The music stops and a woman dies. How and why did she die?
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Marcia, was the woman the musician?
ReplyDeleteNo, she wasn't the musician
ReplyDeleteEms - was she on life support and listening to the radio or something and the power went out? I'm only guessing this because it recently was in the news about a woman who had survived for decades in an iron lung but died when there was a power failure.
ReplyDeleteSonja, No, that is one answer that might work, but it's not the answer I'm looking for with this riddle. Keep guessing!
ReplyDeleteThe music is playing while she is being marched to her execution?
ReplyDeleteNo, Gilda, it's not for her execution.
ReplyDeleteMarcia, is the lady the ballerina on a music box?
ReplyDeleteNo, Kim, that's not it, but it is a really cute answer.
ReplyDeleteEms - is she playing musical chairs and falls off the chair - hitting her head?
ReplyDeleteOr driving an ice cream truck that crashes?
ReplyDeleteSugarriver -- Sorry, neither of those answers is correct. Hmmm. So far no one has been even close. Should I give a clue? I guess you could keep guessing about what the woman was doing or her occupation.
ReplyDeleteEms - this IS a hard one. I posted under another name earlier without realizing it, so been thinking about it for a whole week already! Sorry - guess you probably figured it was me when I started out with Ems.
ReplyDeleteDoes the music control whether or not the lady is moving? Does she have any control over whether the music is playing or not?
Ah, Sugarriver, I just figured it was another Idita-buddy. Anyway, great questions.
ReplyDeleteI would say that the music influences whether or not the woman is moving.
She does not have any control over whether the music is playing or not.
Does the riddle have anything to do with the saying, "It isn't over until the fat lady sings"?
ReplyDeleteWas she a tightrope walker? Maybe the music stopped for some reason and she lost her balance and fell?
ReplyDeleteMy other guess is that she was listening to the radio in the bathtub and it fell in so she was electrocuted and the music stopped?
No, it doesn't have anything to do with the saying, "It isn't over until the fat lady sings," though that is an intriguing thought.
ReplyDeleteSara, you are very, very close! Yes, she was a tightrope walker, and yes, she did fall to her death. But she didn't exactly lose her balance. What you need to figure out is what the music stopping had to do with her falling.
ReplyDeleteWas she a blind tightrope walker... and the music stopping was her normal cue that she had reached her platform. Only this time the music stopped prematurely and she met an untimely death?
ReplyDeleteYes, yes, that is correct! Only in my version, she is blindfolded, not blind. But that's basically the answer. Very good, anonymous! Who are you, anyway? Congratulations! This is a difficult puzzle. I will post another one next Sunday at midnight.
ReplyDeleteThat's a hard one. I never would
ReplyDeletehave guessed it.
I have a different version.
ReplyDeletethe lady works at a radio tower and she is supposed to be interviewing someone. she find out her husband is cheating on her so she kills him and is driving back to the tower so she can have an alibi. the music stops and she knows that means she no longer has an alibi so she drives off a briged.
Mine is:
ReplyDelete"She" was a spider on a chair during a game of musical chairs. The music stopped and she died.
this doesn't make any sense since there's usually a safety net to catch a performer or a rope to keep her afloat. Furthermore, a rope feels much differently from a platform. You can tell the difference even if you're blindfolded.
ReplyDeleteWas the Music her life
ReplyDeleteeasy. The woman is a blindfolded tightrope walker at a circus. The music ended a little early, and she knew that she reached the ends the music played, so she lost balance and fell to her death.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! My teacher is stumping us students, so I decided to go searching. This helped a whole lot!
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