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Seven Bells
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
A little shop in New York is called The Seven Bells, yet it has eight bells hanging outside. Why?
Hint
The shopkeeper could easily change the sign, but chooses not to.Answer
It was originally a mistake, but the shopkeeper found that so many people came into his shop to point out the mistake that it increased his business.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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