Flypsde & SwimmingRiddles, Round One

Finagle asks:
His oxygen ran out while he was pillaging a
shipwreck?
NO

SwimmingRiddles asks: Was the room in a tent?
NO

Okay, is this in a hotel?

Was the room on a train?

Was the room on a boat?

Was the room on something that travels?

JimB asks: Is the chandelier electric?
YES

Did the man die in the room?
YES

Is the room a tomb of some sort?
ONLY METAPHORICALLY.

Flypsyde asks: Dammit, Finagle got it, I think.
NO

Flypsyde asks: Okay, is this in a hotel?
NO

SwimmingRiddles asks: Was the room on a train?
NO

Was the room on a boat?
YES!!

Was the room on something that travels?
YES

Was the man electrocuted?

Is the boat underwater?

SwimmingRiddles asks: Was the man electrocuted?
NO

Is the boat underwater?
YES!!!

Wait! The man drowned when the ship went down?

He went down with the ship in the first place?

Did the man die on the Titanic? Was the man JP Morgan?

Did the man drown?

Did the boat sink?

Does the gold & jewery belong to the man? (did we cover that?)

Was the man trying to remove the loot from the boat? Did the man die when the boat went down? Was the man a diver?

Flypsyde: Wait! The man drowned when the ship went down?

YES!!

Finagle asks: He went down with the ship in the first place?
YES

SwimmingRiddles asks: Did the man die on the Titanic? YES

Was the man JP Morgan?
NO (not a historical figure, remember?)

Is the identity of the man important?

JimB asks: Did the man drown?
YES

Did the boat sink?
YES

Does the gold & jewery belong to the man? (did we cover that?)
YES, and YES
SwimmingRiddles asks: Was the man trying to remove the loot from the boat?
YES

Did the man die when the boat went down?
YES

Was the man a diver?
NO

Was the man one of the characters in the movie?

Well, if the man went down on the Titanic, the police wouldn’t have been called, since it’s a maritime disaster. He drowned.

Are you looking for more than this?

It was an un-named man who was rich who refused to evacuate the Titanic without his jewels. Do I win?

SwimmingRiddles asks: Is the identity of the man important?
NO

“A man is lying dead in a room. Near him, a large pile of gold and jewels is strewn across the floor. A chandelier attached to the ceiling is directly over the body, and the one large window is open. The police, amazingly enough, have not been called, nor will they be. HOW COME?”