Is the type of power plant that should have been supplying power relevant?
If so, was it fossil fuel? Nuclear? Hydroelectric? Wind? Solar?
Was the power outage targeted at specific customers?
reply to Chronos:
Is the type of power plant that should have been supplying power relevant? No
If so, was it fossil fuel? Nuclear? Hydroelectric? Wind? Solar? Not relevant.
Was the power outage targeted at specific customers?
Yes, I suppose you could say that…
Did it assist the commission of a crime? Or help to foil one?
A man walks into a bar. Later there is a massive power outage. Why?
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reply to Peter_Morris:
Did it assist the commission of a crime? Or help to foil one?
No to both.
Did the information that the man received in the bar relate to US law?
Is there anything else relevant about the man’s conversational partner, other than that they passed a piece of information to the man?
Were the people whose power was turned off current in their electric bill?
Were the people whose power was turned off in violation of some other term of service of the electric company?
Were the people whose power was turned off in violation of the law?
reply to Aspidistra:
Did the information that the man received in the bar relate to US law? No
Is there anything else relevant about the man’s conversational partner, other than that they passed a piece of information to the man?
Yes
reply to Chronos:
Were the people whose power was turned off current in their electric bill? Yes
Were the people whose power was turned off in violation of some other term of service of the electric company? No
Were the people whose power was turned off in violation of the law? No
Is the relevant thing about the conversational partner their job?
reply to Aspidistra:
Is the relevant thing about the conversational partner their job?
No
Did anybody in this puzzle commit a crime?
Did the man and his conversation partner know each other prior to meeting in the bar?
Was the conversation partner a woman? Is this relevant?
Would it be useful to know the city / state where this happens (for someone not already familiar with the incident)?
reply to Fretful_Porpentine:
Did anybody in this puzzle commit a crime? Yes
Did the man and his conversation partner know each other prior to meeting in the bar? Yes
Was the conversation partner a woman? No Is this relevant? Yes
Would it be useful to know the city / state where this happens (for someone not already familiar with the incident)?
Yes.
Was the crime sexual? Financial? Violent?
Was the state California?
Was Enron involved?
reply to Aspidistra:
Was the crime sexual? No Financial? No Violent? Yes
A man walks into a bar. Later there is a massive power outage. Why?
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reply to Chronos:
Was the state California? No
Was Enron involved No
Was the criminal the original man-who-walked-into-a-bar? His conversation partner? Both?
Did their conversation involve plotting a crime?
Did the power go out as a result of something going wrong during the commission of a crime?
As a result of a crime that went off as intended?
Does anybody die in this puzzle? If yes: original man? Conversation partner? Somebody else?
reply to Fretful_Porpentine:
Was the criminal the original man-who-walked-into-a-bar? No His conversation partner? No Both? No
Did their conversation involve plotting a crime? No
Did the power go out as a result of something going wrong during the commission of a crime? No
As a result of a crime that went off as intended? An indirect result
Does anybody die in this puzzle? Yes If yes: original man? Yes Conversation partner? Yes Somebody else? Yes
Was the power outage accompanied by mass loss of life?
Was there a giant explosion?
reply to Folly:
Was the power outage accompanied by mass loss of life? No
Was there a giant explosion? No