ThinKinG WiTh A DiFFeReNcE

I found a few lateral thinking puzzles. You will have to think unconventionally if you want to understand the hows, the whys and the whereofs of these puzzles. These situations are wierd (like me ; ) ) but when you will hear the answers you will want to kick yourself for not working it out your self! You can ask questions (I inserted a tagboard : ) ) , but they can only be answered in "yes", "no" or "irrelevant".So be ready to rattle your brain!!!

#1. A man lives on the 10th floor of a building. Every day he takes the elevator to go down to the ground floor to go to work or to go shopping.When he returns, he takes the elevator to the 7th floor and walks up the stars to reach his appartment on the 10th floor. He hates walking, so why does he do it?


#2.A man is lying dead in a field. Next to him there is an unopened package. There is no other creature on the field. How did he die?


#3.A woman had two sons who were born on the same day of the same year. But they are not twins. How could this be so?


#4.Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones?


#5.A man was walking downstairs in a building when he suddenly realised that his wife had just died. How?


#6.How many times can you subtract the no. 2 from the no. 22?


#7.One day two mothers and two daughters went shopping for shes. Their shopping spree was successful-each bought a pair of shoes, and all together, they had three pairs. How is this possible?

These kind of puzzles teach you to check your asuptions about any stuation.You have to be open minded, flexible and creative and also put lots of different clues and pieces of information together to reach a feasible solution. This is lateral thinking!


"Life comes up with something strange and I wonder why? Things go terribly wrong, without any intentions of doing any harm, and I wonder How? I think again and then I understand..... Its all for a good cause! "


Answers in the next post. Keep guessing till then!!!

C ya laterzzz
Rachita