# 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:** 198
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3943 "2020-09-18T23:46:50Z")
Was the act one that Peter did more than once? Many times? Did Peter become ‘a bit’ famous due to this act? Was he well-known before? Did the act involve any participants other than Peter? ---
**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:** [September 18, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3944 "2020-09-18T23:52:57Z")
Was the act one that Peter did more than once? Many times? **ONCE** Did Peter become ‘a bit’ famous due to this act? Was he well-known before? **QUITE WELL KNOWN AT THE TIME, TODAY REMEMBERED FOR HIS TOPSY TURVEY ANSWER** Did the act involve any participants other than Peter? **HE NEEDED PEOPLE TO HELP HIM ACHIEVE IT** Note - he didn’t have an “Act” as such, if you mean like a theatrical performance. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3945 "2020-09-18T23:55:03Z")
No, I just meant ‘act’ as in ‘action’ as in ‘thing a person does’. Was the action in response to something else a specific person or people did or said? ---
**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:** [September 18, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3946 "2020-09-18T23:56:16Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > Was the action in response to something else a specific person or people did or said? **NO.** ---
**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:** [September 19, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3947 "2020-09-19T13:59:49Z")
Was Peter making a demonstration against a certain event? Did other people keep him steady while he did a lengthy handstand? Did the Earth achieve some sort of unique status at the time? (Lined up with the other planets, eclipsed with the sun/moon, etc?) ---
**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:** [September 19, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3948 "2020-09-19T14:08:24Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Was Peter making a demonstration against a certain event? **NO** > > Did other people keep him steady while he did a lengthy handstand? **NO**. > > Did the Earth achieve some sort of unique status at the time? (Lined up with the other planets, eclipsed with the sun/moon, etc?) **NO** … ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3949 "2020-09-22T10:24:12Z")
Was Peter’s action in response to something about society? Do the conditions that Peter was responding to still exist today? Did his action take more than 15 minutes? Was the action planned in advance? Were the people who helped Peter employed by him? Is Peter his actual name? ---
**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:** [September 22, 2020, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3950 "2020-09-22T10:25:53Z")
Did Peter die from his action? Is Peter’s age relevant? Did Peter’s action change his immediate environment? Is the location of Peter’s action important? ---
**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:** [September 22, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3951 "2020-09-22T10:43:02Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > Was Peter’s action in response to something about society? **YES - A COMMENT ABOUT SOCIETY IN GENERAL, NOT A SPECIFIC THING.** > > Do the conditions that Peter was responding to still exist today? **HE WOULD PROBABLY THINK SO.** > > Did his action take more than 15 minutes? **YES** > > Was the action planned in advance? **YES** > > Were the people who helped Peter employed by him? **YES** > > Is Peter his actual name? **YES** … > [@Biotop](#): > > Did Peter die from his action? **NO**. > > Is Peter’s age relevant? **NO**. > > Did Peter’s action change his immediate environment? **NO** > > Is the location of Peter’s action important? **SORT OF. IT’s AN UNUSUAL PLACE TO DO IT.** … ---
**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:** [September 22, 2020, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3952 "2020-09-22T10:53:09Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > Were the people who helped Peter employed by him? **YES** Clarification - they were hired for a specific job, not his regular employees. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3953 "2020-09-22T11:51:49Z")
Was Peter’s action related to religion? Politics? Did his helpers hold him upside down? Did the helpers need any equipment to help Peter? Was the action performed somewhere high up? In a town? In front of a lot of people? ---
**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:** [September 22, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3954 "2020-09-22T12:04:27Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > Was Peter’s action related to religion? Politics? **Not specifically. It was a comment on a generally topsy-turvey world.** > > Did his helpers hold him upside down? **They helped him initially to get upside down. After that he remained there without help.** > > Did the helpers need any equipment to help Peter? **Some basic tools.** > > Was the action performed somewhere high up? **YES** In a town? **NO** In front of a lot of people? **YES** … ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3955 "2020-09-22T12:09:51Z")
Was Peter hanging upside down from something? Did he require help at the end to get down from where he was? Did he say anything about why he did what he did? Did the people who saw him do his action gather for the purpose of seeing it? For some other event? ---
**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:** [September 22, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3956 "2020-09-22T12:13:15Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > Was Peter hanging upside down from something? **NO** > > Did he require help at the end to get down from where he was? **NO**** (think about this one)** > > Did he say anything about why he did what he did? **YES- HE SAID IT WAS A SENSIBLE ACTION IN A TOPSY-TURVEY WORLD.** > > Did the people who saw him do his action gather for the purpose of seeing it? For some other event? **BOTH** … ---
**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:** [September 22, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3957 "2020-09-22T14:58:34Z")
So was Peter’s statement something along the lines of “I’m in such a topsy-turvy world, I have to live upside-down”? Did this event become the meme of its day? Was this event used in advertising? Performance art? Comedy act? ---
**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:** [September 22, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3958 "2020-09-22T15:48:24Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > So was Peter’s statement something along the lines of “I’m in such a topsy-turvy world, I have to live upside-down”? **NO, but think about that one.** > > Did this event become the meme of its day? **NO** > > Was this event used in advertising? **NO** > Performance art? **NO** > Comedy act? **NO** … ---
**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:** [September 24, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3959 "2020-09-24T04:33:50Z")
Was Peter known for anything prior to his answer to the T-T world? Was Peter on a mountain? Was Peter at a famous historical site? ---
**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:** [September 24, 2020, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3960 "2020-09-24T04:55:02Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Was Peter known for anything prior to his answer to the T-T world? **MODERATELY WELL KNOWN**. > > Was Peter on a mountain? **A HILL.** > > Was Peter at a famous historical site? **NOT REALLY HISTORICAL, BUT A WELL KNOWN SITE** … ---
**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:** [September 25, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3961 "2020-09-25T04:42:32Z")
Was Peter well known before this because of entertainment celebrityhood? Was the hill in North America? South America, Asia, Africa? Europe? Australia? Other? ---
**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:** [September 25, 2020, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3962 "2020-09-25T06:35:48Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Was Peter well known before this because of entertainment celebrityhood? **NO** > > Was the hill in North America? South America, Asia, Africa? Europe? Australia? Other? **ENGLAND**. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=197) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=199)