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Lateral Thinking Puzzles #1 - Thinking Age Brain Teaser
Difficulty Level Popularity Quotient

Two friends , Torres and Lampard, meet after a long time.
Torres: Hey, how are you man?

Lampard: Not bad, got married and I have three kids now.
Torres: That's awesome. How old are they?
Lampard: The product of their ages is 72 and the sum of their ages is the same as your
birth date.
Torres: Cool..But I still don't know.
Lampard: My eldest kid just started taking piano lessons.
Torres: Oh now I get it.
How old are Lampard's kids?

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Answer & Explanation
Solution:
3,3,8
Lets break it down. The product of their ages is 72. So what are the possible choices?
2, 2, 18 sum(2, 2, 18) = 22
2, 4, 9 sum(2, 4, 9) = 15
2, 6, 6 sum(2, 6, 6) = 14
2, 3, 12 sum(2, 3, 12) = 17
3, 4, 6 sum(3, 4, 6) = 13
3, 3, 8 sum(3, 3, 8 ) = 14
1, 8, 9 sum(1,8,9) = 18
1, 3, 24 sum(1, 3, 24) = 28
1, 4, 18 sum(1, 4, 18) = 23
1, 2, 36 sum(1, 2, 36) = 39
1, 6, 12 sum(1, 6, 12) = 19
The sum of their ages is the same as your birth date. That could be anything from 1 to 31 but the fact
that Torres was unable to find out the ages, it means there are two or more combinations with the
same sum. From the choices above, only two of them are possible now.
2, 6, 6 sum(2, 6, 6) = 14
3, 3, 8 sum(3, 3, 8 ) = 14
Since the eldest kid is taking piano lessons, we can eliminate combination 1 since there are two eldest
ones. The answer is 3, 3 and 8.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #2 - Most Popular Logical Puzzle

Outside a room there are three light switches. One of switch is connected to a light bulb
inside the room.
Each of the three switches can be either 'ON' or 'OFF'.
You are allowed to set each switch the way you want it and then enter the room(note: you
can enter the room only once)
Your task is to then determine which switch controls the bulb ??

Solution:
Set the first switches on for abt 10min, and then switch on the second switch and then enter the
room.
Three cases are possible
1.Bulb is on => second switch is the ans
2.Bulb is off and on touching bulb , you will find bulb to be warm
=>1st switch is the ans.
3.Bulb is off and on touching second bulb , you will find bulb to be normal(not warm)
=>3rd bulb is the ans.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #3 - Logical Maths Gold Bar Brain Teaser

A worker is to perform work for you for seven straight days. In return for his work, you will
pay him 1/7th of a bar of gold per day. The worker requires a daily payment of 1/7th of the
bar of gold. What and where are the fewest number of cuts to the bar of gold that will allow
you to pay him 1/7th each day?
Solution:
Just 2
Day One: You make your first cut at the 1/7th mark and give that to the worker.
Day Two: You cut 2/7ths and pay that to the worker and receive the original 1/7th in change.
Day three: You give the worker the 1/7th you received as change on the previous day.
Day four: You give the worker 4/7ths and he returns his 1/7th cut and his 2/7th cut as change.
Day Five: You give the worker back the 1/7th cut of gold.
Day Six: You give the worker the 2/7th cut and receive the 1/7th cut back in change.
Day Seven: You pay the worker his final 1/7th.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #4 - Famous Elevator Riddle

Tanu lives on the 13th floor takes the elevator down to the ground floor every morning and
goes to her office.
In the evening, when she comes back on a rainy day , or if there are other people around in
the elevator, she goes to her 13th floor directly. Otherwise, she goes to the 1oth floor and
walks up three flights of stairs to his apartment.
Whats the reason for her unusual behavior ?

Solution:
The women is a of short stature. She can't reach the upper elevator buttons, but can push is with his
umbrella.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #5 - Crossing Bridge Brain Teaser

Four friends need to cross a dangerous bridge at night. Unfortunately, they have only one
torch and the bridge is too dangerous to cross without one. The bridge is only strong
enough to support two people at a time. Not all people take the same time to cross the
bridge. Times for each person: 1 min, 2 mins, 7 mins and 10 mins. What is the shortest
time needed for all four of them to cross the bridge?
Solution:
17 mins
The initial solution most people will think of is to use the fastest person as an usher to guide everyone
across. How long would that take? 10 + 1 + 7 + 1 + 2 = 21 mins. Is that it? No. That would make this
question too simple even as a warm up question.
Let’s brainstorm a little further. To reduce the amount of time, we should find a way for 10 and 7 to
go together. If they cross together, then we need one of them to come back to get the others. That
would not be ideal. How do we get around that? Maybe we can have 1 waiting on the other side to
bring the torch back. Ahaa, we are getting closer. The fastest way to get 1 across and be back is to
use 2 to usher 1 across. So let’s put all this together.
1 and 2 go cross
2 comes back
7 and 10 go across
1 comes back
1 and 2 go across (done)
Total time = 2 + 2 + 10 + 1 + 2 = 17 mins
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #6 - Fake Coin Brain Teaser

In front of you, there are 9 coins. They all look absolutely identical, but one of the coins is
fake. However, you know that the fake coin is lighter than the rest, and in front of you is a
balance scale. What is the least number of weightings you can use to find the counterfeit
coin?
Solution:
The answer is 2. First, divide the coins into 3 equal piles. Place a pile on each side of the scale, leaving
the remaining pile of 3 coins off the scale. If the scale does not tip, you know that the 6 coins on the
scale are legitimate, and the counterfeit is in the pile in front of you. If the scale does tip, you know
the counterfeit is in the pile on the side of the scale that raised up. Either way, put the 6 legitimate
coins aside. Having only 3 coins left, put a coin on each side of the scale, leaving the third in front of
you. The same process of elimination will find the counterfeit coin.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #7 - Logical Bank Brain Teaser

A bank customer had Rs.100 in his account. He then made 6 withdrawals, totaling Rs.. He
kept a record of these withdrawals, and the balance remaining in the account, as follows:
Withdrawals Balance left

Rs.50 Rs.50
Rs.25 Rs.25
Rs.10 Rs.15
Rs.8 Rs.7
Rs.5 Rs.2
Rs.2 Rs.0
Rs.100 Rs.99
Why are the Totals not exactly right ?

Solution:
There is no reason whatever why the customer's original deposit of Rs.100 should equal the total of
the balances left after each withdrawal.
The total of withdrawals in the left-hand colum may equal Rs.100, but is is purely coincidence that the
total of the right-hand column is close to Rs.100.
Let us show another example, but starting with Rs.200 in the bank:
Withdrawals Balance left
Rs.50 Rs.150
Rs.25 Rs.125
Rs.10 Rs.115
Rs.8 Rs.107
Rs.5 Rs.102
Rs.2 Rs.100
Rs.100 Rs.699
Moral of this story? Don't Total Balances
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #8 - Doors Statement Problem

Using his powers he determine that spirit is in one of the four doors
The inscriptions on each door read as follows:
Door 1 : It's behind 2 or 3

Door 2 : It's behind 1 or 4
Door 3 : It's in here
Door 4 : It's not in here
using your power you came to know only on of the inscriptions is correct.
Behind which door will you find the spirit?
Solution:
The spirit lies behind Door 4.
If the spirit is behind Door 1, then both 2 and 3 are true.
If the spirit is behind Door 2, then both 1 and 4 are true.
If the spirit is behind Door 3, then 1, 3, and 4 are all true.
If the spirit is behind Door 4, then the statements on all the doors are false, except for that on Door 2.
This matches the rules, and therefore, the resort hotel spirit lurks behind Door 4.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #9 - Cute Logic Brain Teaser

Rose, Lily and Jasmine decided to buy flowers for their moms on Mother's Day. One of them
bought lilies, the other roses, and the third one jasmines.
'It's funny!' said the girl with roses, 'we bought roses, jasmines and lilies, but none of us
bought the flowers matching her name'.
'You're right!', said Lily.
What kind of flowers did each of the girls buy?
Solution:
Rose bought lilies, Lily bought jasmines and Jasmine - roses. By the condition, the girl, who bought
the roses isn't Rose. She's not Lily either, because Lily answered to that girl. So, the roses were
bought by Jasmine, and thus lilies were bought by Rose and jasmines by Lily.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #10 - Popular Probability Brain Teaser

Kangwa, Rafael and Ferdinand plans for gun fighting.
They each get a gun and take turns shooting at each other until only one person is left.
History suggest
Kangwa hits his shot 1/3 of the time, gets to shoot first.
Rafael, hits his shot 2/3 of the time, gets to shoot next if still living.
Ferdinand having perfect record at shooting(100% accuracy) shoots last , if alive.
The cycle repeats. If you are Kangwa, where should you shoot first for the highest chance of
survival?
Solution:
He should shoot at the ground.
If Kangwa shoots the ground, it is Rafael's turn. Rafael would rather shoot at Ferdinand than Kangwa,
because he is better.
If Rafael kills Ferdinand, it is just Kangwa and Rafael left, giving Kangwa a fair chance of winning.
If Rafael does not kill Ferdinand, it is Ferdinand's turn. He would rather shoot at Rafael and will
definitely kill him. Even though it is now Kangwa against Ferdinand, Kangwa has a better chance of
winning than before.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #11 - Three Errors In Sentence Problem

Can you find three errors in that puzzle?
Solution:
The three errors are as follows:
a) fynd is spelled wrong. The correct spelling is 'find'.
b) that is not appropriate to use here. It should be 'this'.
c) There are only two errors in the question and that is the third error because the questions asks us
to find three.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #12 - Extremely Hard Civil Services Problem

( ) + ( ) + ( ) + ( ) + ( ) = 30
This is what you have for equation. The following are the numbers that you can use to fill in
the brackets:
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15
You can repeat the numbers if required. The resulting sum should be 30.
This question appeared in the UPSC final examination in December 2013. Out of all the
people who appeared, only one guy was able to solve this namely Gaurav Agarwal.
Can you solve it?

Solution:
There is no mention if you can use sign or not and thus the only possible way to get this is as follows:
(15 - 9) + (13 - 7) + (7 - 1) + (9 - 1) + (13 - 9)
If you solve inside the brackets, you will get the following equation
6+6+6+8+4
Adding all these numbers, you will get 30 which is the required sum.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #13 - Find Out Who Survives Riddle

100 people are standing in a circle. The person standing at number 1 is having a sword. He
kills the person next to him with the sword and then gives the sword to the third person.
This process is carried out till there is just one person left.
Can you find out who survives?

Solution:
The person on 73rd number will survive.
Explanation:
Till the number is the power of 2, the last person to survive will be the one who started it. But since
the number here is not the power of 2, we will take the greatest power of 2 that is less than the
number which is 64.
100 - 64 = 36
36 people are killed as 2, 4, 6, ..., 72. Thus the sword will now be given to the 73rd person. Now he is
the first person to start in the remaining 64 people. Thus he will be the one to survive.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #14 - Homicide Detective Puzzle

A homicide detective is called at a crime scene. A man is lying dead in front of the building
and seeking the position of the windows on the building and the position in which the body
is lying, it is evident that the man jumped out from one of them and committed suicide.
The detective asks his team to collect the traces if they can find any on the body and heads
towards the building. He goes to the first floor and towards the room that is on the front
side. Inside the room, he lights a cigarette, walks towards the window facing the dead body,
opens the window and throws out the cigarette. He then goes to the second floor and
repeats the same process.
He keeps doing the same thing till he is done with all the floors and then takes the lift to the
ground floor. Upon reaching there, he informs the team that it is not a suicide but a murder.
While the whole team is shocked to hear the revelation, he lights another cigarette and
takes a hard puff.
How do you think he found out that it was a not a suicide?

Solution:
Upon reaching each room, he found out that the window facing the dead body was closed. He had to
open the window himself. This tells that there was somebody else with him who closed the window. If
he would have committed suicide, at least one window would have been open.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #15 - Lateral thinking picture puzzle

In the given picture, you can find a few numbers. Now you have to fill each square of the
grid in a manner that every row and every column contains the digits 1 to 6. Another thing
to keep in mind is that the connected squares must have the same number in them.
Do you accept the challenging task?

