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1 Some months have 30 days, some months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?
2 If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one pill every half hour, how long would it be before all the pills are taken?
3 I went to bed at eight o'clock in the evening and wound up my clock and set the alarm to sound at nine o'clock in the morning. How many hours sleep would I get before being woken by the alarm?
4 Divide 30 by half and add ten. What do you get?
5 A farmer had 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are left?
6 If you had only one match and entered a COLD and DARK room, where there was an oil heater, an oil lamp and a candle, which would you light first?
7 A man builds a house with four sides of rectangular construction, each side having a southern exposure. A big bear comes along. What colour is the bear?
8 If you take 2 apples from 3 apples, what do you have?
9 How many animals of each species did Moses take with him in the Ark?
10 If you drove a bus with 43 people on board from London and stopped at Liverpool to pick up 7 more people, what's the name of the driver?
11 Do they have a 4th July in England?
12 How many birthdays does the average man have?
13 Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister?
14 How many two pence stamps in a dozen?
15 An assistant in a butcher's shop is 5'10" tall. What does he weigh?
16 What do you put in a toaster?
17 Say "Silk" 5 times, now spell "Silk". What do cows drink?
18 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?
19 A plane crashes on the Canadian - US border. Where would you bury the survivors?
20 If the hour hand on a clock moves 1/60th of a degree every minute, how many degrees will it move in an hour?
21 Johnny's mother has 3 kids, one is named April, one is named May. What is the other one named?
22 In a one storey house the floor is blue and the walls and ceiling are white. What colour are the stairs?
23 A cowboy rode into town on Friday, spent the night, and left on Friday. How can this be?
24 I have two coins which add up to 15 pence and one of the coins is NOT a 10 pence piece. What are the two coins?
25 If a rooster laid an egg on the apex of a slanted barn roof, which way would the egg roll, left or right?
Lateral Thinking answers
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Question Answer
1 Some months have 30 days, some months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days? All of them. Every month has at least 28 days.
2 If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one pill every half hour, how long would it be before all the pills are taken? 1 hour. If you take a pill at 1 o'clock, then another at 1.30 and the last at 2 o'clock, they will be taken in 1 hour.
3 I went to bed at eight o'clock in the evening and wound up my clock and set the alarm to sound at nine o'clock in the morning. How many hours sleep would I get before being woken by the alarm? 1 hour. It is a wind up alarm clock which cannot discriminate between a.m. and p.m.
4 Divide 30 by half and add ten. What do you get? 70. Dividing by half is the same as multiplying by 2.
5 A farmer had 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are left? 9 sheep.
6 If you had only one match and entered a COLD and DARK room, where there was an oil heater, an oil lamp and a candle, which would you light first? The match.
7 A man builds a house with four sides of rectangular construction, each side having a southern exposure. A big bear comes along. What colour is the bear? White. If all walls face south, the house must be on the North Pole.
8 If you take 2 apples from 3 apples, what do you have? 2 apples. You took them remember.
9 How many animals of each species did Moses take with him in the Ark? None. It was Noah, not Moses.
10 If you drove a bus with 43 people on board from London and stopped at Liverpool to pick up 7 more people, what's the name of the driver? YOU are the driver.
11 Do they have a 4th July in England? Yes, it comes after 3rd July.
12 How many birthdays does the average man have? 1, just 1.
13 Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister? No, because he's dead.
14 How many two pence stamps in a dozen? 12.
15 An assistant in a butcher's shop is 5'10" tall. What does he weigh? Meat.
16 What do you put in a toaster? Bread.
17 Say "Silk" 5 times, now spell "Silk". What do cows drink? Water.
18 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? Glass.
19 A plane crashes on the Canadian - US border. Where would you bury the survivors? You don't bury survivors.
20 If the hour hand on a clock moves 1/60th of a degree every minute, how many degrees will it move in an hour? 1 degree.
21 Johnny's mother has 3 kids, one is named April, one is named May. What is the other one named? Johnny.
22 In a one storey house the floor is blue and the walls and ceiling are white. What colour are the stairs? There are no stairs.
23 A cowboy rode into town on Friday, spent the night, and left on Friday. How can this be? His horse is called Friday.
24 I have two coins which add up to 15 pence and one of the coins is NOT a 10 pence piece. What are the two coins?
A 10 pence piece and a 5 pence piece. Only one coin is NOT a 10 pence piece.
25 If a rooster laid an egg on the apex of a slanted barn roof, which way would the egg roll, left or right? Roosters don't lay eggs.
