Word Games - Lateral Thinking
These puzzles involve some novel way of thinking
or looking at the problem from an unexpected viewpoint. The term
'lateral thinking' was coined by Edward de Bono to denote a
problem-solving style that involves looking at the given
situation from unexpected angles. It is the sort of thinking
that computers cannot not do: creative and perceptual thinking.
These puzzles can be more easily solved by applying new
approaches and checking assumptions.
Example: Why do Chinese men eat more rice than Japanese men?
Solution: There are more Chinese men than Japanese men.
6. How far can a dog run into the woods?
Solution
7. Trouble with Sons
Two girls are born to the same mother, on the same day, at the
same time, in the same year and yet they're not twins. How can
this be?
Solution
8. If you put a small coin into a an empty wine
bottle and replace the cork, how would you get the coin out of
the bottle without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle?
Solution
More lateral thinking puzzles
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