Lateral thinking problems that require require a little imagination to solve.
1. Not far from Madrid, there is a large wooden barn. The barn is completely empty except for a dead man hanging from the middle of the central rafter. The rope around his neck is ten feet long and his feet are three feet off the ground. The nearest wall is 20 feet away from the man. There is a puddle of water nearby. It is not possible to climb up the walls or along the rafters. The man hanged himself. How did he do it?
Solution: He climbed on a block of ice which has since melted.
2. A woman has incontrovertible proof in court that her husband was murdered by her sister. Both the woman and her sister are before the Judge. The judge declares, "This is the strangest case I've ever seen. Though it's a cut-and-dried case, this woman before me cannot be punished." How can this possibly be?
Hint: The sister is alive and so could technically speaking be punished, but although probably not by the laws of any western judicial systems.
Solution: The sisters are conjoined twins.
3. It was a dark stormy night and a couple were in a car racing madly through a foreign city. The car broke down and the husband had to go get help from someone who spoke his language. He was afraid to leave his wife alone in the car so he pulled up the windows and locked the car before leaving. When he came back, the car was in the same state as he had left it but his wife was dead, there was blood on the floor and there was a stranger in the car. What happened?
Hint: The husband must have been away from the car for more than a mere couple of minutes.
Solution: The wife was about to have a baby. They were driving to the hospital. The baby was born, and the wife didn't survive the birth.
4. Five pieces of coal, a carrot and a scarf are lying on a hill near a remote house. Nobody put them on the lawn but there is a perfectly logical reason why they should be there. What is it?
Hint: They have been lying there a while.
Solution: They were used by children who made a snowman. The snow has now melted.
5. I live in water. If you cut my head I am at your door. If you cut my tail I am a fruit. If you cut both then I am with you.
Solution: The answer is 'fish'. 'Fish' lives in water. If you cut the head off, you get 'ish', which sounds like 'is' (at your door). If you cut the tail off, you get 'fi', which sounds like 'fig' (a fruit). If you cut both, you are left with 'i', which is with you.
6. You are on your way to an important presentation. You slip on a banana peel and ruin your clothes. And there is no time to change. How will you handle this situation?
Solution: You can handle the situation by embracing the mishap with humor and confidence. Arrive at the presentation and acknowledge the incident, using it as an icebreaker to engage your audience. Additionally, if you are part of the audience rather than the presenter, you can simply enjoy the presentation and focus on the content rather than your appearance.
7. Man A man B and man C. Man A gets on a bus followed by man B. Man A gets off at an empty bus stop and walks down a dark alleyway. There man B kills him, cuts off his arm, wraps it up and sends it to man C, 500 miles away. Man c on receiving the parcel throws it away apparently satisfied. Why?
Solution: Man C had contracted Man B to kill Man A and demanded A’s arm as unmistakable proof of the assassination. When the parcel arrived, the severed arm verified that the job was done, so C, now satisfied, discarded the arm because he no longer needed it.
8. A man wants to gain access to an exclusive club, but can't as he is not a member. Members can only gain access by giving the door-man the correct password.
He decides to hide near the entrance to the club and listen to what the members say to the door-man.
The first member arrives and the door-man says "TWELVE" to him. The first member replies "SIX". The member is allowed in.
The second member arrives and the door-man says "SIX" to him. The second member replies "THREE". The member is allowed in.
The man decides he has heard enough and approaches the door-man. "TEN" the door-man says to him. Feeling proud of himself for his cunning plan, the man replies "FIVE".
The door-man angrily turns the man away. Why?
Solution: The door-man is not looking for a numerical response based on the numbers given, but rather the number of letters in the word that corresponds to the number. For example, 'TWELVE' has six letters, and 'SIX' has three letters. Therefore, when the door-man says 'TEN', the correct response should be 'THREE', as 'TEN' has three letters.
9. A man drives to the very end of his High Street and parks his car. He intends on going the the Post Office which is located at the other end of the High Street. Located near the middle of the High Street are two Fast Food Restaurants (One on each side of the road).
