This document contains a collection of puzzles, riddles, and brain teasers designed to exercise creative and deductive thinking skills. It includes visual puzzles involving finding hidden words or objects, logic puzzles about colors and family relationships, and story-based puzzles requiring suggesting punchlines or lateral solutions. The goal is to train the mind constantly through divergent thinking exercises that bring benefits certainly.

1. 1
Training the Mind Constantly
Brings Benefits Certainly
An
Exercise in
Creative and
Divergent
thinking

2. 2
1
Clue
Everything Mr Red owns is red; he lives in a red bungalow
and his chairs are red, his tables are red. His ceiling, walls
and floor are all red. All of his clothes are red, his shoes
are red, even his carpet, television and phone are red.
What colour are his stairs?
See Next Slide for a Clue

3. 3
1
Clue
Everything Mr Red owns is red; he lives in a red bungalow
and his chairs are red, his tables are red. His ceiling, walls
and floor are all red. All of his clothes are red, his shoes
are red, even his carpet, television and phone are red.
What colour are his stairs?
Answer
See Next Slide for the Answer

4. 4
1
Clue
Everything Mr Red owns is red; he lives in a red bungalow
and his chairs are red, his tables are red. His ceiling, walls
and floor are all red. All of his clothes are red, his shoes
are red, even his carpet, television and phone are red.
What colour are his stairs?
Answer
Bungalows do not have stairs !

5. 5
Give a 4-Letter Word with a bearing to all the 4 pictures.
ANSWER See Next Slide for the Answer
Write down 3 Guesses before checking your Answer

6. 6
Give a 4-Letter Word with a bearing to all the 4 pictures.
ANSWER CURL

7. 7
A rich businessman walks down the street when he spots an old
man sitting with a fishing rod next to a pool of water, trying to fish.
The businessman takes pity on the old deranged man, and invites
him to lunch at the coffee shop close by.
After the meal, the businessman asks him with a smile: "So? Did
you catch any fish today?"
The old man answers, ………………..
Suggest a Punch Line
See Next Slide for a suggested Punch Line
A Punch Line is the final phrase or sentence of a joke or story,
providing the humor

8. 8
A rich businessman walks down the street when he spots an old
man sitting with a fishing rod next to a pool of water, trying to fish.
The businessman takes pity on the old deranged man, and invites
him to lunch at the coffee shop close by.
After the meal, the businessman asks him with a smile: "So? Did
you catch any fish today?"
The old man answers, ………………..
Suggest a Punch Line
“Sure did! You're my third one."
A Punch Line is the final phrase or sentence of a joke or story,
providing the humor
A Suggested Punch Line

9. 9
Deductive Thinking 1
CLUE See Next Slide for a Clue

10. 10
Deductive Thinking 1
CLUE ANSWER See Next
Slide for
the Answer

11. 11
Deductive Thinking 1
CLUE ANSWER

12. 12
Wuzzle Puzzles
Wuzzle Puzzles. These are popular word picture puzzles with hidden
meanings to solve from the pictogram or saying. Below are two examples:
The Answer is ‘BREAKFAST
( ‘All the letters F, A, S, T are
broken!’ )
The Answer is ‘CROSSROADS’
( 2 ‘ROADS' )
Wuzzle Puzzle 1
Answer
See Next Slide
for the Answer

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Wuzzle Puzzles
Wuzzle Puzzles. These are popular word picture puzzles with hidden
meanings to solve from the pictogram or saying. Below are two examples:
The Answer is ‘BREAKFAST
( ‘All the letters F, A, S, T are
broken!’ )
The Answer is ‘CROSSROADS’
( 2 ‘ROADS' )
Wuzzle Puzzle 1
Answer
SPACE SHIP
_ stands for
space!

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WUZZLE PUZZLE 2
CLUE
See Next Slide
for a Clue

15. 15
WUZZLE PUZZLE 2
CLUE
ANSWER
See Next Slide for the Answer

16. 16
WUZZLE PUZZLE 2
CLUE
ANSWER
FORGOTTEN HEROES

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2
Whoever
makes it,
tells it not.
Whoever
takes it,
knows it
not. And
whoever
knows it,
wants it
not. What
is it?
Clue
See Next
Slide for a
Clue

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2
Whoever
makes it,
tells it not.
Whoever
takes it,
knows it
not. And
whoever
knows it,
wants it
not. What
is it?
Clue
Answer
See Next Slide for
the Answer

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2
Whoever
makes it,
tells it not.
Whoever
takes it,
knows it
not. And
whoever
knows it,
wants it
not. What
is it?
Clue
Answer
Counterfeit
Money

20. 20
Give a 4-Letter Word with a bearing to all the 4 pictures.
ANSWER See Next Slide for the Answer

21. 21
4-Letter Word with a bearing to all the 4 pictures.
ANSWER BARK

22. 22
Mark spent a year in an asylum, thinking he was a mouse.
After intensive therapy, he was released. 10 minutes later
he appeared back inside as if all hell broke loose.
"What happened to you??" Asked his surprised doctor.
"There's a cat outside!" screamed Mark.
"But Mark, I thought you got better! You know you're not a
mouse!" Cried the doctor.
Exclaimed Mark,
See Next Slide for a suggested Pinch Line
Suggest a Punch Line
A Punch Line is the final phrase or sentence of a joke or story,
providing the humor

