Category: Lateral

One day, the police found a man dead inside a hut. In his left hand, he was holding a gun. In his right hand, he had a recording device. When the recording was played, the police heard the man talking about how horrible his life was and how he wanted it to end. The recording ended with a gunshot. The police was about to call it a suicide until one detective pointed out a very important clue. What was it?

If the man shot himself with the gun, then he would not have been able to stop recording with the device.

A dog was tied to a tree with a 7-meter rope. How did the dog manage to get to its bowl of food which was 15 meters away from the dog?

The dog was initially on the other side of the tree and the tree’s diameter was 1 meter long. Thus, when the dog moved to the opposite side, it got 2×7+1=15 meters closer to its food.

You are walking alone on the sidewalk. There are no stars on the sky, no moonlight, all of the lamps on the street are broken, you don’t carry any source of light with you and there aren’t any cars or other people approaching. A silent black cat tries to cross your way, but you somehow spot it and turn around in order to avoid bad luck. How did you see the cat?

All of this happened during a (cloudy) day.