How does the man walk from one end of the High Street to the other without walking passed the Restaurants. He doesnt go around the block!!!!
Solution: The man can walk from one end of the High Street to the other by walking on the sidewalk or path that is on the opposite side of the street from the Fast Food Restaurants, thus avoiding passing by them entirely.
10. A man pays a high price for a painting he knows full-well is completely worthless.
Why?
Solution: The man is paying for the painting as a cover for a money laundering operation, but he may also have a personal connection to the artwork, such as it being painted by a loved one, which adds emotional value to the transaction.
11. A man pushed his car. He stopped at a hotel and it suddenly dawned on him that he was bankrupt.
Why?
Solution: The man was playing a game of Monopoly. He pushed his car token around the board and stopped at a hotel space, realizing he could not afford to pay the rent, which meant he was bankrupt in the context of the game.
12. hans and fritz are geman sies during world war 2. they try to enter america, posing as returning tourists. hans is immediatly arrested. Why:?:
Solution: Hans was immediately arrested because he was the only one of the two who had never been to America before, making it impossible for him to convincingly pose as a returning tourist. Additionally, he may have written his date of birth in the European format, which would have revealed his non-American status, while Fritz, born on a date that appears the same in both formats, avoided suspicion.
13. A person kills an old man in front of 10000 people. he is not arrested and no punishment. explain this !
(hint : it is not his intention)
Solution: The person is a doctor performing a public demonstration of a medical procedure on a volunteer old man who consented to participate. Unfortunately, the old man dies due to complications during the procedure, but since it was not the doctor's intention to kill him and he was acting within a professional context, he faces no punishment.
14. A sign in a pet store reads the following:
Gold Fish: $8.00
Beta Fish: $9.00
Puffer Fish: $10.00
A man walks up to the counter and hands the clerk $10.00. The clerk asks him "Do you want a Gold Fish, Beta Fish or Pufferfish?" The man picks out a Puffer Fish and leaves the store. Another man comes in and hands the clerk $10.00. Without saying anything the clerk hands him a Pufferfish and the man walks out of the store. A Puffer Fish was exactly what he wanted. How did the clerk know this?
NOTE: the man and the clerk have never met before.
Solution: The clerk knew that the second man also wanted a Puffer Fish because he handed over $10 in exact change, indicating he was aware of the price. Since the first man had just purchased a Puffer Fish for $10, it was logical for the clerk to assume that the second man wanted the same fish.
15. "A plane has emergency landed on a deserted island with three survivors, the pilot, a mechanic, and a pregnant passenger. There is only available water to barely keep only 2 of the passengers alive, but there may be enough time to get the plane fixed and flying again. Which of the 2 passengers should get the water and why?"
Solution: The pilot and the mechanic should receive the water because they are essential for fixing the plane and ensuring the survival of all three. If they can repair the aircraft, they can all be rescued, whereas the unborn child does not require water.
16. Once there was a man who was born on 16.8.1970 in Bombay and was murdered on 15.8.2008 in Delhi.
His wife called the police immediately. The police questioned everyone. First, the victim's wife. She told that she was sleeping at the time of murder in other room.
Secondly, his children told that they went to play cricket. Then the watchman old that he went to post office. Then the cook told that she was busy with cooking. At last, the Gardener told that he was busy with his garden works.
After hearing all these comments, the policemen found the murderer immediately and arrested.
How is it possible ! no one was there..!!
Who is the murderer ?
Solution: The murderer is the watchman. The key detail is that the man was murdered on 15.8.2008, which is India's Independence Day, a public holiday when the post office is closed. Therefore, the watchman's alibi of going to the post office is not valid, making him the likely murderer.
17. A woman has incontrovertible evidence in the court dt her husband was murdered by her own sister. The judge declares, '' this is the strangest case ive ever seen. Though its a clear cut and dry case, the murderer cannot be punished '' explain
Solution: The victim’s wife and the killer are conjoined (Siamese) twins who share one body. One twin deliberately murdered the husband, but punishing her would inevitably punish the other, totally innocent twin as well. Because the law cannot harm an innocent person, the guilty twin cannot be punished.
