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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
A woman is reading a newspaper alone. She hears the phone in the room next to the one she is in. Although she knows that the call is probably important, she does not bother to answer it. Why not?
Answer
The woman lives in an apartment building. She hears the phone ringing in the adjacent apartment. She knows that her neighbor, who is a brain surgeon, is out and the phone call is probably important.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Or maybe her husband is in the room next door waiting for the important call and he answers it.
Yea! I knew it!
thanks
There is too many possibilities
Whoops there are
I thought the TV was in the other room, and the call was for the person on the TV show. Anyway, your answer works better.
u guys... it's only at 1.96 % of a level of hardness... did any of u really get the answer to the question?
(tell the truth)
(tell the truth)
i meant 1.49 % level of hardness...
well maybe it got rated easy because a lot of answers would be right. . .
i thought she was in a doctors office
i thought she was in a doctors office
why would a brain surgeon be living in an apartment?
I really got the answer
why would a brain surgoen live in an aprtment?
I thought it would go on messaging.
i thought she was too relaxed...
Maybe she was paralyzed. Or had a high-tech bluetooth.
my answer the phone did en ring she herd it in the other room dropping
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