Post by Allison on May 2, 2020 12:35:20 GMT -5
Okay. This is probably going to flop, but I want to at least try it.
I used to do these in school and love them and I have a whole book of them, plus you can find them online, so... why not at least attempt it?
So lateral thinking puzzles or "Stories with Holes" as we always called them in school are stories/scenarios where you are given a story or scenario, but not quite the whole thing, and you have to figure out the explanation. One person (I'll call them the moderator) knows the situation and answer, and the others ask yes or no questions. The answer that the moderator can give are "Yes," "No," "Irrelevant," or "Please restate the question."
Also, there may be more than one "right" answer, but the goal is to get to the given answer for that puzzle.
So here's an example. (The title may or may not help.)
The Fatal Fall
A woman dropped a piece of wood. She picked it up again and carried on as if nothing had happened. The wood was not damaged and she was not injured, but the incident cost her her life. Why?
Person 1: Was the wood valuable?
Moderator: No.
Person 2: Is the woman old?
Moderator: Irrelevant.
Person 3: Did dropping the piece of wood cause something else to happen?
Moderator: Yes.
Person 1: Was it a sporting event?
Moderator: Yes.
So... the final answer in this one is that the woman was part of a relay team for a country with a dictatorship. She dropped the baton, her team lost, and the leader of the country was so upset, he had her executed. (Lovely story, I know.)
"Restate the question" would generally be used if there's a small detail that's off where saying "yes" or "no" would throw people off from the real answer. I suppose it could also be used if it would give too much away too early. It's really up to the moderator of that question.
I'm happy to be moderator for all of these (I have a book of 300 of them) but since they can be found online, I'm also happy to pass the moderator role to the person who guesses the answer. If you are familiar with these types of things and you know the answer, I would say after awhile, you can help out by asking relevant questions, but don't give the answer away too early. Hope that makes sense. And... now we'll see if this works in this setting at all.
He Called the Police
A burglar broke into a house, intending to steal from it. While still in the house, he called the police. Why?
I used to do these in school and love them and I have a whole book of them, plus you can find them online, so... why not at least attempt it?
So lateral thinking puzzles or "Stories with Holes" as we always called them in school are stories/scenarios where you are given a story or scenario, but not quite the whole thing, and you have to figure out the explanation. One person (I'll call them the moderator) knows the situation and answer, and the others ask yes or no questions. The answer that the moderator can give are "Yes," "No," "Irrelevant," or "Please restate the question."
Also, there may be more than one "right" answer, but the goal is to get to the given answer for that puzzle.
So here's an example. (The title may or may not help.)
The Fatal Fall
A woman dropped a piece of wood. She picked it up again and carried on as if nothing had happened. The wood was not damaged and she was not injured, but the incident cost her her life. Why?
Person 1: Was the wood valuable?
Moderator: No.
Person 2: Is the woman old?
Moderator: Irrelevant.
Person 3: Did dropping the piece of wood cause something else to happen?
Moderator: Yes.
Person 1: Was it a sporting event?
Moderator: Yes.
So... the final answer in this one is that the woman was part of a relay team for a country with a dictatorship. She dropped the baton, her team lost, and the leader of the country was so upset, he had her executed. (Lovely story, I know.)
"Restate the question" would generally be used if there's a small detail that's off where saying "yes" or "no" would throw people off from the real answer. I suppose it could also be used if it would give too much away too early. It's really up to the moderator of that question.
I'm happy to be moderator for all of these (I have a book of 300 of them) but since they can be found online, I'm also happy to pass the moderator role to the person who guesses the answer. If you are familiar with these types of things and you know the answer, I would say after awhile, you can help out by asking relevant questions, but don't give the answer away too early. Hope that makes sense. And... now we'll see if this works in this setting at all.
He Called the Police
A burglar broke into a house, intending to steal from it. While still in the house, he called the police. Why?