I'm gonna post up some lateral thinking puzzles, I'll do five for now, more later, feel free to share your own, karma to whoever gets the right answer.
1 - Jenny works in a greengrocers. She only weighed 6 pounds when she was born, but now, aged 18, she is 5 foot 10 inches tall and her measurements are 38-24-36. What does she weigh? Solved by Scorpion - Fruit and veg (Her job)
2 - How many famous men and women have been born in New Orleans? Solved by bennisboiz - None, they weren't famous when they were born
3 - If you buy 5 pounds of apples, averaging three to the pound, how many apples can you put into an empty paper bag, which will only carry 2 and a third pounds without bursting? Solved by Liquidat0r - One, if there is one in it, it isn't empty
4 - Mount Everest was first climbed in 1953, although it's location and height had been recorded long before that, in 1841. What was the highest mountain before that? Solved by mek - The height of mount Everest never changed
5 - Two of the nearest stars to the Earth are Sirius, 8.7 light years away and Wolf, 7.7 light years away. Sirius is moving towards us at 8km per second and Wolf is moving away at 13km per second. When Wolf has travelled one light year what will be the nearest star to the Earth? Solved by Scorpion - The Sun
6 - If you multiply 2 by itself a thousand times, what will you get? Solved by Liquidat0r - No matter how many times you do the sum, 2*2 is always equal to 4
7 - What will you find in the centre of Paris that you won't find in London or Milan? Solved by Scorpion - The letter R
8 - What form of transport has eight wheels but only carries one passenger? Solved by Liquidat0r - Roller Skates/Blades
9 - Who played for both England and France on the same afternoon at Wembley Stadium? Solved by Scorpion - The band playing the national anthem
10 - Most English words are quite short, although words of 15 letters or more aren't impossible. What is the longest word in the English language? Solved by Alone+EasyTarget - The longest word in the phrase "The English language" is language
11 - Old coins are usually worth a lot more than their face value, but why are 1989 cents worth almost twenty dollars? Solved by Liquidat0r - 1989 cents = $19.89
12 - If it takes three minutes to boil one egg in a 2-litre saucepan of salted water, how long will it take to boil three eggs in the saucepan? Solved by Alone+EasyTarget - 3 Minutes, the saucepan can fit all three eggs.
13 - How many new uncreased US $10 bills measuring 5 inches by 2 inches, could you fit without any overlap between pages 33 and 34 of a hardback book measuring 10 inches by 6 inches? Solved by Scorpion - None, pages 33 and 34 are always on the same leaf in hardback books
14 - There are four pairs of blue socks and three pairs of red socks in a drawer. in the dark, how many socks must you take out of the drawer to be sure of getting a matching pair? Solved by Scorpion - 3, if the first two you pull out don't match, the third must
15 - If there were eight crows, on a wall near a sheep pen, and the farmer shot one, how many crows would be left? Solved by Scorpion - One, the dead one
16 - The number of bacteria in a large sealed jar doubles every minute. An hour after the first bacterium was placed inside the jar and sealed in, the jar was full, when was it half full? Solved by Bennisboiz - 59 Minutes
17 - A triangle has three sides, a rectangle has four, a hexagon has six, and so on. How many sides has a circle? Solved by 1927 - 2, Inside and Outside
18 - "Two's company and three's a crowd". What are four and five? Solved by 1927 - 4+5 = 9
19 - Why are so many famous artists Dutch? Solved by ig - Because they were born in Holland
20 - What game begins with a T, has four letters in its name, and is played all over the world? Solved by Liquidat0r - Golf
21 - A woman was born in the Summer of 40BC, and died two months after her 60th birthday. What year did she die in? Solved by Funky_Finny - 21 Ad, there is no 0BC
22 - Elephants are rarer than they used to be, but they have something to help them survive that no other animal has. What? Solved by Adams_blowjob - baby Elephants
23 - if a tree produces an average of 52 nuts per branch, how many acorns would you expect to find on a gnarled but nevertheless healthy 100 year old beech tree, with 39 fully grown branches? Solved by Liquidat0r - Beech trees don't have nuts
24 - How many letters are there in the alphabet? Solved by Haffeysucks - 11
25 - Even if we never win the Olympics, or get in the Guiness Book of Records, there is one record that each of us holds at one point in our lives; what is it? Solved by Adams_blowjob - Youngest person alive
26 - Even if every one of these animals were to be destroyed, they would still not be extinct, but would reappear within a few months. What are they? Solved by Jusice - Mules, If you kill all Mules, the Donkeys and Horses will mate to make new ones
