here's some very nice lateral thinking test..some company even use it in their job interviewing. 1. There is a man who lives on the top floor of a very tall building.Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it's raining! Why? 有一男租客住在一栋最高那层的大厦里。每一天他上班都会用电梯下到最低层。放班回来后，但他只能用电梯上到一半，其余的他必须用走的才能到家，除非是下雨天！为什么呢？ (This is probably the best known and most celebrated of all lateral thinking puzzles. It is a true classic. Although there are many possible solutions which fit the initial conditions, only the canonical answeris truly satisfying. ) (这大概是在横向思维难题里最众所周知的。虽然根据最初的情况，可能有很多答案，但，只有认可(标准的)答案才真正的满意。) 2。 A man and his son are in a car accident. The father dies on the scene, but the child is rushed to the hospital. When he arrives the surgeon says, "I can't operate on this boy, he is my son! " How can this be? 男的和他的儿子发生车祸。父亲当场丧命，而，儿子就赶紧送到医院。当他到达时，医生说：“我无法和这男孩施手术，他是我的儿子”为什么会这样的呢？ 3。 A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks,trousers,lumber, gloves and balaclava. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its light off but somehow manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man? 男人身上穿着全黑。黑色的鞋子，袜子，衣裳，夹克，手套，巴拉克拉瓦帽 (紧紧罩住头部和颈部而只露出脸部的帽子)。他在一条很黑没有路灯的巷子走着。有一台黑色没有开灯的车子向男子的方向驶着，但车子来得及停下来。 司机为什么能看到那男子呢？
作者: myohmy 时间: 2003-8-31 12:39
我晕了，答案呢？ 作者: kitsunegari 时间: 2003-8-31 19:12
u let me know ur answer first ah..hee hee..i'll post the answer then.. 作者: rae 时间: 2003-9-1 15:34
先想到第二，医生是这个孩子的母亲，马上去开会，等会回来再想答案 作者: rae 时间: 2003-9-1 16:00
第三题，是在白天 作者: rae 时间: 2003-9-1 16:12
第一题，总不会是因为那个人太矮吧，猜不出~~~ 作者: 吴林 时间: 2003-9-1 17:56
暂时还猜不出 作者: kitsunegari 时间: 2003-9-1 21:08
oh my god!! rae! u're a genius!! haha....u got it all right here!! way to go! :) it's not that difficult right. hee hee.. 1. The man is very, very short and can only reach halfway up the elevator buttons. However, if it is raining then he will have his umbrella with him and can press the higher buttons with it. 那个男的非常非常的矮，他只能按到电梯按钮的一半，但，如果下雨的话，他就可以用雨伞按到最高的电梯按钮啦。。 2。The surgeon was his mother. 医生就是小孩的母亲 3。 It was day time. 是白天
作者: 卡百利 时间: 2003-9-1 21:14
第一题我根据rae提供的思路想出了答案,后面两题,我都没想出来啊! 作者: rae 时间: 2003-9-2 09:02
Sure, that's not so difficult, just changing the way of your thinking, actally i've heard about the second story, and use the same method of thinking, it's not so hard to get the other two answers. 作者: kitsunegari 时间: 2003-9-2 22:05
haha..i c..means that u can actually do lateral thinking! i studied lateral thinking before..and i think it's very useful! :) 作者: 十指滑键 时间: 2003-9-4 16:18