Posted By: Urban Worrier
Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions. Now with 2nd Hint... - 12/01/12 07:58 PM
Let me know if I've posted this one before, and if so I'll kill it.
There is a nice, long road in a particular part of the UK which was once in the "open air". One day, the Department of Transport decided that, for the safety of all concerned, the road should go through a tunnel instead. So now one particular section the road, unchanged from its original course, goes through an artificial hill.
Explain, using "yes/no" questions, why they went to all that expense.
Posted By: curly
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/01/12 08:24 PM
Was the hill man made first and then the tunnel built?
Posted By: Urban Worrier
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/01/12 08:32 PM
Was the hill man made first and then the tunnel built? Yes - a hill was built by men then a tunnel driven through it
Posted By: Pandora
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/01/12 08:35 PM
Was there a landslide over that section of the road?
Posted By: Urban Worrier
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/01/12 08:40 PM
Was there a landslide over that section of the road? No - no landslide
Posted By: niteowl07
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/01/12 09:43 PM
were there herds of animals that crossed there ?
Posted By: Urban Worrier
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/01/12 09:54 PM
were there herds of animals that crossed there ? No - no animals involved
Posted By: niteowl07
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/01/12 10:23 PM
were there joggers or cyclists who crossed there ?
was the grade too steep for safe braking ?
( i love these , btw )
Posted By: BobH
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/01/12 10:39 PM
Was there a rifle range nearby?
Added: I love these too. I hope it's okay for me to submit another question before the previous one is answered.
Posted By: Urban Worrier
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/01/12 11:02 PM
were there joggers or cyclists who crossed there ?
Nowas the grade too steep for safe braking ?
NoWas there a rifle range nearby?
NoNo problem at all, Bob
A hint shortly before I go sleepybyes
Posted By: Urban Worrier
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/01/12 11:17 PM
One slight correction having looked up the history book - it was not so much a hill as a sort of massive shed covering the road, open at both ends...
Posted By: Urban Worrier
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/01/12 11:54 PM
Time for bed: Hint - the road runs alongside a major river...
Posted By: niteowl07
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/02/12 02:13 AM
birds ?
maybe half-dressed boaters ? lol
sleep well !
Posted By: BobH
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/02/12 03:00 AM
Okay, this doesn't really involve a river but near me there is a stretch of road going up into the mountains. At one point it was covered in a shed to prevent the snow from closing the road. Could it be that?
Posted By: Helmer
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/02/12 07:51 AM
Were hooks from anglers fly-fishing in the river cast into traffic?
Posted By: Urban Worrier
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/02/12 10:19 AM
birds ?
Nomaybe half-dressed boaters ?
NoAt one point it was covered in a shed to prevent the snow from closing the road. Could it be that?
NoWere hooks from anglers fly-fishing in the river cast into traffic?
NoGoing out in a couple of hours - second hint before I go
Posted By: Urban Worrier
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/02/12 12:28 PM
Second hint: What type of structure is often associated with rivers?
Back late tonight, UK time
Posted By: Niki
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/02/12 12:32 PM
was it built as a bridge to allow traffic/people to cross the road in safety
Posted By: GBC
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/02/12 10:24 PM
Is it the Queensway Tunnel?
Posted By: Urban Worrier
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/03/12 12:12 AM
was it built as a bridge to allow traffic/people to cross the road in safety?
NoIs it the Queensway Tunnel?
NoPandora is nearest so far, but it's not landslides they're worried about - they're contained by a seperate steel mesh barrier. With a large river running beside the road, what might you see if you looked up?
Posted By: Niki
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/03/12 12:25 AM
birds
were certain birds, ducks landing on the road?
did the suns` reflection make the road, when wet, look like water?
Posted By: Urban Worrier
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/03/12 12:45 AM
were certain birds, ducks landing on the road?
Nodid the suns` reflection make the road, when wet, look like water?
NoI was thinking more of what sort of structure might you see
Posted By: BobH
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/03/12 01:14 AM
Here in Puget Sound we have very large cranes for loading and unloading cargo from ships. Is it to protect the drivers from crane accidents?
Posted By: niteowl07
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/03/12 01:43 AM
would it have anything to do with a paddle wheel ?
or a milling place ,with flying dust and such ?
or log jams from a paper mill ?
Posted By: Helmer
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/03/12 02:50 AM
Does the road go under a bridge where various discharge from above threatens traffic below?
Like passenger trains on an overhead trestle, dumping (while movin') all kinds of stuff to the ground below.
Or, maybe too many people were offing themselves, from some sorta favorite overpass spot, inconveniencing traffic below with their suicide bids?
Posted By: BobH
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions - 12/03/12 03:59 AM
Ooh! I like the suicide guess. It has the right ring to it.
Posted By: Urban Worrier
Re: Logicky Thing involving "Yes/No" Questions. Now with 2nd Hint... - 12/03/12 12:38 PM
Helmer gets it exactly!
It was a popular spot for suicides and the resultant traffic carnage took forever to sort out. The actual spot was the Clifton Suspension Bridge near Bristol. You can see the "tunnel" in the bottom right
here