# 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:** 153
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3042 "2020-05-28T15:23:25Z")
Is the world the planet earth inhabited by humans? Was the business deal in the 21st century? 20th Century? 19th Century? Earlier? After the business deal would thousands of people recognize Kendall by face or name? Millions of people? ---
**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, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3043 "2020-05-28T16:32:48Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > 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? YES > [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Is “Kendall” the name this character was widely known as? Yes, which makes it totally Googleable. Please don’t! > [@Folly](#): > > 1. Is the world the planet earth inhabited by humans? > Was the business deal in the 21st century? > 20th Century? > 19th Century? > Earlier? > > 2. After the business deal would thousands of people recognize Kendall by face or name? > Millions of people? 1. 1989-90 is the time-frame, which makes it even MORE googleable. No cheating! 2. NO, I don’t think thousands or millions recognized him by face or name. Thousands maybe, but not millions. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3044 "2020-05-28T16:36:35Z")
Did Kendall briefly corner or appear to corner the market of a particular asset or resource? ---
**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, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3045 "2020-05-28T16:39:35Z")
Most powerful man in the world means within his industry? As in “Henry Ford was the most powerful man in the auto industry”? Was the business deal a merger? ---
**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, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3046 "2020-05-28T17:03:30Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Did Kendall briefly corner or appear to corner the market of a particular asset or resource? YES, I think that is part of the situation. > [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Most powerful man in the world means within his industry? As in “Henry Ford was the most powerful man in the auto industry”? > > NO > > Was the business deal a merger? > > NO kk ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3047 "2020-05-28T17:03:46Z")
Did the assets involve Energy? Media? Technology? Finance? Manufacturing? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3048 "2020-05-28T17:05:11Z")
Is this something to do with the South Sea Bubble? Tulipmania? Some similar economic scandal? ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3049 "2020-05-28T17:28:12Z")
Did this involve collecting promotional items? ---
**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, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3050 "2020-05-28T17:42:18Z")
Did Kendall achieve this power accidentally or inadvertently? Fraudulently? Did the lasting impact have to do with preventing any future Kendall’s from happening? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3051 "2020-05-28T17:47:06Z")
Did he develop software that happened to take off? ---
**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, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3052 "2020-05-28T17:52:48Z")
Does the word “sweet” have additional meaning in the riddle? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3053 "2020-05-28T18:02:48Z")
Is it something to do with the early World Wide Web? Did he have control over assigning ranges of IP addresses? Did he control all the Domain Name Servers? Something similar to that? ---
**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, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3054 "2020-05-28T19:22:15Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Did the assets involve > > Energy? > > Media? > > Technology? > > Finance? > > Manufacturing? NO - though perhaps energy… > [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Is this something to do with the South Sea Bubble? Tulipmania? Some similar economic scandal? NO > [@Paintcharge](#): > > Did this involve collecting promotional items? NO > [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Did Kendall achieve this power accidentally or inadvertently? Fraudulently? > > NO FRAUD > > Did the lasting impact have to do with preventing any future Kendall’s from happening? > > NO **It was not accidental. Inadvertent? I’d say “yes”.** > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Did he develop software that happened to take off? NO > [@Biotop](#): > > Does the word “sweet” have additional meaning in the riddle? YES > [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Is it something to do with the early World Wide Web? > > Did he have control over assigning ranges of IP addresses? > Did he control all the Domain Name Servers? > Something similar to that? NO to all of those Q’s ---
**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, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3055 "2020-05-28T19:47:58Z")
So Kendall bought something that at some point later became highly profitable? ---
**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, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3056 "2020-05-28T20:01:38Z")
Sweet as in candy? Sugar? The actual name of something? As a homonym for “suite” ? ---
**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, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3057 "2020-05-28T20:09:48Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > So Kendall bought something that at some point later became highly profitable? NO, not really. > [@Biotop](#): > > Sweet as in candy? Sugar? The actual name of something? As a homonym for “suite” ? Sweet as in sugary and sweet-tasting. Not the actual name of something. Not “suite”. ---
**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, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3058 "2020-05-28T20:30:53Z")
Was advertising involved? ---
**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, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3059 "2020-05-28T20:57:05Z")
Was the deal a: -Transaction? -Partnership? -Investment? ---
**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, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3060 "2020-05-28T21:49:05Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Was advertising involved? Not as part of the sweet deal, but eventually yes. But the simple answer for this puzzle is “NO”. > [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Was the deal a: > -Transaction? > -Partnership? > -Investment? I’d call it a **transaction**. ---
**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 29, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3061 "2020-05-29T04:06:48Z")
Is there a specific sweet item that might enlighten if we identify it? Is there a reason for the the “sixth” most powerful person as opposed to the say, eighth or third most powerful? Would it help to identify the other five who were more powerful? Were the people who said Kendall was the sixth most powerful person being serious? Were the people saying this qualified to make up that statement? Experts? Is it power as in influence? Physical strength? Military control? Monetary control? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=152) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=154)