Professional Documents
Culture Documents
AND
LATERAL THINKING
PROBLEMS
Lynne Donaldson
lynne@tanukihouse.com
November 2002
CONTENTS
Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................................4
Lateral thinking problems ....................................................................................................................................5
The puzzles........................................................................................................................................................5
Coal, carrot and scarf .....................................................................................................................................5
Anthony and Cleopatra ...................................................................................................................................5
The man in the lift ...........................................................................................................................................5
The man in the bar ..........................................................................................................................................5
The hanged man .............................................................................................................................................5
Don’t shoot ......................................................................................................................................................5
Pushing a car ..................................................................................................................................................5
Not twins .........................................................................................................................................................5
Friday ..............................................................................................................................................................5
The slow horse race .......................................................................................................................................5
Bigamist? ........................................................................................................................................................6
In the mirror.....................................................................................................................................................6
Two fathers? ...................................................................................................................................................6
A deserted island ............................................................................................................................................6
The umbrella ...................................................................................................................................................6
Punchbowl ......................................................................................................................................................6
Blind beggar ....................................................................................................................................................6
The elder twin .................................................................................................................................................6
Cabin men.......................................................................................................................................................6
Jason ..............................................................................................................................................................6
Death in a Field ...............................................................................................................................................6
Heaven ............................................................................................................................................................6
Hypothermia....................................................................................................................................................6
Cure for insomnia ...........................................................................................................................................7
Wife in the car .................................................................................................................................................7
Speeding? .......................................................................................................................................................7
The solutions ....................................................................................................................................................7
Coal, carrot and scarf .....................................................................................................................................7
Anthony and Cleopatra ...................................................................................................................................7
The man in the lift ...........................................................................................................................................7
The man in the bar ..........................................................................................................................................7
The hanged man .............................................................................................................................................7
Don’t shoot ......................................................................................................................................................7
Pushing a car ..................................................................................................................................................7
Not twins .........................................................................................................................................................7
Friday ..............................................................................................................................................................7
The slow horse race .......................................................................................................................................7
Bigamist? ........................................................................................................................................................7
In the mirror.....................................................................................................................................................7
Two fathers? ...................................................................................................................................................7
A deserted island ............................................................................................................................................7
The umbrella ...................................................................................................................................................8
Punchbowl ......................................................................................................................................................8
Blind beggar ....................................................................................................................................................8
The elder twin .................................................................................................................................................8
Cabin men.......................................................................................................................................................8
12. Shiny forward = bright on; once heaved = hove; Britain = Albion