A thief enters a shop and threatens the clerk, forcing him to open the safe. The clerk says, "The code for the safe is different every day, and if you hurt me you'll never get the code". But the thief manages to guess the code on his own How did he do it?
Common Wrong Answers
“The thief used a crowbar to force it open.”
This answer focuses on physical force rather than understanding the riddle. The key to the riddle lies in the clerk's statement about the code being 'different,' not in using tools to break into the safe.
“The thief threatened the clerk until he revealed the code.”
This answer misinterprets the riddle's premise. The clerk explicitly stated that hurting him would prevent the thief from getting the code, suggesting that the solution lies in the thief's ability to deduce the code from the clerk's words.
“The thief hacked into the store's security system to find the code.”
While hacking could be a plausible method in a real-life scenario, the riddle emphasizes a play on words and clever reasoning rather than technological solutions, making this guess incorrect.
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