Comments on: 21 riddles to train lateral thinking http://beanoriginal.net/21_riddles_to_t/ feeding your inner rebel Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:36:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Rupe http://beanoriginal.net/21_riddles_to_t/#comment-1246 Rupe Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:48:13 +0000 http://lodewijkvdb.com/blog/2007/05/21-riddles-to-train-lateral-thinking/#comment-1246 I thought #21. was God, but maybe that's just me? I thought #21. was God, but maybe that’s just me?

]]> By: Joe http://beanoriginal.net/21_riddles_to_t/#comment-81 Joe Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:50:57 +0000 http://lodewijkvdb.com/blog/2007/05/21-riddles-to-train-lateral-thinking/#comment-81 1. Wind 2. Coffin 3. Gloves 4. A Snowman Melted 5. Today 6. Mirror 7. Catcher and Umpire 8. Nothing 9. Day and Night 10. Trap 11. 0 - some hands have no fingers 12. Coin minter did not know it was B.C. 13. Thorn 14. Music 15. He gets three times the money 16. A bubble 17. He fell out of the first floor 18. Dispute 19. Darkness 20. Rust 21. Alcohol 1. Wind
2. Coffin
3. Gloves
4. A Snowman Melted
5. Today
6. Mirror
7. Catcher and Umpire
8. Nothing
9. Day and Night
10. Trap
11. 0 – some hands have no fingers
12. Coin minter did not know it was B.C.
13. Thorn
14. Music
15. He gets three times the money
16. A bubble
17. He fell out of the first floor
18. Dispute
19. Darkness
20. Rust
21. Alcohol

]]> By: esmeralda http://beanoriginal.net/21_riddles_to_t/#comment-101 esmeralda Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:22:59 +0000 http://lodewijkvdb.com/blog/2007/05/21-riddles-to-train-lateral-thinking/#comment-101 I think that fo rnumber 8 it is the simple life. I think that fo rnumber 8 it is the simple life.

]]> By: esmeralda http://beanoriginal.net/21_riddles_to_t/#comment-103 esmeralda Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:19:26 +0000 http://lodewijkvdb.com/blog/2007/05/21-riddles-to-train-lateral-thinking/#comment-103 I think it`s the simple life . I think it`s the simple life .

]]> By: esmeralda http://beanoriginal.net/21_riddles_to_t/#comment-102 esmeralda Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:09:00 +0000 http://lodewijkvdb.com/blog/2007/05/21-riddles-to-train-lateral-thinking/#comment-102 for number 8 i think it is love. for number 8 i think it is love.

]]> By: Nate http://beanoriginal.net/21_riddles_to_t/#comment-91 Nate Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:05:01 +0000 http://lodewijkvdb.com/blog/2007/05/21-riddles-to-train-lateral-thinking/#comment-91 1. gravity 2. coffin 3. gloves 4. snowman 5. something. (everything changes, but no experience is universal to all creatures. you can say they all experience something though...) 6. mirror 7. catcher and umpire (had to look this one up, not a sports guy) 8. social life (assuming the poor is small-town poor over big-city poor) 9. break of dawn, and dusk 10. toss 11. 0 (someone has to have no left hand) 12. "BC" labels didn't exist in BC. 13. splinter 14. hope 15. the new yorker was bald. 16. the moon/sun reflection 17. on the first floor 18. faith (lol) honestly though - arguments 19. darkness 20. rust (assuming the club is wood) 21. older brothers :D. some of these only had one right answer, not a lot of lateral thinking and more word-puzzle solving. others were fun to come up with. 1. gravity
2. coffin
3. gloves
4. snowman
5. something. (everything changes, but no experience is universal to all creatures. you can say they all experience something though…)
6. mirror
7. catcher and umpire (had to look this one up, not a sports guy)
8. social life (assuming the poor is small-town poor over big-city poor)
9. break of dawn, and dusk
10. toss
11. 0 (someone has to have no left hand)
12. “BC” labels didn’t exist in BC.
13. splinter
14. hope
15. the new yorker was bald.
16. the moon/sun reflection
17. on the first floor
18. faith (lol) honestly though – arguments
19. darkness
20. rust (assuming the club is wood)
21. older brothers :D .

some of these only had one right answer, not a lot of lateral thinking and more word-puzzle solving. others were fun to come up with.

]]> By: DJ http://beanoriginal.net/21_riddles_to_t/#comment-100 DJ Thu, 07 May 2009 01:09:40 +0000 http://lodewijkvdb.com/blog/2007/05/21-riddles-to-train-lateral-thinking/#comment-100 1:Wind 2:Coffin 3:Gloves 4:Snowman melted 5:Day 6:Mirror/Clock 7:Catcher and Umpire 8:Nothing 9:Day/night 10:Golf 11:30 Billion(since it is an estimation, you have to assume that all 5 finger's are present. However; since it is said as "The number of fingers on every person's left-hands" that implies a single use variation, Ergo 5 and only 5 one time. of course 5x6Billion) 12: BC wasn't considered a real date-time till after the death of Christ 13:Splinter 14:Words/Speech 15:More money for more people 16:A bubble 17:It says "fall out of a 20 story building" it never says which floor. 18:Argument 19:Darkness 20:Rust 21:It could (technically) be alcohol; love; law; government or even life experience, but i'm gonna say that i don't have an answer for that one. Literally speaking, It is there specifically to trip you up. those aren't always there specifically to trip you up and you aren't always tortured by them the next day. Lateral thinking implies it's an "always or never" type of action. 1:Wind
2:Coffin
3:Gloves
4:Snowman melted
5:Day
6:Mirror/Clock
7:Catcher and Umpire
8:Nothing
9:Day/night
10:Golf
11:30 Billion(since it is an estimation, you have to assume that all 5 finger’s are present. However; since it is said as “The number of fingers on every person’s left-hands” that implies a single use variation, Ergo 5 and only 5 one time. of course 5×6Billion)
12: BC wasn’t considered a real date-time till after the death of Christ
13:Splinter
14:Words/Speech
15:More money for more people
16:A bubble
17:It says “fall out of a 20 story building” it never says which floor.
18:Argument
19:Darkness
20:Rust
21:It could (technically) be alcohol; love; law; government or even life experience, but i’m gonna say that i don’t have an answer for that one. Literally speaking, It is there specifically to trip you up. those aren’t always there specifically to trip you up and you aren’t always tortured by them the next day. Lateral thinking implies it’s an “always or never” type of action.

]]> By: Medha_caramel http://beanoriginal.net/21_riddles_to_t/#comment-95 Medha_caramel Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:34:09 +0000 http://lodewijkvdb.com/blog/2007/05/21-riddles-to-train-lateral-thinking/#comment-95 hi, can somebody please consolidate the correct answers to these 21 riddles?? i had a few answered but was not sure how many of them are correct..thanks hi, can somebody please consolidate the correct answers to these 21 riddles?? i had a few answered but was not sure how many of them are correct..thanks

]]> By: John Robinson http://beanoriginal.net/21_riddles_to_t/#comment-93 John Robinson Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:26:19 +0000 http://lodewijkvdb.com/blog/2007/05/21-riddles-to-train-lateral-thinking/#comment-93 Uh, wouldn't "Diamonds" work for number 20? Uh, wouldn’t “Diamonds” work for number 20?

]]> By: Musa http://beanoriginal.net/21_riddles_to_t/#comment-97 Musa Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:47:45 +0000 http://lodewijkvdb.com/blog/2007/05/21-riddles-to-train-lateral-thinking/#comment-97 21. or a lawyer 21. or a lawyer

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