Brainteaser: Party Punch

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A man goes to a party, drinks some punch, and then leaves. Everyone else at the party who drinks the punch dies of poison. Why didn't the man die?

Once you've decided on your answer, continue reading to see if you are right.


Highlight this space for the answer: The poison was in the ice cubes. When the man drank the punch, the ice was fully frozen, but as it melted, it poisoned the punch.

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because the poison was put in after

because the poison wasn't in the punch, it was airborne

because the party was a severe peanut allergy support group and the poison was peanut butter. but he wasn't allergic cause he was just scamming for free punch
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I thought he was the poisoner. @Stephen Ingrum - I thought that was chopped up apple, not ice. Then again, I'm not really a punch person and Australian punch is probably different to American punch
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