Solution:
The attached picture gives away the solution. If you can find another solution, do send us yours.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #16 - Popular Tricky Picture Death Riddle

AS you can see the picture, all you have to do is analyze it and tell who all from the pictured
people will die if the person at E pushes the round object to the slide on the slope. Keep in
mind all the physics and the terrain while you analyze the things.
Solution:
If you notice the animated gif, you know that D, C and B are going to die. D dies directly after coming
in contact with the object, C dies after being thrust by the spikes of the see-saw and B dies with the
blue ball.
But consider the situation that the person at E stands for Ebola. Eventually A dies as well.
We thank 9gags for this awesome gif.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #17 - Matchsticks Picture Brain Teaser

In the figure given below, you can see that there are five squares. Supposedly if this figure
is formed using different matchsticks (refer the slight gap between matchsticks), can you
remove just two matchsticks so that only two squares remain ?

Solution:
The matchsticks that are marked with red are to be removed and the final figure will have just two
squares. You can remove either pair from the possible four ways.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #18 - Classic Barber Brain Teaser

There are two barber shop in a small town – one located in the eastern market and the
other on the northern market. The shop in the eastern market is quite untidy and the barber
has a shabby haircut. While the shop in the northern market is quite neat and clean and the
barber is sporting an excellent haircut himself.
Which of the two shops will any foreign visitor opt for?
Solution:
Anybody will prefer the shop in the eastern market for sure. There are two reasons for it:
Firstly, since there are only two barbers in the town, the one running the shop in eastern market must
have gotten his hair done by the one running the shop in the northern market and vice versa. Thus, if
the barber in the eastern market has a shabby haircut, it must be due to the incompatibility.
Secondly, the neat and clean shop can be due to the scarcity of customers as well. While the untidy
place refers to the fact that so many customers get their hair done in that shop.
Thus any one will opt for the barber shop in the eastern market.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #19 - Impossible Brain Teaser

In a recreational activity, you are given four different jars of 2 liters, 4 liters, 6 liters and 8
liters respectively with an unlimited water supply. Then you are asked to measure exactly 5
liters of water using them.
How will you do it?

Solution:
If we have to measure precisely, it is impossible. Because we are asked to measure odd number of
liters whereas all the jars we have can contain only even liters of water.
* Tricky question asked in ias/infosys/infoedge/ibibo interview
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #20 - Tricky Logic Brain Teaser

Alan is an honest person who never speaks a lie. He thinks of a number among 1, 2 and 3.
Now, you can ask him only one question and that too for which the answer that you will
receive will be in the form of yes, no or don't know. But he will reply only truth fully.
What will you ask from his so that you can know the number he is thinking of?
Solution:
You will ask, I have a number in my mind that i.e. either 2 or 3. Is the number that I have in my mind
smaller or equal to the number that you are thinking of?
If Alan replies with no, he is thinking of the number 1.

If Alan replies with yes, he is thinking of the number 3.
If Alan replies with don't know, he is thinking of the number 2.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #21 - Birbal Brain Teaser

Birbal is a witty trader who trade of a mystical fruit grown far in north. He travels from one
place to another with three sacks which can hold 30 fruits each. None of the sack can hold
more than 30 fruits. On his way, he has to pass through thirty check points and at each
check point, he has to give one fruit for each sack to the authorities.
How many mystical fruits remain after he goes through all the thirty check points?
Solution:
25 Fruits
Remember we told you that Birbal is a witty trader. So his sole motive is to get rid of the sacks as fast
as he can.
For the first sack:

He must be able to fill fruits from one sack to other two sacks. Assume that he is able to do that after
M check points. Now to find M,
(Space in first sack) M + (Space in second sack) M = (Remaining fruits in Third Sack) 30 – M
M = 10
Thus after 10 checkpoints, Birbal will be left with only 2 sacks containing 30 fruits each.
Now he must get rid of the second sack.

For that, he must fill the fruits from second sack to the first sack. Assume that he manages to do that
after N checkpoints.
(Space in First Sack) N = (Remaining fruits in second sack) 30 – N

N = 15
Thus after he has crossed 25 checkpoints, he will be left be one sack with 30 fruits in it. He has to
pass five more checkpoints where he will have to give five fruits and he will be left with twenty five
fruits once he has crossed all thirty check points.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #22 - Awesome Logic Brain Teaser

Q1. Find out the first question where the right answer is c)
a) Q3
b) Q4
c) Q1
d) Q2
Q2. Find out the first question where the right answer is a)
a) Q4
b) Q2
c) Q3
d) Q1
Q3. Find out the first question where the right answer is d)
a) Q1
b) Q2
c) Q4
d) Q3
Q4. Find out the first question where the right answer is b)
a) Q2
b) Q4
c) Q3
d) Q1
Solution:
A
D
C
A
B
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #23 - Smart Women Thinking Riddle

One man was moving to and fro in worry when a bright woman noticed him. On asking he
told her that while replacing his tire, he incidentally dropped all the four nuts into a deep
drain. She told him what to do and he was then able to drive back successfully till his office.
What did she say to him?

Solution:
The woman told him to take out one nut each from the rest of the wheels and use them.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #24 - Popular Thinking Puzzle

Once there lived a king who did not allow anybody to leave the kingdom and any foreigners
in his kingdom. There was only one bridge that connected his empire with the outer world.
A guard who was a sharpshooter was specially assigned for a lookout on the bridge.
According to the orders, anyone moving outside should be killed and anyone coming to his
kingdom should be sent back. To take rest, the guard used to sit inside his hut for 5
minutes and return back on the lookout. The bridge took a minimum of 8 minutes to pass.
Even then, a woman was able to escape the kingdom without incurring any kind of harm to
the guard.
How ?
Solution:
The woman started walking across the bridge when the guard was inside the hut. She walked all the
time he was inside (5 minutes) and then turned and moved back towards the kingdom. On
approaching the kingdom he was asked for papers and since she did not have any, she was sent back.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #25 - Detective Murder Or Suicide Puzzle

A homicide team enters a crime scene where a dead body of a fat old man lies there on the
floor with blood oozing out of his head. The victim is holding a gun and a tape recorder lies
there by his side. One of the detective picks up the recorder and plays it "I am tired of this
life and hence I have decided to relieve myself from the worldly pains". A gunshot follows
the message.
The teams starts investigating a murder investigation.
Why?
Solution:
If the man killed himself, he would not have been able to rewind the cassette. Thus it is clear someone
else killed him.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #26 - Tough Two Jug Measuring Puzzle

I got two jugs of
A) 11 liter
B) 6 liter
How can I measure exactly 9 liters ?

Lateral Thinking Puzzles #27 - Hard Chess Puzzle Problem

Your pieces are white.
You need to win in half a move.
How can you do this ?

Solution:
White should move the rook from
A1 to D1 and hence complete the castling move.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #28 - Famous Probability Puzzle

This is a famous probability puzzle in which you have to choose the correct answer at
random from the four options below.
Can you tell us whats the probability of choosing correct answer in this random manner.
1) 1/4
2) 1/2
3) 1
4) 1/4
Solution:
0%
Explanation:
1) why cant be 1/4 : If the answer is 1/4, then as we know two out of four answer choices is '1/4', the
answer has be 1/2.
This is a contradiction, so the answer cannot be 1/4.
2) why cant be 1/2 : If the answer is 1/2 then because answer:"1/2" is 1 out of 4 answer choices, the
answer must be 1/4. This is also a contradiction. So the answer cannot be 1/2.
3) why cant be 1 : If the answer is 1 then because answer:"1" is 1 out of 4 answer choices, the
answer must be 1/4. Again the same contradiction and therefore answer cannot be 1.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #29 - Box Ball Logic Problem

There are three bags.The first bag has two blue rocks. The second bag has two red rocks.
The third bag has a blue and a red rock. All bags are labeled but all labels are wrong.You
are allowed to open one bag, pick one rock at random, see its color and put it back into the
bag, without seeing the color of the other rock.
How many such operations are necessary to correctly label the bags ?
Solution:
Just One!
example
If u get Blue rock with label as "blue+red" => this is red as all labels are wrong.
In this way u can logically solve this puzzle.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #30 - Crossing The River In Minimum Time Puzzle

Four people need to cross a dark river at night.
* They have only one torch and the river is too risky to cross without the torch.
* If all people cross simultaneously then torch light wont be sufficient.
* Speed of each person of crossing the river is different.cross time for each person is 1 min,
2 minutes, 7 minutes and 10 minutes.
What is the shortest time needed for all four of them to cross the river ?
Solution:
17 min
The initial solution most people will think of is to use the fastest person as an usher to guide everyone
across. How long would that take? 10 + 1 + 7 + 1 + 2 = 21 minutes. Is that it? No. That would make
this question too simple even as a warm up question.
Let's brainstorm a little further. To reduce the amount of time, we should find a way for 10 and 7 to
go together. If they cross together, then we need one of them to come back to get the others. That
would not be ideal. How do we get around that? Maybe we can have 1 waiting on the other side to
bring the torch back. Ahaa, we are getting closer. The fastest way to get 1 across and be back is to
use 2 to usher 1 across. So let's put all this together.
1 and 2 go cross
2 comes back
7 and 10 go across
1 comes back
1 and 2 go across (done)
Total time = 2 + 2 + 10 + 1 + 2 = 17 minutes
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #31 - Unlock The Distance Puzzle

Distances from you to Man united is written below.
CHELSEA and ARSENAL are 700 kms away

SPURS 1800 kms away
WOLVES 200 kms away
Based on the system , How far should it be to MANCITY ?

Solution:
2100 miles.
Each vowel equivalent to 500 and each consonant equivalent to -200
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #32 - Eight Eights Brain Teaser

Using eight eights and addition only, can you make 1000?
Solution:
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #33 - Hard Maths Number Riddle

Create a number using only the digits 4,4,3,3,2,2,1 and 1. So i can only be eight digits. You
have to make sure the ones are separated by one digit, the twos are separated by two
digits the threes are separated with three digits and the fours are separated by four digits
Solution:
41312432
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #34 - Interview Marble Logic Puzzle

You are given a set of scales and 12 marbles. The scales are of the old balance variety. That
is, a small dish hangs from each end of a rod that is balanced in the middle. The device
enables you to conclude either that the contents of the dishes weigh the same or that the
dish that falls lower has heavier contents than the other.
The 12 marbles appear to be identical. In fact, 11 of them are identical, and one is of a
different weight. Your task is to identify the unusual marble and discard it. You are allowed
to use the scales three times if you wish, but no more.
Note that the unusual marble may be heavier or lighter than the others. You are asked to
both identify it and determine whether it is heavy or light.
Solution:
So that the following plan can be followed, let us number the coins from 1 to 12. For the first
weighing let us put on the left pan coins 1,2,3,4 and on the right pan coins 5,6,7,8.
There are two possibilities. Either they balance, or they don't. If they balance, then the different
coin is in the group 9,10,11,12. So for our second one possibility is to weigh 9,10,11 against
1,2,3
(1) They balance, in which case you know 12 is the different coin, and you just weigh it against
any other to determine whether it is heavy or light.
(2) 9,10,11 is heavy. In this case, you know that the different coin is 9, 10, or 11, and that that
coin is heavy. Simply weigh 9 against 10; if they balance, 11 is the heavy coin. If not, the heavier
one is the heavy coin.
(3) 9,10,11 is light. Proceed as in the step above, but the coin you're looking for is the light one.
That was the easy part.

