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K Sengupta
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A Wake Up Call Puzzle
« on: Apr 7th, 2006, 7:56am » |
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Mr. A placed the Do Not Disturb sign on the handle and closed the door. He noted the time as 1:00 AM and called the front desk for a wake up call at 11:00 AM. Exhausted Mr. A fell into bed and tried in vain to fall asleep. By 3:00 AM, unable to sleep, Mr. A asked the front desk to page Mr. B, his business associate in the next room, with an urgent message.
Luckily, Mr. A heard the phone ringing in Mr. B’s room, and a few moments later, he mercifully fell asleep. What could the ringing phone in Mr. B’s room have had to do with Mr. A’s ability to fall asleep?
Source: Puzzle Magazine
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Re: A Wake Up Call Puzzle
« Reply #1 on: Apr 8th, 2006, 6:12am » |
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Mr B was making noise, which was interupted when he got a call.
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Re: A Wake Up Call Puzzle
« Reply #2 on: Apr 9th, 2006, 9:07pm » |
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alternatively, Mr A was checking Mr B was on watch.
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Re: A Wake Up Call Puzzle
« Reply #3 on: Jan 6th, 2007, 8:48pm » |
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Maybe the pager Mr. B had was a soothing melony, because it said he coud hear it. Dunno, wild guess 
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Re: A Wake Up Call Puzzle
« Reply #4 on: Jan 7th, 2007, 7:49pm » |
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towr's answer was a hint that goes halfway to the solution. There is a reason Mr. A cannot sleep. Calling Mr. B in the middle of the night removed that reason - at least long enough for Mr. A to get to sleep.
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Re: A Wake Up Call Puzzle
« Reply #5 on: Jan 8th, 2007, 3:57am » |
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Mr. B was snoring.
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Re: A Wake Up Call Puzzle
« Reply #6 on: Jan 8th, 2007, 4:46am » |
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on Jan 8th, 2007, 3:57am, Locke64 wrote:
I heard this one before. Locke is correct.
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Re: A Wake Up Call Puzzle
« Reply #7 on: Jan 8th, 2007, 11:20pm » |
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True.
According to the puzzle book, Mr. B was snoring loudly. Mr. A could not fall asleep.
The ringing phone woke Mr. B up, enabling Mr. A to finally fall asllep.
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Re: A Wake Up Call Puzzle
« Reply #8 on: Jan 19th, 2007, 10:41pm » |
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Yes, this is the simplest solution, but I can imagine, he forgot his telly on, and that was making noise once the program ended.
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