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This week's quiz is a set of lateral thinking puzzles from a book by Paul Sloan.
1. A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every day, he takes the elevator to the first floor to go shopping. When he returns, he always takes the elevator to the seventh floor and walks the rest of the fight of stairs to his apartment in the tenth floor. Why does he do this?
2. One night during the Second World War, an allied bomber was on a mission over Germany. The plane was in perfect condition and everything on it worked properly. When it had reached its target, the pilot ordered the bomb doors open. They opened. He then ordered the bombs released. The were released. But the bombs did not fall from the plane. Why should this be so?
3. Five pieces of coal, a carrot, and a scarf are lying on the lawn. Nobody put them on the lawn, but there is a perfectly logical reason for them being there. What is it?
4. There were two Americans waiting at the entrance to the British Museum. One of them was the father of the other one's son. How could this be so?
5. Not far from Madrid, there is a large wooden barn. The barn is completely empty except for a dead man hanging from the central rafter. The rope around his neck is ten feet long and his feet are three feet from thr ground. The nearest wall is 20 feet away. It is not possible to climb up the walls or along rafters, yet he hanged himself. How did he manage it?
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