| Issue 307 introduced you to lateral (creative) thinking when it comes to problem solving and I posed some questions for you to think about. How did you get on? Here (in all their glory) are the answers! What can you put in a wooden box that would make it lighter? The more of them you put in the lighter it becomes, yet the box stays empty. Holes Which side of a cat contains the most hair? The outside The 60th and 62nd British Prime Ministers of the UK had the same mother and father but were not brothers. How do you account for this? Churchill was Prime Minister twice, from 1940 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1955 A window cleaner is cleaning the windows on the 25th floor of a skyscraper when he slips and falls. He is not wearing a safety harness and nothing slows his fall, yet he suffered no injuries. Explain. The window cleaner was cleaning the INSIDE of the windows. If a red house is made of red bricks and a blue house is made of blue bricks, what is a green house made of? Glass John’s mother has three children, one is named April, one is named May. What is the third one named? John A cowboy rode into town on Friday, spent one night there and left on Friday. How do you account for this? Friday was the name of the horse Using just ONE straight cut, how can you cut a rectangular cake into two equal parts when a rectangular piece has already been removed from it? Cut it horizontally half way up (i.e. parallel to the top) |
Lateral Thinking : 8 Questions – Lunch n Learn Issue 306
The most effective problem solving combines both logical and lateral thinking. Practice your lateral thinking here…
