Two Trains
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.
Two incredibly high speed trains are charging at a speed of 250 mph, on the same track, starting from opposite directions. They leave at the same exact time and continue at the same exact speed. They never slow down. The two trains never touch...how is that possible?
Answer
The two trains begin back-to-back and charge the track away from each other.
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Phyllis 
Feb 01, 2001
| The wording is deceptive because it indicates the trains are heading toward each other. |
Mike1313
Oct 24, 2001
| That is incorrect because since you said "coming from opposite directions" instead of "heading in opposite directions" that means that the trains will hit unless they stop. |
dark-prince
May 02, 2002
| the two trains are coming from opposite directions.....if they start back to back and leave at the same time then they are GOING in opposite directions not comming comming impies getting closer to each other |
darthforman 
May 25, 2005
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darthforman
May 25, 2005
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converse_chik 
Oct 22, 2005
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nkatha23
Nov 09, 2005
| I agree with the rest, the wording is confusing. Nice though |
stephiesd
Dec 14, 2005
| that was like, easy. |
Vigo95  
Feb 22, 2006
| i wasn't too worried about the wording .
my thought was that their stops were just separate .every train has a final destination . maybe one stopped in memephis and the other in nashville . right ! that solves the problem .  |
Vigo95
Feb 22, 2006
| oooooooooppppppppppsssssssss
i guess it did say they didn't slow down , sorry !  |
righteouschick2
Apr 08, 2006
| i actually got this one i thought it was either your answer or it was a toy train track and they were put on at different times haha
oh well
good one! |
Smudge 
May 25, 2006
| If they were two very oddly-shaped trains, then they could pass each other without hitting, because they are shaped well enough to fit inside one another. But i wouldn't like to ride on those trains! |
spoiled_rotten
May 29, 2006
| it doesn't make sense because u make it sound like one is starting from say like the eas and one is starting from the west and that they are heading towards each other.  |
coleypoo
Aug 01, 2006
| Sweet.
But easy. Even I got that one....
I liked it though, nontheless. |
hsbanana90
Aug 20, 2006
| confusing wording. |
hottiexo247
Aug 20, 2006
| It was pretty good... a bit easy.. especially considering I got it... but nice |
tedger
Oct 04, 2006
| U said "They never slow down" but U never said they didn't stop! |
2rubystar2
Oct 13, 2006
| I have heard that one like a million times. Nice try though. |
bladd
Oct 15, 2006
| Easy. |
Lizzie713 
Dec 05, 2006
| awesome
keep them coming |
Thel
Dec 24, 2006
| Great! Only, I thought the trains were running on a round track, and since they ran at the same speed, they would never touch! |
bluefever101
Dec 25, 2006
| Clever! I was thinking they went at the same time on different days! Wording a little messed up but other than that it's great!  |
nerdyiscool
Apr 30, 2007
| I knew it, very fun, but easy cause I'm a total nerfhead and I stink at riddles... (Compared to my riddle stench, my shoes smell like flowers! and my shoes are pretty dang rancid! ) |
trickster2005
Feb 04, 2009
| where the heck are they going if they never slow down. being funny, sorry. i liked it though |
Johnny
Nov 03, 2009
| The real answer said they started back to back. But then they wouldn't have started in opposite directions like the question said!!!
My answer was that they started a distance away from eachother but were heading in the same direction
Hey wait, but then they weren't in opposite directions or were they? 
THE WORDING IS EXTREMELY CONFUSING!!! |
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