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Clever Jenny V
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
Jenny met Carla, her sister, in town and gave her a ride back to her dorm. She helped carry stuff upstairs to the room. Suddenly the wind blew the door shut; they heard a slam, then a clank. Looking at the door, they could see that the doorknob had fallen off and was rolling around the room. Looking more closely, they saw that the spindle of the doorknob and the outside knob had fallen on the other side of the door. Where it was, they couldn't tell.
"Oh, darn! How can we get out now? The window's too high to jump out! There's nobody else in the dorm because of classes, and I have an exam in thirty minutes!"
Jenny began rummaging in her sister's desk drawers. Carla remarked crossly, "What are you looking for, Jenny? I don't have any extra doorknobs!"
"Aha!" Jenny exclaimed. "Here is just what I need!"
What did Jenny find? And how would she use it?
"Oh, darn! How can we get out now? The window's too high to jump out! There's nobody else in the dorm because of classes, and I have an exam in thirty minutes!"
Jenny began rummaging in her sister's desk drawers. Carla remarked crossly, "What are you looking for, Jenny? I don't have any extra doorknobs!"
"Aha!" Jenny exclaimed. "Here is just what I need!"
What did Jenny find? And how would she use it?
Hint
What would you do in this circumstance?Answer
Jenny found a pair of ordinary scissors in Carla's desk. The blades were the perfect size to fit into the mechanism, and she was able to turn the latch in the same way the doorknob would have done. While Carla gathered up her school stuff, Jenny put the doorknob together and used a table knife to fasten the setscrew tightly so it wouldn't come loose again. Then she took Carla to her class.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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