53 bicycles: A lateral thinking puzzle

Are the various objects memorializing the named individuals each fixed at one side of a pedestrian crossing?

Are the objects in the middle of the road/crossing?

Are the objects traffic lights?

reply to SpoilerVirgin

Are the various objects memorializing the named individuals each fixed at one side of a pedestrian crossing? Yes

Are the objects in the middle of the road/crossing? No

Are the objects traffic lights? Close

I think SpoilerVirgin pretty much got it with the last one. Well done!

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So what do you get when you cross a zebra with a pelican and Karl Marx?

You get safely across the street in Trier, Germany.

Good puzzle! I had not heard of this before. Here’s a cool picture of the Beethoven traffic lights.

To which I can only say, “Bwuh?”.

A 15 year-old boy appeared in a trauma center in with ulcers on his forearm. Turned out to be a pretty unusual situation. What had happened and why?

Were the ulcers the result of illness?

Were the ulcers the result of injury?

Were the ulcers self-inflicted?

KK

Is religion relevant to the situation?

Specifically, is the resemblance of the ulcers to crucifixion wounds relevant?

Were the ulcers inflicted deliberately?

Were the ulcers inflicted mechanically (e.g., by abrasion)?

Were they inflicted chemically?

Were they inflicted through biological means?

KK

Is it integral that he went to a trauma center rather than a doctor’s office?

Was the chemical a standard household product?

I’m giving my opinion on what “standard household product” is and say NO.

Was it the boy’s intention to create some sort of pattern or writing on his arm?

Did the boy believe that he would gain some benefit by putting his arm in contact with the chemical?

Was the boy trying to cure some illness or injury by putting his arm in contact with the chemical?

Were the ulcers caused by a radioactive substance?

I don’t think any potential radioactivity is part of the puzzle, if it exists.

Was the boy trying to gain superpowers?

Yes.

Was he trying to emulate the Flash’s origin story?

No.

Was the chemical:

  • naturally occurring in nature?

or

  • artificial, made by humans?