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Dr_J_Ayala
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In search of Vlad Dracul and his
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Posted: Mar 2, 2012 1:31pm
Here is a fun little lateral thinking puzzle, just for fun:
The great conjuror and escapologist Harry Houdini was an expert with locks and safes. He was once challenged by a safe manufacturer to open a locked safe. Before accepting the challenge, Houdini examined the safe carefully and saw that it was of a new design that he would almost certainly find impossible to unlock. Nevertheless, he accepted the challenge, and won it. How?
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TomasB
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Sweden
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Posted: Mar 3, 2012 4:05am
I've heard that Houdini sometimes took advantage of that safes were created to not be possible to unlock from the outside, but it was possible to unlock from the inside. However, that solution does not work with the wording of that puzzle. I'm stumped in other words.
/Tomas
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Scott Cram
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Posted: Mar 3, 2012 3:25pm
I'm thinking of something along the lines of the way Alexander the Great is said to have untied the Gordian Knot. After all, the challenge was simply to open the safe, not to unlock it.
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EldonFowler
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Posted: Apr 5, 2012 2:20pm
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=100350&forum=101
Similar topic, with an answer. It seems like more of a riddle than an actual event.
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