Lateral Thinking Questions
1. A woman gives a man something to eat which causes him to die. Nothing is poisoned. How?
2. A man is found dead in the middle of a field with an unopened bag beside him. How did he die?
3. A man lives on the 20th floor. Each morning he gets into the lift and goes down to the ground floor to go to work. When he returns in the evening he gets the lift to the 15th floor and takes the stairs for the last five floors. Why?
4. A man walks into a bar and bets that he can look into the sun for ten minutes without hurting his eyes. He wears no eye protection and the sun is shining. He wins his bet. How?
5. A manufacturer reckons that if middle-aged people told the truth more often he would sell more of his products. What does he sell?
6. A man is found hanging in a room. All the doors and windows are locked from the inside. There is nothing else in the room. He is hanging from a beam. There is a puddle of water on the floor. How did he die?