Lateral Thinking

Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Brain Teaser # 97
What is as big as a hippopotamus, the same shape as a hippopotamus, but weighs a lot less than a hippopotamus?

Solution
HIS SHADOW. 
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Brain Teaser # 96
A King was once approached by a man who offered to sell him a flask of universal solvent - a liquid that would dissolve any substance it touched. The King knew as soon as he saw the flask that the man was lying. How did he know?

Solution
The bottle would dissolve. 
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Brain Teaser # 95
Pet Animals
All of Jenny's pets are dogs except one. All of her pets are cats except one. How many cats and dogs does Jenny have?

Solution
Jenny has one cat and one dog. 
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Brain Teaser # 94
The Barbershop
A traveler arrives in a small town and decides he wants to get a haircut. According to the manager of the hotel where he's staying, there are only two barbershops in town — one on East Street and one on West Street. The traveler goes to check out both shops. The East Street barbershop is a mess, and the barber has the worst haircut the traveler has ever seen. The West Street barbershop is neat and clean; its barber's hair looks as good as a movie star's.
Which barbershop does the traveler go to for his haircut, and why?

Solution
The traveler goes to have his hair cut at the barbershop on East Street. He figures that since there are only two barbershops in town the East Street barber must have his hair cut by the West Street barber and vice versa. So if the traveler wants to look as good as the West Street barber (the one with the good haircut), he'd better go to the man who cuts the West Street barber's hair-the East Street barber.
By the way, the reason the West Street barbershop is so clean and neat is that it seldom gets customers. 
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Brain Teaser # 93
Which Way?
Once a boy was walking down the road, and came to a place where the road divided in two, each separate road forking off in a different direction.
A girl was standing at the fork in the road. The boy knew that one road led to Lieville, a town where everyone always lied, and the other led to Trueville, a town where everyone always told the truth. He also knew that the girl came from one of those towns, but he didn't know which one.
Can you think of a question the boy could ask the girl to find out the way to Trueville?

Solution
The question the boy should ask is, "Which way is your town?"
If the girl is from Lieville, she will point to Trueville because she has to lie; if she is from Trueville, she'll point to Trueville because she has to tell the truth. So whatever road the girl points to will be the road to Trueville. 
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Brain Teaser # 92
Outsmarting the Donkey
Amir tied two sacks of salt to the back of his donkey and headed for the market to sell the salt. On the way, Amir and the donkey passed a stream. The donkey jumped in to cool himself. As a result, much of the salt dissolved into the water, ruining the salt for Amir but improving matters for the donkey because his load became much lighter. Amir tried to get to the market on the following days, but the donkey always ruined the salt. Finally, Amir decided to teach the donkey a lesson. He once again set out with the donkey and the two sacks.
What did Amir do differently this time so that after that day the donkey stopped taking a swim?

Solution
Amir loaded the sacks not with salt but with sand. When the donkey jumped in the stream and got the sacks wet, they became much heavier. 
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Brain Teaser # 91
Ladder of a Boat
The rope ladder of a boat hangs over the side of the boat and just reaches the water. Its rungs are 8 inches apart.
How many rungs will be under the water when the tide rises 4 feet?

Solution
When the tide rises 4 feet, the boat and its ladder will also rise. So no rungs will be under the water. 
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Brain Teaser # 90
New Shoes
One day, two mothers and two daughters went shopping for shoes. Their shopping spree was successful — each bought a pair of shoes, and all together, they had three pairs. How is this possible?

Solution
Only three people went shopping: a grandmother, a mother, and a daughter — but remember that the mother was the grandmother's daughter! 
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Brain Teaser # 89
Name the Dog
Once a dog named Nelly lived on a farm. There were three other dogs on the farm. Their names were Blackie, Whitey, and Brownie. What do you think the fourth dog’s name was?

Solution
Nelly. (If there are only four dogs on the farm, the fourth one must be Nelly!) 
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Brain Teaser # 88
Minus Two
How many times can you subtract the number 2 from the number 32?

Solution
Once. After you subtract 2 from 32, you subtract 2 from 30, from 28, and so on and Not from 32. 
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Brain Teaser # 87
Crossing the River
Jake was standing on one side of the river, and his dog Scruffy was standing on the other side. "Come on Scruffy, come, boy!" shouted Jake. Scruffy crossed the river, ran to Jake, and got a treat for being a good dog. The amazing thing was that Scruffy didn't even get wet! How did Scruffy do that?

