Fake News!

[bingevader]

Had this one today in a lesson for More Able and Talented children, thought I'd pass it on:

RIDDLE - The Great Wall of China

         An American, who had never been to any country other than the United States, travelled a long way to see a sight that very few people had seen. He was standing one day on solid ground when he saw the Great Wall of China with his own eyes. How come?

 

Anyone who can work out a plausible answer rather than the false one give today, gets a Tufty Badge!

Having realised the answer was rubbish, our MAT children started coming up with all kinds of possibilities including teleportation, wormholes and unicorns!

[AKB]

Seen from the moon?

...but I doubt it.

[AngryDonkey]

Easy:

Great Wall of China

You can too:

https://www.google.at/maps/@35.9962182,-86.8857328,3a,75y,115.5h,76.96t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXJPwGBT2X7YHI4N82GhvOQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[Paul M]

Surely every town has one?

[Paul M]

great minds think alike!

[tooth_dr]

“An American, who had never been to any country other than the United States, travelled a long way to see a sight”

To me it says he had never been anywhere but the states (implying in the past he didn’t travel) so that means this was his first trip away, to China. 

[JohnSadlerAstro]

1 minute ago, tooth_dr said:

“An American, who had never been to any country other than the United States, travelled a long way to see a sight”

To me it says he had never been (implying in the past) so that means this was his first trip away

Same.

Imo, if the Great Wall is a takeaway, he'd have gone there more than just the one time!  

John

[tooth_dr]

or #FACETIME

[orion25]

NASA's take on things:

https://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/workinginspace/great_wall.html

Reggie

[geordie85]

The American is an astronaut. 

[LukeSkywatcher]

Im led to believe that the great wall is not visible from space (not naked eye anyway).

[LukeSkywatcher]

On 05/07/2018 at 21:20, Paul M said:

Surely every town has one?

Ive just placed an order for house special curry with fried rice. Wonder when it will get here.