Lateral Thinking Puzzles. Let's do it again!

Thread Games
1221

**No to all **

1222

Would it be helpful to know why the trees were cut down?

Anyone else have any idea why else a tree would be cut down? It seemed to me that those two questions, between them, about covered it.

1223

reply to Chronos:

Would it be helpful to know why the trees were cut down? **Yes **

Anyone else have any idea why else a tree would be cut down? It seemed to me that those two questions, between them, about covered it. :confused: :wink:

1224

Are they on a slope?
We’re talking about a specific time period- so is this related to some historical event?
Is it related to a natural disaster?
Is the region itself relevant?

1225

reply to SurrenderDorothy

Are they on a slope? No
We’re talking about a specific time period- so is this related to some historical event? Yes
Is it related to a natural disaster? Yes
Is the region itself relevant? Yes

1226

Natural disasters:

Avalanche?

Landslide?

Earthquake?

Sinkhole?

Volcanic eruption?

Flood?

Tsunami?

Limnic Eruption? (CO2 pocket erupting from a lake)

Cyclonic storm?

Blizzard?

Hailstorm?

Ice storm?

Cold wave?

Heat Wave?

Drought?

Thunderstorm?

Tornado?

Wildfire?

Something man made?

Something involving animals?

1227

Was this:

before 1000 AD?
between 1001-1800 AD?
between 1801-1900 AD
between 1901-1950 AD?

1228

Yes to earthquake. No to the rest.

1229

1801 -1900

1230

Did they intentionally align with sunrise/ sunset?

Was there some sort of religious principle involved?

Was it a legal requirement?

Anything to do with Feng Shui, or similar?

Did this take place in:

  • North America
  • South America
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Australia
  • Other?
1231

reply to Peter Morris

Did they intentionally align with sunrise/ sunset? No

Was there some sort of religious principle involved? No

Was it a legal requirement? No

Anything to do with Feng Shui, or similar? No

Did this take place in:

  • North America Yes
  • South America
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Australia
  • Other?
1232

right, you said that there was another geographical feature involved. Was it…

A mountain?

A hill?

A lake?

A volcano?

A cliff?

A valley?

An ocean?

A sea?

A lake?

A swamp?

Something man made?

1233

No to all

1234

Uhhh… a desert?

A second river?

A forest?

1235

No. Though there are forests and other rivers in the region.

1236

But they are not the meaningful geographical feature you mentioned earlier, right?

So, that feature, is it related to land?

Water?

plants?

Rocks?

1237

reply to Go_Arachnid_Laser

But they are not the meaningful geographical feature you mentioned earlier, right?

So, that feature, is it related to land? Yes

Water? No

plants? No

Rocks? No

I suppose it is more accurate to describe a “fault line” as a geological feature as opposed to a geographical feature. As “earthquake” has already been accurately guessed by SurrenderDorothy, there is no point being mysterious about it. My mistake, sorry.

1238

Are the people hiring Moe committing some kind of insurance fraud?

1239

No.

1240

Were the trees used to monitor the movement of the ground in some way?

Monitor the angle of the tree relative to magnetic north to see if the tree crosses the fault line?