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Lazy Sam the Journalist Part 3
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, received a tip that a young lady charged at the Queen of England with a knife, severely cutting her face. So Sam, being lazy, wrote an article on the Queen of England being assaulted. The next day Sam was fired for making a false article. However, Sam's source was credible. This being the case, why was Sam fired?
Hint
The tip was misunderstood.Answer
By saying "severely cutting her face" the tipster was trying to say the would be attacker cut her own face, not the Queen's.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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