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Squire's Choice
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
There once was a young squire who decided it was his time to marry. However, he could not choose between the three finest maids of his village.
He asked his wise mother how should he choose a bride from the three lovely maidens.
"Ask them to eat cheese with you," was the woman's reply.
The man did as he was told and after the meal he was able to pick the best girl to be his wife. How did the young man decide?
He asked his wise mother how should he choose a bride from the three lovely maidens.
"Ask them to eat cheese with you," was the woman's reply.
The man did as he was told and after the meal he was able to pick the best girl to be his wife. How did the young man decide?
Hint
They ate a certain type of cheese.It was not only what they ate, but how they ate that mattered.
Answer
The young man served cheese with a thick rind and watched the girls eat. One devoured the cheese without taking off the rind. The second hastily cut away the rind, wasting the cheese. The third cut the rind away neatly and wasted none of the cheese.He did not marry the first girl, who was greedy, nor the second, who was careless. The wise squire married the girl who was neither greedy nor careless, but a careful and patient woman.
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Cute teaser - I enjoyed this one.
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Good Teaser ! I feel like eating cheese! thanks
I think the squire should keep the other two, they are needed anyway. You know!
Good Teaser ! I feel like eating cheese! thanks
I think the squire should keep the other two, they are needed anyway. You know!
Well, that's a smart mother in-law to be
Nice teaser! I have to be more careful when I eat cheese...
Yum. CHEESE ! Great advice for the future.
Didn't get the answer but did learn something ! Great teaser!
Didn't get the answer but did learn something ! Great teaser!
I did'nt get it either. I guess I don't know anything about cheese.
fun, but very hard
For those who didn't get it, like me, it should be understood that some of these are impossible to figure out on your own. They should be done as it says in the intro. That being said, it would probably be close to impossible for me because I don't readily think of cheese as having a rind (the American in me!).
Imagine that scenario...
"Will you marr... oh, nevermind... you didn't do so well with the Gouda"
"Will you marr... oh, nevermind... you didn't do so well with the Gouda"
You know, sometimes it's good etiquette to eat the rind as well as the cheese . Good teaser!
The Grimm brothers wrote this...
Only one of them accepted his invitation?
Woah, nice teaser! loved it. It was very creative.
Keep it up!
Keep it up!
I hate it when people refuse to marry me solely because of the method I eat my cheese. Perhaps that is something I should be more obsessive about.
This is taken from Grimm's fairy tales. There are a number of stories in the collection which are sort of puzzles.
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