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Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.Situation
A man who is blind, deaf and can't smell is in a room. A person comes to sit next to him. She is also carrying a closed cardboard box. The man quickly knew there was a cat inside.
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He knew because he is allergic to cats so when his allergy symptoms came on he knew it was a cat in the box.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Easy, but fun
A more likely solution is that a person who can't see, hear, or smell, is accompanied by someone who can, and who can and did communicate with him by touch.
If he can't smell, why would the allergy kick in?
I got that really quickly.....too easy.
Well, that's thinking outside the "box"!
THAT WAS WAY TOOOOO EASY!
THAT WAS WAY TOOOOO EASY!
Re CCCC - an allergy is not induced or affected by smell, altho some receptors of allergens are inside the nose - to put it bluntly, as long as he was breathing through the nose, his allergies kick in
Poor guy if he can't see, hear, smell AND has allergies. good one!
The teaser says "how did he know a cat was inside?" I certainly understand how he knew there was a cat nearby -- but how did he know the cat was inside something? Is he allergic to boxes, too?
I can relate...very well. Thats why I have a dog.
What he doesn't know is whether the cat is alive or dead.
how DOES he know that the cat is in the box?
How does he know there's a box there at all?
I agree with Paul726. After reading the teaser (I did get the allergies part), I just sat there wondering how the man knew about the box. I suppose he could have felt the edge/side of the box somehow, but I still doubt he could have known the cat was IN the box as opposed to...out of it but still near him.
what cruel person would put a cat in a box!
I thought he got attacked
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