Solution
There are two possible answers:
1. The river was frozen.
2. There was a bridge over the river, and Scruffy crossed the bridge. 
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Brain Teaser # 86
Coast to Coast
Train A and train B are crossing the country, from coast to coast, over 3,000 miles of railroad track. Train A is going from east to west at 80 miles per hour, and Train B is going from west to east at 90 miles per hour. Which train will be closer to the west coast when they meet? (Hint: You don’t have to do any math to get the answer. Just use your head!)

Solution
When the trains meet, they will be at exactly the same point. Therefore, they will each be the same distance from the west coast. 
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Brain Teaser # 85
There are only two T's in Timothy Tuttle. True or false?

Solution
True. There are only two T's (upper case). There are also three t's (lower case). 
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Brain Teaser # 84
Two students are sitting on opposite sides of the same desk. There is nothing in between them but the desk. Why can't they see each other?

Solution
The two students have their backs to each other. 
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Brain Teaser # 83
How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come back to you, even if it doesn't hit anything, there is nothing attached to it, and no one else catches or throws it?

Solution
Throw the ball straight up in the air. 
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Brain Teaser # 82
A girl who was just learning to drive went down a one-way street in the wrong direction, but didn't break the law. How come?

Solution
She was walking. 
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Brain Teaser # 81
Bottle Neck
Put a coin in a bottle and then stop the opening with a cork. How can you get the coin out of the bottle without pulling out the cork or breaking the bottle?

Solution
Push the cork into the bottle, and shake the coin out. 
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Brain Teaser # 80
The Arm of the Postal Service
One day a man received a parcel in the post. Carefully packed inside was a human arm. He examined it, repacked it and then sent it on to another man. The second man also carefully examined the arm before taking it to the woods and burying it. Why did they do this?

Solution
The three men had been stranded on a desert island. Desperate for food, they had agreed to amputate their left arms in order to eat them. They swore an oath that each would have his left arm cut off. One of them was a doctor and he cut the arms off his two companions. They were then rescued. But his oath was still binding so he later had to have his arm amputated and sent to his colleagues. 
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Brain Teaser # 79
Push that Car
A man pushed his car. He stopped when he reached a hotel at which point he knew he was bankrupt. Why?

Solution
He was playing Monopoly. 
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Brain Teaser # 78
The Coal, Carrot and Scarf
Five pieces of coal, a carrot and a scarf are lying on the lawn. Nobody put them on the lawn but there is a perfectly logical reason why they should be there. What is it?

Solution
They were used by children who made a snowman. The snow has now melted. 
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Brain Teaser # 77
The Deadly Dish
Two men went into a restaurant. They both ordered the same dish from the menu. After they tasted it, one of the men went outside the restaurant and shot himself. Why?

Solution
The dish that the two men ordered was albatross. They had been stranded many years earlier on a desert island. When the man tasted albatross he realized that he had never tasted it before. This meant that the meat he had been given on the island was not albatross as he had been told. He correctly deduced that he had eaten the flesh of his son who had died when they first reached the island. 
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Brain Teaser # 76
Death in a Field
A man is lying dead in a field. Next to him there is an unopened package. There is no other creature in the field. How did he die?

Solution
The man had jumped from a plane but his parachute had failed to open. It is the unopened package. 
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Brain Teaser # 75
The Man who Hanged Himself
There is a large wooden barn which 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. 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. 
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Brain Teaser # 74
The Man in the Bar
A man walks into a bar and asks the barman for a glass of water. The barman pulls out a gun and points it at the man. The man says ‘Thank you’ and walks out.

Solution
The man had hiccups. The barman recognized this from his speech and drew the gun in order to give him a shock. It worked and cured the hiccups – so the man no longer needed the water. 
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Brain Teaser # 73
Which is the most Dangerous Alphabet Of All?

Solution
"W"!!
Because All Worries Start With "W"
WHO?
WHY?
WHAT?
WHEN?
WHICH?
WHOM?
WHERE?
WAR! 
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Brain Teaser # 72
Is this a Tongue Twister ???
Nine Pipe Pour Pour Pipe Pour Pipe Pour Pour Pipe!!

Solution
Someone giving his mobile Number 9544545445 
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Brain Teaser # 71
Try to guess and find something that is missing in the below series

ababaaabbbbaaaabbbb ababaabbaaabbbb.

