53 bicycles: A lateral thinking puzzle

[Chronos]

Is the someone related to your parents?

Would it matter to this someone when your parents died (aside from getting the inheritance quicker)?

[SpoilerVirgin]

@Chronos

Is the someone related to your parents? No.

Would it matter to this someone when your parents died (aside from getting the inheritance quicker)? No.

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[Mahaloth]

Does this involve someone unborn?

Is this situation something you would call common?

[SpoilerVirgin]

@Mahaloth

Does this involve someone unborn? No.

Is this situation something you would call common? No.

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[Chronos]

Is the someone who would benefit an individual?

Is the someone who would benefit a small group of people (such as a nuclear family)?

Is the someone who would benefit a large institution (such as a nonprofit organization or a university)?

[SpoilerVirgin]

@Chronos

Is the someone who would benefit an individual?** Yes, and would certainly share the benefits with their family.**

Is the someone who would benefit a small group of people (such as a nuclear family)?** Yes, because benefits would be shared.**

Is the someone who would benefit a large institution (such as a nonprofit organization or a university)?** No**.

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[Mahaloth]

Is the benefit financial?

[Quartz]

Is property involved?

Is entailed property involved?

[SpoilerVirgin]

@Mahaloth

Is the benefit financial?

Yes.

[SpoilerVirgin]

@Quartz

Is property involved? Yes.

Is entailed property involved? No.

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[Ignotus]

Would it matter to the beneficiary in which order your parents died?

[Peter_Morris]

Will this person inherit directly from your parents if they die?

Are your parents due to inherit, unless they die first? And this person next in line to inherit?

[SpoilerVirgin]

@Ignotus

Would it matter to the beneficiary in which order your parents died?

No.

[SpoilerVirgin]

@Peter_Morris

Will this person inherit directly from your parents if they die? No.

Are your parents due to inherit, unless they die first? No. And this person next in line to inherit? No.

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[SpoilerVirgin]

O.K., I just read through all of the questions and answers, and realized that I answered one question incorrectly. I don’t believe it will have a major impact on the puzzle (so don’t let it steer you too far astray), but in the interest of complete accuracy:

Would this someone also benefit if someone other than your parents were murdered?

Answer changed to Yes.

[Quartz]

To benefit, would the person also have to murder you?

[SpoilerVirgin]

@Quartz

To benefit, would the person also have to murder you?

No.

[Biotop]

Does this in any way involve charity?

Is the specific financial gain money? Real estate? A valuable object(s)? Intellectual property?

Would the parent murderer still benefit if he/she was caught?

Are there other someone’s than the person you know who would also benefit from your parent’s murder for the same reason?

Is the “someone” of the riddle a human being?

[SpoilerVirgin]

@Biotop

Does this in any way involve charity? No.

Is the specific financial gain money? Yes. Real estate? No. A valuable object(s)? No. Intellectual property? No.

Would the parent murderer still benefit if he/she was caught? Probably, depending on how their affairs were handled while they were in prison.

Are there other someone’s than the person you know who would also benefit from your parent’s murder for the same reason?** No. (Of course excepting the person’s immediate family who would share in the benefits as referenced in an earlier answer).**

Is the “someone” of the riddle a human being? Yes.

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[Quartz]

Is a noble title involved?