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Guess Your Weight
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
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50."
The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agreed, thinking no matter what the carny wrote, he'd just say he weighed more or less.
In the end, the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agreed, thinking no matter what the carny wrote, he'd just say he weighed more or less.
In the end, the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
Answer
The man did exactly as he said he would and wrote "your exact weight" on the paper.Hide Answer Show Answer
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