Lateral Thinking Puzzles

1. What starts with an E, ends with an E, and usually contains only one letter?

2. Which word, if pronounced right, is wrong, but if pronounced wrong is right?

3. What belongs to you but other people use it more than you?

4. Can you find a five-letter word, that, when typed in upper-case, reads the same upside down?

5. What happens only in the middle of each month, in all of the seasons, except summer, and happens only in the night, never in the day?

6. If there are forty cups on the table and one cup breaks, how many tea cups are left?

7. In which sport do winners move backward and losers move forwards?

8. What common word has 4 vowels, one after the other

9. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

10. Why are 1998 ringgit cents worth more than 1997 ringgit cents?