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Mark spent a year in an asylum, thinking he was a
mouse. After intensive therapy, he was released.
10 minutes later he appeared back inside as if all
hell broke loose.
"What happened to you??" Asked his surprised
doctor.
"There's a cat outside!" screamed Mark.
"But Mark, I thought you got better! You know
you're not a mouse!" Cried the doctor.
Exclaimed Mark,
“I know I am not a mouse.
But the cat doesn't.”
Suggest a Punch Line
A Suggested Punch Line

24. 24
Deductive Thinking 2
CLUE
See Next Slide
for a Clue

25. 25
Deductive Thinking 2
CLUE ANSWER
See Next
Slide for the
Answer

26. 26
Deductive Thinking 2
CLUE ANSWER

27. 27
Lateral Thinking
Puzzle
A beggar's brother
died, but the man
who died had no
brother.
Explain.
Clue See
Next
Slide for
a Clue

28. 28
A beggar's brother
died, but the man
who died had no
brother.
Explain.
Clue
Answer
See Next Slide for the
Answer
Lateral Thinking
Puzzle

29. 29
A beggar's brother
died, but the man
who died had no
brother.
Explain.
Clue
Answer The beggar was a woman.
Lateral Thinking
Puzzle

30. 30
Give a 5-Letter Word with a bearing to all the 4 pictures.
ANSWER See Next Slide for the Answer

31. 31
5-Letter Word with a bearing to all the 4 pictures.
ANSWER ALARM

32. 32
A farmer, who went to a big city to see the sights,
asked the hotel's clerk about the time of meals.
"Breakfast is served from 7 to 11, dinner from 12 to
3, and supper from 6 to 8," explained the clerk.
Inquired the farmer in surprise,
Suggest A Punch Line
See Next Slide for a Suggested Punch Line.
A Punch Line is the final phrase or sentence of a joke or story,
providing the humor

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A farmer, who went to a big city to see the sights,
asked the hotel's clerk about the time of meals.
"Breakfast is served from 7 to 11, dinner from 12 to
3, and supper from 6 to 8," explained the clerk.
Inquired the farmer in surprise,
What’s The Punch Line?
"When am I going to get time to see the city?"
A Punch Line is the final phrase or sentence of a joke or story,
providing the humor
A Suggested Punch Line

34. 34
Deductive Thinking 3
CLUE See Next Slide for a Clue

35. 35
Deductive Thinking 3
CLUE ANSWER
See Next Slide
for the
Answer

36. 36
Deductive Thinking 3
CLUE ANSWER

37. 37
A 6-foot tall Magician had a water glass and was
holding the glass above his head. He let it drop
to the carpet without spilling a single drop of
water.
How could he manage to drop the glass from a
height of six feet and not spill a drop of water?
Clue
Lateral Thinking
Puzzle
See Next Slide for
a Clue

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A 6-foot tall Magician had a water glass and was
holding the glass above his head. He let it drop
to the carpet without spilling a single drop of
water.
How could he manage to drop the glass from a
height of six feet and not spill a drop of water?
Clue
Answer
Lateral Thinking
Puzzle
See Next
Slide for the
Answer

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A 6-foot tall Magician had a water glass and was
holding the glass above his head. He let it drop
to the carpet without spilling a single drop of
water.
How could he manage to drop the glass from a
height of six feet and not spill a drop of water?
Clue Answer
It was an
empty glass !
Lateral Thinking
Puzzle

40. 40
Give a 6-Letter Word with a bearing to all the 4 pictures.
ANSWER See Next Slide for the Answer

41. 41
Give a 6-Letter Word with a bearing to all the 4 pictures.
ANSWER CHOICE

42. 42
Find 6 Hidden Words in the Pic.
If you
need to
know
what the
6 Words
are,
please
see next
Slide

43. 43
Find 6 Hidden Words in the Pic.

Boot .
Chill
Frost
Sled
Snow
Mittens
The 6
Hidden
Words
See Next
Slide for
the
Answers

44. 44
Find 6 Hidden Words in the Pic.

Boot .
Chill
Frost
Sled
Snow
Mittens
ANSWERS

45. 45
Can you
find the
hidden
bee in the
pic within
3
minutes?
See Next
Slide for
the
Answer

46. 46
Answer to the
Hidden Bee
Puzzle

47. 47
Identify the
Mystery Objects
# 1 - #3
Each is a close-up
shot of a part of
the object.
For each mystery
object, you can
make 3 intelligent
guesses before
checking the
answer at the slide
that follows.
See Next Slide for the Answer
Mystery Object 1

48. 48
Mystery Object 1
ANSWER Cheese

49. 49
Mystery Object 2
See Next Slide for the Answer

50. 50
Mystery Object 2
ANSWER
Grapefruit

51. 51
Mystery Object 3
See Next Slide for the Answer

52. 52
Mystery Object 3
Answer
Dandelion

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THE END
MAY OUR THINKING SKILLS
IMPROVE STEADILY!
MAY WE EXERCISE THE
MIND CONSTANTLY.
With Metta, Bro. Oh Teik Bin