15th January 2012
Lateral Thinking
If two are company and three are a crowd, what are four and five?
Answer: NINE

22nd January 2012
Lateral Thinking
What do you use from your head to your toes and the more it works the thinner it grows?
Answer: SOAP

29th January 2012
Lateral Thinking
What gets wetter as it dries?
Answer: A TOWEL        

Picture Quiz:   Were is it?   Answer: THE ISLE OF MAN

5th & 12 February 2012
Lateral Thinking
The man who sold it did not want it. The man who bought it did not need it. The man who used it did not know it. What is it?
Answer: A COFFIN

19th February 2012
Lateral Thinking
If you put a small coin into an empty wine bottle and replace the cork, how would you get the coin out of the bottle without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle? Answer: PUSH THE CORK ALL THE WAY INTO THE BOTTLE THEN SHAKE THE COIN OUT.

26th February 2011
Lateral Thinking
Whilst in a balloon floating stationary off the coast of France, I dropped two wine bottles over the side. If one was empty and the other full, which hit the ground first?
Answer: Neither as the Baloon is off the coast and therefore over water.

4th March 2012
Lateral Thinking
Is it correct to say; "The herd of sheep is eating hay in the field" or "The herd of sheep are eating hay in the field"?
Answer: Neither - the collective noun for sheep is a flock of sheep - not a herd of sheep.

11th March 2012
Lateral Thinking
A boy has as many sisters as he has brothers, but each of his sisters has twice as many brothers as she has sisters. How many boys and girls are there in the family?
Answer: There are 4 boys and 3 girls.

18th March 2012
Lateral Thinking
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? 
Answer: She was walking.

25th March 2012
Lateral Thinking
Train A and train B are crossing the USA, from coast to coast, over 3,000 miles of railway line. Train A is going from east to west at 80 miles per hour, and Train B is going from west to east at 90 miles per hour. Which train will be closer to the west coast when they pass each other?
Answer: When the trains meet, they will be at exactly the same point. Therefore, they will each be the same distance from the west coast.

1st April 2012
Lateral Thinking
Once a boy was walking down the road, and came to a place where the road divided in two, each separate road forking off in a different direction.

A girl was standing at the fork in the road. The boy knew that one road led to Lieville, a town where everyone always lied, and the other led to Trueville, a town where everyone always told the truth. He also knew that the girl came from one of those towns, but he didn't know which one.

Can you think of a question the boy could ask the girl to find out the way to Trueville?

ANSWER: The question the boy should ask is, "Which way is your town?"

If the girl is from Lieville, she will point to Trueville because she has to lie; if she is from Trueville, she'll point to Trueville because she has to tell the truth. So whatever road the girl points to will be the road to Trueville.

8th April 2012
Lateral Thinking
The rope ladder of a boat hangs over the side of the boat and just reaches the water. Its rungs are 8 inches apart.
How many rungs will be under the water when the tide rises 4 feet?

ANSWER: When the tide rises 4 feet, the boat and its ladder will also rise. So no rungs will be under the water.

15th April 2012
Lateral Thinking
Name one eight letter word that has kst in the middle, in the beginning, and the end.

ANSWER: INKSTAND

22nd April 2012
Lateral Thinking
Which of the following words does not belong with the others and why? Father, aunt, sister, cousin, mother, uncle.

ANSWER: Cousin does not belong since all the others refer to a specific gender.

29th April 2012
Lateral Thinking
When can you add 'two' to 'eleven' and get 'one' as the correct answer?

ANSWER: When you add two hours to eleven o'clock, you get one o'clock.

6th May 2012
Lateral Thinking
What five letter word does every oxford graduate pronounce wrong?

ANSWER: Wrong.

13th May 2012
Lateral Thinking
How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?

ANSWER:  The two of you must stand back to back.