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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
Tom was driving down the road when his brother, Tim, called. Tom answered the phone and told Tim that he had just seen a robbery and was trying to catch up to the getaway car. The reception was bad and the last thing Tom heard was Tim yelling "Remember to get the license plate number!"
Tom had a notoriously bad memory. It seemed the only thing he ever remembered to do was clean his car. He kept it spotlessly clean, which is why he had no paper, pencil, pens, or writing instrument of any kind to write down the license plate.
However, when Tim directed the police to Tom, Tom was able to give them the accurate license plate number.
How?
Tom had a notoriously bad memory. It seemed the only thing he ever remembered to do was clean his car. He kept it spotlessly clean, which is why he had no paper, pencil, pens, or writing instrument of any kind to write down the license plate.
However, when Tim directed the police to Tom, Tom was able to give them the accurate license plate number.
How?
Hint
What else in Tom's car had numbers?Answer
Tom punched the license plate number into the phone book of his cell phone.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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