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Elizabeth A

Elizabeth A Report 18 Jul 2004 15:02

Lateral thinking quiz .... will put questions on shortly Liz

Elizabeth A

Elizabeth A Report 18 Jul 2004 15:11

1. A man died on January 23rd, yet was buried on January 22nd. Why the premature burial? 2. A carrot, a football scarf and five buttons were found in a field. If nobody placed them there, how did they get there? 3. If a man cannot be tried for the same crime twice, why was Edward Dukes tried six times last week for the murder of Lady Soames? 4. The maker does not need it, the buyer does not use it and the user uses it without knowing. What is it? 5. A completely naked man robs a newspaper kiosk, and then runs off into the crowd. The police are unable to find him, and all the witnesses have trouble describing him. Explain. 6. Polly Warden loves the colour yellow. All the walls in her new bungalow were primrose yellow. The carpets, curtains and all the soft furnishings were a golden yellow. What colour were her stairs? 7. When is it more polite to pass or overtake on the inside? 8. Why are 1984 bottles of whisky more valuable than 1977 bottles of Whisky?

John

John Report 18 Jul 2004 15:12

2/ A snowman has melted. 6/ She didn't have any stairs. 8/ You've got 7 more.

Unknown

Unknown Report 18 Jul 2004 15:22

1/ he died jan 23rd,the year before. 3/ board game. 8/ 1984 bottles,would be worth more than 1977 bottles,cos theres 7 bottles more. bryan.

Unknown

Unknown Report 18 Jul 2004 15:27

5/ its a nudist colony. bryan.

John

John Report 18 Jul 2004 15:29

4/ glass bottle?

Elizabeth A

Elizabeth A Report 18 Jul 2004 15:35

good answers so far - just 3,4,7 to get will put answers on soon

John

John Report 18 Jul 2004 15:42

4/ electricity?

Unknown

Unknown Report 18 Jul 2004 15:42

7/ line dancing? bryan.

Jacqui

Jacqui Report 18 Jul 2004 15:55

3. he was taking part in a play which was a trial? JACQUI

Jacqui

Jacqui Report 18 Jul 2004 15:57

7. PASSING SOMEONE COMING TOWARDS YOU ON THE PAVEMENT? jacqui

Elizabeth A

Elizabeth A Report 18 Jul 2004 16:01

ok waiting over. I must say that I dont think i would have g ot these - good job i had answers in front of me 1. The man died in Fiji and the body was flown to Western Samoa for burial. Such a flight would cross the International Date Line from West to East and, in effect, the date would go back one day. 2. They are the remains of a snowman after a thaw. 3. Edward was an actor in an amateur dramatic society’s annual Agatha Christie production. 4. A coffin. 5. The kiosk was on a nudist beach. 6. There are no stairs in a bungalow. 7. On a spiral staircase where the insides are narrower and hence harder to climb. 8. Because there are 7 more of them. (Think quantities not dates)