18. one day two sisters decided to clean out the old garden shed at the bottom of their garden.when they had finished the cleaning one of them had a dirty face and the other had a clean face.the sister with the clean face went and washed her face but the girl with the dirty face did not wash. why should this be so
Solution: The sister with the dirty face did not realize her face was dirty, as she had not looked in a mirror or been informed by her sister. Meanwhile, the sister with the clean face assumed her sister's face was dirty and therefore washed her own face.
19. a man was born in May (although he was born in June). when he grew up, he legitimately married his mother. how could it be?
Solution: He was born in a place called May, on a date in the month of June; when grown he became an ordained minister and officiated at his widowed mother’s new marriage, thus legitimately “marrying” his mother.
20. Anthony and cleopatra are lovers they die because there is a crack right through the floor anthony on the right of the crack Cleopatra on the left... How did they die?
Solution: Anthony and Cleopatra were goldfish in a glass bowl whose base split; the water drained through the crack, leaving each fish on opposite sides and causing them to suffocate.
21. A man is an a dark room he gets out of the building then a guy shots him why?
Solution: The man was in a secret underground bunker in enemy territory, where he was safe from detection. However, upon exiting the building, he was spotted by the enemy and shot on sight.
22. A king gave 10 men 10 gm of gold and asked them to make 10 gold rings. one men stole some gold and made the rings. who is the thief?
Solution: The thief is the man who made the rings. Since there are 10 men and 10 gm of gold, each man should receive 1 gm of gold to make their rings. However, to make 10 rings, he would need more than 10 gm of gold, indicating that he must have stolen gold to create the additional rings. The phrase 'one men' is a grammatical error, but it does not change the identity of the thief.
23. the three kings are taking a journey together in an isolated dessert, yet they remain a stranger to each other. Each of them have a diary where they recorded all their journey. The 1st king wrote that he saw two kings following him while walking. The second king wrote that he saw two kings walking at his front. The third king wrote that he is alone in his journey and he never seen anyone.
how did it happen?
Solution: The three kings are walking in a straight line. The first king sees the second and third kings behind him, the second king sees the first king in front of him and the third king behind him, and the third king, being at the back, sees no one else. Thus, each king's perspective explains their writings in their diaries.
24. the three kings are taking a journey together in an isolated dessert, yet they remain a stranger to each other. Each of them have a diary where they recorded all their journey. The 1st king wrote that he saw two kings following him while walking. The second king wrote that he saw two kings walking at his front. The third king wrote that he is alone in his journey and he never seen anyone.
how did it happen?
Solution: The three kings are walking in a straight line. The first king sees the second and third kings behind him, the second king sees the first king in front of him and the third king behind him, and the third king, being at the back and blind, sees no one else. This arrangement allows each king to have a different perspective on their position relative to one another.
25. A person is driving across a bridge when he falls off of it and plunges hundreds of feet. Minutes later, he's back on the road, driving completely unharmed. How?
Solution: The person was bungee jumping off the bridge, and after the jump, he safely returned to the road unharmed.
26. You wake up in a square room that has no windows no doors and seemingly no exits. The only objects in the room are a lantern hanging from the ceiling providing the only light, a table and a hand saw. The walls ceiling and floor are made of a extremely dense material one that has a texture of something unknown. How do you escape the room ?
Hint: use your imagination think outside of reality.
Solution: Cut the table in half; two halves make a whole (hole), and you can step through it to escape the room.
27. You are stuck in a hostage situation with one violent criminal, one placid criminal, one dumb criminal, and one other hostage who happens to be Stan the blimp man. The police are waiting outside to shoot anyone that comes through the door. The violent criminal asks you where the money is. If you respond correctly, the violent criminal will kill you. I you respond incorrectly, the violent criminal will kill the placid criminal and the dumb criminal will kill the violent criminal and then the pervert in the corner will kill the dumb criminal and have his way with you. If you stall for time, the dumb criminal will have a heart attack and the placid criminal will invite the police inside and they will shoot you. If you do nothing, the placid criminal will go into a rampage and kill the pervert which will cause the dumb criminal to kill you. If you climb the walls and jump onto a light fixture, the police will shoot you. If you steal the violent criminal’s gun, the dumb criminal will shoot himself and then the placid criminal will call the police and they will shoot you. If you do anything else, you will shoot yourself. What do you do?
