# Lateral Thinking Puzzles. Let's do it again! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 23, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193 "2019-10-23T21:32:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 152
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3022 "2020-05-26T17:26:55Z")
Is the bird a member of the class Aves, characterized by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton? Was the celebrity who owned the cows human? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3023 "2020-05-26T17:32:52Z")
**reply to Cheesesteak** : Is the bird a member of the class Aves, characterized by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton? **No** Was the celebrity who owned the cows human? **Yes** ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3024 "2020-05-26T17:42:03Z")
Was the celebrity an aristocrat? Was the “bird” a given name? Something that sounded like a bird? An object including the word “bird”? A plane? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3025 "2020-05-26T17:53:14Z")
**reply to Go\_Arachnid\_Laser** : Was the celebrity an aristocrat? **No** Was the “bird” a given name? **No** Something that sounded like a bird? **Not a [given name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Given_name) or nickname.** An object including the word “bird”? **No.** A plane? **No** Got to go to work now. I think you all are about to get this. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3026 "2020-05-26T18:44:56Z")
Robert Byrd? Harry Flood Byrd? Some other famous person named Byrd or Bird? ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3027 "2020-05-26T18:55:41Z")
Is the bird actually a person? Is the bird the celebrity owner of the cows? Is he the Arctic explorer Byrd? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3028 "2020-05-26T23:16:29Z")
**reply to Fretful Porpentine** : Robert Byrd? **No** Harry Flood Byrd? **No** Some other famous person named Byrd or Bird? **Yes**. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3029 "2020-05-26T23:17:43Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Is the bird actually a person? > > Is the bird the celebrity owner of the cows? > > Is he the Arctic explorer Byrd? **Yes to all!** ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3030 "2020-05-27T19:24:10Z")
Pretty much solved, but anybody want to guess why Byrd’s cows were at the hotel? ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3031 "2020-05-27T19:57:16Z")
Were the cows from another part of the world? Did he bring the cows with him on a voyage? Were the cows special for a reason having nothing to do with Byrd? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3032 "2020-05-27T20:25:36Z")
**reply to Cheesesteak** Did he bring the cows with him on a voyage? **Yes! You got it!** +++++ The cows had spent [two years in Antarctica](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/first-cows-in-antarctica&ved=2ahUKEwjBtKGM7NTpAhXhct8KHZXjDzEQFjAPegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw1lZ3grYyg93fZG-V-w6kQy)! The story is fascinating and well worth the read. “Iceberg,” the bull was actually born aboard ship just above the southern polar circle. In the the early 1930’s, the exploits of explorer Richard Byrd were front page news. These cows were minor celebrities. Upon their return the cows went on a publicity tour, including the stop at New York’s Commodore Hotel. The cows were the guests of honor! [Another great story here](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://theconversation.com/cows-in-antarctica-how-one-expedition-milked-them-for-all-their-worth-81747&ved=2ahUKEwjBtKGM7NTpAhXhct8KHZXjDzEQFjAFegQIDBAI&usg=AOvVaw2e9ptPbGR-94roLwoGZnCE). I didn’t make up the “hay on ice” cocktails :D. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3033 "2020-05-28T01:51:36Z")
I’ve been tweaking one for awhile and I think it is ready to be posted. Here we go: **Kendall landed himself a pretty sweet deal. So great it was, some said he briefly became the sixth most powerful man in the world. It didn’t last, but the impact made by his deal did. What was the deal?** ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3034 "2020-05-28T05:17:40Z")
Real story (as in something that happened in real life)? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3035 "2020-05-28T05:40:29Z")
Was this at a time when there were not many people in the world? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3036 "2020-05-28T13:02:12Z")
Was his power financial? Was his power political? Was his power religious? Was his power cultural? Did his power stem from the power of one of the five ahead of him on the list? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3037 "2020-05-28T13:24:04Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Real story (as in something that happened in real life)? Real, but I kind of tinkered with it for my puzzle. > [@Biotop](#): > > Was this at a time when there were not many people in the world? NO. > [@Chronos](#): > > Was his power financial? > Was his power political? > Was his power religious? > Was his power cultural? > Did his power stem from the power of one of the five ahead of him on the list? NO to all. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3038 "2020-05-28T13:28:03Z")
Was Kendall’s sweet deal a business deal? Was Kendall’s power physical in nature? At the time, were there 5 other men more powerful than Kendall? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3039 "2020-05-28T13:31:01Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Was Kendall’s sweet deal a business deal? > > YES > > Was Kendall’s power physical in nature? > > NO - not as I understand the word “physical”. > > At the time, were there 5 other men more powerful than Kendall? > > YES kk ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3040 "2020-05-28T13:48:10Z")
Did Kendall’s power stem from having authority over a grand scale of assets (in very broad terms), with only 5 other men having authority over a greater amount of comparable assets? ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3041 "2020-05-28T14:55:56Z")
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