Lateral Thinking Puzzles

48. John

John's neighbor calls the cops on john. When the cops open the door they see a carpenter a car mechanic a truck driver and a fire fighter playing cards. John is the fire fighter the cops DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT KNOW THAT JOHN IS THE FIRE FIGHTER. the cops go and arrest john how do the know its john?

Submitted by littlelady · Added 1 December 2014

Solution:

The cops know it's John because he is the only man in the room, while the carpenter, mechanic, and truck driver are all women.


Comments (4)

Anonymous 2 January 2009

Your puzzles often lack necessary information. For example, in the fireman puzzle, there could be multiple correct answers based on the context.

Tri_Trunks 22 February 2015

John is the only man in the room. The rest are woman

Anonymous 7 November 2015

The answer to the lateral thinking question about the police raid is interesting. I agree that the carpenter, mechanic, and driver could be women, but I think the reasoning about the fireman not having a name badge is also valid.

epicanna27 29 January 2016

I've seen this one before and it was messed up.
John is a fireMAN, not a firefighter.
A fireman can't be a woman, otherwise it would be a firewoman.
A firefighter is genderless.

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