Answers to Lateral thinking puzzles
The numbers of the year 1961 read the same in you turned it upside down. This will not happen again until 6009.
A child had released a helium filled ballon in the church. It was high and out of reach but clearly visible. The priest was going to shoot it down with an air gun.
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.
The expert believes that some drivers mistake children for adults and subconsciously assume that, because the figure are small the children are farther away than they actually are.
The incident took place in Saudi Arabia in 1995. It is illegal for woman to drive in Saudi Arabia. One driver was a man and the other was a woman. The police arrested the woman who was charged and convicted.
The man had already phoned his wife, who was a 100 miles away, and persuaded her to drive him with a set of spare keys. He does not want to explain to her that her journey was unnecessary, and face her wrath.
He was fleeing from the scene of the crime and failed to see a police officer with a radar gun. He was stopped for speeding and ultimately convicted of the robbery.
He asked each builder to nominate an alternate in case he could not take up the contract. He gave the contract to the builder most nominated as backup.
The unlucky gambler had drawn a "ticket" bearing the number 6 7/8, i.e., the hat label with the size marked on it.
Amanda hangs up while she herself is speaking. She can subsequently claim they were disconnected.
