Outstanding Lateral Thinking Puzzles

by Sloane, Paul; MacHale, Des

• ISBN13: 9781402703805
• ISBN10: 1402703805
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Sterling

Summary

The latest in the hugely popular series of think-out-of-the box brainteasers, including Classic Lateral Thinking Challenges and Colorful Lateral Thinking Puzzles. Here's how you play the game and figure out these perplexing puzzles: take one of the scenarios, and with the help of a friend who looks at the answer, pose a series of yes and no questions until, by a process of elimination and deduction, you arrive at the solution. If you get stuck - and everyone does from time to time - there are additional clues to push you along. Keep trying and you will reach that glorious "aha!" moment when everything becomes crystal clear. In no time at all you'll have sharpened your wits...and become an accomplished lateral thinker. Here is an classic example: "The man in the Elevator" A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every day he takes the elevator to go down to the ground floor to go to work or to go shopping. When he returns he takes the elevator to the seventh floor and walks up the stairs to reach his apartment on the tenth floor. He hates walking so why does he do it? Solution: This is probably the best known and most celebrated of all lateral thinking puzzles. It is a true classic. Although there are many possible solutions which fit the initial conditions, only the canonical answer is truly satisfying. Solution: The man is (of course) a dwarf. Variants of this puzzle include the clue that on rainy days he goes up in the elevator to the tenth floor (he uses his umbrella!) With the help of a friend pose a series of Yes & No questions until you arrive at the solution Sharpen your wits and become an accomplished lateral thinker Learn to think out of the box

Table of Contents

Introduction	9	(2)
Puzzles	11	(18)
Wally Test I	29	(20)
Clues	49	(19)
Wally Test II	68	(1)
Puzzle Answers	69	(22)
Wally Test I Answers	91	(1)
Wally Test II Answers	92	(1)
Index	93