Solution: Answer the violent criminal with the wrong location of the money; giving an incorrect answer is the sole choice that leaves you alive.
29. Stevin is collecting prostate glands. For every three victims that wander into his lair, two escape, and one is caught in the large web where the prostate can be easily harvested. After three weeks, Stevin has eighteen prostate glands, but after four weeks, he only has seven. Stevin knows that his stupid kid-sister Stevan must be stealing from his stash. For every prostate gland stolen by Stevan, Stevin is going to maim two of Stevan’s many children. Given that he acquires two prostate glands every day, how many children does Stevin need to maim?
Solution: Stevin collects 2 prostate glands per day, totaling 14 glands over seven days. He originally had 18 glands but ends up with 7, meaning 11 glands are missing. Since Stevan steals the glands, Stevin needs to maim 22 of Stevan's children (11 stolen glands x 2 children per gland).
30. A man with no life visits a new town. Where does he visit? :evil: :evil:
Solution: The man with no life is a metaphor for a deceased person, suggesting he visits a cemetery, a place associated with the dead. However, the forum comments creatively explore the idea of a man who, starting with nothing, engages in a series of misadventures to acquire a life, illustrating a more dynamic interpretation of the concept of 'life.'
31. Shankie the shark is driving to the park one day when he sees a smokin’ hot rat terrier crossing the crosswalk. Shankie forgets to stop and plows directly through the rat terrier, its smokin’ hotness now splattered all over the windows. Shankie is unfazed. He’s already used to the life he leads.
A couple days later, Shankie is sitting in his living room when the door is busted down by a gang of vicious police officers. They try to arrest Shankie (but Shankie knows this a trick meant to assassinate him in order to silence his radical socioeconomic views). Shankie shanks the first police officer then the second, then the third and the fourth. When it comes to the fifth, Shankie shanks him too. Now there are no more assassins.
Shankie packs up and goes to live in a different town, hoping the assassins won’t follow him.
But they do.
The police come one night and arrest Shankie before he has the chance to grab his shiv from under his pillow. Now Shankie stands trial for his shankings. A broke lawyer wants to defend Shankie, but Shankie is a shark and the law forbids lawyers to defend sharks.
Is Shankie the victim here?
Or has the social justice system failed?
Is this gas lighting?
Solution: Shankie the shark is a victim of a flawed legal system that discriminates against him due to his species, preventing him from receiving a fair defense. However, the revelation that Shankie has an evil twin brother, Shankoi, who committed the crimes to frame him adds complexity to the narrative, suggesting that Shankie's innocence is further compounded by familial betrayal and the absurdity of his situation.
32. Glenn the octopus had always thought he was a squid. He idolized squids and wanted to be like them. He tried releasing ink and having a big head, but he couldn't be what he wanted to be. One day Glenn went to the human world to determine the truth. But once he reached the land of the famed humanoids, he was murdered. That was the end of Glenn the octopus. Who was sold for $1.00 a pound
How much would someone pay for 10 pounds of Glenn?
Solution: Someone would pay $10.00 for 10 pounds of Glenn, as he was sold for $1.00 a pound. The puzzle plays on the idea of Glenn's identity and fate, but the pricing remains straightforward based on the given rate.
33. A man buys stock for $10 per share but sells it for $2 per share after a while he becomes a millionaire.
Solution: He began as a billionaire; after buying at $10 and selling at $2 he lost most of his fortune, so his wealth dropped until he “became” merely a millionaire.
34. A knight jumps over a tower and lands on a man who suddenly disappears. What's going on?
Solution: It's a chess game.
35. What can be done at night but not during the day?
Hint: Think of activities related to darkness or light.
