Lateral Thinking Questions

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ANSWER: L.T.Q. #21

Date: Thursday, November 16, 1995 11:28AM

Well, it looks like I'm not going to have a little cottage after all, at least not for a little while. It was a nice house, with a terrific location and back yard, but the building inspection revealed too many defects that I was not willing to accept. I'm a little disappointed, but I'd rather lose the house now for the right reasons than lose it later for the wrong reasons.

In the meantime, it's back to the business at hand...

Here is this week's question:

Mr. Greenwich owns a rugged cottage that is without power. There is a grandfather clock in it which he frequently forgets to wind. One day when this happened, he went to Professor Quantum's to check the time. When Mr. Greenwich returned, the first thing he did was set his grandfather clock to the correct time. Since he does not have a TV, telephone, or radio, how could he set his clock without knowing the length of the trip to Professor Quantum's?

ANSWER:

Mr. Greenwich set the correct time on his wristwatch.

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