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dkumar
June 28th, 2003, 11:11 AM
1. There is a man who lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it's raining! why?
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2. A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, lumper, gloves and balaclava. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its light off but somehow manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?
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3. Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones? (This is logical rather than lateral, but it is a good puzzle that can be solved by lateral thinking techniques. )
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4. A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die? __________________________________________________ __________________________
5. A man walks into a bar and asks the barman for a glass of water. The barman pulls out a gun and points it at the man. The man says 'thank you' and walks out. (This puzzle claims to be the best of the genre. It is simple in its statement, absolutely baffling and yet with a completely satisfying solution. Most people struggle very hard to solve this one yet they like the answer when they hear it or have the satisfaction of figuring it out.)

Hope all solution/s would be provided:), if not back on July 01 to find all solutions:)

scsheorayan
June 28th, 2003, 03:42 PM
Dhanesh Kumar (Jun 28, 2003 01:41 a.m.):
1. There is a man who lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it's raining! why?
_____Answer : He must be using umbrella to push upper floor buttons of the lift which are too high for him otherwise.________________________________________ ____________________________
2. A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, lumper, gloves and balaclava. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its light off but somehow manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?
Answer: It must be day time.
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3. Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones? (This is logical rather than lateral, but it is a good puzzle that can be solved by lateral thinking techniques. )
Answer: First of all the absense of stress raisers due to sharp corners and secondly the area could be smaller to allow human body to pass which is cross sectioned oval rather than rectangular or square. 16inch X 12 inch oval is sufficient for a normal person.
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4. A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die? _Answer: They must have died of food poisoning which the man did not have._____________________________________________ ______________________
man walks into a bar and asks the barman for a glass of water. The barman pulls out a gun and points it at the man. The man says 'thank you' and walks out. (This puzzle claims to be the best of the genre. It is simple in its statement, absolutely baffling and yet with a completely satisfying solution. Most people struggle very hard to solve this one yet they like the answer when they hear it or have the satisfaction of figuring it out.)

Answer: In a bar you go for a drink not for a glass of water.
Hope all solution/s would be provided:), if not back on July 01 to find all solutions:)

dkumar
June 30th, 2003, 05:09 PM
Well tried Shubha Ji!

Please find below answers to all in same order:

1. The man is very, very short and can only reach halfway up the elevator buttons. However, if it is raining then he will have his umbrella with him and can press the higher buttons with it.
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2. It was day time.
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3. A square manhole cover can be turned and dropped down the diagonal of the manhole. So for safety and practicality, all manhole covers should be round.
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4. The poison in the punch came from the ice cubes. When the man drank the punch, the ice was fully frozen. Gradually it melted, poisoning the punch.
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5. The man had hiccups. The barman recognized this from his speech and drew the gun in order to give him a shock. It worked and cured the hiccups-so the man no longer needed the water. (This is a simple puzzle to state but a difficult one to solve. It is a perfect example of a seemingly irrational and incongruous situation having a simple and complete explanation. Amazingly this classic puzzle seems to work in different cultures and languages)