36. Why didn't the dwarf take the umbrella with him every day? How does he know when it will rain?
Solution: The “dwarf” is the little wooden figure in a traditional barometer weather-house. When air pressure falls, the mechanism pushes him out holding an umbrella, because the drop in pressure means rain is coming. On fine-weather days the other figure appears instead, so the dwarf never takes the umbrella except when it is going to rain.
37. Theresa owns a mysterious walled garden. Inside it grows an apple tree whose fruit has miraculous powers: anyone who eats one of its apples will immediately be restored to life if they die soon afterward.
Unfortunately, stepping across the garden wall is instantly fatal to any intruder. You want to end up alive inside the garden so you can explore it, but simply walking in will kill you before you can reach an apple.
You have ordinary everyday items available (sticks, rope, etc.) but may not carry the apples out of the garden because the wall is too high to climb while holding them. How can you get yourself alive and well inside Theresa’s deadly garden?
Hint: Try to make use of an apple before you cross the wall.
Solution: Take a long pole, hook, or similar tool and reach over the wall to knock an apple off the tree. Drag or roll the apple back under the wall to your side without ever setting foot in the garden.
Now eat the apple outside the garden. Its magic will revive you from the next death that occurs.
Finally, climb over (or step through the gate into) the garden. Crossing the boundary kills you instantly, but the apple’s power brings you back to life at once. You are now alive and inside the garden, having bypassed the lethal effect of entry.
38. A friend of mine gave me this puzzle: Three jars, one is empty. One jar contains honey, the other jar has vinegar, and the other is empty. He pours half of the honey into the empty one, then half of the vinegar into the same empty one to make a mixed drink. Then he discovers a mouse in the drink he has just made. So which of the three jars had the mouse first?
Solution: The mouse was originally in the vinegar jar.
Nothing unusual appeared when the honey was poured; the mouse surfaced only after the vinegar was added, so it had to have been in the vinegar jar from the start.
40. A man stood looking through the window on the forty-fourth floor of an office block. Suddenly, he was seized by an irrational impulse. He wrenched the window open and jumped through it. Though there was a sheer drop to the bottom, the man escaped unhurt. He did not use a parachute or land on any particularly soft surface. Can you explain this?
Hint: Consider the position of the man in relation to the ground.
Solution: The man was not jumping out of the building; he was jumping in. He was inside the office building and jumped into the office space, not out of the window.
41. On a stormy night, a married couple were driving through a foreign city when their car suddenly broke down. The husband, unable to speak the local language, decided to search on foot for someone who could understand him and call for help.
Worried about his wife’s safety, he raised all the windows, locked every door from the outside, and took the keys with him before hurrying away.
Less than an hour later he returned. The car was still locked, the windows were still up, and there was no sign of a break-in. Yet inside he found a horrific scene: his wife was dead, blood covered the floor, and a stranger was sitting beside her.
The doors were never opened, the windows were never lowered, and no one had entered or exited the vehicle from the time he left until he came back. What happened?
Hint: The "stranger" may not have opened any doors at all.
Solution: The wife was heavily pregnant. While her husband was away she went into labor, gave birth, and tragically died from complications and blood loss. The newborn baby—someone her husband had never seen before—was the "stranger" he discovered in the locked car.
42. The following string of 11 letters follows a particular pattern:
G E L N D J J R S S K
There should ultimately be 66 letters produced by the same rule.
What is the pattern, and what would the complete 66-letter string be?
Hint: Think of a well-known collection that happens to contain exactly 66 parts.
Solution: The 66 letters are the initials of the 66 books of the Bible, listed in canonical order. The first eleven letters shown correspond to:
- G – Genesis
- E – Exodus
- L – Leviticus
- N – Numbers
- D – Deuteronomy
- J – Joshua
- J – Judges
- R – Ruth
- S – 1 Samuel
- S – 2 Samuel
- K – 1 Kings
Continuing this process for every book gives the full 66-letter sequence:
GELNDJJRSSKKCCENEIJPTPJESIJLPECCGEPCTTTTHPPCCCTPPHHJJJRR
These are, in order, the initial letters of all the books from Genesis to Revelation.
