Check your lateral thinking with this puzzle

Level: pre-intermediate and above

Brief description:

This puzzle is designed to practice your lateral thinking.

Instructions: Read the story and try to answer the question. Don’t be lazy; try hard to figure it out! If you cannot think of the solution, read the clues for help.

Two Sons

A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year. But they were not twins. How is this possible?

Clue 1: The boys had the same father as each other

Clue 2: They had the same mother

Clue 3: They were conceived at the same time

Clue 4: They were conceived naturally

Clue 5: There was nothing physically strange about the boys, but they were slightly unusual

Answer:

The boys were two of a set of triplets (or quadruplets, or quintuplets, etc.).

Glossary:

• Twin (n): either of two children born to the same mother at the same time: song sinh

• Conceive (v): to become pregnant, or to cause a baby to begin to form (Thụ thai)

• Physically (adv): in a way that relates to the body or someone's appearance (Về mặt thể chất)

• Strange (adj): unusual, not normal (Lạ kỳ)

• Triplet (n): one of three children born to the same mother at the same time (Đứa bé sinh ba)

• Quadruplet (n): any of four children who are born to the same mother at the same time (Đứa bé sinh tư)

• Quintuplet (n): any of five children born at the same time to the same mother (Đứa bé sinh năm)

This material is provided by the Australian Centre for Education and Training (ACET).