Solution
LONG TIME NO 'C' 
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Brain Teaser # 70
Okay Start working now with below texture

THINK

Solution
THINK BIG!! 
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Brain Teaser # 69
Not even close!! Try to solve the below mystery

DEATH......LIFE

Solution
LIFE AFTER DEATH 
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Brain Teaser # 68
Now you messing up big time.

ECNALG

Solution
BACKWARD GLANCE 
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Brain Teaser # 67
Simple but yet puzzle

He's X himself

Solution
HE'S BY HIMSELF 
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Brain Teaser # 66
You can prove you are smart by proving this

GROUND
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FEET FEET FEET FEET FEET FEET

Solution
SIX FEET UNDERGROUND 
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Brain Teaser # 65
Common give it a little thought to get answer

KNEE
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LIGHT

Solution
NEON LIGHT 
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Brain Teaser # 64
Not easy to figure it out ! Yes!

0
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M.D
PH.D

Solution
TWO DEGREES BELOW ZERO 
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Brain Teaser # 63
Not having a good day now, are you ? Redeem yourself with an easy one

CYCLE
CYCLE
CYCLE

Solution
TRICYCLE 
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Brain Teaser # 62
Thinking in multiple angles

R
   ROAD
A
D

Solution
CROSSROAD 
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Brain Teaser # 61
Let's try a different one and Decode the below code

R|E|A|D|I|N|G

Solution
READING BETWEEN THE LINES 
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Brain Teaser # 60
Okay, let's see if you've got the hang of it.

STAND
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I

Solution
I UNDERSTAND 
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Brain Teaser # 59
Think like a wizard...

MAN
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BOARD

Solution
MAN OVERBOARD 
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Brain Teaser # 58
A Beggar’s Brother Died, but the man who died had no brother How could this be possible?

Solution
The Beggar Was a Female 
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Brain Teaser # 57
What do you serve that you can’t eat?

Solution
TENNIS BALL ! 
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Brain Teaser # 56
Light as a feather, even the strongest man can’t hold it for much more than 3 minutes?

Solution
BREATH ! 
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Brain Teaser # 55
Ram is in the final of a match at the Olympic Games. At the moment he reaches the finish, all the other contestants are behind his back. He did not play unfair and did also not use doping, but he does not get the gold medal? Why is that? (He was not running on a circular track)

Solution
Ram was in the final of a rowing match. When rowing, you always go backwards. So since all other contestants were behind his back, he became last and therefore did not get a gold medal. 
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Brain Teaser # 54
A table tennis ball fell into a deep hole. The hole was only a bit wider then the ball, so you can not use your hand or any other mechanical instrument. How would you take it out, with no damage?

Solution
All you have to do is pour some water into the pipe so that the ball swims up on the surface. 
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Brain Teaser # 53
A butcher is 5′10″ tall and has a muscular body. What does he weigh?

Solution
MEAT 
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Brain Teaser # 52
You must cut a birthday cake into exactly eight pieces, but you’re only allowed to make three straight cuts, and you can’t move pieces of the cake as you cut. How can you do it?

Solution
Use the first two cuts to cut an ‘X’ in the top of the cake. Now you have four pieces. Make the third cut horizontal, which will divide the four pieces into eight! 
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Brain Teaser # 51
If a doctor gives you three pills, telling you to take one every half hour, how many minutes will the pills last?

Solution
60 minutes. You take first pills now, 2nd pills after 30 minutes. And 3rd pill after another 30 minutes. Total time elapsed is 1 Hour. 
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Brain Teaser # 50
What would you estimate to be the result if you multiply the number of hairs of all the people on the earth?(Assume there are 5 billion people in the world, and average number of hair / person is 1 million)

Solution
As there are people with no hair. And any number multiplied by 0 will result in 0! 
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Brain Teaser # 49
A man holidaying abroad fell off a boat into deep water. He could not swim and he was not wearing anything to keep him afloat. It took 40 minutes for the people on the boat to realize someone was missing. The missing man was rescued 1 and 1/2 hour later. Why didn’t he drown?

Solution
He fell into the Dead Sea, which lies between Israel and Jordan. The water is so salty and dense that anyone in it floats very easily. 
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Brain Teaser # 48
A horse is tied to a 15 ft. rope and there is a bail of hay 25 ft. away from him. Yet the horse is able to eat from the bail of hay. How is this possible. (The bail of hay was not moved by any external force)?