44. I am weightless but I can be as big as a horse. Who am I ?
46. A man in an empty room, hanging from an orca and dead. Below the man is a puddle of water.
Hint: Think about how they could have ended up in that situation without traditional support to hang themselves.
Solution: The man hanged himself using a block of ice that melted, leaving a puddle of water beneath him.
47. What doesn't get wet and you can't stand on it?
48. An innocent man in a small village is falsely accused of murder. The village chief knows the man is blameless, but also knows that his own son is the real killer. To divert suspicion, the chief proposes a public "test of fate."
In front of the villagers, he shows an empty jar and announces that he will place inside two folded slips of paper: one marked Innocent and one marked Guilty. The accused must reach in and draw one slip. Whatever the slip says will decide his fate; the gods, the chief claims, will make sure the correct judgment is drawn.
Secretly, however, the chief puts two slips that both read Guilty. The accused, suspecting foul play, realizes that if he simply draws a slip and opens it, he will be condemned.
The rules are:
- He must draw exactly one slip in full view of everyone.
- After he draws, the remaining slip will stay in the jar and can be examined by anyone.
- If a slip is unreadable or missing, the test—and thus the chief—will be disgraced.
What single action can the accused take, immediately after drawing a slip, that will guarantee he is declared innocent without exposing the chief’s deception directly?
Hint: Focus on what will be left inside the jar after the accused acts.
Solution: As soon as the accused removes a slip, he puts it straight into his mouth, chews, and swallows it (or otherwise destroys it) before anyone can read it. He then calmly says, “Since the gods decide, open the other slip so we can all see what mine must have said.”
The remaining slip is taken from the jar and, of course, reads Guilty. The only logical conclusion for the onlookers is that the swallowed slip must have read Innocent. Bound by their own rules, they must declare him innocent, and the chief cannot protest without revealing his fraud.
50. It is a 7 letter word. If we remove 1 letter from it, it remains same. If we remove 2 letters from it, it remains same. If we remove all letters, it remains same. What is the word?
51. You puncture a tire, in the middle of the road, take off the flat wheel, but when it comes time to put on the spare, you can't find the screws you took out, still you put on the wheel and continue on your way.
You are alone on the road and there is no one to help you.
How did you manage to put on the wheel?
Hint: Think about how you could secure the wheel without the screws.
Solution: He placed the spare wheel without the screws, using the weight of the vehicle to keep it in place while he continued on his way.
52. 5 Men are walking in the middle of nowhere, suddenly it started to rain 4 got wet and the other one didn't how did he do it?
Hint: Think about the situation of the man who did not get wet.
Solution: The man who did not get wet was under a roof or an umbrella.
53. reach man keep me in his pocket,poor man throw away,kids eat me.so who am I
Hint: Think about something that has different values to different people.
55. A dead man was found in a room with only a calendar and numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 written on the wall as the clue. What was the killer's name?
Hint: Consider the significance of the numbers and how they relate to the calendar.
Solution: The killer's name is 'August'. The numbers represent the days of the month, and the calendar indicates that the dead man was killed in August.
56. It has a beak and does not peck it has wings and does not fly it has legs and does not walk it has eyes and does not see what is it
57. I don’t have vocal chords. I tell off things of the world around, of the people big or small. I have hinges but I am not a door. What am I?
Hint: Think about objects that can convey messages or information without speaking.
58. I am not a plant, yet I have a flower.
I am not a god, yet water obeys my will.
What am I?
Hint: Think of a common gardening tool whose perforated head is nicknamed a "rose."
Solution: The answer is a watering can. The detachable, perforated spout of a watering can is often called the "rose" or "flower," and when you tip the can, the water flows wherever you direct it.
59. A man with three arms is found hanging and dangling idly on the ceiling in a completely empty warehouse high off the ground. He couldn't have been dead more than a few minutes earlier. How could that be?
Hint: Consider the nature of the man's arms and how he might be suspended.
Solution: The man is a mannequin or a dummy, which can have three arms and is hanging from the ceiling.
