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Lateral thinking



arkel
Ireland

Lateral thinking
 
Happy Saturday to everybody. I just heard some lateral thinking problems on the radio and thought I would share them with you. Here �s number 1:
 

Can you name a country with ONE word that has all the vowels?

28 Feb 2009      





eng789
Israel

United States of America oops not one word

28 Feb 2009     



meuge
Argentina

Could it be Mozambique...in Africa?

28 Feb 2009     



eng789
Israel

wow meuge  you �re good.

28 Feb 2009     



arkel
Ireland

first point to meugeClap. Number 2:
 

You�re in a queue. Half of the queue is in front of you and one third is behind. How many people are there in the queue?

28 Feb 2009     



Ivona
Serbia

Six??

BTW i don�t get N1 ... Ermm

Oh, got it! Not firing on all cylinders today Wink

28 Feb 2009     



arkel
Ireland

yay IvonaClap. Number 3:
 

In your head, without using a calculator, how many seconds are there in 2009? NO CHEATING ALLOWED!!!

28 Feb 2009     



Ivona
Serbia

This must be a trick Q. Or it isn �t??

Btw, where�s my point?!? Cool

So is it a trick Q? Do you mean seconds (as 60 in a min? ... or... i have no clue ... if there�s another possibility)

28 Feb 2009     



arkel
Ireland

Mozambique has all five vowels in its name Ivona

28 Feb 2009     



arkel
Ireland

You have your point dear IvonaHug

28 Feb 2009     



meuge
Argentina

a lot?  LOL

28 Feb 2009     

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