The following questions will test your ability to think laterally. If you get more than 50% of these right you're certainly strong on your lateral thinking skills (or maybe you're just good at puzzles!)
1. Name an ancient invention still in use in most parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls.
2. A black man dressed all in black, wearing a black mask, stands at a crossroads in a totally black-painted town. All of the streetlights in town are broken. There is no moon. A black-painted car without headlights drives straight towards him, but turns in time and doesn't hit him. How did the driver know to swerve?
3. An Australian woman was born in 1948 but only celebrated her 16th birthday quite recently. Why?
4. A five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it. What is the word?
5. How many grooves are there on an old LP record?
6. How many animals of each species did Moses take into the Ark?
7. In what sport are the shoes made of metal?
8. If a plane crashes on the Italian/Swiss border, where do you bury the survivors?
9. If a red house is made of red bricks, and a blue house is made of blue bricks, what is a green house made of?
10. How can you throw a ball as hard as you can, and make it stop and return to you, without hitting anything and with nothing attached to it?
11. In which direction is the bus to the right travelling?
12. What can you hold in your right hand, but not in your left?
13. A cowboy rode into town on Friday, spent one night there, and left on Friday. How do you account for this?
14. What word is always spelled wrongly?
15. Four people try to get underneath one small umbrella, but nobody gets wet. How is this possible?
THINK IT OUT !
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HARI SHANJANA 8D
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