What if the first weighing 1,2,3,4 vs 5,6,7,8 does not balance? Then any one of these coins could
be the different coin. Now, in order to proceed, we must keep track of which side is heavy for
each of the following weighings.
Suppose that 5,6,7,8 is the heavy side. We now weigh 1,5,6 against 2,7,8. If they balance, then
the different coin is either 3 or 4. Weigh 4 against 9, a known good coin. If they balance then the
different coin is 3, otherwise it is 4. The direction of the tilts can tell us whwther the offending
coin is heavier or lighter.
Now, if 1,5,6 vs 2,7,8 does not balance, and 2,7,8 is the heavy side, then either 7 or 8 is a
different, heavy coin, or 1 is a different, light coin.
For the third weighing, weigh 7 against 8. Whichever side is heavy is the different coin. If they
balance, then 1 is the different coin. Should the weighing of 1,5, 6 vs 2,7,8 show 1,5,6 to be the
heavy side, then either 5 or 6 is a different heavy coin or 2 is a light different coin. Weigh 5
against 6. The heavier one is the different coin. If they balance, then 2 is a different light coin.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #35 - Maths Pyramid Brain Teaser

Complete the pyramid my replacing ? with the correct number.
1
11
21
1211
111221
??????
????????
Solution:
312211
13112221
Read Line as one 1 => 1

Read Line 2 as two one => 2 1
Read Line 3 as one two and one one => 1 2 1 1
and so on.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #36 - Survive The Fire Brain Teaser

Isaac Newton is stranded on an island covered in forest.
One day, when the wind is blowing from the west, lightning strikes the west end of the
island and sets fire to the forest. The fire is very violent, burning everything in its path, and
without intervention the fire will burn the whole island, killing the man in the process.
There are cliffs around the island, so he cannot jump off.
How can the Isaac Newton survive the fire? (There are no buckets or any other means to
put out the fire)
Solution:
Isaac Newton picks up a piece of wood and lights it from the fire on the west end of the island.
He then quickly carries it near the east end of he island and starts a new fire. The wind will cause
that fire to burn out the eastern end and he can then shelter in the burnt area.
(Funny Part : Isaac Newton survives the fire, but dies of starvation, with all the food in the forest
burnt )
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #37 - Hard Ten Boxes Interview Puzzle

You have ten boxes and an electronic weighing machine. In those ten boxes, you have
chocolates. Each chocolate weigh 20 grams. But in one box the chocolates are defective and
each weigh 19 grams exactly.
Now you can weigh in the electronic weighing machine but you can use that machine just
once. How will you find out which box has the defected chocolates.
Solution:
If you are thinking to hold one chocolate from each box in hand and then balancing weight in
bare hands, you are thinking all wrong.
Let us begin by labelling boxes as 1, 2, 3 and so on till 10.
Now pick one chocolate from box 1, two chocolates from box 2, three from box 3 and so on. In
total, you will have 55 chocolates now. (1 + 2 + 3 + ..... + 10)
The ideal weight of the chocolates should be 55 * 20 = 1100. However, somewhere in there are
the defected chocolate/s.
You can judge that clearly by noting down the result of 1100 - total weight of chocolates. If the
weight is less than 1 gram, the defected box is box 1, if the weight is less than 2 grams, the
defected box is box 2 and so on.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #38 - Out Of Box Thinking Puzzle

n a hotel, a man was sleeping when he heard a knock on the door. He shifted the blanket
and stepped down from the bed. He waked to the door and opened it to find a stranger
standing outside.
Upon opening the gate, that stranger said, "Pardon me, I must have made a mistake. I
thought this was my room."
The stranger then walked the corridor and climbed down the stairs. The man closed the
door and immediately called the security. He asked them to arrest that stranger
immediately.
Why did he asked them to arrest that stranger? What made him suspicious?
Solution:
The stranger said that he thought the room was his. If so, he must have had the keys to the room
and thus he must not have knocked.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #39 - Lateral Thinking Problem

Suppose there is a Christmas tree and four angels are sitting on it amidst the other
ornaments. Two of them have black halos and two of them have white halos. No body
among them can see above their head. Angel A is sitting on the top branch and can see
angels B and C sitting below him. B can see C who is sitting in a branch lower than his.
Angel D is at the base of the tree and can't be seen due to the branches in between. Also,
he can't see anybody as well.
If they are asked to guess the color of their own halo (they dont know that), who do you
think will be able to deduce and speak up first with a right answer?
Solution:
Now there can be two solutions to the given situation because there can be two situations:
Suppose if B and C have same colors, A will know that his color is the other one and he will be
able to speak up the first.
Now if B and C do not have same colors, A will stay silent. This will tell B that his and C's
colors are different. Thus he will speak up first.
So either A or B will speak up first depending on the situation.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #40 - Trick Gift Brain Teaser

Cindy opened twenty five presents.
Duke opened five presents.
John opened fifteen presents.
Judging by the statements, can you decipher how many presents will be opened by Rhea?
Solution:
Rhea will open just one present.
Cindy|Y - Y is the 25th alphabet
Duk|E - E is the 5th alphabet
Joh|N - N is the fifteenth alphabet
Rhe|A - A is the first alphabet
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #41 - Hard MatchStick Problem

You can see five identical squares made with blue matchsticks in the given figure. You have
to make them six identical squares instead. To do that, you are only allowed to move three
matchsticks. How will you achieve the desired result?

Solution:
In the picture you can find the green matchsticks. We have moved them from the bottom and placed
them in the middle. It was a bit tricky but now you have your desired result.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #42 - Logic Birthday Puzzle

For my anniversary, I decided to surprise my wife. Since she is a voracious reader, I
decided to collect a lot of books for her. On the first day of the month, I bought one book,
on the second, I bought two and on the third, I bought three. This process went on till the
anniversary and on the day, I had 276 books with me to gift her.
Can you calculate, on which day is our anniversary?

Solution:
23rd day
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 18 + 19 + 20 + 21
+ 22 + 23 = 276
Thus our anniversary falls on the 23rd day of the month.
You can apply other formulas to shorten the process but that is the simplest way to do it.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #43 - Short Story Mystery Puzzle

A Japanese ship was making its way through the Arabian Sea. The captain felt like taking a
bath and thus went to the bathroom after removing his Rolex watch and gold bracelet.
When he returned back from the bathroom, he found out that his valuables were missing.
He suspected five of his crew members. He called them in and asked all of them what they
were doing for the last 15 minutes. They replied as follows:parachute
The French cook (with a butcher knife): I was in fridge room getting meat for cooking.
The German Engineer (with some tools in hand): I was working on the generator engine.
The Bangladeshi seaman (empty handed): I was on the mast correcting the flag which was
upside down by mistake.
The American Radio officer (with his headphones in hand): I was messaging to company
that we will reach the port in the next two days that is Friday morning at 1100 hrs.
The Indian navigation officer (empty handed): I was taking a nap before my night watch
began.
Upon hearing all of them, the captain found out who was the thief. How did he know that?
Who is the thief?
Solution:
The Bangladeshi seaman is the thief. This is because the Japanese flag cannot be identified as upside
down as it is the same both ways. Thus he is just trying to escape the situation.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #44 - Game Of Dice Brain Teaser

A unique solo game of dice is being played. Two dices are thrown in each turn and the
scores are taken by multiplying the numbers obtained.
Now talking about a particular game, here are the facts:

1) The score for the second roll is five more than the score for the first roll.
2) The score for the third roll is six less than the score for the second roll.
3) The score for the fourth roll is eleven more than the score for the third roll.
4) The score for the fifth roll is eight less than the score for the fourth roll.
Reading the above facts, can you tell the score for each of the five throws?
Solution:
10,15,9,20,12
Explanation:
The score obtained on the first throw is 10.
The score obtained on the second throw is 15.
The score obtained on the third throw is 9.
The score obtained on the fourth throw is 20.
The score obtained on the fifth throw is 12.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #45 - Palindrome Number Riddle

There can be myriad ways to create a palindrome. One day, I thought of making my own
palindrome. I thought of a number and then decided to add the reversed number to it.
Sadly, I did not get a palindrome.
So I kept repeating this step and eventually I succeeded in creating a palindrome. I don't
know if you can always create a palindrome using this method but I was able to generate
one of four digits.
Can you tell me the number at which I started?

Solution:
192
Explanation:
I started with the number 192.
Adding the reversed 291 to 192 gave me 483.
Similarly,
483 + 384 = 867
867 + 768 = 1635
1635 + 5361 = 6996
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #46 - Water Measurement Riddle

A barman is having a 12 liters jug full of beer. He needs to divide or split that beer into two
equal parts. All he has is two empty jugs of capacity 8 liters and 5 liters.
How will he do it using them?

Solution:
First fill the 8 liters jug complete - 4, 8, 0
Fill the 5 liters jug with 8 liters jug - 4, 3, 5
Pour back the beer from 5 liters jug to 12 liters jug - 9, 3, 0
Pour the 3 liters from 8 liters jug to 5 liters jug - 9, 0, 3
Fill the 8 liters jug completely from 12 liters jug - 1, 8, 3
Fill the 5 liters jug from the 8 liters jug - 1, 6, 5
Pour the entire 5 liters jug back in 12 liters jug - 6, 6, 0
You have successfully split the beer into two equal parts.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #47 - Toughest Number Series Question

Solve the number series by identifying the last number.
1 4 5 6 7 9 11 ?
Solution:
100
Series of number that do not contain albhabet 'T'
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #48 - Logical Cut Brain Teaser Riddle

Your friends are coming over to your birthday party. Your mum has bought this delicious
giant doughnut for you guys. Unfortunately she had to go somewhere. Now you have to
serve all of them including you.
There are a total of nine kids including you. None of you would mind a smaller piece. Can
you cut this doughnut into nine pieces in just three straight cuts?

Solution:
Yes, some people are going get really tiny pieces but you were allowed for that right. Also, there is
another way of doing it. Can you think of it?
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #49 - Classic Lateral Thinking Problem

There are two glasses in front of you. One of the glasses is full of coke and the other glass is
full of lemonade. You take a spoonful of coke and mix it into the glass of lemonade. Now the
lemonade glass has a mixture of coke and lemonade. You take a spoonful of that mixture
and mix it inside the coke glass.
Now what do you think? - The glass with coke has more quantity of lemonade or the glass
with lemonade have more quantity of coke mixed with it?
Solution:
This problem can be solved with algebra as well as logical reasoning. We are going to tell you how it is
logically possible.
Be it any quantity that was present in the beginning and any liquid as well. We know that we have
taken a spoonful from one glass and put it into another. Then, we have taken a spoonful from the
other glass and put it into the first glass. So, at the end of it, the quantity of liquid in either glass
remains same as it was in the beginning.
Therefore, we can conclude the fact that any amount of coke that is missing in the glass with coke will
be present in the lemonade glass. Also, the same quantity of lemonade will be missing from the
lemonade glass and will be present in the coke glass.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #50 - Tricky Iq Question

In a jar, there are some orange candies and some strawberry candies. You pick up two
candies at a time randomly. If the two candies are of same flavor, you throw them away
and put a strawberry candy inside. If they are of opposite flavors, you throw them away and
put an orange candy inside.
In such manner, you will be reducing the candies in the jar one at a time and will eventually
be left with only one candy in the jar.
If you are told about the respective number of orange and strawberry candies at the outset,
will it be feasible for you to predict the flavor of the final remaining candy ?
Solution:
At each draw, the number of strawberry candies are either decreasing by 2 or not decreasing at all. In
the case of orange candies, at each draw, they are either increasing by 1 or decreasing by 1.
Thus on an assumed outset with at least one candy in the jar to begin with, if the number of
strawberry candies are 0 or are even in numbers, they will finish off leaving an orange candy at the
end. If otherwise, the remaining candy will be a strawberry one.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #51 - Logic Math Problem

David and Albert are playing a game. There are digits from 1 to 9. The catch is that each
one of them has to cut one digit and add it to his respective sum. The one who is able to
obtain a sum of exact 15 will win the game?
You are a friend of David. Do you suggest him to play first or second?
Solution:
David to play second
Explanation:
Let's suppose that David plays first and he picks 9. Then Albert will definitely pick 8. Now, David will
have to pick 7 or Albert will pick 7 in his turn. But if David picks up 7, then he will score 16 that is
beyond 15 and will lose. So one thing is for sure, no one will be willing to start with the highest digits.
Suppose David plays first and picks up 1, Albert will pick 2. Then David will pick 3 and Albert will pick
4. Now David will be forced to pick 9. The score is 6 to 13 and thus David will have no chance of
winning.
If David Picks 9 after Albert has picked up 2, then Albert will pick 8 and the score will become 10 to
10. Thus David will pick 3 as picking 7 will send him past 15. Now Albert will pick 4 and David has
nothing to pick for winning. Thus Albert wins.
Therefore, you should suggest David to play second.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #52 - Very Hard Math Question

