A Presentation of a selection of Puzzles, Brain Teasers and Thinking Problems to exercise both the mind and the Right and Left Brain. To help keep the mind and brain fit and healthy. Good for both the young and old alike. Answers are given for all the puzzles and problems.

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What are Rebus Puzzles?
They are essentially little pictures, often made with
letters and words, which cryptically represent a word,
phrase, or saying. Below are two examples:
The Answer is
‘FAT CHANCE’
( ‘Fat letters’ ! )
The Answer is
‘SIDE SHOW’
( The word ‘SHOW’ is at the side! )
Go to Next Slide to start solving Rebus Puzzles

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Rebus Puzzles Set A
# 1 # 2 # 3
For each of the Puzzles, make 3 tries before checking all the answers at 1 go.
Clue
Clue
Clue
See Next Slide for the Answers
X

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Rebus Puzzles Set A
# 1 # 2 # 3
For each of the Puzzles, make 3 tries before checking all the answers at 1 go.
Clue
Clue
Clue
Answers
X
Play On Words No TV For A Week Get In Shape

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Rebus Puzzles Set B
# 1 # 2 # 3
For each of the Puzzles, make 3 tries before checking all the answers at 1 go.
Clue
Clue
Clue
See Next Slide for the Answers

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Rebus Puzzles Set B
# 1 # 2 # 3
For each of the Puzzles, make 3 tries before checking all the answers at 1 go.
Clue
Clue
Clue
Answers
Bedspread Down Payment
Monkey On
Your Back

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Deductivethinking puzzle 1
See Next Slide for the
Answer
THINK

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Deductivethinking puzzle 1
Answer
THINK

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Deductivethinking puzzle 2
See Next Slide for the
Answer
THINK

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Deductivethinking puzzle 2
Answer
THINK

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Deductivethinking puzzle 3
See Next Slide for the
Answer
THINK

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Deductivethinking puzzle 3
Answer
THINK

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‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles
For each of the ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles, deduce the word that has
a connection or bearing with all the pics.
An Example ( A 6-Letter Word)
POWDER
Now try the following : ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles # 1 - # 3 ( Make 3 guesses
for each before looking at the answers.) ( 6-Letter Words )
See
Next
Slide
for
the
Answers
after
writing
down
all
your
9
guesses
# 1 # 2 # 3

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‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles
For each of the ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles, deduce the word that has
a connection or bearing with all the pics.
An Example ( A 6-Letter Word)
POWDER
Now try the following : ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles # 1 - # 3 ( Make 3 guesses
for each before looking at the answers.) ( 6-Letter Words )
Answers
#1 Donate #2 Insert #3 Safety

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‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles 7-Letter Words
For each of the ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles, deduce the word that has a
connection or bearing with all the pics. (3 Guesses for each pic before next Slide.)
# 1 # 2
# 3 # 4
See
Next
Slide
for
the
Answers
after
writing
down
all
your
12
guesses

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‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles 7-Letter Words
For each of the ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles, deduce the word that has a
connection or bearing with all the pics. (3 Guesses for each pic before next Slide.)
# 1 # 2
# 3 # 4
Answers
Growing
Kitchen
Success
Compare

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‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles 8-Letter Words
For each of the ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles, deduce the word that has a
connection or bearing with all the pics. (3 Guesses for each pic before next Slide.)
# 1 # 2
# 3 # 4
See
Next
Slide
for
the
Answers
after
writing
down
all
your
12
guesses

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‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles 8-Letter Words
For each of the ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles, deduce the word that has a
connection or bearing with all the pics. (3 Guesses for each pic before next Slide.)
# 1 # 2
# 3 # 4
Answers
Crossing
Generous
Domestic
Workshop

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Lateral Thinking Q 1
See Next Slide for the Answer
Clue

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Lateral Thinking Q 1
Answer
COCONUT
Clue

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See Next Slide for the Answer
Lateral Thinking Q 2
Clue
At the bottom of a large hill, more
than 40 cars are involved in an
accident. Some of the cars are
overturned and others are resting
on top of other cars. The pile-up is
so large that a few military vehicles
and a fire truck are also involved in
the crash. What happened to cause
this big wreck?

