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Seven Bells
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
A little shop in New York is called The Seven Bells, yet it has eight bells hanging outside. Why?
Hint
The shopkeeper could easily change the sign, but chooses not to.Answer
It was originally a mistake, but the shopkeeper found that so many people came into his shop to point out the mistake that it increased his business.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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Enjoyed this one.
a very fun teaser!!!
good 1 lol
smart
Thanks everyone
Good one! I didn't get it... but I liked it lots!
stupid people
Loved IT!
This is one of my favourites if not my favourite riddles.
i liked it.i was thinking...he was 2 lazy but tha is wat i say 2 everything
surely seven of them are ornamental while the eighth is the one you ring to gain entrance!
greattt one...
Is that a true story?
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