There stand nine temples in a row in a holy place. All the nine temples have 100 steps
climb. A fellow devotee comes to visit the temples. He drops a Re. 1 coin while climbing
each of the 100 steps up. Then he offers half of the money he has in his pocket to the god.
After that, he again drops Re. 1 coin while climbing down each of the 100 steps of the
temple.
If he repeats the same process at each temple, he is left with no money after climbing down
the ninth temple. Can you find out the total money he had with him initially?
Solution:
146900
Explanation:
Whenever you face such type of questions, it is wise to begin from the last thing. Here in this question
the last thing will be the 9th temple. He climbed down 100 steps and thus you know, he had Rs. 100
before beginning climbing down. Thus, he must have offered Rs. 100 to the god in that temple too (he
offered half of the total amount). Also, he must have dropped Rs. 100 while climbing the steps of the
ninth temple. This means that he had Rs. 300 before he begand climbing the steps of the ninth
temple.
Now, we will calculate in the similar manner for each of the temples backwards.
Before the devotee climbed the eight temple: (300+100)*2 + 100 = 900
Before the devotee climbed the seventh temple: (900+100)*2 + 100 = 2100
Before the devotee climbed the Sixth temple: (2100+100)*2 + 100 = 4300
Before the devotee climbed the fifth temple: (4300+100)*2 + 100 = 8900
Before the devotee climbed the fourth temple: (8900+100)*2 + 100 = 18100
Before the devotee climbed the third temple: (18100+100)*2 + 100 = 36,500
Before the devotee climbed the second temple: (36500+100)*2 + 100 = 73300
Before the devotee climbed the first temple: (73300+100)*2 + 100 = 146900
Therefore, the devotee had Rs. 146900 with him initially.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #53 - Math Trick Riddle

Removing one from eleven makes it ten and removing one from nine makes it ten.
Is it even possible?
Solution:
Yes it is possible in Roman Numerals. In Roman Numerals,
9 = IX
10 = X
11 = XI
Thus by removing one from 9, you are getting 10 and by removing one from 11, you are getting 10
again.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #54 - Cricket Teasers

If in a cricket one day match, there were no wide balls, no wides, no extras and no
overthrows.
What is the maximum number of runs that a batsman can score in an ideal case scenario?
Solution:
1653
Explanation:
For an ideal case, the batsman will hit a six on each ball. But if he hits six on the last ball of the over,
the strike will change in the next over. Thus, the best he can do in the last ball is run 3 runs so that he
retains the strike even in the next over. Thus the total runs that he can score in each over:
6 * 5 + 3 = 33
But this will have to go like it only till the 49th over. In the last over, he can hit a six in the last ball as
well as that will be the last ball of the match.
Thus runs for the last over will be 6 * 6 = 36.
Hence the maximum runs = 33 * 49 + 36 = 1653
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #55 - Picture Brain Teaser

You can see the figure or draw one of your own. The scenario is as shown. There are three
houses represented with the triangle over the square. There are three utilities: W, G and E
representing water, gas and electricity respectively.
Can you draw a line and get each utility into every house (9) total lines without ever
crossing any line?

Solution:
This puzzle has no answer if you are considering this figure in a 2d domain. However if you follow it on
a three-dimensional plane, you can do it like shown in the figure given.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #56 - Infosys Logic Brain Teaser

Imagine a picture in your mind. There is a rose plant. A few roses have grown up in the
plant. There are a few bees hovering over them.
Now read the given statements carefully:

1) If every one of the bees lands on a rose, one of them won't get a rose.
2) If two bees share rise together, then there will be one rose left without any bee.
Can you find out the number of roses on the plant and the number of bees?
Solution:
There are three roses and four bees.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #57 - Wild West Cowboy Riddle

In the Wild West, you challenge two cowboys - Hunter Jack and Sharp Shooter Leo into a
death match. They being better shooter than you readily accept your challenge. But they
don't want to waste bullets and thus lay down a certain rules that are accepted by you as
well. Here are the rules:
1) Everyone shoot in a given order till only one is left.

2) Everyone shoot only once when his turn arrive.
3) If any one of you is injured, the other two will finish him off together.
4) The worst shooter gets to shoot first (which is you) and the best one shoots at the last.
Now, what tactics will you use if you know that you hit every third shot of yours, Jack hits
every second shot and Leo hits every shot?
Solution:
The best thing for you will be to shoot your first shot in air.
If you try to shoot at Jack and hits him by chance, Leo always hits on the target and you are dead.
If you choose to shoot at Leo and hits him by chance, then there is a fifty percent chance that Jack
will hit you.
If you shoot in air, the next turn is of Jack and he knows that Leo is a better shooter which means that
he will shoot at him. If he misses, he is definitely dead as Leo will shoot on him coz he shot at him.
The next turn will be yours and you stand a 1/3rd chance of hitting him. Also if, he is able to hit Leo.
The next chance is yours again and you can try the 1/3rd probability of hitting over Jack.
This is the best situation that you can face. At every other possible way, you will face a worse
situation for sure.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #58 - Pattern Series Picture Puzzle

Use the logical reasoning to find out the missing piece in the picture given with this
question.
Find the logic in the figure given and find out the missing one.

Solution:
If you take a look closely, you will acknowledge the fact that every symbol in the given figure is
somehow associated with the surrounding one’s position. The upside-down spade is used to the left of
a right-side-up heart every time.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #59 - Smart Brain Teaser

A man wronged the king and thus he was put under a trial for murder. But the king knew
that the person was innocent. Also he was suspicious that his innocence will soon come out
among the people. Thus, he decided to play a game of chance on the name of their
almighty god.
He summoned all the people along with the accused person. He put in two chits of paper
inside a bowl. He told the people that one chit has ‘Guilty’ written over it and the other one
has ‘Innocent’ written over it. He tells the people that the god will decide if the accused
person is culprit or not. He then asks the person to draw a chit.
Obviously, the king is cheating and he has written ‘Guilty’ over both the chits. So no matter
what chit the person picks, everybody will believe that it is lord's judgment and no one will
bother to look at the other chit. Even the accused person knows it that the king had played
a full proof game.
What should he do in order to be conceived as an innocent person?

Solution:
He should draw any chit of paper and before unfolding it, he must eat and swallow the chit. In this
manner, to determine the judgment of the god, they will have to look at the other chit which will have
'Guilty' written over it. Thus everyone will believe that the chit which he ate had innocent written over
it and thus they will believe that he is innocent.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #60 - Hard Logic Statement Riddle

There are a hundred statements.
1st person says: At least one of the statements is incorrect.
2nd person says: At least two of the statements is incorrect.
3rd person says: At least three of the statements are incorrect.
4th person says: At least four of the statements are incorrect.
..
..
..
100th person says: At least a hundred of the statements are incorrect.
Now analyze all the statements and find out how many of them are incorrect and how many
are true?
Solution:
The 100th statement for sure is incorrect because it says that at least 100 of the statements are
incorrect.
Suppose if that is correct, then 100 statements cannot be true.

This suggests that the 100th statement is incorrect and that the first statement is true.
Similarly 99 statements cannot be true because if they were true, then two statements would become
correct i.e. the 1st and the 99th.
But the 99th statement says that at least 99 are incorrect.
This suggests that the 99th statement is incorrect and that 2ndone is true.
If we keep analyzing is the same way till the end, we will find out that only the first fifty statements
are true and all the remaining ones are incorrect.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #61 - Murder Mystery Brain Teaser

A homicide detective is called upon a crime scene. He finds that a body is lying on the
ground in front of a multistory building. By all the means, it looks like a simple suicide case.
But there are doubts in his mind.
He goes to the first floor and moves into the room facing the direction of the body. He
opens the window in that direction and looks down towards his team. The he goes to the
second floor and again moves into the room facing that direction, opens the window and
looks down at his team.
He continues with the same process till the top floor. After that, he returns back to where
his team is standing. He tells them that it is a suicide.
How did he come to such a conclusion?

Solution:
At every floor, the detective had to open the window himself. If the man had committed suicide, then
at least one of the windows must have been open. A person who is committing suicide won’t close the
window behind him. Thus he knows that someone pushed him off the edge and closed the window
afterwards.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #62 - Best Thinking Brain Teaser Ever

Three men are living in a desert namely – Alex, Brian and Chris.
Alex hates Chris and thus he decides to kill him. To succeed in his evil intentions, he poison
the water supply of Chris. Since they are living in desert, he will have to drink water or he
will die of thirst.
Brian is not aware of the actions of Alex and he plans to kill Chris as well. To do this, he
killed the water supply of Chris.
Chris dies due to his thirst. Who killed him?

Solution:
This is more of a philosophical question than being a riddle or a puzzle. The action of Brian directly led
to the result which is the death of Chris. Thus he murdered Chris. In a sense, Chris died due to the
lack of water. It is the circumstances that ultimately led to his death.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #63 - Worlds Hardest Brain Teaser

A mastermind organized a quiz competition in which six selected candidates were invite
namely James Hunt, Ruxandra Bar, Sophia Connors, David Finch, Fred Odea and Brian
Miller. A 'special puzzle' was asked to all of them. The first one to answer it was promised
for a big award.
After that, the candidates were offered the meal before the mastermind stood up to
announce the much awaited result. He started announcing:
'Ok now everybody!'

'The winner of…..'
'The Hardest Riddle Ever Event.'
And then he smiled. All the candidates understood who won.
Do you know who won ?

Solution:
Fred Odea won.
Just look at the announcement lines. The first sentence in 'Ok now everybody!' If you take out just the
first letter of every word, it will form 'ONE'. In the same manner the second sentence 'The winner
of…..' will give form 'TWO' and the third sentence 'The Hardest Riddle Ever Event.' Will form THREE.
Thus the final sentence must form FOUR. There is only one candidate who can suffice with the first
two letter and he is Fred Odea. The final sentence of the mastermind must be, 'Fred Odea: Ultimate
Riddler!'
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #64 - Best Maths Brain Teaser

A competitive exam was held in which five students took part namely Billy, Gerry, Clark,
Peeta and Jonathan. In this exam, they had to answer five questions each out of which,
three had multiple choices as a, b or c and two were simple true and false questions. The
five of them gave different answers to the questions and the details are as given below.
Name 1 2 3 4 5
Gerry c b True True False
Billy c c True True True
Clark a c False True True
Peeta b a True True False
Jonathan a b True False True
None of the two students gave the same number of correct answers. Can you find out the
correct answers to the question? Also, calculate the individual score of all the five guys.
Solution:
It has been clearly stated that none of the two students gave same number of correct answers which
leads us to two different possibilities of correct answers:
Either (1 + 2 +3 + 4 + 5 = 15) or (0 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10) stands true.
After analyzing the question, the maximum number of correct answers possible with the answers
Gerry, Billy, Clark, Peeta and Jonathan gave:
Question 1 = 2 (b or c)
Question 2 = 2 (b or c)
Question 3= 4 (True)
Question 4 = 4 (True)
Question 5 = 3 (True)
Let us first assume with the maximum number of correct answers possible according to our data which
are 15 (2+2+4+4+3). According to it, Billy must have given all correct answers as he was the only
one who answered True for questions 3, 4 and 5. But in that case, Gerry and Clark must have given
exactly three correct answers. Furthermore, Peeta and Jonathan must have given two correct
answers. Therefore none of them got all the five correct answers which is wrong according to what we
have analyzed.
Thus we move on to our next assumption according to which, the total number of correct answers are
10 (0+1+2+3+4). Now we must acknowledge that Questions 3 as well as Question 4 cannot be False
as it will mean that the number of correct answers would not be 10. So the students giving wrong
answers cannot be Gerry, Billy and Peeta.
Assume that Jonathan got all wrong, it will suggest that Gerry, Clark and Peeta each would have at
least two correct answers. Then, Billy would have to be the person with only one correct answer and in
that situation, the correct answers for questions 1 and 2 would be a and a respectively. Since that is
not possible as then the total number of correct answers would be 1 (a) + 1 (a) + 1 (False) + 4 (True)
+ 2 (Flase) = 9.
Thus it must be Clark who has given all wrong answers. The correct answers are then b, a, True, False
and False. Also, the scores are Clark (0), Billy (1), Gerry (2), Jonathan (3) and Peeta (4).
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #65 - Maths Logical Brain Teaser

