INDEX PUZZLES & MENTAL GYM
Car Accident
Man in Black
Manhole Cover
Punch
Glass of Water
Old SMS
The Recluse
The Murderer
Glasses
Eggs in a Basket
TEXTS
1) A man and his son are in a car accident.
The father dies on the scene, but the child is rushed to the
hospital.
When he arrives the surgeon says, "I can't operate on this boy, he
is my son!"
How can this be?
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Return to Index2) A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, lumper,
gloves & balaclava.
He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps
off.
A black car is coming towards him with its light off but somehow
manages to stop in time.
How did the driver see the man?
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Return to Index3) Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square
ones?
(This is logical rather than lateral, but it is a good puzzle that
can be solved by lateral thinking techniques.
It is supposedly used by a
very well-known software company as an interview question for
prospective employees)
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Return to Index4) A man went to a party and drank some of the punch.
He then left early.
Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died
of poisoning.
Why did the man not die?
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Return to IndexSome of you think that text messaging is new!
Try these from the 1950s
6) YY U R YY U B
I C U R YY 4 me
7) If the B M T put :
If the B . putting :
Don't put : over a - der
You'd be an * it
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Return to Index8)There once was a recluse who never left his home. The only time anyone ever visited him was when his food and supplies were delivered, but they never came inside. Then one stormy winter night when an icy gale was blowing, he had a nervous breakdown. He went upstairs, turned off all the lights, and went to bed. Next morning he had caused the deaths of several hundred people. How?
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Return to Index9)Acting on an anonymous phone call, police raid a house to arrest a suspected murderer. They don't know what he looks like, but they know his name is 'John'. Inside they find a carpenter, a lorry driver, a car mechanic and a fireman playing cards. Without even asking his name they immediately arrest the fireman. How do they know they have got their man?
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Return to Index10) Three glasses are filled with orange juice, and placed to the left of three empty glasses. By moving only one glass, can you arrange them so that the full and empty glasses alternate.
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Return to Index11) There are six eggs in a basket. Six people each take one egg. How can it be that one egg is left in the basket?
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Return to IndexUpdated 29 April 2013