# Lateral Thinking Puzzles. Let's do it again! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 23, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193 "2019-10-23T21:32:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 129
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2561 "2020-03-18T13:35:11Z")
The most frequently broadcast perp walk? Most of them don’t end so dramatically. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2562 "2020-03-18T14:01:27Z")
The most frequently broadcast perp walk? Most of them don’t end so dramatically. **No.** ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2563 "2020-03-18T14:24:05Z")
Was Oswald a human? Was he Lee Harvey Oswald? Is “death” being used to describe a person’s life ending? ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2564 "2020-03-18T14:29:31Z")
Was Oswald a human? **Yes.** Was he Lee Harvey Oswald? **No.** Is “death” being used to describe a person’s life ending? **Yes.** ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2565 "2020-03-18T15:34:53Z")
Was Oswald expected to be executed? Was he actually executed? Was he expected to die of natural causes? Did he actually die of natural causes? Was he expected to die in an event that would kill many people? Did he actually die in an event that killed many people? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2566 "2020-03-18T16:01:06Z")
If it wasn’t for the recording of his death, would most people know who Oswald was? Was Oswald executed by the state/government? Was Oswald’s death an accident? Was Oswald being filmed because he was expected to die? Was Oswald being filmed because he was doing something dangerous and interesting? Was Oswald’s death an accident? A foreseeable accident? ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2567 "2020-03-18T16:02:34Z")
Did the broadcasters / audience know in advance that they were broadcasting/watching Oswald’s death? Was the broadcast intended to be educational? Political? Entertainment? ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2568 "2020-03-18T16:17:31Z")
Was Oswald expected to be executed? **No.** Was he actually executed? **No.** Was he expected to die of natural causes? **No.** Did he actually die of natural causes? **No.** Was he expected to die in an event that would kill many people? **No.** Did he actually die in an event that killed many people? **No.** If it wasn’t for the recording of his death, would most people know who Oswald was? **Most people do not know who Oswald was, recording or no recording. Of the people who do know, a few of them are probably aware of him because of this recording, but most would know anyway.** Was Oswald executed by the state/government? **No.** Was Oswald’s death an accident? **No.** Was Oswald being filmed because he was expected to die? **No.** Was Oswald being filmed because he was doing something dangerous and interesting? **No.** Was Oswald’s death an accident? A foreseeable accident? **No and N/A.** Did the broadcasters / audience know in advance that they were broadcasting/watching Oswald’s death? **Yes, pretty much, although there is a (small) wrong assumption in the question.** Was the broadcast intended to be educational? **Yes.** Political? **No.** Entertainment? **Yes.** ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2569 "2020-03-18T16:38:12Z")
Was the intent to film Oswald, or was the subject something/someone else and he was caught on film by accident? Is the film of Oswald’s death shown now because it is historically important? Because it’s dramatic? Or only because it shows his death? ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2570 "2020-03-18T16:48:04Z")
\*\*Oswald’s untimely death was always intended to be broadcast. But no one anticipated that it would become the most frequently broadcast event of its type.\*\*I keep having to tab back and forth… When you say always intended, does that mean the time of his death was known to the initial broadcaster of the event? ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2571 "2020-03-18T17:34:32Z")
Was the intent to film Oswald, or was the subject something/someone else and he was caught on film by accident? Is the film of Oswald’s death shown now because it is historically important? Because it’s dramatic? Or only because it shows his death? **Uh … inaccurate assumption in both of these sets of questions.** When you say always intended, does that mean the time of his death was known to the initial broadcaster of the event? **Yes, the initial broadcaster knew that they would be broadcasting Oswald’s death and knew when it would occur.** ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2572 "2020-03-18T18:39:21Z")
Was Oswald performing a stunt? Physical feat? Doing something dangerous? Undergoing a medical procedure? Operating a device? Participating in combat? Being filmed for TV? Movie? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2573 "2020-03-18T18:45:43Z")
Are you using the word broadcast in the commonly used way, as in a TV or radio broadcast over the airwaves? If so, TV or radio or both? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2574 "2020-03-18T18:43:59Z")
Are you using the word broadcast in the commonly used way, as in a TV or radio broadcast over the airwaves? If so, TV or radio or both? ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2575 "2020-03-18T18:57:03Z")
Was Oswald performing a stunt? **No.** Physical feat? **No.** Doing something dangerous? **Yes.** Undergoing a medical procedure? **No.** Operating a device? **No (at least, not as most people would normally use the word “device”).** Participating in combat? **Yes.** Being filmed for TV? **No.** Movie? **No.** Are you using the word broadcast in the commonly used way, as in a TV or radio broadcast over the airwaves? **Yes.** If so, TV or radio or both? **Radio.** ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2576 "2020-03-18T19:15:52Z")
Is this referring to a stock audio sound clip? Wilhelm scream? ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2577 "2020-03-18T19:34:17Z")
Did the audience they were broadcasting to also know that Oswald’s death would occur during the broadcast? Did they tune in specifically to hear that death? Was this broadcast in the age of commonly available television? Define that as post 1950. Would it have been televised if that was a broadcast option? ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2578 "2020-03-18T20:34:09Z")
Is this referring to a stock audio sound clip? **No, but this idea is worth pursuing.** Wilhelm scream? **No.** Did the audience they were broadcasting to also know that Oswald’s death would occur during the broadcast? **Some of them did.** Did they tune in specifically to hear that death? **No.** Was this broadcast in the age of commonly available television? Define that as post 1950. **Yes.** Would it have been televised if that was a broadcast option? **No.** ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2579 "2020-03-18T21:16:21Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Is this referring to a stock audio sound clip? > > Wilhelm scream? This occurred to me, but I can’t find any connection to the name Oswald, either in the original sound take or the first movies it was used in. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2580 "2020-03-18T21:17:53Z")
> [@Fretful\_Porpentine](#): > > Is this referring to a stock audio sound clip? **No, but this idea is worth pursuing.** Is this referring to a stock video clip? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=128) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=130)