Manhole Covers

Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones?

The Elder Twin

One day Kerry celebrated her birthday. Two days later her older, identical twin brother, Terry, celebrated his birthday.


Why?

Test Your Logic!

A man is wearing all black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, jumper, 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 lights off, but somehow manages to stop in time.

How did the driver see the man?

Test Your Logic!

A man and his son are in a car accident. The father dies on the scene, and the child is rushed to the hospital. When he arrives, the surgeon arrives, the surgeon says "I can't operate on this boy, he's my son!"

 
How can this be?

Test Your Logic !

There is a man who lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Every day he takes the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building and go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and takes the stairs the rest of the way, unless it's raining, in which case he goes all the way up!




WHY? This is probably the best known and most celebrated of all lateral thinking puzzles. It is a true classic. Although there are many possible solutions which fit the initial conditions, only the canonical answer is truly satisfying.

what these seven words all have in common?

1. Banana
2. Dresser
3. Grammar
4. Potato
5. Revive
6. Uneven
7. Assess

Hare and Deer leaps

A hare makes 6 leaps in the same time as a deer makes 4, but the deer's leap is 21/2 m while the hare's is only 1 m. How many leaps will the deer make before catching the hare, supposing the hare was to have a start of 13m on a straight road?