Lateral Thinking 4

11. A plane crashes in the border between India and Pakistan. Where are the survivors buried?

12. There is a room with no doors, no chairs & stools, no windows nothing and a man is hung from the ceiling and a puddle of water is on the floor. How did he die?

13. There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced incorrectly. What is it?

14. A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, coat, gloves and ski mask. He is walking down a back street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its light off but somehow manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?

15. Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones? This is logical rather than lateral, but it is a good puzzle that can be solved by lateral thinking techniques. It is supposedly used by a very well-known software company as an interview question for prospective employees.

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 11.Survivors are never buried.

12. he was standing on a block of ice and it melted.

13. Incorrectly

14. It was day time.

15.Answer: A square manhole cover can be turned and dropped down the diagonal of the manhole. A round manhole cannot be dropped down the manhole. So for safety and practicality, all manhole covers should be round.

Lateral Thinking 3

6. There are six eggs in the basket. Six people each take one of the eggs. How can it be that one egg is left in the basket?

7. A police officer saw a truck driver clearly going the wrong way down a one-way street, but did not try to stop him. Why not?

8. A man buys rice at $1 a pound from American growers and sells them at $0.05 a pound in India. As a result of this he becomes a millionaire. How come?

9. Which fish cannot swim?

10. What is centre of gravity?

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6.The last person took the basket with the last egg still inside.
7. The truck driver was walking.
8. He started out as a billionaire, but lost so much money in his good works that he became a millionaire!
9. Dead fish
10. v

Lateral Thinking 2

2. Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid a house to arrest a suspected murderer. They don't know what he looks like but they know his name is John and that he is inside the house. The police bust in on a carpenter, a lorry driver, a mechanic and a fireman all playing poker. Without hesitation or communication of any kind, they immediately arrest the fireman. How do they know they've got their man?

3. A man lives in the penthouse of an apartment building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. Upon his return, however, he can only travel halfway up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way - unless it's raining. What is the explanation for this?

4. How could a baby fall out of a twenty-story building onto the ground and live?

5. A man and his son are in a car crash. The father is killed and the child is taken to hospital gravely injured. When he gets there, the surgeon says, 'I can't operate on this boy - for he is my son!!!' How can this possibly be?

Answer:
2. The fireman is the only man in the room. The rest of the poker players are women.
3. The man is a dwarf. He can't reach the upper elevator buttons, but he can ask people to push them for him. He can also push them with his umbrella.
4. The baby fell out of a ground floor window.
5. The surgeon cannot operate on her own son; she is his mother.

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