Solution
The rope isn’t tied to anything, so the horse can go freely to anywhere it pleases. 
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Brain Teaser # 47
Three of the glasses are filled with Orange juice and other three are empty. Three filled glasses are placed side by side and three empty glasses are placed side by side all in a single line.
like : Full|Full|Full|Empty|Empty|Empty
By moving only one glass can you arrange them so the full glasses and empty classes are alternate?

Solution
Take the second glass from the left and put it contents into the second glass from the right. And then put it to it’s original position! 
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Brain Teaser # 46
A man buys Wheat at $1 a KG. from American growers and sells them at $0.05 a KG. in Africa. As a result of this he becomes a millionaire. How come?

Solution
The man is a philanthropist who bought great quantities of Wheat to sell to poor people at prices they could afford. He started out as a BILLIONAIRE, but lost so much money in his good works that he became a MILLIONAIRE! 
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Brain Teaser # 45
A man buys Wheat at $1 a KG. from American growers and sells them at $0.05 a KG. in Africa. As a result of this he becomes a millionaire. How come?

Solution
The man is a philanthropist who bought great quantities of Wheat to sell to poor people at prices they could afford. He started out as a BILLIONAIRE, but lost so much money in his good works that he became a MILLIONAIRE! 
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Brain Teaser # 44
Bay of Bengal is in which state?

Solution
LIQUID STATE. 
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Brain Teaser # 43
Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones?

Solution
Length of the diagonal of a square is always greater than the length of it’s side. So if it’s mistakenly placed across the diagonal dropped or fall down a manhole but round covers cannot be dropped or fall down a manhole. 
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Brain Teaser # 42
A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year. But they were not twins. How could this be so?

Solution
2 Possible Soutions are
(i). They were two of a set of triplets (or quadruplets, etc.).
(ii). They were adopted. It’s a coincidence they were born on the same exact day 
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Brain Teaser # 41
You want to send a valuable object to a friend securely. You have a box which can be fitted with multiple locks, and you have several locks and their corresponding keys. However, your friend does not have any keys to your locks, and if you send a key in an unlocked box, the key could be copied en route. How can you send the object securely?

Solution
Put the valuable object into the box, secure it with one of your locks, and send the box to your friend. Your friend should then attach one of his own locks and return it. When you receive it again, remove your lock and send it back. Now your friend can unlock his own lock and retrieve the object. 
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Brain Teaser # 40
Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid a house to arrest a suspected murderer. They don’t know what he looks like but they know his name is Daud and that he is inside the house. The police bust in and saw a doctor, a lawyer, a pilot and a fireman all playing poker. Without hesitation or communication of any kind, they immediately arrest the fireman. How do they know they’ve got their man? (Policemen got no hints from their dresses or accessories)

Solution
The fireman is the only man in the room. The rest of the poker players are women. 
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Brain Teaser # 39
You can take away the whole and still have some left. You can take away some and still have the whole left. What is it?

Solution
WHOLESOME. 
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Brain Teaser # 38
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday? (or day names in any other language)

Solution
Yesterday , Today , Tomorrow. 
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Brain Teaser # 37
You’ve been sentenced to death in an obscure foreign country which has a strange law. Before the sentence is carried out, two papers — one with “ALIVE” written on it and one with “DEAD” written on it — are folded up and placed in a hat. You are permitted to pick out one of the papers (without looking), and if you choose the one with “ALIVE” written on it, you are exonerated. Otherwise, the death sentence is carried out. On this occasion, One of your enemies, has substituted the paper in Hat with name “ALIVE” written on it with another one with “DEAD” written on it. This person gleefully informs you of what he has done and that you are doomed to die. You are not permitted to speak to anyone about this misdeed, nor will you have a chance to switch the papers or the hat yourself in time. How will you avoid certain death?

Solution
After you draw one of the papers, swallow it. The jailer will be forced to check the remaining paper to determine what the one you drew said. The jailer will of course see a paper with “DEAD” written on it, assume you drew the one with “ALIVE” written on it, and set you free. 
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Brain Teaser # 36
How man degrees are there between clock hands at 3.15 pm?

Solution
Not zero degrees as you might at first think. The minute hand will be at 15 minutes (90 degrees clockwise from vertical) but the hour hand will have progressed to one quarter of the distance between 3 pm and 4 pm. Each hour represents 30 degrees (360 / 12), so one quarter of an hour equals 7.5 degrees, so the minute hand will be at 97.5 degrees: a 7.5 degree difference between the hands. 
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Brain Teaser # 35
If Costa Rica goes with Thailand, Cuba goes with Puerto Rico, and the Netherlands go with Yugoslavia, what country would the Ivory Coast go with?

