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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 family of four went on an aeroplane to Australia. Although all four of them went on the same plane, only three tickets were purchased. How come?
Hint
The family consisted of two adults and two children.Answer
One of the children was under two years of age, and didn't require a ticket. The child sat on their mother's knee for the duration of the flight.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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WooHoo I'm the first!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, I am flying all the time so this was easy for me. Fun though!!!
Anyway, I am flying all the time so this was easy for me. Fun though!!!
easy
fun though
fun though
OOh hahah i thought it would be something about Frequent Flier miles, but HONESTLY, that was another consideration of mine, a younger child
That was one of my answers!
The other one was that the second child wasn't born yet...
The other one was that the second child wasn't born yet...
^That's a clever answer!
i was thinking one of the parents was a pilot or flight attendent. good teaser!
too easy...
I also thought someone was pregnant!!
Good teaser, but too many possible answers. My thought was that one of the parents was the pilot.
would a Siamese twin work for this one?
that was easyyy
got it! clever one
easy and quite boring..
kinda easy..lyk really..but i lyk these ones so doea my ego...lol
Really easy.
I thought it was either
A. one of the family members works on theplane
B. someone was pregnant
C. One of them was smuggled
A. one of the family members works on theplane
B. someone was pregnant
C. One of them was smuggled
aha, those are funny answers. I got the answer in 4 seconds. A long story why, actually,
Boring, boring boring!
WOOHOO!
I actually got it right!
I actually got it right!
EASY! I've spent half my life flying around so it was like -duh-.
Is it bad that I thought the woman was pregnant?
I had other ideas for the answer..
1. One of the adults is the pilot
2. One person was smuggled
But that answer works too!
1. One of the adults is the pilot
2. One person was smuggled
But that answer works too!
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