# 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:** 92
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1821 "2020-01-24T15:27:30Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Do they all have keys? > Are they all part of a collection? > Have they all been on Ebay? **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:** [January 24, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1822 "2020-01-24T15:29:04Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > I could have added more to the list such as John Milton, Oregon, and the mysterious kangaroo/mouse hybrid. But I don’t want it to be too easy. Are these actual items that could be part of the puzzle? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1823 "2020-01-24T15:53:18Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Are these actual items that could be part of the puzzle? **Yes. But again, if I had mentioned any of them or the freight train or the famous bell or the princess or the baby’s rattle or the flying saucer or the lottery tickets or the Dutch boy it might get too easy 😛** ---
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1824 "2020-01-24T16:23:19Z")
Are they advertising logos? Are they components of a game? Are they used in a song? Were they given as gifts? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1825 "2020-01-24T16:46:07Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Are they advertising logos? > Are they components of a game? > Are they used in a song? > Were they given as gifts? **No to all**. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1826 "2020-01-24T16:57:31Z")
Are the silver bars similar to those in [this image](https://previews.123rf.com/images/rasslava/rasslava1503/rasslava150300014/37749248-business-financial-bank-silver-reserves-concept-stack-of-silver-bars-in-the-bank-vault-abstract-back.jpg)? Were they all props in a movie? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1827 "2020-01-24T17:09:13Z")
Were all the items at that town at the same time? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1828 "2020-01-24T17:28:36Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > Are the silver bars similar to those in [this image](https://previews.123rf.com/images/rasslava/rasslava1503/rasslava150300014/37749248-business-financial-bank-silver-reserves-concept-stack-of-silver-bars-in-the-bank-vault-abstract-back.jpg)? > > Were they all props in a movie? \*\*I think similar to the image, but I am not absolutely sure. I have not seen pictures. For puzzle purposes I’d say yes. No to props.\*\* ---
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1829 "2020-01-24T17:34:47Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Were all the items at that town at the same time? **Not sure. Some were certainly there when others were not but I do not know if they were ever all together at the same time. Maybe.** ---
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1830 "2020-01-24T17:46:29Z")
But was the giraffe alive at the moment it was in the town? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1831 "2020-01-24T18:09:57Z")
Are they in a theme park? Are they in a museum? Were they part of a rich person’s collection of things? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1832 "2020-01-24T18:24:09Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > But was the giraffe alive at the moment it was in the town? **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:** [January 24, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1833 "2020-01-24T18:25:18Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Are they in a theme park? > > Are they in a museum? > > Were they part of a rich person’s collection of things? **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:** [January 24, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1834 "2020-01-24T18:29:42Z")
Were the items all in the town for the same reason? Were the items on display? Were the items owned or controlled by a single person? A cohesive group of people (such as a club)? A semi-random group of people (come to Podunk and display your weird stuff this weekend)? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1835 "2020-01-24T18:34:28Z")
Is there any sort of wordplay in the question? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1836 "2020-01-24T18:48:14Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Were the items all in the town for the same reason? > > Were the items on display? Were the items owned or controlled by a single person? A cohesive group of people (such as a club)? A semi-random group of people (come to Podunk and display your weird stuff this weekend)? **No 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:** [January 24, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1837 "2020-01-24T18:49:42Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Is there any sort of wordplay in the question? **No**. And now I gotta go to work. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1838 "2020-01-24T19:41:11Z")
Are any of the things in this set, in the town today? Were any of them there before 1950? Before 1900? Would knowing the name of the town help? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1839 "2020-01-24T19:47:19Z")
What are 6 things that have never been in my kitchen? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1840 "2020-01-24T19:48:59Z")
I’m confused about how the state of Oregon could be in a town, if these things are real things and not representations. It’s pretty big and hard to move. (Not a real question, no need to answer.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=91) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=93)