Have a look at the proposed answers and solutions to the second set of 10 lateral thinking problems and puzzles:
First set of 10 Lateral Thinking Puzzles Set 1
Puzzle 11: The man is playing Monopoly and has landed on a hotel property that he cannot afford, so he's declaring bankruptcy in the game.
Puzzle 12: It's time for the man to give each of his sons a wristwatch. The puzzle misleads you by making you think it's about time in the traditional sense.
Puzzle 13: The surgeon is the boy's mother.
Puzzle 14: The woman was born in Room 1955 in a hospital, and she celebrated her 16th birthday in the year 1971.
Puzzle 15: Survivors are not buried. This is a repetition of a previous puzzle.
Puzzle 16: You look in the mirror to see what you "saw." You take the "saw" to cut the table in half. Two halves make a "whole," and you climb through the "hole" to escape.
Puzzle 17: The man died in a plane crash, and the cabin mentioned in the puzzle is part of the airplane wreckage.
Puzzle 18: It's daytime, so the car avoids hitting the man because it's daytime, and there's enough natural light.
Puzzle 19: They are playing a game of chess silently.
Puzzle 20: He weighs meat. As an assistant at a butcher shop, he is weighing meat to prepare it for sale.
