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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
One cold winter's night, a man calls the police to report a murder. The police came and, seeing that there are only two people in the building, immediately arrested the caller. Why?
Answer
The man reported that there was a murder. The building he was in had only two people in it and there were no tracks outside in the snow, so the police knew the murderer had not run away and that the caller had to have killed the man.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Why did the man call the police without framing anyone? Great teaser.
I liked it.
i got it! good teaser
Easy, but good!
just because it is a cold winter night doesn't mean that there's snow. but i can see where logic would have to come in
great teaser
great teaser
Yea, I'm with the fact that cold winter night means nothing in relation to snow cover.
Even in my native Minnesota, there are often days in deep winter without snow cover.
Beyond that, most buildings in Minnesota are connected to sidewalks and/or parking lots. They shovel the snow off of those.
Get the basic logic, just think it needs to be thought out a little.
Even in my native Minnesota, there are often days in deep winter without snow cover.
Beyond that, most buildings in Minnesota are connected to sidewalks and/or parking lots. They shovel the snow off of those.
Get the basic logic, just think it needs to be thought out a little.
Sweet teaser! I loved it!
But I do agree with there might be no snow. Like they said, just because it was a cold winters night. doesn't mean that there is snow on the ground.
But it was still a GREAT teaser!
But I do agree with there might be no snow. Like they said, just because it was a cold winters night. doesn't mean that there is snow on the ground.
But it was still a GREAT teaser!
i like this teaser!! i even added it to my favorite! nice job!
4-GET WETHER THERE WAS SNOW OR NOT!!!! :ROLL: ALSO THEY WOULD HAVE ARRESTED THE CALLER B- CUZ THE GUY HE MURDERED WAS DEAD SINCE THERE WERE ONLY 2 PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING THE MURDERER AND THE DEAD GUY!!!!!!! SRY 2 B MEAN BUT GET A MORE LOGICAL ANSWER
the murderer is an ID10T
I agree. But, the teaser with cool.
dumb guy!!!!
good BUT in the first part you didnt mention the tracks so i got confused
stupid murderer
Why not the other person? Unless the murder was reported to have occurred in the same building, and you count dead bodies among the number of people there.
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