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Shadow and His Plane
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
Shadow was preparing to get on a plane and fly to Germany to solve an important case. Suddenly, his assistant rushed up to him, and told Shadow he had had a dream last night that Shadow's plane would crash and begged him not to go. Shadow wordlessly went to the plane and survived the flight. Upon reaching Germany, Shadow called and had his assistant fired. Why?
Answer
The night before, the assistant was supposed to be on a stakeout, and Shadow knew that the assistant had fallen asleep on the job.Hide Answer Show Answer
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