60. A lady buys goods worth Rs.200 from a shop. (shopkeeper selling the goods with zero profit). The lady gives him 1000 rs note. The shopkeepr gets the change from the next shop and keeps 200 for himself and returns Rs.800 to the lady. Later the shopkeepr of the next shop comes with the 1000 rs note saying "duplicate" and takes his money back. How much LOSS did the shopkeepr face?
Hint: Consider the total amount of money the shopkeeper has lost after the transaction.
Solution: The shopkeeper faced a loss of Rs. 1000. He gave Rs. 800 back to the lady and lost Rs. 200 worth of goods, totaling Rs. 1000.
61. How can you throw a ball as hard as you can, and it comes back to you, even if it doesn't bounce off anything, there is nothing attached to it, and no one else catches or throws it back to you?
Hint: Consider the environment and the forces acting on the ball.
Solution: Throw the ball straight up into the air.
62. A father has only seven whole eggs and wants to give exactly the same amount of egg to each of his three sons. He may do anything he likes to the eggs, but he cannot obtain any more eggs nor throw any away.
How can he divide the seven eggs so that each son receives an equal share?
Hint: Nothing says the eggs must remain whole. Think about mixing or measuring the contents.
Solution: Break all seven eggs into a bowl and beat them together. The total mixture can then be weighed or measured and divided into three portions of equal weight or volume. Cook or serve the portions, and each son receives exactly one-third of the total egg content.
(Any equivalent method that involves breaking the eggs, thoroughly mixing them, and then splitting the mixture evenly is also valid.)
63. One man went to a bar and asked for a glass of water. The waiter brought a gun and pointed it at the man's neck. The man said thanks and went off. Why?
Hint: The man's condition was the reason for his unusual request.
Solution: The man had hiccups.
64. The more you pull the substance the shorter it gets....what is it?
Hint: Think about something that can be stretched or pulled.
66. An old man asks his 2 sons to give all his property to one of them who is clever. He gave 1 rupee to each and asked them to buy something for 1 rupee that can fill the entire house. What should the kid buy?
Hint: Think about something that can occupy space without being a physical object.
Solution: A balloon. When inflated, it can fill the entire house.
67. Throw me out of the window and you will see a grieving wife.
Bring me back in the door and you will see me giving life.
What am I?
Hint: It is something small enough to fit inside the words window and door.
Solution: The answer is the letter N.
Remove N from window and you get widow, a grieving wife. Add N to door and you get donor, someone who gives life (e.g., an organ donor).
68. Something has an eye and no head, while the other has a head and no eye, so what are they?
Hint: Think about common objects that fit these descriptions.
Solution: A needle has an eye and no head, while a potato has a head and no eye.
69. One boy born in 1896 but in now times is age 10? Why?
Hint: Consider the context of time and how it can be measured differently.
Solution: The boy is born in a leap year and is celebrating his birthday only on leap years, making him 10 years old in terms of leap years.
70. You are locked inside a car with a hammer, a wrench, a gun, and a monkey. You may use one of these things to get out how do you escape
Solution: Pull the interior door handle, which unlocks the door, and step out—being “locked” only prevents entry from outside, not exit from inside.
71. Lucy and Chloe were found dead in the house. The only thing which was there with them was a cracked bowl. A mammal was involved. How can this happen?
Hint: Think about the relationship between the bowl and the mammal.
Solution: Lucy and Chloe were fish, and the cracked bowl was their fishbowl. The mammal could be a cat that knocked the bowl over, leading to their deaths.
72. There was a man that lives where no one visits. He got angry, switched the light off, and put the fire on. He caused 19 people to die. How?
Hint: Consider the man's occupation and the nature of his living environment.
Solution: He lived in a lighthouse, and by turning off the light, ships crashed, leading to the deaths.
73. What can you send but never see?
Hint: Think about something that is intangible.
74. Inside a quiet room lies a shattered clay pot. A small puddle of water has spread across the floor, and beside it are two lifeless bodies. There are no weapons, no signs of violence, and the door has remained closed.
What happened to cause their deaths?
