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Two Men Enter, One Man Leaves
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 men are mugged and then thrown into the trunk of a car. After three hours the police find them. One man was fine but the other one had suffocated. How did the one man stay alive?
Hint
Something inside the trunk kept him alive. Think. What's something you would put in the trunk of a car?Answer
There was a tire in the trunk. He was slowly getting air out of it. You would think he'd share it with the other guy.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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I thought he strangled the other man and then used up the rest of the air himself. I'm sure the dead man didn't notice the sporadic hissing.
How did two men and a tire all fit in one trunk?
aren't there little cracks where the trunk closes? I thought the guy had asthma.
The guy that came out alive is pretty selfish!
this is open ended a lot of stuff could be in the trunk. who knows? scuba tank?
May 13, 2005
I figured it out...It seemed obvious to me...Good teaser!
The man who thought of the best way is smart, but, selfish.
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