A man of faith visits the holy land where three temple are erected in a row offering a surreal
divinity to the place. Awestruck at the sight of the magnificent temples, he visits the first
temple where he finds that the number of flowers in his basket increases to double the
number as soon as he sets his foot inside the temple. Astonished by the miracle he is
completely happy and seeks it as a blessing of his god. He offers a few flowers to the stone
idol of god and moves out.
Then he visits the second temple, where the same miracle happens again. The number of
flowers in his basket again double up in number. With a smile on his face, he offers a few of
flowers to the stone idol again and walks out after praying.
The moment he enters the third temple, the number of flowers increases to double again.
Now he feels entirely blessed. He offers all the flowers at the feet of the stone idol and
walks out in a moment of bliss.
When he walks out, he has no remaining flowers with him. He offered equal number of
flowers at each of the temple. What is the minimum number of flowers he had before
entering the first temple? How many flowers did he offer at each temple?
Solution:
Let m be initial number of flowers and n be the flowers offered at each temple by the man.
Initial flowers = m
After stepping into the first temple = 2m
Flowers offered at the first temple = n
Remaining flowers = 2m – n
After stepping into the second temple = 4m – 2n

Flowers offered at the second temple = n
Remaining flowers = 2m – n
After stepping into the third temple = 8m – 6n

Flowers offered at the third temple = n
Remaining flowers = 8m – 7n
Now as per the question (8m – 7n) must be equal to 0.

i.e. 8m – 7 n = 0
or 8m = 7y
Now the least numbers required to solve this equation are 7 and 8 for m and n respectively.
Thus m = 7; n = 8
Which means, the man had 7 flowers in the beginning and he offered 8 flowers at each temple.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #66 - Secret Code Riddle

You are giving an intelligence test. In that, you are provided by the code - MOD OAT AIM
DUE TIE
You know that only one word from this code is true and the rest ones are only put in to
make the task difficult for you. To understand, you are provided with a clue – If you are told
any one of the characters of the code word, you can find out the word easily.
Can you deduce the actual code word from the entire code?
Solution:
The code word is TIE.
Let us assume that the word is MOD. Now if you are told one character of this word, you would not be
able to identify the number of vowels in the word. For example if you are told M, then the word can be
MOD or AIM but they both have different number of vowels. If you are told about O, then there are
two words MOD and OAT which again have different number of vowels. If you are told about D, there
are two words again MOD and DUE which have different numbers of vowels again.
In such manner, all the words that have M, O or D in them can be excluded. Then only word that
remains is TIE.
If you are told about T, there are two words OAT and TIE which both have two vowels.
If you are told about I, there are two words AIM and TIE which both have two vowels.
If you are told about E, there are two words DUE and TIE which both have two vowels.
Thus TIE is the code word.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #67 - Math Brain Teaser High School

There are two natural numbers whose sum is less than hundred and both of them are
greater than one. Two friends Leena and Nadia knows the product and sum of the numbers
respectively.
Both of them are exchanging the following statements:
Leena: I don’t know the numbers.

Nadia: "I knew you wouldn't be. I am not aware myself."
Leena: "Now I am sure I know the numbers!"
Nadia: "Now I am sure I know the numbers too!"
Can you find the two numbers?

Solution:
The two numbers are 4 and 13 whose product is 52 and sum is 17.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #68 - Hard IAS Brain Twister

An international IQ test is held on knockout terms in November 2013. The final contestants
are from Britain and America respectively. Both of them are handed over the final test paper
which they have to fill for evaluation. They have to write their names and date on the paper.
When the evaluators are handed over the sheets, they find out that both the guys have
same name. In no manner can they identify which sheet belongs to whom.
Can you identify the date on which the competition was held?
Solution:
The competition was held on 11 November 2013. The logic is simple. In America, the dates are
mentioned as Month/Day/Year and in Britain, dates are written as Day/Month/Year. But on 11
November 2013, the date and month will be the same. And thus both will write in the same manner
i.e. 11/11/2013. If it would have been any other date, the evaluators would have been able to identify
it.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #69 - Hard Logic Puzzle

A great meeting is held by a great logician where all the other logicians are called upon. The
master logician takes them in a room and makes them sit in circle. A hat is placed on each
of their heads. Now all of them can see the color of hats others are wearing but can’t see his
own. They are told that there different colors of hats.
The master logician explains that a bell will be rung at regular intervals and the moment
when a logician knows the color of his hat, he will leave on the next bell. If anyone leaves at
the wrong bell, he will be disqualified and sent home.
All of them are assured of one thing that the puzzle will not be impossible for anyone of
them. How will they manage the situation?
Solution:
The first step that they will take will be a leap of logic. What it means is that they will deduce that
every color must appear twice at least. Why? Because the master logician has assured them that the
puzzle will not be impossible for anyone of them. And if a color appears only once in the circle, the
person wearing it will have no clue about that color which will not be fair for him.
Then the logicians will follow the same and look for all the colors of hats in the circle. If one of them
sees a color just once, he can safely assume that he is also wearing the hat of the same color as by
leap of logic, no color can appear just once. Thus when the bell is rung, he will leave.
In the similar fashion, if anyone sees another color just once, he can determine that he is wearing the
hat of the same color and will leave when the bell rings or will be disqualified and sent home.
Unvaryingly, if a color is seen twice, they will be eliminated after the first bell. Hence, there must be
at least three hats of any of the remaining color.
Assume that you are sitting in the circle and you don’t see a color once but see it twice. Then if they
were the only two hats of the same color, the logicians must have left at the first bell already. But
they did not. Which means that there are three hats of that color and you are wearing one. Thus you
will leave after the second bell.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #70 - Induction Brain Teasers

Three college toppers are summoned by the inspecting faculty. To identify the best from
them, the faculty takes them into a room and places one hat on each of their heads. Now all
of them can see the hats on other’s heads but can’t see his own. There are two colored hats
– green and red.
Now the faculty announces that he had made sure that the competition is extremely fair to
all three of them. He also gives them a hint that at least one of them is wearing a red hat.
Now the first one who is able to deduce his own hat color will be awarded the most
intelligent student of all award. After a few minutes, one of them raises his hand and is able
to deduce the color correctly.
How?
Solution:
There are two things to keep in mind:
Firstly there is at least one red hat. (There can be two or three as well).
Secondly the competition is fair for everyone.
Thus if there is only one red hat, that person will see two green hats on other heads and will be able
to deduce his own color as red. However the other students will see one red and one green hat and
can never be sure. In such manner, the competition will prove to be partial for one student.
Suppose if there are two red hats. Then the students who are wearing red hats will see one red and
one green hat on others. Now they must have deduced that there can’t be just one red hat. Thus they
will know that they are also wearing a red hat. But the one who is wearing a green hat will see two
red hats and can never be sure of his own color. In this case as well, the competition will not be fair.
Thus the only possible and fair means is if all of them are wearing a red hat. The one who is able to
deduce the situation first, will raise his hand and will tell the correct answer.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #71 - Logic Problem Brain Teaser

The world is facing a serious viral infection. The government of various countries have
issued every citizen two bottles. You as well have been given the same. Now one pill from
each bottle is to be taken every day for a month to become immune to the virus. The
problem is that if you take just one, or if you take two from the same bottle, you will die a
painful death.
While using it, you hurriedly open the bottles and pour the tablets in your hand. Three
tablets come down in your hand and you realize they look exactly the same and have same
characteristics. You can’t throw away the pill as they are limited and you can’t put them
back or you may put it wrong and may die someday.
How will you ensure that you are taking the right pill?
Solution:
You must put labels on the tablets as A and B before using. In that case, if you pour tablets together,
you will get 3A, 2A 1B, 1A 2B or 3B. If they are from the same bottles you can take one from another
bottle and save the remaining two for another day. If you get two from same and one from other, you
can draw one from another bottle and you will have two pairs of which you can eat one and save the
other.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #72 - Popular Logical Brain Teaser

A couple had to take shelter in a hotel for they could not proceed their journey in the rain.
Having nothing to do at all, they started playing cards. Suddenly there was a short circuit
and the lights went off. The husband inverted the position of 15 cards in the deck (52 cards
normal deck) and shuffled the deck.
Now he asked his wife to divide the deck into two different piles which may not be equal but
both of them should have equal number of cards facing up. There was no source of light in
the room and the wife was unable to see the cards.
For a certain amount of time, she thought and then divided the cards in two piles. To the
husband’s astonishment, both of the piles had equal number of cards facing up.
How did she do it?

Solution:
The answer is very simple. All she had to do is take the fifteen cards from the top and reverse them.
This would make another pile out of that and there will be two piles - one of 15 cards and one of 37
cards. Also both of them will have the same number of inverted cards.
Just think about it and if the mathematical explanation will help you understand better, here it is.
Assume that there were p inverted cards initially in the top 15 cards. Then the remaining 37 cards will
hold 15-p inverted cards.
Now when she reverses the 15 cards on the top, the number of inverted cards will become 15-p and
thus the number of inverted cards in both of the piles will become same.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #73 - Tough River Crossing Riddle

This one is a bit of tricky river crossing puzzle than you might have solved till now. We have
a whole family out on a picnic on one side of the river. The family includes Mother and
Father, two sons, two daughters, a maid and a dog. The bridge broke down and all they
have is a boat that can take them towards the other side of the river. But there is a
condition with the boat. It can hold just two persons at one time (count the dog as one
person).
No it does not limit to that and there are other complications. The dog can’t be left without
the maid or it will bite the family members. The father can’t be left with daughters without
the mother and in the same manner, the mother can’t be left alone with the sons without
the father. Also an adult is needed to drive the boat and it can’t drive by itself.
How will all of them reach the other side of the river?
Solution:
Let us assume that all of them are standing on the X shore and they have to travel to the Y shore.
X = mother, first daughter, second daughter, father, first son, second son, maid and dog
Y = None
Maid and dog go first and maid returns back

X = mother, first daughter, second daughter, father, first son, second son and maid
Y = dog
Maid and first son go and maid returns with dog

X = mother, first daughter, second daughter, father, second son, maid and dog
Y = first son
Father and second son go and father returns back

X = mother, first daughter, second daughter, father, maid and dog
Y = first son and second son
Mother and father go and mother comes back

X = mother, first daughter, second daughter, maid and dog
Y = father, first son and second son
Maid and Dog go and Father returns back

X = mother, first daughter, second daughter and father
Y = first son, second son, maid and dog
Father and Mother go and mother comes back

X = mother, first daughter and second daughter
Y = father, first son, second son, maid and dog
Mother and first daughter go and maid comes back with dog
X = second daughter, maid and dog
Y = mother, first daughter, father, first son and second son
Maid and second daughter go and maid comes back

X = Maid and dog
Y = mother, first daughter, second daughter, father, first son and second son
Maid and dog go
X= none
Y = mother, first daughter, second daughter, father, first son, second son, maid and dog
Thus everyone has reached the other end.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #74 - Popular Logic Brain Teaser

A girl liked to collect money in a piggy bank. She bought pink colored piggy bank when she
was 10 years old. She put $250 in the box on each of her birthday. Her younger sister took
$50 out of her piggy bank on her birthday. The girl died when she was 50 years old due to
an incurable disease.
When the piggy bank was opened, it had just $500. How can that be possible?
Solution:
The girl was born on 29 February. Thus her birthday came once in four years only while her sister was
born on a normal day and celebrated her birthday every year. Thus the girl had a chance of depositing
money only 10 times in 4 years through which she collected $2500 while her sister took $50 from the
piggy bank every year making the total amount to be $2000. Thus when the piggy bank was opened,
it had just $500.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #75 - Logic Question In Maths

Two trains under a controlled experiment begin at a speed of 100 mph in the opposite
direction in a tunnel. A supersonic bee is left in the tunnel which can fly at a speed of 1000
mph. The tunnel is 200 miles long. When the trains start running on a constant speed of
100 mph, the supersonic bee starts flying from one train towards the other. As soon as the
bee reaches the second train, it starts flying back towards the first train.
If the bee keeps flying to and fro in the tunnel till the trains collide, how much distance will
it have covered in total?
Solution:
A typical way will be to start thinking about summing up the distance that the bee will travel but that
will be quite a tedious task. How about we offer you a much easy solution?
The tunnel is 200 miles long and the trains are running at as peed of 100 mph which means that they
will collide exactly at the center of the tunnel and seeking their speed, they will collide after an hour.
Now consider the bee which is flying at a speed of 1000 mph and will keep flying till the train collides.
As calculated, it will keep flying for an hour which means the distance that it will cover is 1000 miles.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #76 - Brain Teasing Statement Puzzle

The question is simple, you have to find out who did it? However the way to the solution
might be tricky and confusing. Just remember that only one of the statement is true and
rest three are false.
1. Ms. Rihanna: 'Ms. Britney did it.'

