Climbing StepsSituation 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.
Christopher pays $500 just to get up six steps. He is relieved, however, as it would have taken much longer to go around.
Where is Christopher and what are the steps? The steps are actual physical steps.
HintFrance once tried to make these steps, but the United States actually finished the job.
AnswerChristopher was traversing through the Panama Canal. He paid about $500 to pass his ship through from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. The steps are actually the different flights of the Canal, separated into three locks. It would have taken Christopher much longer to travel around the southern tip of South America had he not passed through the Canal.
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