1 Some months have 30 days, some months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?
2 If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one pill every half hour, how long would it be before all the pills are taken?
3 I went to bed at eight o'clock in the evening and wound up my clock and set the alarm to sound at nine o'clock in the morning. How many hours sleep would I get before being woken by the alarm?
4 Divide 30 by half and add ten. What do you get?
5 A farmer had 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are left?
6 If you had only one match and entered a COLD and DARK room, where there was an oil heater, an oil lamp and a candle, which would you light first?
7 A man builds a house with four sides of rectangular construction, each side having a southern exposure. A big bear comes along. What colour is the bear?
8 If you take 2 apples from 3 apples, what do you have?
9 How many animals of each species did Moses take with him in the Ark?
10 If you drove a bus with 43 people on board from London and stopped at Liverpool to pick up 7 more people, what's the name of the driver?
11 Do they have a 4th July in England?
12 How many birthdays does the average man have?
13 Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister?
14 How many two pence stamps in a dozen?
15 An assistant in a butcher's shop is 5'10" tall. What does he weigh?
16 What do you put in a toaster?
17 Say "Silk" 5 times, now spell "Silk". What do cows drink?
18 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?
19 A plane crashes on the Canadian - US border. Where would you bury the survivors?
20 If the hour hand on a clock moves 1/60th of a degree every minute, how many degrees will it move in an hour?
21 Johnny's mother has 3 kids, one is named April, one is named May. What is the other one named?
22 In a one storey house the floor is blue and the walls and ceiling are white. What colour are the stairs?
23 A cowboy rode into town on Friday, spent the night, and left on Friday. How can this be?
24 I have two coins which add up to 15 pence and one of the coins is NOT a 10 pence piece. What are the two coins?
25 If a rooster laid an egg on the apex of a slanted barn roof, which way would the egg roll, left or right?
Lateral Thinking answers
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Question Answer
1 Some months have 30 days, some months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days? All of them. Every month has at least 28 days.
2 If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one pill every half hour, how long would it be before all the pills are taken? 1 hour. If you take a pill at 1 o'clock, then another at 1.30 and the last at 2 o'clock, they will be taken in 1 hour.
3 I went to bed at eight o'clock in the evening and wound up my clock and set the alarm to sound at nine o'clock in the morning. How many hours sleep would I get before being woken by the alarm? 1 hour. It is a wind up alarm clock which cannot discriminate between a.m. and p.m.
4 Divide 30 by half and add ten. What do you get? 70. Dividing by half is the same as multiplying by 2.
5 A farmer had 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are left? 9 sheep.
6 If you had only one match and entered a COLD and DARK room, where there was an oil heater, an oil lamp and a candle, which would you light first? The match.
7 A man builds a house with four sides of rectangular construction, each side having a southern exposure. A big bear comes along. What colour is the bear? White. If all walls face south, the house must be on the North Pole.
8 If you take 2 apples from 3 apples, what do you have? 2 apples. You took them remember.
9 How many animals of each species did Moses take with him in the Ark? None. It was Noah, not Moses.
10 If you drove a bus with 43 people on board from London and stopped at Liverpool to pick up 7 more people, what's the name of the driver? YOU are the driver.
11 Do they have a 4th July in England? Yes, it comes after 3rd July.
12 How many birthdays does the average man have? 1, just 1.
13 Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister? No, because he's dead.
14 How many two pence stamps in a dozen? 12.
15 An assistant in a butcher's shop is 5'10" tall. What does he weigh? Meat.
16 What do you put in a toaster? Bread.
17 Say "Silk" 5 times, now spell "Silk". What do cows drink? Water.
18 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? Glass.
19 A plane crashes on the Canadian - US border. Where would you bury the survivors? You don't bury survivors.
20 If the hour hand on a clock moves 1/60th of a degree every minute, how many degrees will it move in an hour? 1 degree.
21 Johnny's mother has 3 kids, one is named April, one is named May. What is the other one named? Johnny.
22 In a one storey house the floor is blue and the walls and ceiling are white. What colour are the stairs? There are no stairs.
23 A cowboy rode into town on Friday, spent the night, and left on Friday. How can this be? His horse is called Friday.
24 I have two coins which add up to 15 pence and one of the coins is NOT a 10 pence piece. What are the two coins?
A 10 pence piece and a 5 pence piece. Only one coin is NOT a 10 pence piece.
25 If a rooster laid an egg on the apex of a slanted barn roof, which way would the egg roll, left or right? Roosters don't lay eggs.