2. Ms. Britney: 'Ms. Rihanna did it.'
3. Ms. Gwyneth: 'Ms. Britney’s telling the truth.'
4. Ms. Yoon: 'Ms. Gwyneth’s not lying.'
Solution:
Ms. Britney did it.
We will take up every person and analyze the statements over all of them one by one.
Case 1: Ms. Britney did it, then

Statement 1 => true
Statement 2 => false (as Rihanna did not do it)
Statement 3 => false (as Ms. Britney is lying)
Statement 4 => false (as Ms. Gwyneth is lying)
Our first guess itself was right but let us confirm our analysis by analyzing the statements over others.
Case 2: Ms. Rihanna did it, then

Statement 1 => false (as Ms. Britney did not do it)
Statement 2 => true
Statement 3 => true (as Ms. Britney is not lying)
As per the conditions, three statements had to be wrong but here, we have two statements right
which clearly contradict the condition.
Case 3: Ms. Gwyneth did it, then

Statement 2 => false (as Ms. Rihanna did not do it)
She did not do it as all the statements are false.
Case 4: Ms. Yoon did it, then

Statement 2 => false (as Ms. Rihanna did not do it)
All four statements are false in her case as well thus she did not do it.
Therefore we have proved that Ms. Britney did it.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #77 - Hard Logic Brain Teaser

There are 100 doors. 100 strangers have been gathered in the adjacent room. The first one
goes and opens every door. The second one goes and shuts down all the even numbered
doors – second, fourth, sixth... and so on. The third one goes and reverses the current
position of every third door (third, sixth, ninth… and so on.) i.e. if the door is open, he shuts
it and if the door is shut, he switches opens it. All the 100 strangers progresses in the
similar fashion.
After the last person has done what he wanted, which doors will be left open and which
ones will be shut at the end?
Solution:
Think deeply about the door number 56, people will visit it for every divisor it has. So 56 has 1 & 56, 2
& 28, 4 & 14, 7 & 8. So on pass 1, the 1st person will open the door; pass 2, 2nd one will close it;
pass 4, open; pass 7, close; pass 8, open; pass 14, close; pass 28, open; pass 56, close.
Thus we can say that the door will just end up back in its original state for each pair of divisor. But
what about the cases in which the pair of divisor has analogous number for example door number 16?
16 has the divisors 1 & 16, 2 & 8, 4&4. But 4 is recurrent because 16 is a perfect square, so you will
only visit door number 16, on pass 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16… leaving it open at the end. So only perfect
square doors will remain open at the end.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #78 - Difficult Brain Twister

A strange tradition is followed in an orthodox and undeveloped village. The chief of the
village collects taxes from all the males of the village yearly. But it is the method of taking
taxes that is interesting.
The taxes paid in the form of grains and every male should pay equal pounds corresponding
to his age. In simpler terms, a man aged 10 years will have to pay 10 pounds of grains and
a 20 years old will be paying 20 pounds of grain.
The chief stands on a riser containing 7 different weights next to a large 2 pan scale. As per
the interesting custom, the chief can only weigh using three of the seven weights.
In such a scenario, can you calculate what must be the weights of the seven weights each
and who is the oldest man the chief can measure using those weights?
Solution:
What must be kept in mind before you start calculating through any method is that the weights can be
put on both the pans.
So the weights - 1, 3, 7, 12, 43, 76, 102
The oldest man that can be weighed using these weights is a man aged 122 years
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #79 - Logical Murder Mystery Brain Teaser

The store room of your house is locked with a certain lock that can be closed without a key
but requires a key to open which you own (there is no duplicate key). You decide to move
your old stuff in the storeroom. After keeping the things carefully, you lock it back again
perfectly. The next day, a dead body is found in your closed store room. Since only you
have the key to the store room and you live alone, the police suspects you as a murderer.
You can’t understand anything when suddenly a thought strikes your mind. There is a
possible way using which the dead body could have been placed by someone else.
Can you find that way so you can tell the police and prove yourself to be innocent?
Solution:
When you were inside the shed, the murderer replaced the lock with his own one that was identical to
your original lock. When you locked the store room, you did not require a key and there was nothing
abnormal for you. When you left, the murderer opened the lock with his key, planted the dead body
inside and replaced the lock again putting the original lock in the place. He then closed it without any
problem.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #80 - Tricky Adam Eve Puzzle

Stephen died of heart attack. His soul was received in heaven. He was astonished to find
himself as young as he had been in his young adult age. He looked around and there were
thousands of young and naked people. His eyes searched to find someone familiar and
suddenly he noticed Adam and Eve.
How did Stephen recognize them?

Solution:
Adam and Eve were the only people without navel. As they were not born out of a mother, they never
had umbilical cords and thus never had navels.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #81 - Famous Cross The River Logic Puzzle

Michelangelo is being chased by a couple of cannibals who will kill him as soon as they get a
hold of him. The only way to get rid of them is crossing the river bridge made of ropes and
cut it on reaching the other end. He have found two diamonds in the woods each weighing 8
lbs. The rope is weak and can only accommodate a weight of 150 lbs. He weighs 140 lbs.
Still he manages to cross the bridge and get rid of the cannibals with the diamonds without
taking off any kind of clothing.
How?
Solution:
Michelangelo juggles the diamonds across while crossing the bridge.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #82 - Tricky Mathematician Problem

A mathematician was challenged to write nineteen in a manner that if one was taken out of
it, it became twenty. He failed to do it.
Can you help him?

Solution:
XIX is the answer which refers to nineteen in roman numeric system. On taking out one i.e. I, we will
get XX that is equal to twenty.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #83 - Tough Number Problem Riddle

Find smallest number that you can write using all the vowels(A,E,O,I,U) exactly once?
Solution:
fIvE thOUsAnd(5000)
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #84 - Tricky Probabilty Problem To Solve

Aishwarya was first to board to her flight to delhi.
She forgot her seat number and picks a random seat for herself.
After this, every single person who get to the flight sits on his seat if its available else
chooses any available seat at random.
Abhishek is last to enter the flight and at that moment 99/100 seats were occupied.
Whats the probability what Abhishek gets to sit in his own seat ?
Solution:
1/2
one of two is the possibility

1. If any of the first 99 people sit in Abhishek seat, Abhishek will not get to sit in his own seat.
2. If any of the first 99 people sit in Aishwarya's seat, Abhishek will get to sit in his seat.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #85 - Nice Mathematics Riddle

Aishwarya Rai walks into a bank to cash out her check.
By mistake the bank teller gives her dollar amount in change, and her cent amount in
dollars.
On the way home she spends 5 cent, and then suddenly she notices that she has twice the
amount of her check.
How much was her check amount ?

Solution:
The check was for dollars 31.63.
The bank teller gave her dollars 63.31

She spent .05, and then she had dollars 63.26, which is twice the check.
Let x be the dollars of the check, and y be the cent.
The check was for 100x + y cent

He was given 100y + x cent
Also
100y + x - 5 = 2(100x + y)
Expanding this out and rearranging, we find:
98y = 199x + 5
or 199x ≡ -5 (mod 98)

or 98*2*x + 3x ≡ -5 (mod 98)
3x ≡ -5 ≡ 93 (mod 98)
this quickly leads to x = 31
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #86 - Lateral Thinking Puzzle

Sachin new ferrari car has five wheels(two front wheels, two Rear wheels and one spare
wheel).
Real car Wheel will wear out in exact 21000 miles and front wheel will wear out after exact
29000 miles.
What is the maximum distance sachin can cover.
Note: unlimited numbers of changing the tyres can take place.

Solution:
30,450 miles.
Explanation:
For each 5 miles driven using this rotation, each tire will lose (2/29000)+(2/21000) of its tread.So,
suppose we drive 5*N miles like this. Then, each tire will lose 2*N*((1/29000)+(1/21000)) of its
tread. We wish to determine N so that the latter expression gets to be 1, representing all of each tire's
tread. That happens when N=6090, which is when 5*N (the total miles driven) is 30,450.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #87 - Tricky Math Race Riddle

Rooney, Hernandez, and Robin race each other in a 100 meters race. All of them run at a
constant speed throughout the race.
Rooney beats Hernandez by 20 meters.

Hernandez beats Robin by 20 meters.
How many meters does Rooney beat Robin by ?

Solution:
36 meters.
100/v1 = 80/v2
100/v2 = 80/v3
20+(20/v2)*v3=20+16 = 36
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #88 - King Gift Puzzle

King Charles want to send the diamond ring to his girlfriend securely.He got multiple locks
and their corresponding keys.His girl friend does not have any keys to these locks and if he
send the key without a lock , the key can be copied in the way.How can charles send the
ring to his girl friend securely .
Solution:
charles put the ring into the box, secure it with one of your locks, and send the box to the girl firend.
She should then attach one of his own locks and return it. When you receive it again, remove your
lock and send it back with her lock. Now she can unlock his own lock and retrieve the object.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #89 - Situation Problem

On a windy rainy night , I was driving in my car.
When i reach the bus stand , i see three people waiting for the bus.
1. An old lady who needs an immediate medical attention

2. My Best Friend
3. Girl whom i love from childhood
My car is a two seater, so can you tell me , what i have done in this situation ?
Solution:
The old lady of course.
After helping the old lady into the car, I give the car keys to my best friend.
And then i go ib the bus with child love <3
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #90 - Number Sequence Problem

Identify the next two numbers in this Sequence ?
101, 112, 131, 415, 161, 718, ???, ???

Solution:
192 021
If you look at it as two-digit numbers you'll see:10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Lateral Thinking Puzzles #91 - Pattern Age Puzzle

If neha is 10
Both Sonali and priyanka is 15
Both sadaf and tanu is 10.
how much is prinka by the same system ?

Solution:
prinka is 10, in a system that awards five for each vowel.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #92 - Numbers For Buildings Problem

My town contains 100 buildings.
They are numbered from 1 to 100. How many 6's are used in these numbers ?
Solution:
20
Just count the nines in the numbers: 6, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56, 76, 86, 96, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67,
68, 69.
Note: 66 contains TWO nines
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #93 - Logical Problem

Four stupid friends meet each other after long time.They are so stupid that they start
talking about their suits
* There were a total of eight suits, two in each color, black, brown, pink and white.
* Each friend owned two suits.
* No friend had two suits of the same color.
* Ganpat don't have a white suit.
* Harish don't have a black suit, but did have a brown one.
* One of the friends had a white suit and a pink suit and another friend had a brown suit
and a pink suit.
* Manoj had a white suit.
* Tarun had a pink suit, but don't have a brown one.
Can you work out which friend had which color suits?
Solution:
Ganpat had a black suit and a brown suit.
Harish had a brown suit and a pink suit.
Manoj had a white suit and a black suit.
Tarun had a pink suit and a white suit.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #94 - Weight Balance Riddle

You can place weights on both side of weighing balance and you need to measure all
weights between 1 and 1000. For example if you have weights 1 and 3,now you can
measure 1,3 and 4 like earlier case, and also you can measure 2,by placing 3 on one side
and 1 on the side which contain the substance to be weighed. So question again is how
many minimum weights and of what denominations you need to measure all weights from
1kg to 1000kg.
Solution:
For this answer is 3^0, 3^1, 3^2... That is 1,3,9,27,81,243 and 729.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #95 - Hard Logical Puzzle

You are the ruler of a medieval empire and you are about to have a celebration tomorrow.
The celebration is the most important party you have ever hosted. You've got 1000 bottles
of wine you were planning to open for the celebration, but you find out that one of them is
poisoned.
The poison exhibits no symptoms until death. Death occurs within ten to twenty hours after
consuming even the minutest amount of poison.
You have over a thousand slaves at your disposal and just under 24 hours to determine
which single bottle is poisoned.
You have a handful of prisoners about to be executed, and it would mar your celebration to
have anyone else killed.
What is the smallest number of prisoners you must have to drink from the bottles to be
absolutely sure to find the poisoned bottle within 24 hours?
Solution:
10 prisoners must sample the wine. Bonus points if you worked out a way to ensure than no more
than 8 prisoners die.
Number all bottles using binary digits. Assign each prisoner to one of the binary flags. Prisoners must
take a sip from each bottle where their binary flag is set.
Here is how you would find one poisoned bottle out of eight total bottles of wine.
Bottle 1 Bottle 2 Bottle 3 Bottle 4 Bottle 5 Bottle 6 Bottle 7 Bottle 8