27 - Knowing how fragile eggs are; do you think it would be possible to drop an uncooked egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it? Solved by FlemisHCmaniac - Eggs can't crack concrete floors
28 - What is the difference between an old, crumpled and slightly torn ten dollar bill and a new one? Solved by Haffeysucks - 9$
29 - Which would burn longer, a short fat blue candle, or a long thin spirally yellow one? Solved by Liquidat0r - Candles burn shorter not longer
30 - Which of the states in the USA is round at both ends and high in the middle? Solved by Liquidat0r - Ohio
31 - How can you combine eight eights to make 1000? Solved by Liquidat0r - 8+88+888+8888=1000
32 - Is there anything from which you can take away the whole and still have some left? Solved by Justice - Wholesome
33 - How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think nothing was wrong with it at all - and in fact nothing is wrong, it's just distinctly odd. Go to work and try your skill! Solved by Liquidat0r and Jennifer - There are no E's, the most used letter of the English alphabet
34 - There is a short story which describes the end of Time and its reversal, with people living backwards from the grave to the cradle. Other than in fiction where would August come before July? Solved by Liquidat0r - In a dictionary (alphabetical order)
35 - In what sport do all players except one move backwards? Solved by Jennifer - Rowing
36 - If the average eskimo eats 10 walruses in a lifetime, and one walrus is equivalent to five and a half penguins, how many penguins would he eat if he couldn't get walruses? Solved by Miggle - Penguins live at a different pole to eskimos
37 - A man is shipwrecked on a desert island. The only thing he has in his possessions are a flint, a can of lighter fuel, a penknife and a packet of cigarettes. How could he make a cigarette lighter? Solved by Justice - Take some tobacco out
38 - In general, the older a coin is, the greater its value. Which would be worth more, a British silver penny with the date 1453, or a Greek silver obol with the date 453 BC? - I want the reason too you berkshires Solved by Miggle - BC wasn't invented till after Christ
39 - What is as big as a hippopotamus, the same shape as a hippopotamus, but weighs a lot less than a hippopotamus? Solved by Liquidat0r - Its shadow
40 - After passing her driving test, Sally was on her way home, feeling very pleased with herself and not really concentrating on where she was going. She went straight over a zebra crossing and the wrong way up a one-way street. Her driving instructor and a passing policeman saw her, but didn't bat an eyelid. Why? Solved by Liquidat0r - She was walking
1 - Jenny works in a greengrocers. She only weighed 6 pounds when she was born, but now, aged 18, she is 5 foot 10 inches tall and her measurements are 38-24-36. What does she weigh? Solved by Scorpion - Fruit and veg (Her job)
2 - How many famous men and women have been born in New Orleans? Solved by bennisboiz - None, they weren't famous when they were born
3 - If you buy 5 pounds of apples, averaging three to the pound, how many apples can you put into an empty paper bag, which will only carry 2 and a third pounds without bursting? Solved by Liquidat0r - One, if there is one in it, it isn't empty
4 - Mount Everest was first climbed in 1953, although it's location and height had been recorded long before that, in 1841. What was the highest mountain before that? Solved by mek - The height of mount Everest never changed
5 - Two of the nearest stars to the Earth are Sirius, 8.7 light years away and Wolf, 7.7 light years away. Sirius is moving towards us at 8km per second and Wolf is moving away at 13km per second. When Wolf has travelled one light year what will be the nearest star to the Earth? Solved by Scorpion - The Sun
6 - If you multiply 2 by itself a thousand times, what will you get? Solved by Liquidat0r - No matter how many times you do the sum, 2*2 is always equal to 4
7 - What will you find in the centre of Paris that you won't find in London or Milan? Solved by Scorpion - The letter R
8 - What form of transport has eight wheels but only carries one passenger? Solved by Liquidat0r - Roller Skates/Blades
9 - Who played for both England and France on the same afternoon at Wembley Stadium? Solved by Scorpion - The band playing the national anthem
10 - Most English words are quite short, although words of 15 letters or more aren't impossible. What is the longest word in the English language? Solved by Alone+EasyTarget - The longest word in the phrase "The English language" is language
11 - Old coins are usually worth a lot more than their face value, but why are 1989 cents worth almost twenty dollars? Solved by Liquidat0r - 1989 cents = $19.89
12 - If it takes three minutes to boil one egg in a 2-litre saucepan of salted water, how long will it take to boil three eggs in the saucepan? Solved by Alone+EasyTarget - 3 Minutes, the saucepan can fit all three eggs.
