GOAL Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Lateral Thinking Puzzles GOAL Lateral Thinking Puzzles Lateral Thinking Puzzles • The term 'lateral thinking' was coined by Edward de Bono to denote a problem-solving style that involves looking at the given situation from unexpected angles Sometimes a problem seems difficult or insoluble because our assumptions about it are wrong Lateral Thinking Puzzles • The Surgeon A father and his son are involved in a car accident, as a result of which the father is very badly injured and his son is rushed to hospital for emergency surgery However, the surgeon takes one look at the boy and says "I cannot operate on him" When asked why, the surgeon replies "Because he's my son " • How could this be the case? • Answer: The surgeon is the boy's mother Edward De Bono's Six Thinking Hats • • • • • • Blue Hat Thinking: Managing the thinking White Hat Thinking: Just the facts Green Hat Thinking: Creativity Ideas Possibilities Yellow Hat Thinking: Benefits Pluses Black Hat Thinking: Difficulties Problems Red Hat Thinking: Feelings Gut Instinct Intuition Lateral Thinking Puzzles Mr Comm GOAL Puzzle # • Bottleneck • Put a coin in a bottle and then stop the opening with a cork How can you get the coin out of the bottle without pulling out the cork or breaking the bottle? • Push the cork into the bottle, and shake the coin out Puzzle # • Can You Explain? • Question: A girl who was just learning to drive went down a one-way street in the wrong direction, but didn't break the law How come? • She was walking the wrong way Puzzle # • Can You Explain? • Question: How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come back to you, even if it doesn't hit anything, there is nothing attached to it, and no one else catches or throws it? • Answer: Throw the ball straight up in the air Puzzle # • Can You Explain? • Question: Two students are sitting on opposite sides of the same desk There is nothing in between them but the desk Why can't they see each other? • Answer: The two students have their backs to each other 93 The Legacy • (Answer) The man and his father were stamp collectors The inner envelope had a rare stamp on it worth $20,000 95 Food for Thought • The Danish government issues all the staff in one government department free biscuits every morning Why? (Click once for clues) 95 Food for Thought • The Danish government issues all the staff in one government department free biscuits every morning Why? (Clues) The biscuits are not for the staff’s own consumption They give them away They give them away for their own protection (Click once for the answer) 95 Food for Thought • The Danish government issues all the staff in one government department free biscuits every morning Why? (Answer) The Danish government issues dog biscuits to all its postal delivery people every morning so that they can use them to distract hostile dogs Lateral Thinking Puzzles Mr Comm GOAL 96 Guess Who? Puzzle Which famous person is spelled out above? (Click for a clue) 96 Guess Who? Puzzle AIVNDIC Which famous person is spelled out above? (Click for answer) 96 Guess Who? Puzzle DA VINCI Which famous person is spelled out above? 97 You can’t answer this brain teaser, but a preschooler can Which way is the bus below traveling? To the left or to the right? (Click for a clue) 97 You can’t answer this brain teaser, but a preschooler can Can’t make up your mind? Look carefully at the picture again Still don’t know? Preschoolers all over the United States were shown this picture and asked the same question 90% of preschooler’s gave this answer (Click for answer) 97 You can’t answer this brain teaser, but a preschooler can Which way is the bus below traveling? To the left or to the right? Answer: To the left because you can’t see the door to get on the bus 98 I Build My House of Sticks Rearrange two of these five toothpicks to leave a view of a famous building in the USA (Click for answer) 98 I Build My House of Sticks Rearrange two of these five toothpicks to leave a view of a famous building in the USA 99 Twister Can you figure out what these weird looking things are? (Click for answer) 99 Twister Can you figure out what these weird looking things are? .. .Lateral Thinking Puzzles Lateral Thinking Puzzles • The term 'lateral thinking' was coined by Edward de Bono to denote a problem-solving... De Bono's Six Thinking Hats • • • • • • Blue Hat Thinking: Managing the thinking White Hat Thinking: Just the facts Green Hat Thinking: Creativity Ideas Possibilities Yellow Hat Thinking: Benefits... Hat Thinking: Benefits Pluses Black Hat Thinking: Difficulties Problems Red Hat Thinking: Feelings Gut Instinct Intuition Lateral Thinking Puzzles Mr Comm GOAL Puzzle # • Bottleneck • Put a coin