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Lazy Sam the Journalist Part 1
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
One day Sam, a journalist, got a tip that off the coast of France there was an air raid. He also heard that 7 ships sunk during the air raid. So Sam, who was lazy, wrote an article on 7 ships being attacked and sunk by enemy airplanes. The next day Sam was fired for publishing a false article. However, Sam's source was credible. Why was he fired?
Hint
In an air raid certain precautions must be taken.Answer
During the air raid a blackout was called. Since it was on the coast the lighthouse had to be turned off. With no light the 7 ships crashed.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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