The Lateral Thinking Challenges, Volume One
Fifty Pause-and-Solve Brain Teasers with Hints, Answers and Fair TwistsBy Alistair CrossRecorded TrackLength1h
About this audiobook
Fifty short lateral thinking challenges designed for listening, pausing, guessing and replaying. Each puzzle gives you a strange situation, an optional hint, a clear answer and a short explanation of the twist.
Audiobook details
GenreHumor, Other
Length1 hr
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMay 9, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1
2Introduction.
3Round one. Warm-up.
4Puzzle one. The Unbroken Glass.
5Puzzle two. The Free Breakfast.
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6Puzzle three. The Silent Phone Call.
7Puzzle four. The Runner With No Shoes.
8Puzzle five. The Wet Floor Sign.
9Puzzle six. The Light That Made Him Stop.
10Puzzle seven. The Empty Bowl.
11Puzzle eight. The Wrong Birthday Cake.
12Puzzle nine. The Locked Room Window.
13Puzzle ten. The Chair That Disappeared.
14Round two. Everyday misdirection.
15Puzzle eleven. The Applause Before the Speech.
16Puzzle twelve. The Cake Nobody Ate.
17Puzzle thirteen. The Message in the Lift.
18Puzzle fourteen. The Doorbell at Midnight.
19Puzzle fifteen. The Missing Page.
20Puzzle sixteen. The Broken Trophy.
21Puzzle seventeen. The Wrong Train.
22Puzzle eighteen. The Red-Handed Painter.
23Puzzle nineteen. The Empty Envelope.
24Puzzle twenty. The Child Who Won by Losing.
25Round three. Hidden contexts.
26Puzzle twenty one. The Smoke Without Fire.
27Puzzle twenty two. The Note That Saved the Shop.
28Puzzle twenty three. The Vanishing Queue.
29Puzzle twenty four. The Photograph of the Future.
30Puzzle twenty five. The Runner Who Finished First.
31Puzzle twenty six. The Bell That Ended Lunch.
32Puzzle twenty seven. The Borrowed Umbrella.
33Puzzle twenty eight. The Quiet Fire Alarm.
34Puzzle twenty nine. The Missing Signature.
35Puzzle thirty. The Man Who Paid to Lose.
36Round four. Careful wording.
37Puzzle thirty one. The Witness Who Saw Nothing.
38Puzzle thirty two. The Locked Safe With No Key.
39Puzzle thirty three. The Last Candle.
40Puzzle thirty four. The Missing Passenger.
41Puzzle thirty five. The Photograph That Cleared Him.
42Puzzle thirty six. The Firefighter Who Started the Fire.
43Puzzle thirty seven. The Helpful Stranger.
44Puzzle thirty eight. The Locked Phone.
45Puzzle thirty nine. The Empty Witness Box.
46Puzzle forty. The Train That Left Early.
47Round five. Final turns.
48Puzzle forty one. The Locked Library Book.
49Puzzle forty two. The Accurate Map That Misled Everyone.
50Puzzle forty three. The Clock That Proved a Lie.
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