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A Rich Man
Situation
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 very rich man hires a poor man to clean one wing of his extravagant domicile. The poor man, wanting to impress his new boss, cleans the entire house. Soon after, the man quits his job. Why?
Answer
The poor man is hired by Aladdin to clean his palace. Aladdin only wants the man to clean part of the palace because he does not wish anyone to enter his bedroom, where he keeps the magic lamp. The poor man meticulously scrubs the palace from head to toe, and rubs the magic lamp in the process. The Genie appears; the poor man wishes for riches, and no longer needs the job.Hide Answer Show Answer
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ouhh.. this one's kinda "pulled" by the hair.
do u hav ne idea of how many rich people there are and to go threw all of them let alone a cartoon.... yep that was pulled by the hair alrite
this is one of the most pathetic teasers I have ever read.
I liked the answer but I was confused, it doesn't say which man quits his job.
Since when is Aladdin perceived as rich?
a bit of a stretch
Okay, a little far-fetched but still pretty fun.
Very descriptive but wayyy out there
How are you supposed to get all that out of the very little information given?
We could have answered anything we wanted.
for example,
I decided that the real answer is...
the servants wife was going to have a baby and they decided to move far away to an area with better obstetric care.
SEE! Now I'm right and you're wrong
I really don't think these random sort of teasers should be allowed.
How could anyone REALLY get the 'right' answer?
We could have answered anything we wanted.
for example,
I decided that the real answer is...
the servants wife was going to have a baby and they decided to move far away to an area with better obstetric care.
SEE! Now I'm right and you're wrong
I really don't think these random sort of teasers should be allowed.
How could anyone REALLY get the 'right' answer?
Yeah VIGO95 except for one thing:THIS IS A SITUATION TEASER ANd ITS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THAT. SO SHUT UP!
How can this be qualified? It is so random and how can you make out the answer from that. I thought the answer was, "the man cleaned the whole house and stole something valuable, so the poor man wasn't poor." Aladdin is rich??>>
Hmm, didn't Aladdin use up his three wishes? And wasn't his last wish for the genie's freedom? So.... the lamp wouldn't have a genie in it anymore, rubbing the lamp wouldn't do anything, etc. Even if you could somehow get this answer (highly unlikely), it wouldn't make sense!
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