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Mr. Lewis
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
Mr. Lewis is a remarkable man. He has done many things in his lifetime that most people can only dream of achieving. However, Mr. Lewis has a short term memory problem. He can only remember what he did, not when or where he did it.
The strange thing is, Mr. Lewis never writes anything he does down, yet if you went up to him and asked him a question about his accomplishments, he could give you the answer in a matter of seconds.
How is this possible with Mr. Lewis's condition and his act of not writing anything down?
The strange thing is, Mr. Lewis never writes anything he does down, yet if you went up to him and asked him a question about his accomplishments, he could give you the answer in a matter of seconds.
How is this possible with Mr. Lewis's condition and his act of not writing anything down?
Hint
Mr. Lewis happens to be rich.Answer
Mr. Lewis has an assistant that writes everything down for him, and whenever Mr. Lewis needs it, he can just get the notebook and find it.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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