Solution
IRELAND.
If you look at the flags of these countries, the countries that go with each other have the same design and the same colors, however the colors are swapped around. All of these flags contain white, the white stays as it is. 
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Brain Teaser # 34
Four switches can be turned on or off. One of them (you don’t know which) is the right switch for the bulb next room, which is initially off. The other three switches do nothing. From the room with the switches in it, you can’t see whether the light in the next room is turned on or off. You may flip the switches as often and as many times as you like, but once you enter the next room to check on the light, you must be able to say which switch controls the light without flipping the switches any further. (And you can’t open the door without entering, either!) How can you determine which switch controls the light?

Solution
Turn on switches 3 and 4 and wait fifteen minutes or so. Then turn switch 3 off, turn switch 2 on, and enter the room.
If the bulb is dark and cool, switch 1 controls it.
If the bulb is bright and cool, switch 2 controls it.
If the bulb is dark and warm, switch 3 controls it.
If the bulb is bright and warm, switch 4 controls it. 
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Brain Teaser # 33
You can imagine an arrow in flight, toward a target. For the arrow to reach the target, the arrow must first travel half of the overall distance from the starting point to the target. Next, the arrow must travel half of the remaining distance.

For example, if the starting distance was 10m, the arrow first travels 5m, then 2.5m.
If you extend this concept further, you can imagine the remaining distances getting smaller and smaller but Would never become 0. But in reality the arrow does reach the target?

Solution
YES, This is true because the sum of an infinite series can be a finite number. Let the initial distance be 1 . so remaining distances will be 1/2 , 1/4 , 1/8 …

Now, 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + …
=1/2 / ( 1- 1/2)
= 1
and the arrow hits the target. 
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Brain Teaser # 32
Ram’s mother has 3 children, one is named April, one is named May. What is the third one named?

Solution
Ram 
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Brain Teaser # 31
This is an unusual paragraph. I’m curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out.

Solution
The letter “E” which is the most common letter in the English language, does not appear atleast once in the above paragraph 
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Brain Teaser # 30
If a plane crashes on the India/Pakistan border, where do you bury the survivors? [You can't use no man's land]

Solution
You don’t bury survivors! 
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Brain Teaser # 29
Ram, a party magician, is carrying three gold balls each weighing one kilogram. On the way to a session he comes to a bridge which has a sign posted saying the bridge could hold only a maximum of 80 kilograms. Steve weighs 78 kilograms and the three gold balls weigh total three kilograms. He reads the sign and still safely crossed the bridge with all three gold balls. How did he manage this?

Solution
Ram is a juggler. When he came to the bridge he juggled the gold, always keeping one piece in the air. 
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Brain Teaser # 28
A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

Solution
Third one. As the lions haven’t eaten for past 3 years are dead now. 
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Brain Teaser # 27
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?

Solution
GAS 
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Brain Teaser # 26
The band of stars across the night sky is called the “…… Way”

Solution
MILKY Way 
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Brain Teaser # 25
A woman lives on the tenth floor of a block of flats. Every morning she takes the lift down to the ground floor and goes to work. In the evening, she gets into the lift, and, if there is someone else in the lift she goes back to her floor directly. Otherwise, she goes to the eighth floor and walks up two flights of stairs to her flat. How do you explain this?

Solution
The woman is of smaller height and couldn’t reach the upper lift buttons 
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Brain Teaser # 24
If you drove a coach leaving Esplanade with 35 passengers, dropped off 6 and picked up 2 at Central, picked up 9 more at M.G.Road, dropped off 3 at Maniktala,and then drove on to arrive in Kankurgachi 1 hr 40 minutes later, what is the name of the driver ?

Solution
YOU are the driver! 
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Brain Teaser # 23
To the nearest cubic centimeter, how much soil is there in a 5m x 3m x 2m hole?

Solution
None – it’s a hole! 
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Brain Teaser # 22
Why it is illicit to bury a man in Bihar, if he is living in kolkata.

Solution
Because he is still alive. 
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Brain Teaser # 21
A peasant is convicted and gets the death penalty. The judge allows him to say a last sentence in order to determine the way the penalty will be carried out. If what the peasant says is false, he will be hanged, if he speaks the truth he will be beheaded. The peasant speaks a last sentence and to everybody surprises some minutes later he is set free because the judge cannot determine his penalty.

What did the peasant said?

