Exercise your brain LT II

Lateral Thinking - Exercise your Brain

1. If you were alone in a deserted house at night, and there was an oil lamp, a candle and firewood and you only have one match, which would you light first?

a) oil lamp
b) candle
c) firewood
d) match

2. Divide 40 by half and add ten. What is the answer?
a) 30
b) 60
c) 90
d) 120

3. Is it legal for a man in the United States to marry his widow's sister?

a) No
b) Yes

4. A farmer has 15 cows, all but 8 die. How many does he have left?
a) 7
b) 8
c) 9

5. A woman lives on the 36th floor of a block of flats. Every morning she takes the lift down to the ground floor and goes to work. In the evening, she gets into the lift, and, if there is someone else in the lift she goes back to her floor directly. Otherwise, she goes to the 30th floor and walks up six flights of stairs to her flat. How do you explain this?

a) She wants to exercise
b) Her height is 6 foot
c) Her height is 3 foot
d) She likes walking

6. If the hour hand of a clock moves 1/60th of a degree every minute, how many degrees will it move in an hour?
a) 360
b) 60
c) 1

Answer all these questions ( do lateral thinking) to arrive at solutions, ill post the answers in 7 days time.