch if it was.
No and Yes.
Yes.
Yes and yes.
Tightrope walker.
Yes.
She was a tightrope walker who did it blindfolded. They started the music, she went. When the music stopped, she stepped off to the final platform. The music malfunctioned, she stepped off and fell to her death.
I would love to keep going with these, as they are fun, but I have a request.
If you know, please do not give hints unless the person who gave the puzzle said so.
I have plenty of others, but would someone else kindly give one?
You probably know this one, but it’s good practice:
A bell rings, a man dies.
Is the man a wrestler?
Had the bell not rung, would the man have died?
No
No
(well he would die eventually just like everyone else, but that’s irrelevant)
Did the bell ring as a consequence of something the man did?
No
I guess we got there, but my reaction is “meh” - it’s contrived and implausible.
A blindfolded tightrope walker would be feeling her way with her leading foot all the way across before putting weight on it. She would not suddenly take a big step into the unknown on some external cue. She would continue to test ahead with her leading foot to feel the presence of the end platform before putting her weight onto it.
And I don’t really think my trapeze idea works any better, because the blindfolded performer would similarly not rely upon any external cue to release, she would only start swinging after the (unblinded) catcher is already in place and ready.
Is the bell a signal to the man (who died)?
Was the man murdered?
If so, was the bell a signal for the murderer?
Is the bell meant to signal people nearby (like a doorbell or a telephone) or is it widely broadcast (like a church bell)?
Is the bell a sgnal or a musical instrument?
Please replaced “murder” in the above questions with “killed by another person”- we’ll figure out if it’s murder after the jury is empaneled.
Did Pavlov’s dog eat him? 
I haven’t heard it.
Is the man an actual living human being?
Is the bell a traditional bell like a church bell, with a clapper and so forth?
He thinks it is.
No.
More like the latter.
Signal
No
Before he dies he is. A fictional living human being anyway, I don’t know this happened to any actual person.
You can assume so.
Was it suicide?
No. It’s an unintended death.
I don’t think of these as riddles. They’re more like 20 Questions because there are many possible answers based on the initial information and you have to ask questions to determine the specific answer needed.
Yeah, but although I’m more than happy with misdirection (I liked the “bicycle parts” one), I think the chosen answer has to be credible. The circus had actually crossed my mind earlier, and I dismissed it because I really couldn’t see how anyone would be cued in a life-or-death situation by music stopping. And, quite honestly, I still can’t!
Did the man die from disease of some sort?
Did the man die from physical trauma?
Did the man die from the action of a toxin or poison?
Did the man die from lack of some external resource essential to life?
Did the man’s mental state contribute to his death?
No
Yes
No
No
No. Well, he was mentally healthy. He was thinking something that led to this situation though.