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One Cent
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 man was walking down the street one day when he found a penny from 1937. He got really excited because he could see Abraham Lincoln sitting in the Lincoln Memorial. The man showed a stranger and explained what he could see on the penny and the stranger ran away yelling, "You should be institutionalized!"
Why was the stranger yelling that?
Why was the stranger yelling that?
Hint
1937...Answer
From 1909 to 1958 there were two wheat stalks on the back around the words, "ONE CENT". The Lincoln Memorial penny didn't come out until 1959.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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