Riddles

[JP Dogberry]

She walked without leaving tracks. Duh.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

Firemeboy, I gave a correct (and much simpler and more likely to be used in real life) answer for your riddle. Just because an answer someone gives isn't the one you had in mind doesn't mean their answer was wrong.

Anyway, what is the difference between a riddle and a logic problem? A lot of the things in this thread I would classify as logic problems, not riddles.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

most of them are logic problems, actually.

[Firemeboy]

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Did the woman fall out of the sky?
Was the woman recently swimming?
Is the woman a human? or just a 'female'?
Is the stick used for walking?
Is the stick made out of wood?
Did the stick cause her death?
Did she die from drowning?
Did she die from the results of a fall?
Was she murdered?
Is this too many questions?
How about now?

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

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Did the woman fall out of the sky?
Was the woman recently swimming?
Is the woman a human? or just a 'female'?
Is the stick used for walking?
Is the stick made out of wood?
Did the stick cause her death?
Did she die from drowning?
Did she die from the results of a fall?
Was she murdered?
Is this too many questions?
How about now?

in order:
yes
no
human
no
yes
not directly
no
yes
no
yes
still yes.

[Firemeboy]

Was the woman sky diving?
Is the stick part of a rip cord? (maybe a wooden knob on the end, I don't know...  I've never been sky diving)
Did the woman jump out of a plane or some other flying object?
Did she fall from a higher object attached to the ground? (i.e. building, cliff, bridge).
Is the fact that she is naked important, or does that just spice up the puzzle?
Was she hanging on the stick for dear life, and when it broke she fell?
Was she paragliding?

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Was the woman sky diving?
Is the stick part of a rip cord? (maybe a wooden knob on the end, I don't know...  I've never been sky diving)
Did the woman jump out of a plane or some other flying object?
Did she fall from a higher object attached to the ground? (i.e. building, cliff, bridge).
Is the fact that she is naked important, or does that just spice up the puzzle?
Was she hanging on the stick for dear life, and when it broke she fell?
Was she paragliding?

no
no
yes
no
the former
no
no

[Firemeboy]

Was it in fact a plane?
Did she jump out of the plane of her own free will?
Was she pushed or forced out of the plane?
Was the stick part of something that would help keep her from dying?

[Firemeboy]

Was she naked when she left the plane?

[Archon]

Was the stick broken?

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

... Her dead hand clasps a broken stick...

yes

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Was it in fact a plane?
Did she jump out of the plane of her own free will?
Was she pushed or forced out of the plane?
Was the stick part of something that would help keep her from dying?
Was she naked when she left the plane?

no
it wasn't a plane, but yes
no
no
yes

[Firemeboy]

Was the flying object gas powered (i.e. helicopter, etc)?
Was the flying object a hot air balloon?
Was the flying object a glider?
Is the broken stick longer than a yard?
Was there anybody else up in the flying object with her?
Did the flying object crash before or after the woman fell?

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Was the flying object gas powered (i.e. helicopter, etc)?
Was the flying object a hot air balloon?
Was the flying object a glider?
Is the broken stick longer than a yard?
Was there anybody else up in the flying object with her?
Did the flying object crash before or after the woman fell?

no
yes
no
no
yes
no

[Firemeboy]

Was there only one other person in the balloon?
Was this person male or female?
Was the other person trying to harm the woman?
Did she jump from a very high altitude? (say over 50 feet)
Did the woman jump to escape the other person in the balloon?

So, to recap.  A woman is up in a balloon, naked, with another person.  The woman chooses to jump, and then dies as a result of the fall.  She is clutching a broken stick in her hand that is pretty small.

Is any of that incorrect?