How Smart Are You? (QUIZ)

If you are good in lateral thinking, then you can be agood strategic thinker or... be part of a Think Tank. Here is an interesting quiz to test your Lateral Thinking abilities...

Think!! Think!! Think!!

Question #1


There is a man who lives on the top floor of a verytall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down tothe ground floor to leave the building to go to work.Upon returning from work though, he can only travelhalf way up in the lift and has to walk the rest ofthe way unless it's raining! Why?


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REMARK: (This is probably the best known and most celebratedof all lateral thinking puzzles. It is a true classic.Although there are many possible solutions which fitthe initial conditions, only the canonical answer istruly satisfying. )





Question #2


A man and his son are in a car accident. The fatherdies on the scene, but the child is rushed to thehospital. When he arrives the surgeon says,

'I can't operate on this boy, he is my son!

'How can this be?


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Question #3


A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks,trousers, lumper, gloves and balaclava. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off.

A black car is coming towards him with its light offbut somehow manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?


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Question #4


Why is it better to have round manhole covers thansquare ones? This is logical rather than lateral, butit is a good puzzle that can be solved by lateralthinking techniques. It is supposedly used by a verywell-known software company as an interview questionfor prospective employees.


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Question #5


A man went to a party and drank some of the punch.

He then left early. Everyone else at the party whodrank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Whydid the man not die?


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Question #6

A man walks into a bar and asks the barman for aglass of water. The barman pulls out a gun and pointsit at the man. The man says 'Thank you' and walks out.


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REMARK: (This puzzle claims to be the best of the genre. It is simple in its statement, absolutely baffling and yet with a completely satisfying solution. Most people struggle very hard to solve this one yet they like the answer when they hear it or have the satisfaction offiguring it out.)


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