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The Plane Crash
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
Susan watched as her husband boarded the 8:15 pm Qantas flight from Melbourne to Auckland. She then drove home from the airport and proceeded to watch a movie. About one hour into the movie there was a news flash: the 8:15 pm Qantas flight from Melbourne to Auckland had crashed with no survivors. Susan did not react. She just continued to watch the movie. How come?
Hint
It was a genuine, accurate news flash.The woman's husband had boarded the plane; however, the woman knew her husband hadn't been killed.
Answer
The movie had been shown a week earlier. Susan had taped it onto a video and watched it that evening.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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