13 - How many new uncreased US $10 bills measuring 5 inches by 2 inches, could you fit without any overlap between pages 33 and 34 of a hardback book measuring 10 inches by 6 inches? Solved by Scorpion - None, pages 33 and 34 are always on the same leaf in hardback books
14 - There are four pairs of blue socks and three pairs of red socks in a drawer. in the dark, how many socks must you take out of the drawer to be sure of getting a matching pair? Solved by Scorpion - 3, if the first two you pull out don't match, the third must
15 - If there were eight crows, on a wall near a sheep pen, and the farmer shot one, how many crows would be left? Solved by Scorpion - One, the dead one
16 - The number of bacteria in a large sealed jar doubles every minute. An hour after the first bacterium was placed inside the jar and sealed in, the jar was full, when was it half full? Solved by Bennisboiz - 59 Minutes
17 - A triangle has three sides, a rectangle has four, a hexagon has six, and so on. How many sides has a circle? Solved by 1927 - 2, Inside and Outside
18 - "Two's company and three's a crowd". What are four and five? Solved by 1927 - 4+5 = 9
19 - Why are so many famous artists Dutch? Solved by ig - Because they were born in Holland
20 - What game begins with a T, has four letters in its name, and is played all over the world? Solved by Liquidat0r - Golf
21 - A woman was born in the Summer of 40BC, and died two months after her 60th birthday. What year did she die in? Solved by Funky_Finny - 21 Ad, there is no 0BC
22 - Elephants are rarer than they used to be, but they have something to help them survive that no other animal has. What? Solved by Adams_blowjob - baby Elephants
23 - if a tree produces an average of 52 nuts per branch, how many acorns would you expect to find on a gnarled but nevertheless healthy 100 year old beech tree, with 39 fully grown branches? Solved by Liquidat0r - Beech trees don't have nuts
24 - How many letters are there in the alphabet? Solved by Haffeysucks - 11
25 - Even if we never win the Olympics, or get in the Guiness Book of Records, there is one record that each of us holds at one point in our lives; what is it? Solved by Adams_blowjob - Youngest person alive
26 - Even if every one of these animals were to be destroyed, they would still not be extinct, but would reappear within a few months. What are they? Solved by Jusice - Mules, If you kill all Mules, the Donkeys and Horses will mate to make new ones
27 - Knowing how fragile eggs are; do you think it would be possible to drop an uncooked egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it? Solved by FlemisHCmaniac - Eggs can't crack concrete floors
28 - What is the difference between an old, crumpled and slightly torn ten dollar bill and a new one? Solved by Haffeysucks - 9$
29 - Which would burn longer, a short fat blue candle, or a long thin spirally yellow one? Solved by Liquidat0r - Candles burn shorter not longer
30 - Which of the states in the USA is round at both ends and high in the middle? Solved by Liquidat0r - Ohio
31 - How can you combine eight eights to make 1000? Solved by Liquidat0r - 8+88+888+8888=1000
32 - Is there anything from which you can take away the whole and still have some left? Solved by Justice - Wholesome
33 - How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think nothing was wrong with it at all - and in fact nothing is wrong, it's just distinctly odd. Go to work and try your skill! Solved by Liquidat0r and Jennifer - There are no E's, the most used letter of the English alphabet
34 - There is a short story which describes the end of Time and its reversal, with people living backwards from the grave to the cradle. Other than in fiction where would August come before July? Solved by Liquidat0r - In a dictionary (alphabetical order)
35 - In what sport do all players except one move backwards? Solved by Jennifer - Rowing
36 - If the average eskimo eats 10 walruses in a lifetime, and one walrus is equivalent to five and a half penguins, how many penguins would he eat if he couldn't get walruses? Solved by Miggle - Penguins live at a different pole to eskimos
37 - A man is shipwrecked on a desert island. The only thing he has in his possessions are a flint, a can of lighter fuel, a penknife and a packet of cigarettes. How could he make a cigarette lighter? Solved by Justice - Take some tobacco out
38 - In general, the older a coin is, the greater its value. Which would be worth more, a British silver penny with the date 1453, or a Greek silver obol with the date 453 BC? - I want the reason too you berkshires Solved by Miggle - BC wasn't invented till after Christ
39 - What is as big as a hippopotamus, the same shape as a hippopotamus, but weighs a lot less than a hippopotamus? Solved by Liquidat0r - Its shadow
40 - After passing her driving test, Sally was on her way home, feeling very pleased with herself and not really concentrating on where she was going. She went straight over a zebra crossing and the wrong way up a one-way street. Her driving instructor and a passing policeman saw her, but didn't bat an eyelid. Why? Solved by Liquidat0r - She was walking
Scorpion - 7
Liquidat0r - 12.5
Mek - 1
Bennisboiz - 2
Alone+EasyTarget - 2
1927 - 2
Adams_blowjob - 2
Funky_Finny - 1
Haffeysucks - 2
FlemisHCmaniac - 1
Justice - 3
ig - 1
Jennifer - 1.5
Miggle - 2
Last edited by The Sheriff (2008-05-07 08:03:24)