Hint: Think about what sort of “bodies” could not survive without the water that was in the pot.
Solution: The two bodies are not people at all but fish. The clay pot was their improvised fishbowl. When the pot fell and broke, the water spilled out, leaving the fish without the water they needed to breathe, and they died.
75. The music stops, she dies. Why?
Hint: Consider the context in which music is played.
Solution: She is a character in a game or a performance where the music signifies her life or existence, such as in a game of musical chairs.
76. The maker dosent want it
The buyer dosent use it
The user cant see it what is it ?
Hint: Think about something that is often associated with death.
77. Brad stared through the dirty soot-smeared window on the 62nd floor of the office tower. Overcome with depression he slid the window open and jumped through it. It was a sheer drop outside the building to the ground. Miraculously after he landed he was completely unhurt. Since there was nothing to cushion his fall or slow his descent, how could he have survived the fall?
Hint: Consider the position of the window and the nature of the jump.
Solution: Brad jumped out of the window but landed on the ground floor, as he was not actually on the 62nd floor but rather on the ground floor looking out of a window.
78. A nun is in a nunnery she runs out shouting there's been a man in the nunnery how?
Solution: A nun discovered that one of the sisters had secretly given birth to a baby boy; seeing the newborn male, she ran out shouting “There’s been a man in the nunnery!” because the infant proved a man had been there.
79. The music stops, and a woman dies. How?
Solution: She was a snake-charmer; when the flute music that kept the cobra subdued suddenly stopped, the snake struck and its venom killed her.
80. A husband is speeding through the city streets with his pregnant wife in the passenger seat. They screech to a halt outside a building, and the man jumps out of the car. Only a few minutes later he returns to find his wife dead—and a complete stranger now sitting in the car with her.
Nothing supernatural has happened, and no crime has been committed by the stranger. What took place during those few minutes?
Hint: Think about why the couple might be rushing, and how a person the husband has never met could legitimately appear in the car.
Solution: The wife had gone into labor while they were racing to the hospital. When they arrived, the husband ran inside to summon medical staff. In the brief time he was gone, she delivered the baby by herself in the car but suffered fatal complications. When the husband returned, his wife had died, and their newborn child—someone he had never met before, hence a “stranger” to him—was in her arms.
88. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it and grey when you throw it away?
Hint: Think about items that change color during their use.
91. Hurbus wins a horse race. Why didn't he get a trophy?
Hint: Consider the possibility of Hurbus being a non-human participant.
Solution: Hurbus is a horse, not a person, so he doesn't receive a trophy.
95. Brono wins the race but he doesn't get a trophy how comes?
Solution: Bruno is a horse, and horses do not receive trophies.
96. A man is lying dead in a field, there is no other creature in the field, there is a package beside him.
Hint: If the package was open it would have saved his life.
Solution: In the package was a parachute; the man had fallen and died!
101. Anthony and Cleopatra are found dead in the living room. There is a broken bowl and a puddle on the floor. How did they die?
Solution: Anthony and Cleopatra are gold fish.
108. Two identical twin brothers go into a bar. They order the exact same drink. The only difference is one brother drinks quickly, while the other drinks much more slowly. The one who drinks slowly dies afterward.
Hint: Consider what might happen to the drink over time.
Solution: The poison was in the ice.
Both drinks were “the same,” but the fast-drinking twin finished before much of the ice melted, so he got little or none of the poison. The slow-drinking twin let the ice melt into the drink, swallowed the poison, and died.
117. A plane crashes on the border of the United States and Canada. Where do you bury the survivors?
Solution: You don't bury survivors.
120. How do you make a road broad without toiling?
Solution: Add the letter ‘B’ to “road,” turning it into “broad.”
121. If a red house is made out of red bricks, and a blue house is made out of blue bricks, what is a green house made out of?
Solution: Unlike the colored-brick houses, a “greenhouse” (for growing plants) is made of glass.
122. There's a man in a cave, staring at a blank wall. behind him is a large fire. All of a sudden the man exclaims "i see a book!" He says this without turning around. What is he talking about?
Solution: None