Prisoner A X X X X
Prisoner B X X X X
Prisoner C X X X X
In the above example, if all prisoners die, bottle 8 is bad. If none die, bottle 1 is bad. If A & B dies,
bottle 4 is bad.
With ten people there are 1024 unique combination so you could test up to 1024 bottles of wine.
Each of the ten prisoners will take a small sip from about 500 bottles. Each sip should take no longer
than 30 seconds and should be a very small amount. Small sips not only leave more wine for guests.
Small sips also avoid death by alcohol poisoning. As long as each prisoner is administered about a
milliliter from each bottle, they will only consume the equivalent of about one bottle of wine each.
Each prisoner will have at least a fifty percent chance of living. There is only one binary combination
where all prisoners must sip from the wine. If there are ten prisoners then there are ten more
combination where all but one prisoner must sip from the wine. By avoiding these two types of
combination you can ensure no more than 8 prisoners die.
One viewer felt that this solution was in flagrant contempt of restaurant etiquette. The emperor paid
for this wine, so there should be no need to prove to the guests that wine is the same as the label. I
am not even sure if ancient wine even came with labels affixed. However, it is true that after leaving
the wine open for a day, that this medieval wine will taste more like vinegar than it ever did. C'est la
vie.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #96 - Terrorist Plane Hijack Puzzle

A terrorist hijacks a plane with 10 passengers and there is lots of gold in the plane.
After talking the gold , he asked the government officials for 11 parachutes.
He killed all the passenger so that no one can identify him , take one parachute and jumps
off.
Was he stupid to ask for 11

parachutes if he need only one ?
Solution:
he was genius.
Officials must have thought he was jumping with a hostage, they would never risk giving him a faulty
parachute.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #97 - Predict Result Of Game Problem

Once, Anabelle, Betty, Christie, Dora and Evelyn played the game of tiddly winks with each
other. In that game, a win gave 1 point, a loss gave 0 points and a tie gave 1/2 point.
They finished the game in the alphabetical order of their name and each one had a different
score by the end.
After the game the two following comments were made:

Betty: Only I managed to finish without a loss.
Evelyn: I was the only one with no win.
Can you find out the results of the individual game?

Solution:
There can be more than one possible solutions. We are sharing one with you:
Anabelle lost to Betty, but won every other game for a total of 3 points.
Betty beat Annabelle, but tied in all other games for a total of 2.5 points.
Christie beat Dora and tied with Betty and Evelyn for 2 points.
Dora beat Evelyn and tied only with Betty for 1.5 points.
Evelyn tied with Betty and Christie for 1 point.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #98 - Analytical Logical Problem

You have a flashlight that can run on two working batteries. Out of the eight batteries you
have with you, only four are in working condition.
Can you find out the least number of pairs that you must test to guarantee that you can get
your flashlight on?
Solution:
The best way is to divide the batteries in three groups. Take three batteries in two groups each and
two batteries in the third group.
In the groups with three batteries, you can have three possible combinations in each group. In the
group with two batteries, you can have just one possible combination.
If you add the combinations: 3 + 3 + 1 = 7, you get the least number of pairs you must check.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #99 - Difficult Logic Question

At a fast food outlet, you order chicken wings in boxes of 6, 9 and 20. Then, what is the
largest number of wings that is not possible to get if you purchase some combination of
boxes?
Solution:
43
Explanation:
Here is the thing. You can buy any number of wings that can be divided evenly by three except for
three by using the combinations of boxes of 6 and boxes of 9. (You must use at most the box of 9 and
then multiple boxes of 6). Now, if there is a number that can't be divided by 3, use a box of 20. After
purchasing the box of 20, if the number that remains is divisible by 3, then you are good to go. On the
other hand if it is not, you will have to use a second box of 20. And the remaining number will
definitely be divisible by 3.
Thus if we calculate the largest number that can't be bought is the one that requires two 20 pieces
boxes before the remainder can be thinned down to a number divisible by 3. We know that 3 is the
number that can't be purchased and can evenly be divisible, the largest possible number of wings that
can't be bought are:
3 + 20 + 20 = 43.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #100 - Hard River Crossing Puzzle

There are two villages separated with a river. Each day, four people cross the river through
a bridge to work on the other side and earn for their families. On one night when they were
returning from work, they noticed that the bridge was about to collapse. Now all of them
wanted to cross the bridge before it collapsed as no one wanted to be stuck on that end
without their families.
They had just one torch with them and since it was the night time, they could not see
without it. The bridge had become weak and it could only accommodate two people at a
time. It was going to collapse in just 17 minutes.
The four people took different times to cross the bridge. First one took only a minute,
second one took 2 minutes, third one took 5 minutes and the last one took 10 minutes.
How would all of them have managed to cross the bridge in time?
Solution:
Let us denote the four people with A, B, C and D.
A takes 1 minute to cross, B takes 2, C takes 5 and D takes 10.
A and B cross first spending 2 minutes.

A comes back with torch taking 1 minute.
C and D cross taking 10 minutes.
B comes back with torch taking 2 minutes.
Finally, A and B cross the bridge taking 2 minutes.
2 + 1 + 10 + 2 + 2 = 17 minutes
Thus, this is the way they all managed to cross that bridge that night.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #101 - Critical Thinking Interview Question

If three friends want to know the average of their salaries, how can they know it without
disclosing their actually salary to the other ones?
Solution:
Assume that P, Q and R are the three friends. Now P is earning X amount, Q is earning Y amount and
R is earning Z amount.
First, P will add his salary to a random amount A and will tell the combined sum to Q.
X+A
Now, Q will add his salary and a random amount B to the amount passed by P. He will then pass it to
R.
X+A+Y+B
Now R will add his salary and a random amount C to the total amount passed by Q.
X + A + Y + B + Z + C.
Now, R will pass this amount back to P. P will deduct the random amount added by him in the
beginning.
X+Y+B+Z+C
He will now pass this amount to Q who will subtract the random amount he added in his turn.
X+Y+Z+C
He will pass this amount to R who will deduct his random amount.
X+Y+Z
Now this is the total sum of their salaries. R will tell it to P and Q and then each of them can find the
average of their salaries by dividing the total amount with 3.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #102 - Hard Ipl Cricket Brain Teaser

In a cricket tournament, there are 9 teams that are participating. According to the rules,
each of the team will get to play two matches with every other teams. The top qualified four
teams will then move forward for the playoffs.
Can you calculate the minimum number of matches to be won by a team to ensure a place
in the playoffs?
Solution:
Let us first calculate the total number of matches that will be placed:
9C2 * 2
= 9! / (2!7!) * 2
=8*9
= 72
Therefore, every team will play 16 matches.
Let us now glance over the cases that are possible.
Case 1:
Let us say that Team A, Team B and Team C wins 14 matches each (they lose 1 match each from the
other two teams), then the Team D can win only (16 - 3 * 2) = 10 matches.
Case 2:
Suppose that, the top 4 teams win 13 matches each.
Team A will win 13 matches and will lose 3 matches from Team B, Team C and Team D.
Team B will win 13 matches and will lose 3 matches from Team A, Team C and Team D.
Team C will win 13 matches and will lose 3 matches from Team A, Team B and Team D.
Team D will win 13 matches and will lose 3 matches from Team A, Team B and Team C.
If this case actually happens, then the Team E will be able to win 8 matches at maximum as Team A,
Team B, Team C and Team D will win all the matches played by E.
Case 3:
Suppose that, the top 5 teams win 12 matches each.
Team A will win 12 matches and will lose 3 matches from Team B, Team C, Team D and Team E.
Team B will win 12 matches and will lose 3 matches from Team A, Team C, Team D and Team E.
Team C will win 12 matches and will lose 3 matches from Team A, Team B, Team D and Team E.
Team D will win 12 matches and will lose 3 matches from Team A, Team B, Team C and Team E.
Team E will win 12 matches and will lose 3 matches from Team A, Team B, Team C and Team D.
If this case actually happens, Team E will win 12 matches but it still won't be able to get into the
playoffs assuming that it has the lowest run rate among all.
This implies that from case 2, it is evident that a team must win 13 matches at the least to confirm its
position in the playoffs.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #103 - Lateral Thinking Logic Brain Teaser

Michael buys a new car. He is habitual of eating either donut or brownie while going to
office. Whenever he stops to buy brownie, he don't face any problem with respect to his car
but whenever he stops to buy donut, the car starts giving trouble. This is seen as a
coincidence by him at first but when the same problem persists, he drives in the company
showroom and tells his bizarre problem to them. The mechanic checks the car but find no
problem at all.
On the next day, when he stops to buy donut again, he faces the same problem with the
car. He drives into the showroom again but the mechanic finds no problem at all. The next
day goes by fine as he stops by to buy a brownie. But on the following day, when he stops
by to buy a donut, the car gives trouble again.
Can you find the possible reason behind this problem?

Solution:
This is because the queue for buying a donut is extremely long due to which the car engine becomes
cool and gives trouble. While the queue for buying brownie is pretty small and thus the car gives no
trouble at all.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #104 - Hard Logic Brain Teaser Question

There is an island where people are not allowed to communicate with each other. There are
total 200 people out of which, 100 have green eyes while 100 have black eyes. But no one
knows their own eyes color as there is no mirror available on the island. Also, they are not
aware of how many people with n colored eyes are there. They don't even know that there
are only two color set of eyes. But they can observe and analyze other people's eyes.
There is a catch to the things. It is a rule that if anybody is able to deduce the color of his
own eyes and he is right, he will be free and can leave the island.
On a certain day, an outsider visits the island and tells the people that he has seen someone
with green eyes. What will happen now?
Solution:
This puzzle is quite similar to the cheating husbands puzzle. The same logic applies here.
After the announcement, if there is only one person with green eyes, he will observe everyone and will
come to the conclusion that he himself has green eyes.
If two persons have green eyes, they will see everyone and find out that there is one person with
green eyes. So they will expect him to leave. But if no one leaves on that day, on the next day both of
them will understand that they both have green eyes and will leave the island.
Thus if you keep going like this or apply the rules of induction, you will find that since there are 100
green eyed people on that island, all of them will leave the island on the 100th day after the
announcement.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #105 - Lateral Thinking Brain Teaser

A man walks into a movie theater. Hi sits in the movie hall impatiently as the movie
progresses. Suddenly in a shot, he smiles and watch the shot with his eyes glued to the
screen curiously. But moments later he seems terrified. He rushes out of the movie hall and
run towards a bridge. Upon reaching the bridge, he climbs over and jumps in the river
committing suicide.
Why did he do it?

Solution:
It is a lateral thinking puzzle and thus it's not about anything logical.
The man who walked in the movie theater was once a father of twin brothers. Despite of the fact that
they were twins, their nature was starkly opposite. While David was quite peaceful and generous,
Robin was very rude and violent.
On a certain day, David came running to the man and told him that Robin had killed a man. The man
rushed to the crime scene with his son and saw that the man was dead with Robin near the body. He
started fighting with Robin and accidentally killed him. The police arrested the man and he was sent to
prison for ten years. While in his first month at the prison, he received a letter from his son which said
that he was not interested in meeting him ever and that he can't forgive his father for what he did to
his brother.
After ten years, he was released and came out of the prison only to know that his son was now a
small time movie star and his latest movie was running in a nearby theater. While watching the
movie, he smiled when he saw his son David on screen. But the next moment, the camera shifted on
his arm where he saw a birthmark that belonged to Robin. He realized that on that day the one who
came to him was not David but Robin and he actually killed David.
Filled with a grief and shock he decided to take his own life. He would have never forgiven himself for
what he did to his son David.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #106 - Crossing Brain Teaser Riddle

A cave is going to explode. A family is trapped inside that cave. The only way to get outside
is a narrow tunnel. But the tunnel is weak and thus only two people can go at one time.
Also, everybody is afraid of going alone.
The father takes one minute to go through till the end, the mother takes two, the son takes
four and the daughter takes five. The cave and tunnel will explode in twelve minutes. Can
they make it to the other end in that time frame?
PS: Keep in mind that when two people are moving, the total time taken will be as per the
slower one.
Solution:
12 minutes
Explanation:
Yes, surely they can all make it out of the cave.
First, father and mother will go. Time taken = 2 minutes.

