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It All Comes Down To Communication
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 had been caught sneaking into another tribe and were sentenced to death. But the tribe was bored, and decided to offer the men a challenge with virtually no chance of survival.
They had been put into a room. The men were on opposite sides of the room, and both facing the wall.
To survive, both men had to write down a number between 10,000 and 1,000,000 on a piece of paper without knowing what the other person wrote. If the two numbers were different, they would be killed. If they were the same, they would be set free.
The problem was that both men were deaf and could only communicate using sign language. Also, their feet were chained to the ground - meaning they could not turn around.
Yet - the following morning it was discovered that both men picked the same number and had to be set free.
After a quick surveillance of the room, the tribe realised their STUPID mistake. What was it?
They had been put into a room. The men were on opposite sides of the room, and both facing the wall.
To survive, both men had to write down a number between 10,000 and 1,000,000 on a piece of paper without knowing what the other person wrote. If the two numbers were different, they would be killed. If they were the same, they would be set free.
The problem was that both men were deaf and could only communicate using sign language. Also, their feet were chained to the ground - meaning they could not turn around.
Yet - the following morning it was discovered that both men picked the same number and had to be set free.
After a quick surveillance of the room, the tribe realised their STUPID mistake. What was it?
Hint
They had a 100% survival chance.Answer
There were windows on the walls and the men could see each other in the reflection off the glass. Thus, they could easily communicate using sign language and were guaranteed survival.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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For me, I have heard one something similiar to this one, for over the past 20 to 30 years! This does get your mind working! And hard enough to confuse multi-levels of different levels of education! Keep those juices flowing!
Excellent job! My first thought was that they used mirrors, but that wouldn't have made much sense. I like your awnser much better!
Fun!
I also though mirrors. Oh well, good teaser
I thought mirrors, too. Close enough. ~_^
I thought since they had to write it down on paper, one would write a number then put it behind him for the other one to see.. ha
Man that is one brain teaser I didn't even get....
i'm thinking, tribe... glass, a tribe which uses glass doesn't readily come to mind
Same for me...didn't expect the tribe's hut to have windows with glass...
I was thinking of stomping on the ground or whatsoever...
I was thinking of stomping on the ground or whatsoever...
nice one!
Got that straight away...nice one!
Why didn't they just send each other a text message on their cell phones?
They never said anything about windows!
does anyone here know how to spell answer
Jee, beyonce, I don't know how to spell answer!
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