Think Outside the Box: 8 Lateral Thinking Challenges
Get ready to challenge your assumptions and think creatively with these lateral thinking riddles.
Quiz Questions
Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.
- 1
A woman has two coins that add up to 30 cents. One coin is not a nickel. What are the two coins?
- 2
You are in a room with three light switches. Each switch corresponds to one of three light bulbs in a room. Each bulb is either on or off. You can't see the bulbs from where you are, but you can turn the switches on and off as many times as you want. How can you figure out which switch corresponds to which light bulb?
- 3
A bat and a ball together cost $1.10. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
- 4
You are standing in a room with two doors. One door leads to certain death, and the other door leads to freedom. There are two guards, one who always tells the truth and one who always lies. You don't know which guard is which or which door leads where. You can ask one question to one guard. What question do you ask?
- 5
A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks him, 'Who's in the picture?' The man replies, 'Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man's father is my father's son.' Who is in the picture?
- 6
You have a 3-gallon bucket and a 5-gallon bucket. How can you measure out exactly 4 gallons of water using only these two buckets?
- 7
A woman has a fox, a chicken, and a sack of grain. She must cross a river, but her boat can only hold herself and one of these items at a time. If the fox is left alone with the chicken, the fox will eat the chicken. If the chicken is left alone with the grain, the chicken will eat the grain. How can she get everything across the river?
- 8
You are at a dinner party with 10 people. Each person shakes hands with every other person. How many handshakes occur in total?
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