1. brain Teasers and Lateral Thinking Puzzles
SNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING SKILL/CAREER DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
brain Teasers and Lateral Thinking Puzzles
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2. 1
What starts with an ‘E’ and ends with an ‘E’ but usually only contains one letter?
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3. 2
Which word if pronounced right, is wrong, and if pronounced wrong is right?
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4. 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?
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5. 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?
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6. 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!’
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7. In which sport do winners move backwards and losers move forwards?6
In which sport do winners move backwards and losers move forwards?
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8. 7
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday?
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9. Why are 2013 pound coins worth more than 2012 pound coins?8
Why are 2013 pound coins worth more than 2012 pound coins?
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10. 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?
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11. 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?
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12. Questions + Answers
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13. 1
What starts with an ‘E’ and ends with an ‘E’ but usually only contains one letter?
*An Envelope*
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14. 2
Which word if pronounced right, is wrong, and if pronounced wrong is right?
*Wrong*
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15. 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*
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16. 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’*
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17. *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’*
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18. 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*
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19. *Yesterday, today, tomorrow*7
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday?
*Yesterday, today, tomorrow*
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20. 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*
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21. 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*
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22. 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*
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