Lateral Thinking Puzzles

15. 3 Deadly Rooms

A man senticed to death must choose between three doors to open and enter. The first one houses hungry lions waiting for thier next meal. The second door hold back deadly poison gas. The finale door drops into a bottomless pit. Which is the safest room?

Submitted by pollpo · Added 6 January 2011

Solution:

The safest room is the first one with the hungry lions, as if they haven't eaten in a long time, they would be dead, making the room safe to enter.


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Comments (12)

jenmikala 6 January 2011

Well, it depends.

He could wait for the lions to starve to death, then enter.

Or he could walk over the door that drops into a pit, assuming it is on the ground.

Schranz bass 14 March 2011

The second room, which promises to 'hold back' poison gasses.

cat 5 July 2011

The room with the three doors.

jkj123 16 June 2013

the room with the hungry lions because if they are hungry it means they are dead

jkj123 16 June 2013

bottomless pit. there is no bottom wichc means he dosent hit the ground and die.

zozee 11 September 2013

Lions would already be dead

ashta27 20 February 2014

The room he's already in.

Gazza 6 May 2014

I agree with jkj123, Bottomless pit - it would be Awesome, die of thirst after days of continuous falling. You would probably black out due to acceleration right? So unconsciously falling for a while, then your body falling for eternity.

dante 19 December 2014

considering he spelled sentence wrong he could have meant black poisonous gas which in that case id stay out of there the lions are hungry and waiting which means they are not dead falling until you die into a hole that would very quickly become pitch black is not an ideal way to die either

i would have to say yea if back is not a spelling mistake id would go into that room as it would be the safest.

mrssmithrlc 12 April 2015

I think the puzzle should read this way:
A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms.
The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with
loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven''t eaten in 3 years.
Which room is safest for him?

And the answer is the room with the lions because if they haven't eaten in 3 years they are, in fact, dead and would not be a threat.

sushil816 22 April 2015

The man was a lion tamer, so he entered the first room and tries to control the hungry lions.

Phantom_Blood 6 June 2015

youre right

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