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A Test In Lateral Thinking |
Instructions: You have strictly 3 minutes in which to complete these questions. |
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| Q. | How far can a dog run into a forest? |
| Q. | How many Birthdays does the average person have? |
| Q. | Why can't a person living in Glasgow be buried north of Stirling? |
| Q. | Some months have 31 days, some 30 days. How many months have 28 days? |
| Q. | An architect has a house with four sides to it and it is rectangular in shape. Each side has a southerly aspect. A big bear comes wandering by. What colour is the bear? |
| Q. | I have in my hand 2 coins totalling 15p. One is not a 5p piece. Please remember that. What are they? |
| Q. | Your are a pilot of an aeroplane with 100 passengers which drops off half in Glasgow and picks up 10. Flies to Edinburgh, doubles its load and then finally reduces it by a third at Aberdeen. What is the pilots name? |
| Q. | An Archaeologist claims he found 2 coins with the date 10 BC on them. Could they be genuine? |
| Q. | A woman gives a beggar 20p. The woman is the beggar's sister, but the beggar is not the woman's brother. How is this? |
| Q. | How many animals of each species did Moses take aboard the Ark? |
| Q. | Is it legal in Britain for a man to marry his widow's sister? |
| Q. | Some ducks are swimming in a line. There is a duck in front of 2 ducks. A duck behind 2 ducks, and a duck between 2 ducks. How many ducks are there? |
| Q. | .If 10 cats kill 10 rats in 10 minutes. How long will it take 100 cats to kill 100 rats? |
| Q. | The number of eggs in a basket doubles every minute. The basket is full of eggs after 60 minutes. When was it half full? |
| Q. | Two fathers and 2 sons each shot a duck. None of them shot the same duck. Only 3 ducks were shot. Why is this? |
| Q. | It takes 4 men 60 minuets to dig a hole, How long would it take 2 men to dig half a hole? |
| Q. | Take 2 apples from 3 apples and what would you have? |
| Q. | If you had only 1 match left in a box and you entered a room in which there was a paraffin lamp, a gas rig and a fuel stove. What would you light first? |
| Q. | Which country has a 4th of July - Britain or America? |