Father comes back. Time taken = 2 + 1 = 3 minutes.
Both children go. Time taken = 3 + 5 = 8 minutes.
Mother comes back. Time taken = 8 + 2 = 10 minutes.
Mother and Father go. Time taken = 10 + 2 = 12 minutes.
Thus in 12 minutes, all of them will be out of the cave through the tunnel.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #107 - Logical Thinking Trick Question

A round cake is lying at the center table and there are five people who are celebrating. They
have to finish the whole cake. Only four people shall make the cut in the cake and the
remaining piece will be left for the fifth person. How do they make sure that each of them
have 1/5th of the cake exactly to eat?
Solution:
If you look into the picture, you can see the cut lines. If the four people cut along with the lines, each
one of them will have 1/5th of the cake.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #108 - Brain Thinking Question

Four servants of the king Octopus were conversing on a particular celebration night. They
said the following things:
The Orange one said, “In total, we have 28 legs.”
The Pink one said, “In total, we have 28 legs.”
The Blue one said, “In total, we have 28 legs.”
The Green one said, “In total, we have 28 legs.”
Now there is one thing particular about the servants. All of the servants have either 6 or 7
or 8 legs. Also, the ones with seven legs always lie while the ones with 6 or 8 legs are
always truthful.
By reading the conversation, and with the given facts, can you find out the color of the
servant who is telling the truth?
Solution:
The Pink servant is the truthful one.
In order to prove the same, let us take all of them one by one assuming that the selected one is
telling the truth. This is because all of them are disagreeing with each other which means that three
servants are lying while one is telling the truth.
Assume that the Orange servant is the truthful one. Under this condition, the orange one is having
either 6 or 8 legs. And each of the other octopus is lying will then have 7 legs. Under this condition,
the total number of legs will be 6 + 7 + 7 + 7 = 27 legs or 8 + 7 + 7 + 7 = 29 legs. But the Orange
servant said that they have 28 legs all together. Thus he is lying.
Now if we simply follow the same logic with all other servants as well, we will come up to the
conclusion that only the Pink servant is truthful.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #109 - Logic brain teaser

There is a box in which there are 20 black chocolates and 16 white chocolates. You take out
two chocolates at one time. If both are of same type, you add a black chocolate otherwise
you add a white chocolate.
You keep repeating like this till there is only one chocolate left in the box. Which type of
chocolate will be left in the last?
Also, suppose you begin the same process with 100 black and 93 white chocolates. Which
chocolate will be left at last then?
Solution:
Let us solve this problem with variables to find the general nature. Let us assume that there are x
black chocolates and y white chocolates. Three things can happen when you take out two chocolates.
1) You take out two black chocolates.
Then, you will be replacing one black chocolate and so the jar will have x+1 black chocolates and y-2
white chocolates.
2) You take out two white chocolates.
Then, you will be replacing 1 black chocolate and so the jar will have x-1 black chocolates and y white
chocolates.
3) You take out 1 black chocolate and 1 white chocolate. Then, you will be replacing a white chocolate
and so the jar will have x-1 black chocolates and y white chocolates.
Thus at every step, you are wither removing a black chocolate or replacing two white chocolates by
one black chocolate irreversibly till there is just one chocolate left. Therefore each white chocolate is
equivalent to two black chocolates.
This, if the number of white chocolates are odd in number, the last one remaining will be white
chocolate and if the number of white chocolates are even in number, the last one remaining will be
black chocolate.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #110 - Probability Brain Teaser Question

You are standing on the verge of making a fortune. You have fifty precious stones and fifty
non-precious stones. You are provided with two bags labelled as Heads and Tails
respectively. What you have to do is distribute the stones in these two bags. After that a
coin will be flipped and what comes (heads or tails) will decide you will pick up a stone
randomly from which bag.
How will you be distributing the stones so that you maximize the probability of picking up a
precious stone? If you pick it, all precious stones will be yours.
Solution:
You can put one precious stone in any one of the bag and all the rest in the other bag. If you do it,
you will get just a shade under ¾ probability of picking up a precious stone
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #111 - Epic System Logic Interview Puzzle

There is a kingdom where all the women know about the fidelity of every man of the
kingdom except that of her own husband. Also none of the women tell other women about
it. The queen of the kingdom declares that unfaithful men have been identified by her. She
declares that any woman who knows that her husband is unfaithful can shoot him in the
midnight of the following day when she discovers it.
How can the women manage it ?

Solution:
Suppose if there is just one unfaithful husband, then his wife will kill her husband as she must be
knowing that all other men are faithful but the queen declared that one of them all is unfaithful.
If there are two unfaithful husbands, then both their wives will believe there is just one unfaithful
husband, that too the other one whom she knows. Thus both of them will expect the above case to
happen at midnight. But when no one is shot, they will realize that there are two unfaithful husbands
and since they know about everyone, they will know that the other unfaithful man is their own
husband on the next day.
If there are three unfaithful husbands, each of their wives will be knowing about two other unfaithful
men so they will be expecting the above case and will be waiting for the gunshots on the second day.
When that does not happens, they will realize that there are more than two and since they all will
know about the rest, they will realize that their own husband is unfaithful and they will kill him on the
third day.
Thus if we talk about general terms and suppose that there are n unfaithful husbands, their wives will
believe that there is n-1 unfaithful husbands and will expect the gunshot on n-1 day. When they don’t
hear that, they will realize their own husband is the nth.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #112 - Math Logic Problem

In the town of Nothingsville, no two citizens have equal number of hairs. None of the citizen
has 987,654 hairs. The number of citizens are more than the number of hairs on the head
of any one citizen.
Can you find out the largest possible citizens of the town?
Solution:
987,654
Let us assume with a smaller number and then increase the number by extrapolating. If there are two
citizens, the number of hairs on their heads will be zero and one. Therefore for ‘n’ number of citizens,
the hair distribution will range from 0 to (n-1).
If you take up a case of a number greater than 987,654 let’s say 987,655; and consider the fact that
none of the citizens have 987,654 hairs and they must be having different number of hairs, one must
be having more than 987,654 hairs which is bluntly violating the fact of the town that there are more
citizens than the hairs on any individual.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #113 - Logical Reasoning Question

Four people reside in the only four different homes in a small town. These houses are built
with red marbles, green marbles, white marbles and blue marbles.
Mr. Reed Richards live somewhere left of the the house with green marbles and the third
one along is a white marbles one.
Ms. Sue Storm resides in a red marbles house.
Mr. Johnny Storm does not live at either of the ends and resides somewhere to the right of
the blue marble house.
Mr. Ben Grimm lives in the fourth house.
If the first house is not made of red marbles, who lives where and with material is their
house made from?
Solution:
From left to right
#1 Mr. Reed Richard – Blue Marbles
#2 Ms. Sue Storm – Red Marbles
#3 Mr. Johnny Storm – White Marbles
#4 Mr. Ben Grimm – Green Marbles.
Let us label the houses from left to right as #1, #2, #3, #4. Now let us split the hints in different
category.
a) Mr. Reed Richard’s house is to the left of the green marbles one
b) The third one is made of white marbles
c) Ms. Sue Storm owns a red marbles house
d) Mr. Johnny Storm does not live on either ends
e) Mr. Johnny Storm lives right of the blue marbles house
f) Mr. Ben Grimm lives in the fourth house
g) The first house is not made up of red marbles
By seeking all the (g) and (b), we are sure that the #1 is not made up of red marbles and nor is the
#3. Now with (f) we know that Mr. Ben Grimm lives in #4 made up of green marbles and keeping in
mind (c) #2 must be made of Red Marbles and Ms. Sue Storm lives there. Now moving to the hint (d)
Mr. Johnny Storm must be living in #3 and adding up with hint (b), it must be made from white
marbles. Now by hint (a) #4 must be made up of green marbles (or Mr. Reed Richard’s house can’t be
on its left). Also by (f) Mr. Ben Grimm lives there. All of it leaves Mr. Reed Richards living in #1 with
blue marbles construction.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #114 - Logic Mind Teaser

You have 100 kilograms of gpuzzles apples, which are 99 percent water by weight.
You let them dehydrate until they are 98 percent water.
How much do they weigh now ?

Solution:
Perhaps surprisingly, the apples now weigh 50 kilograms. The sack of apples originally weighed 100
kilograms, and 1 percent of its weight, or 1 pound, was non-water. If that 1 pound now makes up 2
percent of the total weight, then the total weight must be 50 kilograms.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #115 - Tough Logic Problem

My Friend Einstein who loves gardening planted the apple trees in an ordered way.
He planted apple trees in 19 rows.
What is the fewest number of apple trees required by Einstein to have trees in such an
ordered way ?
* More than 2 trees in a row will count as a row.

Solution:
ABC
EFGH
IJKL
MNOP
RST
5 horizontal rows
4 vertical columns
4 diagonals with slope 1 (ROL, NKH, MJG, IFC)
4 diagonals with slope -1 (SNI, TOJE, PKFA, LGB)
2 knight's move diagonals with slope -2 (AJS, BKT)
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #116 - Calendar Date riddle

Date "13-1-13" (13 January 2013) is quite special.
The date speciality is that date multiplied by month is equal to Year.
You need to find, which year of this century have maximum number of such dates ?
Solution:
2024
Seven occurrence
24-01-24
12-02-24
08-03-24
06-04-24
04-06-24
03-08-24
02-12-24
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #117 - Dream Puzzle

Two brothers were watching a horror film on video late one night. One brother dozed off
and dreamed that he was being chased by the crazy man from the movie, who was trying to
kill him. In the dream, he hid in a cupboard. There was no sound except his heart pounding,
and he had no idea where his crazed captor was. He was terrified! At that moment, the
video finished, and his brother put his hand on the shoulder of his sleeping sibling to wake
him. The shock at that tense moment was enough that the sleeping brother suffered a
massive heart attack and died instantly. True or false?
Solution:
False- if he had instantly died, how would anybody know his dream
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #118 - Hard Murder Mystery Puzzle

Detective Ixolite of the NYPD was investigating a murder at Chicago.
It was a difficult case, and Ixolite was completely stumped until he noticed a message sent
to him by the killer cunningly hidden in a newspaper advertisement selling Car Licence
Plates.
Detective Ixolite thought about it for a while, and when he had solved the puzzle,
immediately arrested the guilty man.
Q1) How did Ixolite know the advert was a clue for him?
Q2) Solve the code and tell me who Ixolite arrested.
This is the newspaper advert (Car licence plates for sale) that Detective Ixolite saw.
Plates For Sale;
[W 05 NWO]
[H 13 HSR ]
[O 05 EBM]
[D 08 UNE]
[U 10 HTY]
[N 04 BRE]
[N 16 TTE]
[I 26 LHC ]
[T 10 AEE]
[I 26 CNA]
[X 22 VDA]
Solution:
1)The first bit is easy, as the first letter of each plate spells WHODUNNIT IX(A challenge to our
Detective.)
2)The second bit is a little trickier, but I gave you the solution.If you read the last three letters in each
plate from the bottom up and right to left you get ADVANCE EACH LETTER BY THE NUMBER SHOWN,
so advance W by 5 to get B, H by 13 to get U and so on until you spell BUTLER DID IT.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #119 - Saving Life Situation Riddle

Three famous surgeons went to a camp near lake placid.
They hired a local guide named "ankit" for assistance.
They met with an accident and the ankit got some minor injuries but need an surgery.
The surgeons decide to operate on the ankit but they have only two medical gloves.
To save the ankit , all three surgeons are needed to operate on the ankit, in sequence.
How can this be done without any of them being exposed to the blood of any of the others?
Solution:
* The first surgeon operates with the first glove (glove A) inside the
second glove (glove B).
* The second surgeon operates using just glove B.
* The third surgeon operates using glove A, turned inside out, inside glove B.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles #120 - Logical Teaser Riddle

I know a way(correct) by which
adding 4 to 10 will give 2 ?
Solution:
10 o'clock + 4 hours = 2 o'clock.

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