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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
Kelly had a terrible fall down a flight of stairs. She was completely unharmed. Why wasn't she hurt?
Answer
Kelly was a Barbie doll. She was dropped by a little girl carrying her down the flight of stairs.Hide Answer Show Answer
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These sort of teasers really bug me. The author is implying that THEIR answer is the ONLY answer.
Let me suggest a few:
1. maybe someone named their ice-hockey stick 'kelly'
2. maybe Kelly was wearing a fat suit (sumo suit), so was sufficiently padded.
3. maybe Kelly was already dead, in which case a fall down a flight of stairs wouldn't really worry her too much.
4. maybe the flight of stairs was only 3 steps high, and she landed safely on the floor.
5. maybe there was someone at the bottom who caught her, and saved her from trauma.
6. maybe the stairs were collapsible, such that when Kelly fell, the stairs collapsed to form a nice (and fun) slide.
7. maybe the stairs were ultra-squishy, ultra-soft, and hence couldn't hurt Kelly.
There are probably hundreds of other scenarios, but my brain is tired.
My point...if you're going to make a brain teaser, make it something that we have more than a 1-in-'several hundred' chance of guessing correct.
Let me suggest a few:
1. maybe someone named their ice-hockey stick 'kelly'
2. maybe Kelly was wearing a fat suit (sumo suit), so was sufficiently padded.
3. maybe Kelly was already dead, in which case a fall down a flight of stairs wouldn't really worry her too much.
4. maybe the flight of stairs was only 3 steps high, and she landed safely on the floor.
5. maybe there was someone at the bottom who caught her, and saved her from trauma.
6. maybe the stairs were collapsible, such that when Kelly fell, the stairs collapsed to form a nice (and fun) slide.
7. maybe the stairs were ultra-squishy, ultra-soft, and hence couldn't hurt Kelly.
There are probably hundreds of other scenarios, but my brain is tired.
My point...if you're going to make a brain teaser, make it something that we have more than a 1-in-'several hundred' chance of guessing correct.
she was a cat, not a barbie doll. so she landed on her feet.
Nice teaser. Keep up the good work making creative teasers.
To the other commenters:
"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 teasers can have many answers. This type of teaser is not designed to have only one right answer.
Please keep this in mind when commenting on such teasers. Please don't take your frustrations out on the author of this teaser.
To the other commenters:
"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 teasers can have many answers. This type of teaser is not designed to have only one right answer.
Please keep this in mind when commenting on such teasers. Please don't take your frustrations out on the author of this teaser.
DITTO to that!
cute teaser, got it right away. keep up the good work!
Oh i know kelly the barbie doll!! But i think she got jelous of barbie when barbie was dating Ken so for that i frown upon her!!
ok for all those who are a fan of the hit new T.V show cowman!!! then i have another surprise for you!!here is next weeks preview but before that lets see what happend last week.....Cowman has madcow diease!!......now to the preview:
Farmer: Cowman get over here
Cowman: what i am tickeded off this madcow disease keeps messing with my head
Farmer: Well sorry cowman i have to.....put you out of your misery...
Cowman: What? i told you im not sad.....im mad!!and when you try to cheer me up we always go to the movies and i hate the last movie we watched because you tried to kiss me at the end
Farmer: What i told you never to say hat in public!!anyway im not talking about that.....i mean that i need you to go to the chop factory.....
Cowman: why i worked there yesterday now im tired...
Farmer: No i mean i need your head to come off....do you get what im saying...
Cowman: obviously not....Oh you want me to go crazy on Chickenman its so fun to tick him off
Farmer: No i mean you need to die!
Cowman: but if i die who will produce all the milk ohhhh you want me to die my skin brown so i make chocolate milk!!!
Farmer: Finally you understand what im saying!!!
Dont miss the next episode of this hit new T.V series.....Cowman!!
Farmer: Cowman get over here
Cowman: what i am tickeded off this madcow disease keeps messing with my head
Farmer: Well sorry cowman i have to.....put you out of your misery...
Cowman: What? i told you im not sad.....im mad!!and when you try to cheer me up we always go to the movies and i hate the last movie we watched because you tried to kiss me at the end
Farmer: What i told you never to say hat in public!!anyway im not talking about that.....i mean that i need you to go to the chop factory.....
Cowman: why i worked there yesterday now im tired...
Farmer: No i mean i need your head to come off....do you get what im saying...
Cowman: obviously not....Oh you want me to go crazy on Chickenman its so fun to tick him off
Farmer: No i mean you need to die!
Cowman: but if i die who will produce all the milk ohhhh you want me to die my skin brown so i make chocolate milk!!!
Farmer: Finally you understand what im saying!!!
Dont miss the next episode of this hit new T.V series.....Cowman!!
ok, that was completely random. ^^^^^^^^. Interesting situation!
ohh i forgot to tell you guys if you want the prvious show it is under cowmans name by the teaser name Genius?
Heh heh...I thought it was the collapsible slide scenario...
Sorry, too many possiblities to work well for me.
I would have never thought of that at all. Yet like everybody else is saying there are too many possiblities for that teaser. Srry.
I thought kelly was a ball...
I guessed she was a vampire. Hey, it could happen! [actually, I'm just a little vampire-obsessed ]
Good teaser, though.
Good teaser, though.
Sorry, don't care much for those teasers as you cannot ask questions
ehh the question was too vague to me.
there are so many possibilities to it!
you should be more specific...just a suggestion.
there are so many possibilities to it!
you should be more specific...just a suggestion.
pretty good but could be better with more info.....lol leaffan im supposed to rit the random comments!!
ok ill check the genius episode of cowman
agree with comment number 1
You should have made the riddle have only 1 answer
but good anyway
but good anyway
not too clever. a doll was one of my answers because too many possibilities. and lol i think a doll should just be called "a doll"
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