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Lateral Thinking Puzzles
100

What is the term for a ghost that makes noise and moves objects?

Poltergeist

100

What is the largest ocean on Earth?

The Pacific Ocean.

100

What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

Diamond

100

Texting is a poor way to resolve serious conflict because this important element of communication gets lost.

What is tone?

100

A man walks into a bar and asks for a glass of water. The bartender pulls out a gun, points it at the man, and the man says, “Thank you” and leaves. What happened?

The man had hiccups. The bartender scared him to cure them.

200

What is the name of the headless horseman’s story by Washington Irving?

“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

200

On which continent is the Sahara Desert?

Africa

200

Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

Mars

200

After sharing your concern, do this next, because you might be missing context.

What is listen to their side?

200

Two people ordered the same cocktail at a restaurant. They both drank it at different paces, but one person died while the other survived. How?

The cocktail contained poison in the ice. One person drank quickly before the ice melted, while the other waited, allowing the poison to spread.

300

In Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, how many ghosts visit Scrooge?

Four (Marley, plus the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come)

300

Connected to the Aegean Sea through the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, what landlocked inland sea lies between Eastern Europe and Western Asia?

The Black Sea

300

How many bones are in an adult human body?

206

300

The conversation should end with this, so both people know what will change.

What is a clear agreement

300

 A man was pushing his car when he stopped in front of a hotel and knew immediately that he was bankrupt. How?

The man was playing Monopoly.

400

What is the name of the ghost who haunts Hogwarts’ Ravenclaw Tower?

The Grey Lady (Helena Ravenclaw

400

Mount Everest is part of which mountain range?

The Himalayas

400

What is the largest mammal on Earth?

The blue whale.

400

Asking an RA or another trusted person for help with a conflict is not a sign of failure but a sign of this.

What is a good judgment

400

A man is locked in a car with no way to escape. All the doors are locked, the windows are up, and there’s no sunroof. Yet, after some time, he is able to leave the car easily. How?

The car is a convertible, and the man simply put the roof down.

500

Which Edgar Allan Poe poem features a talking bird?

The Raven

500

What is the smallest country in the world?

Vatican City

500

Which gas do plants absorb from the air for photosynthesis?

Carbon Dioxide

500

Starting with “Everyone on the floor is annoyed with you” is a bad idea because it feels like this to the listener.

What is an ambush (or a vague attack)?

500

A man lives on the 10th floor of a building. Every day, he takes the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building. However, when he returns, he only goes halfway up in the elevator and walks the rest of the way unless it’s raining. Why?

The man is short and can only reach the halfway buttons, but when it rains, he uses his umbrella to press the higher buttons.

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