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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
Two siblings were fighting when their mother went to stop them. She used yesterday's newspaper and made them stand on it until they made up. How did she get them to stand on the newspaper so that the siblings couldn't touch each other?
Hint
She did nothing to the newspaper to hurt them.Answer
She slipped the newspaper under a door and closed the door. She made them stand on the two ends.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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