Lateral Thinking

Problem: 1. If you were alone in a deserted house at night, and there are an oil lamp, a candle and firewood and you only have one match, which would you light first?

My Answer:

For this question,I got my answer in my mind without thinking.Since I'm an emotional person,I would light up the candle first,and it would be the last thing for me to light up.I would sit against the wall and put the candle beside me,then I would keep thinking till it finally melts into liquid.

Problem: 2. What can you put in a wooden box that would make it lighter? The more you put them in the lighter it becomes, yet the box stays empty.

My Answer:

Since the word light has different meaning.The answer can be:
1.Hole.  Of course put holes inside will decrease the weight of a box,and also it allows light to come though.
2.Plastic wrap. It makes the color become lighter.
etc...

During the class,we did some exercises,and we learnt a lot.
Although teacher told us we need to break the rules,but it's quite hard to achieve it.

This is an example to show how to break the rules.People always like to use a dot as the beginning of a line,but if we don't break the rule and find another way,we won't make it.

Usually we need at least 5 lines to connect these 9 dots.
So I started thinking how can we use less line?

I found that maximium we can connect by 3 lines is 7,since our pencil can't leave the paper,we shouldn't draw any parallel lines.So we got this.Since we still got one more chance left,the only choice for us is to connect these 2 dots by 1 line,so lets try.

Now we can see it's possible to make the last line connect to the other two line,the only thing we need to do is lengthen these 3 lines.

To solve problem faster,you need to find the key,not just anymore try some methods and wish to be lucky.So the key is to break the rules,to reverse your mind.If you wanna rearrangle less,means you are not gonna rearrangle most of them.So as we all known,the most are in the center,so lets try not to move the balls in the center,and use them to form a triangle which is upside-down.

Now it's plain to see,just move the three balls into the blank space.

For this question,

Logical Answer:

Since there's a child inside,we can't use anything which can hurt the child,so no stones,no anything heavy and sharp.So let's think what is light and soft but able to take the water away?--Spongia!

Unusual Answer:

Maybe we can change the gravity?

Usual Answer：
Fix it for him

Unusual Answer:
Buy him a deaf-aid and ask him again.

Usual Answer:
Maybe there's some strong perfume on the painting.

Unusual Answer:
Maybe it has been influenced by us,and wanna be an art student.