Solution
The peasant said: “I shall be hanged!”
If what the peasant said was false, he would be hanged. But that’s what the peasant was saying. So he speaks the truth. But if he speaks the truth, he would be beheaded, so then he was not speaking the truth. So it is impossible for the judge to determine whether the peasant speaks the truth or not. So therefore the judge cannot determine the penalty and sets the peasant free.
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Brain Teaser # 20
A Black man is wearing Black shoes, socks, trousers, coat, gloves and ski mask. He is walking down a back street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its light off but somehow manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?

Solution
It was day time 
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Brain Teaser # 19
The 1st and 4th CEO of a MNC had the same mother and father, but were not brothers. How can this be possible?

Solution
The 1st and 4th CEO is the same person 
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Brain Teaser # 18
Which side of a cat contains the most hair?

Solution
The outside 
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Brain Teaser # 17
A graduate applying for pilot training with a major airline was asked what would be his reaction, if after a long-haul flight to Sydney, he saw the captain wearing a Saree and applying lipstick and mascara?

Solution
His reaction should be indifferent. The captain was a woman. Many airlines are now hot on equal opportunities and a candidate who has difficulty envisaging that an airline captain might be female will not go very far 
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Brain Teaser # 16
If you were alone in a deserted house at night, and there was an oil lantern, a candle, a lamp and a matchbox with only one match stick, which would you, light first?

Solution
The match stick! 
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Brain Teaser # 15
Two fathers took their sons fishing. Each man and son caught one fish, but when they returned to camp there were only 3 fish. How could this be? (None of the fish were eaten, lost, or thrown back.)

Solution
There were only three people. The son, his father, and his grandfather. 
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Brain Teaser # 14
A man built a rectangular house, each side having a southern view. He spotted a bear. What color was the bear?

Solution
White, because it’s a polar bear. Only at the North Pole can all four walls be facing south. 
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Brain Teaser # 13
How many animals of each species did Moses take into the Ark?

Solution
None. NOAH built the Ark. 
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Brain Teaser # 12
What can you hold in your right hand, but not in your left?

Solution
our left hand, forearm or elbow. 
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Brain Teaser # 11
A police officer saw a truck driver clearly going the wrong way down a one-way street, but did not try to stop him. Why not?

Solution
It’s said no where that he was driving a truck. The truck driver was walking. 
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Brain Teaser # 10
A man rode into town on Monday. He stayed for three nights and then left on Monday. How come?

Solution
His Horse name is MONDAY. 
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Brain Teaser # 9
A man is alone on an island with no food and no water, yet he does not fear for his life. Explain.

Solution
He is a policeman on a traffic island. 
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Brain Teaser # 8
A man drives down the motorway at 70 miles per hour. He passes three cars going 80 miles per hour, then gets pulled over by a police officer and is given a ticket. Explain?

Solution
He is driving the wrong way down the motorway. 
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Brain Teaser # 7
A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

Solution
The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.  
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Brain Teaser # 6
A man went to a party and drank some beer. He was not feeling well so left early, leaving some beer in the mug. Everyone else at the party who drank that beer subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die? (1st man's resistance power is same as all other men , and effect of the poison was same to every one)

Solution
The poison in the punch came from the ice cubes. When the man drank the punch, the ice was fully frozen. Gradually it melted, poisoning the punch. 
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Brain Teaser # 5
There are six eggs in the basket. Six people each take one of the eggs. How can it be that one egg is left in the basket?

Solution
The last person took the basket with the last egg still inside. 
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Brain Teaser # 4
A man and his son are in a car crash. The father is killed and the child is taken to hospital gravely injured. When he gets there, the surgeon says, 'I can't operate on this boy as he is my son!!!' How can this possibly be?

Solution
The surgeon is his mother. 
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Brain Teaser # 3
How could a baby fall out of a twenty-story building onto the ground and live?

Solution
The baby fell out of a ground floor window. 
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Brain Teaser # 2
Man is replacing a wheel on his car, when he accidentally drops the four nuts used to hold the wheel on the car, and they fall into a deep drain, irretrievably lost. A passing girl offers him a solution which enables him to drive home. What is it?

Solution
Use one nut each from other three wheels!! 
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Brain Teaser # 1
A truck is stuck at a road under a bridge. It's just a couple of inches too high to pass under. Any other route, avoiding the bridge would add a couple of hours to the journey. A young boy comes along and again saves the day. How?

Solution
Let make some air out of the tires. 
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