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Who is the President of the United States?
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 beautiful Monday afternoon, Swaff, and his older brother, Abjar, were having a lively conversation about politics. Abjar, being the older of the two, was having fun beating Swaff down with "the facts". To have a bit of fun, Abjar turned to his brother, and asked him a simple question:
"Who is the President of the United States?"
Swaff started to answer, when Abjar cut in:
"Now, tell me an answer that will hold true forever."
Abjar, being gone on vacation to Antarctica for the past decade, did not know of Swaff's coolness. Swaff was so cool, that he came up with an answer easily.
What was Swaff's answer?
"Who is the President of the United States?"
Swaff started to answer, when Abjar cut in:
"Now, tell me an answer that will hold true forever."
Abjar, being gone on vacation to Antarctica for the past decade, did not know of Swaff's coolness. Swaff was so cool, that he came up with an answer easily.
What was Swaff's answer?
Answer
A possible answer could be:The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. Under the U.S. Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
Now, he may not have given that exact answer, but he got his point across. The person with the title of President will change over time, but the President's duties will, more or less, stay the same.
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Nice and easy, just the way I like it. The world is a better place because of the coolness of the Swaffmeister!!
that was a really good one i think its the best one ive read so far it was easy but asoume
EZ and fun!! Just the way I like them!! Nice job!
Pretty easy and fun.
Jan 12, 2006
thought this teaser was funny! Keep 'em coming!
Another answer might be "A politician" since the President will always be a politician!
thanks
I love your Swaff teasers!
Thanks
Good news for you, I have another one similar to this (With Swaff and Abjar) in pending in the review right now
Good news for you, I have another one similar to this (With Swaff and Abjar) in pending in the review right now
Good one Swaffy! I got it easy, but I still liked it
Hmm I missed it! but it sure was fun, once I got it!
very good
what about: a U.S. citizen?
Awesome Swaffy, I like this one.
Not all Presidents have been politicians, and the duties have changed, but all have been elected directly or indirectly through due process.
The President is the President
Get it?
This one about sums up situation teasers!
hehe..you just can't beat Swaff's coolness! Abjar should know better!
Great teaser!
Great teaser!
Very clever. I was thinking it sounded faulty, because whatever the answer is, it wouldn't be true forever - the United States won't last forever (sorry, Americans!) But this statement will indeed always be true as a definition, in the same way that "Who is the King of Prussia?" can still be answered by "the hereditary ruler of the German state of Prussia" even though Prussia doesn't exist any longer. Even when humans are extinct an archaeolodist from another planet could give this answer!
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