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Test of Lateral Thinking, Part II

1. Some months have thirty days, some have thirtyone. How many monthshave twentyeight days?Well, the temptation is, of course to say ONEFebruary (except in leapyear when it has 29). After all, we all know the old rhyme Thirty days hathSeptember The correct answer, however, is TWELVE. Every monthhas twenty-eight days.or more.

2. Do they have a Fourth of July in England?Yes they do. There is a fourth day of July everywhere around the world,although it is celebrated as Independence Day only in the USA.

3. If you had only one match and entered a dark room where there was only anoil lamp, oil heater, and some kindling wood, which would you light first?The match.

4. If a doctor gave you three pills and told you to take one every half hour, howlong would they last?The pills would last an hour, but, as a well-trained student, you probablydid the math and calculated an hour and a half. You would take one pillright away, another 30 minutes later, and the last thirty minutes after that.30 + 30 = 60

5. A man builds a house with four sides to it, a regular quadrilateral, each sidehaving a southern exposure. A bear walks by. What color is the bear?A little bit of geography knowledge goes a long way. The only place that aquadrilateral could have all four sides facing south is at the North Pole.So the bear would have to be white because its a polar bear.

6. A farmer had 17 sheep. All but 9 die. How many did he have left?The good student sees numbers and anticipates a math problem. Plus,theres a clue word in the problem for subtraction, left. So, 17 9 = 8.Except look at the wording. All but 9 die. So the answer is 9.

7. Take two apples from three apples. What do you have?Someone who is as good at school as you are would do the math. 3 2 =1. Except that if you take two apples, wouldnt you have two apples?

8. How many animals of each species did Moses take aboard the ark?Most of us are as well-trained for church school as we are for regular school. Everyone knows that there were two animal aboard the ark. Butsince Noah took them onto the ark, Moses took zero.

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9. A United States plane crashes in the communist country of Cuba. Where willthe survivors be buried?Whether the plane crashes in a communist country or a democratic one,you dont bury survivors. They are still alive.

10. I have two coins in my pocket that total 55 cents. One is not a nickel. What are the two coins?You have a fifty-cent piece and a nickel. One coin is not a nickel. But theother one is.

11. How many sides does a circle have?The true geometry scholar would say that a circle does not have anysides. It is a continuous curve. But it actually has two sidesthe insideand the outside.

12. How far can a dog run into the woods?

The dog can run halfway into the woods. After that, it is running out of thewoods.

13. How many birthdays does the average man have?In spite of our statistical tendency to think about demographics here, theaverage man (or woman or child) has only one birthday. Think about it.

14. To the nearest square inch, how much soil is there in a 2 x 2 x 4 hole?Here you go with the math training again. Whats that equation? Volume =length x depth x height so that would be 2 x 2 x 4 = 16 cubic inches. Uh-huh. There is no soil in the hole . The 16 cu. in. is in a pile beside the

hole .

15. According to US law, is it legal for a man to marry his widows sister?The only way for a woman to become a widow is for her husband to bedead. So, legal or not, that man cant marry his widows sister becausehes dead!