brain Teasers and Lateral Thinking Puzzles SNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING SKILL/CAREER DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT brain Teasers and Lateral Thinking Puzzles 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

1 What starts with an ‘E’ and ends with an ‘E’ but usually only contains one letter? 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

2 Which word if pronounced right, is wrong, and if pronounced wrong is right? 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

What belongs to you but other people use it more than you? 3 What belongs to you but other people use it more than you? 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

4 What happens in the middle of month, in all of the seasons except summer and happens only in the night, never in the day? 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

5 ‘This is an unusual paragraph. I am curious how quickly you will find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. If you work at it a bit, you might find out!’ 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

In which sport do winners move backwards and losers move forwards? 6 In which sport do winners move backwards and losers move forwards? 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

7 Can you name three consecutive days without using the words, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday? 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

Why are 2013 pound coins worth more than 2012 pound coins? 8 Why are 2013 pound coins worth more than 2012 pound coins? 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

What can go up a chimney down but not can’t go down a chimney up? 9 What can go up a chimney down but not can’t go down a chimney up? 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

What has roads but no cars, rivers but no water, hills but no trees? 10 What has roads but no cars, rivers but no water, hills but no trees? 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

Questions + Answers 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

1 What starts with an ‘E’ and ends with an ‘E’ but usually only contains one letter? *An Envelope* 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

2 Which word if pronounced right, is wrong, and if pronounced wrong is right? *Wrong* 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

What belongs to you but other people use it more than you? 3 What belongs to you but other people use it more than you? *Your name* 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

4 What happens in the middle of month, in all of the seasons except summer and happens only in the night, never in the day? *The letter ‘n’* 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

*Contains no letter ‘E’* 5 ‘This is an unusual paragraph. I am curious how quickly you will find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. If you work at it a bit, you might find out!’ *Contains no letter ‘E’* 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

In which sport do winners move backwards and losers move forwards? 6 In which sport do winners move backwards and losers move forwards? *Tug of war* 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

*Yesterday, today, tomorrow* 7 Can you name three consecutive days without using the words, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday? *Yesterday, today, tomorrow* 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

Why are 2013 pound coins worth more than 2012 pound coins? 8 Why are 2013 pound coins worth more than 2012 pound coins? *Because there are more of them* 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

What can go up a chimney down but not can’t go down a chimney up? 9 What can go up a chimney down but not can’t go down a chimney up? *An umbrella* 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES

What has roads but no cars, rivers but no water, hills but no trees? 10 What has roads but no cars, rivers but no water, hills but no trees? *A map* 15/09/2018 SNSCE/SCD/UNIT - 1/ PUZZLES