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Illustration for the riddle “No Contest”

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No Contest

A man turns up at the village fancy dress party as a boxer: gloves round his neck, a purple swelling on his temple, one eye that does not quite follow the other. Best makeup of the night, no contest. He drinks, he laughs, he dances heavily. At 11 they call his name; he does not stand up, and the room applauds. Why?

The solution

Uncover this answer in Post Mortem. In the app, the narrator answers your questions as you piece together the story.

Available on Google Play and the App Store.

Where do you start?

Read the scene again and separate the facts from your assumptions. With a narrator who knows the answer, ask one question at a time. They answer yes, no or irrelevant.