Lateral Thinking

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• A man pushes his car to a hotel and immediately realizes he is bankrupt. What is he doing?
• A woman lives on the tenth floor. Every morning she takes the elevator down. In the evening, she goes up to the…
• A man is found dead in a field with an unopened package beside him. There are no footprints nearby. What is the most…
• A doctor gives a patient three pills and tells him to take one every half hour. How long will the pills last?
• Match each lateral-thinking riddle setup with its intended solution.
• Match each apparent contradiction with the lateral-thinking interpretation that resolves it.
• Match each riddle clue with the hidden assumption that must be rejected.
• Match each puzzle situation with the key lateral-thinking move it requires.