Thinking Laterally

You are trapped in a magical room with only two exits. The first exit is a room made of glass with a blazing hot sun which will fry you to death. The second exit is a room with a fire breathing dragon. How will you escape the magical room?

Answer explanation

You wait until the sun sets and exit via the first room.

A black man dressed all in black, wearing a black mask, stands at a crossroads in a totally black-painted town. All of the streetlights in town are broken. There is no moon. A black-painted car without headlights drives straight toward him, but turns in time and doesn't hit him. How did the driver know to swerve?

Answer explanation

It was day time!

If a plane crashes on the Italian/Swiss border, where do you bury the survivors?

Answer explanation

You don't bury survivors!

A man was pushed out of a small aeroplane, without a parachute but survived with no injuries apart from a few bruises. How was this possible?

Answer explanation

The aeroplane was on the ground.

What can you hold in your right hand, but not in your left?

Answer explanation

Your left hand, forearm or elbow.

How can you throw a ball as hard as you can, and make it stop and return to you, without hitting anything and with nothing attached to it?

Answer explanation

Go outside and throw it upwards.

. A 6-foot tall man was holding a glass beaker above his head. He let it drop to the carpet without spilling a single drop of water. How could he manage to drop the glass from a height of six feet and not spill a drop of water?

Answer explanation

The glass was empty.

What is the next letter in this sequence J F M A M J ?

Answer explanation

J (for July). They are the first letters of the months of the year.

Name an ancient invention still in use in most parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls.

Answer explanation

The window.