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The Shooting
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 policeman was arresting a man. He had him on the police car and everything, and just as he was about to put the handcuffs on him, the policeman was shot. However, instead of being punished for killing the policeman and helping the guy being arrested, the man who shot the policeman was REWARDED, and the policeman did survive. Why was he rewarded? How did the policeman survive?
Answer
The policeman had locked up many innocent people the year before. He was arresting the one person who could expose him. Suddenly recognizing the policeman, a nearby man took out his tranquilizer gun and shot the policeman, making it easy for the other policemen to nab him. He was rewarded for helping them catch the bad policeman.Hide Answer Show Answer
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