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Answer
Lateral Thinking Q 2
Clue
At the bottom of a large hill, more
than 40 cars are involved in an
accident. Some of the cars are
overturned and others are resting
on top of other cars. The pile-up is
so large that a few military vehicles
and a fire truck are also involved in
the crash. What happened to cause
this big wreck?
The cars, trucks,
and other vehicles
are toys being
played with by a
small child.

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Lateral Thinking Q 3
Clue
See Next Slide
for the Answer
A couple enters a grand ballroom only to
find the occupants are dead. There has
been no crime committed. The couple is
not concerned by what they have found.
How is this possible?

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Lateral Thinking Q 3
Clue
Answer
A couple enters a grand ballroom only to
find the occupants are dead. There has
been no crime committed. The couple is
not concerned by what they have found.
How is this possible?
The couple is scuba diving on a
sunken cruise ship. The occupants
in the ballroom had drowned when
the ship sank suddenly in a terrible
disaster at sea.

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Brain Teasers
1
Can you find the hidden Wolf in 30 seconds?
See Next Slide for the Answer

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Brain Teasers
1 Can you find the hidden Wolf in 30 seconds?
Answer

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Brain Teasers 2
Can you spot the mistake in the Picture in 15 seconds?
See Next slide for the Answer

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Brain Teasers 2
Can you spot the mistake in the Picture in 15 seconds?
Answer

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Brain Teasers 3
Can you Guess the 2 Jobs based on the Pics?
Job 1
Job 2
See
Next
Slide
for
the
Answers

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Brain Teasers 3
Can you Guess the 2 Jobs based on the Pics?
Job 1
Job 2
Answers
ENGINEER
FIRE
FIGHTER

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Brain Teasers 4
How many animals can you see in the Picture above?
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Brain Teasers 4
How many animals can you see in the Picture above?
Answers There are altogether 8 Animals.

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Brain Teasers 5
Of the 9 Bird Pics
shown,
Which is the odd
one out? Can you
spot it in less than
15 seconds?
See Next Slide for the Answer

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Brain Teasers 5
Of the 9 Bird Pics shown,
Which is the odd one
out? Can you spot it in
less than 15 seconds?
Answer
Shorter Beak

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Brain Teasers 6
See Next Slide for the Answer
The Photos #
1 - # 6
show
parts of 6
Mystery
Objects.
State what
you think are
the 6 Objects
whose parts
are shown in
1 to 6.
5 6

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Brain Teasers 6
Answers
The Photos
# 1 - # 6
are parts of
Objects:
1 Toothbrush
2 Vinyl
3 Glow Stick
4 Stocking
5 Stop sign
6Toothpicks
5 6

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Math Puzzles # 1
See Next Slide for the Answer

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Math Puzzles # 1
Answer 35 Triangles

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See Next Slide for the Answer
Math Puzzles # 2
?

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Answers
Math Puzzles # 2
?

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See Next Slide for the Answer
Math Puzzles # 3
What Number should be filled into the box ‘??’

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Answer 81
Math Puzzles # 3
What Number should be filled into the box ‘??’
??

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What’s The Punch Line?
The punch line of a joke is the part, or line at the end that makes the
joke funny enough to bring a smile or laughter.
In the following Creative Exercise # 1- # 3, you have to
suggest a creative punch line for each of the humorous
pieces. A suggested punch line is given.
Of course, there are so many possibilities.
Think creatively.
See Next Slide for an Example.

