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This week's quiz contains 10 lateral thinking puzzles from a book Paul Sloane & Dan MacHale.
What happened in the second half of the 20th century and will not happen again for another 4000 years?
A priest goes into a church carrying a loaded gun. Why? (P.S. He was not a canon!)
Why did an old lady always answer the door wearing her hat and coat?
Many more children are involved as pedestrians in road accidents than might be expected from their numbers and road use. An expert on road accidents has put forward an ingenious theory to account for this. What do you think the theory might be?
Two drivers drove slowly and safely in the correct direction down a wide road before coming to a stop in front of a red stop light. A nearby police officer immediately arrested one of the drivers and let the other one drive off. The police officer had never seen or heard either driver before. Neither driver had a criminal record. They were both fully dressed and no one had been drinking. Both cars were in excellent roadworthy condition and had not been stolen. The arrested driver was charged and convicted. Of what?
A man locks his keys inside his car and is unable to get them out despite trying for an hour. A police officer comes along and offers to help. He discovers that the back door of the car is unlocked and he consequently recovers the keys. The man thanks him, but when the officer departs the man locks the back door, leaving the keys inside. Why?
A man robbed the bank. If he had seen the other gun he would not have been in such a hurry. Why not?
A man wanted to construct an important building and he received tenders from a hundred builders, who each presented their qualifications and claimed to be the best builder around. How did he chose between them?
A very unlucky gambler had lost all his money . His friends organized a raffle, rigged so he would be sure to win. Knowing the ticket number he held, they filled a hat with tickets bearing the same number. The asked him to draw the winning number. "Well," they asked him, "who won?" "Not me, anyway," he replied sadly. What had happened?
Amanda was doing something important when she received a phone call from Zoe, who was long-winded and boring. How did Amanda quickly finish the call without offending Zoe?
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