Lateral Thinking Riddles

Lateral thinking puzzles involve solving problems through an indirect and creative approach, using reasoning that is not immediately obvious, thinking out of the box and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic.

20 Buckets of Blocks

You have 20 buckets of blocks, a knife, and a weighing scale. Each bucket has 100 blocks. 19 of the buckets have blocks that weigh 16oz each, and one bucket has blocks that weigh 17oz each. How do you figure out which bucket has the 17oz blocks by weighing only once?

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The 22nd and 24th President

The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States had the same parents but were not brothers. They were both male, neither were adopted or “switched at birth”. How can this be possible?

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Distribute 3 Apples

How can you distribute 3 apples to two mothers and their two daughters giving a whole apple to each?

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100 Foot Ladder

A boy fell off a 100 foot ladder. But he did not get hurt. Why not?

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Three Ants

Three ants are walking in the same direction. The first ant has two ants behind him, the second ant has one in front and one behind, but the third ant has one in front and one behind too. How is this possible if there were only three ants?

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