Password
A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was required. He waited by the door and listened. A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The member replied, "six " and was let in. A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The member replied, "three" and was let in. The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said ,"ten" and the man replied, "five." But he was not let in. What should have he said?

1961
What happened in 1961 that will not happen again for over 4000 years?

9 Letter Word
Name a 9 letter word that contains only 1 vowel.

The Taxi Murder Mystery
John calls for a taxi to pick him up from his hotel. When it arrives, John gets in and tells Harry, the driver, where he wants to go. Nothing further is said by either man. Harry then drives John to a secluded spot by a railway line and kills John. Harry and John had never met before and Harry's behavior was completely uncharacteristic of someone known to be kind and placid. WHAT WAS THE MOTIVE OF THE KILLING?

Putting It Together
Suppose you have a list of numbers from zero to one hundred. How quickly can you add them all up without using a calculator? HINT: There is a swift way to add these numbers. Think about how the numbers at the opposite ends of the list relate to each other.

Lateral Thinking Puzzles
Why did an old lady always answer the door wearing her hat and coat?

A man lies dead in a field with a small, unopened package near him. He was not killed by any animal or other person, and he did not die from natural causes. The package did not explode directly injuring the man, but it did contribute to the situation of his death. How did he die?

A man is dressed in black.  Black shoes, socks, trousers, jumper, gloves and a balaclava covering his face. He is walking down a street with all the street lamps off. A black car turns the corner and speeds towards him with its lights off, but it somehow manages to brake in time. How did the driver see the man in time?

Joe wants to go home, but he can't because a man wearing a mask is waiting for him. What is the problem?

A writer with an audience of millions insisted that he was never to be interrupted while writing. After the day when he actually was interrupted, he never wrote again. Why?

A man leaves a motel room in the middle of the night, goes to his car, and honks the horn repeatedly. He then walks back to his room. Why?

Three large people are crowding together under one small umbrella, yet nobody gets wet. How is this possible?

Riddles
You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?

What can you catch but not throw?

What goes around the world but stays in a corner?

Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?

The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?

No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?

What is it the more you take, the more you leave behind?

The sun bakes them, the hand breaks them, the foot treads on them, and the mouth tastes them. What are they?

I'm where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow's in the middle. What am I?

Whoever makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. Whoever knows it, wants it not. What is it?

I fly, yet I have no wings. I cry, yet I have no eyes. Darkness follows me; lower light I never see.

What is it that, after you take away the whole, some still remains?

Answers







































Password: Three. The doorman lets in those who answer with the number of letters in the word the doorman says.

1961: The year's date reads the same when turned upside down. That will not happen again until 6009.

9 Letter Word: Strengths.

The Taxi Murder Mystery: Harry had found out some days earlier that his wife was having an affair but he didn't know with whom. When John got into his taxi and asked to be taken to Harry's own address, Harry naturally assumed John was that man.

Putting It Together: The list contains fifty pairs of numbers that add to 100 (100+0, 99+1, 98+2, 97+3, etc.) with the number 50 as an unpaired leftover: 50 X 100 + 50 = 5,050

Lateral Thinking Puzzles:

1. If it was someone she wanted to invite in she said she had just come in. If it was someone she did not want to invite in she said she was just about to go out.
2. The man was skydiving from an airplane. The package, which contained his parachute did not open. Thus, he died on impact.
3. It was the middle of the day, so he could see the man easily...
4. Baseball game is going on. The base-runner sees the catcher waiting at home plate with the ball, and so decides to stay at third base to avoid being tagged out...
5. He was a skywriter whose plane crashed into another plane...
6. The man goes outside to get something from his car, but as the parking lot is set apart from the building, he forgets which room he was in. His wife is deaf, so he honks the car horn loudly, waking up everyone else in the motel. The other residents all get up and turn on their room lights, at which point the man then returns to the one dark room...
7. It isn't raining...

Riddles:

1. An ear of corn.
2. A cold.
3. A stamp.
4. Fire.
5. A coffin.
6. Silence.
7. Footsteps.
8. Grapes.
9. A dictionary.
10. Counterfeit money.
11. A cloud.
12. The word "wholesome."