A man wishes to reach the island in the middle of an ornamental lake without getting wet. The island is 20 feet from each edge of the pond (see diagram) and he has two planks each 19 feet long. How does he get across?
Lateral Thinking Riddles
Farmer’s Horses
A farmer has 10 rabbits, 20 horses, and 40 pigs. If we assume all of his horses are pigs, how many horses does the farmer have?
Riddle AnswerMan in Elevator
A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every day he takes the elevator to go down to the ground floor to go to work. When he returns he takes the same elevator to the seventh floor and walks up the stairs to reach his apartment on the tenth floor. If there is someone else in the elevator with him or if it was raining that day, he goes back to the tenth floor directly.
Note that there is nothing wrong with the elevator or the design of the building. It’s a perfectly normal elevator in a perfectly normal building.
He hates walking up the stairs, so why does he do it?
Riddle AnswerWounded Soldier in Battle
There was once a soldier who had a brother that was wounded in battle. But the wounded man did not have a brother. How could that be?
Riddle AnswerAeroplane Hijack
A man hijacks an aeroplane transporting 8 passengers and valuable cargo. After taking the cargo, the man demands nine parachutes from the flight crew, puts one of them on, and jumps, leaving the other eight behind. Why did he want eight more?
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