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Showdown at the Rembrandt Hotel
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
John was strolling past the Rembrandt Hotel. Mary saw him through the window and rushed out to say hello. She called out and when John turned around and waved, Mary was 400 metres behind and walking towards him. They each walked 200 metres in a direct line, facing each other. After their 200 metre walk, they were still 400 metres apart. How could this be?
Answer
Their faces were pointing toward each other, and they were going in a direct line, however, when John saw Mary, he walked backwards for 200 metres.Hide Answer Show Answer
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