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My Reflection
When non-beneficial social media
things ‘overload’ the mind,
there will come a time you will
suffer states of the depressive
kind.
I click ‘Like’. You know I can convey this
message effectively - No One likes it!
Suggested Punch Line
Suggest a
Punch Line

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My Reflection
When a person does not
understand our instructions, he
can utter words which can be
quite unbecoming. We should not
react but be patient.
Punch Line # 1
Suggest a
Punch Line.
See Next
Slide for a
suggested
Punch Line.
As a doctor, I once advised a
patient, “Mr. Cody, you’ve
been working too hard. You
need recreation. If I were you,
I’d go home and take my
wife to the theatre.”
Mr. Cody said excitedly,
“Thanks Doc. I appreciate it.
By the way what’s your
address?”

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My Reflection
When a person does not
understand our instructions, he
can utter words which can be
quite unbecoming. We should not
react but be patient.
Punch Line # 1
A suggested
Punch Line.
As a doctor, I once advised a
patient, “Mr. Cody, you’ve
been working too hard. You
need recreation. If I were you,
I’d go home and take my
wife to the theatre.”
Mr. Cody said excitedly,
“Thanks Doc. I appreciate it.
By the way what’s your
address?”

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My Reflection
There seems to be more and more
students can be really rude,
lacking in manners and politeness.
We need to be patient and educate
them with wisdom.
Punch Line # 2
Suggest a
Punch Line.
See Next
Slide for a
suggested
Punch Line.
Yesterday, when I asked my
student Ah Giat to state the colors
of the rainbow, he said loudly,
“Teacher, last week you asked
Ah Gau the same question and he
gave the correct answer. Don’t tell
me you have forgotten it?”

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My Reflection
There seems to be more and more
students can be really rude,
lacking in manners and politeness.
We need to be patient and educate
them with wisdom.
Punch Line # 2
A
suggested
Punch Line.
Yesterday, when I asked my student
Ah Giat to state the colors of the
rainbow, he said loudly,
“Teacher, last week you asked
Ah Gau the same question and he
gave the correct answer. Don’t
tell me you have forgotten it?”

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My Reflection
Is moral behavior on the decline
in these modern times?
There is an increasing number of
men and women who have no
shame or fear in doing
unwholesome deeds.
Punch Line # 3
Suggest a
Punch Line.
See Next
Slide for a
suggested
Punch Line.
Miss Chin Jia Heow once told me,
“You know, there is this beach in a
foreign country that forbids a lady
from changing her clothes
on the beach.
I found a way out of this stupid law.
I change my clothes in the bus on my
way to the beach!”

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My Reflection
Is moral behavior on the decline
in these modern times?
There is an increasing number of
men and women who have no
shame or fear in doing
unwholesome deeds.
Punch Line # 3
A
suggested
Punch
Line.
Miss Chin Jia Heow once told me,
“You know, there is this beach in a
foreign country that forbids a lady
from changing her clothes
on the beach.
I found a way out of this stupid law.
I change my clothes in the bus
on my way to the beach!”

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Puzzle With Matchsticks 1
See Next Slide for the Answer

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Puzzle With Matchsticks 1

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Puzzle With Matchsticks 2
See Next Slide for the Answer

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Puzzle With Matchsticks 2
Answer

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Puzzle With Matchsticks 3
See Next Slide for the Answer
Move 2 Sticks to get
the Highest Amount

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Puzzle With Matchsticks 3
Answer
Move 2 Sticks to get the
Highest Amount

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Picture Puzzle - Test Your Eye Power
Can you find 6
Hidden Words in
the Picture in less
than 2 minutes?
See Next Slide if
you need to
know what the 6
Hidden Words
are.

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Picture Puzzle - Test Your Eye Power
Can you find 6
Hidden Words in
the Picture in less
than 2 minutes?
The 6 Hidden
Words are
DROP
CLOUDS
TREE
UMBRELLA
SPLASH
WATER
See Next Slide for the Answers

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Picture Puzzle - Test Your Eye Power
Can you find 6
Hidden Words in
the Picture in less
than 2 minutes?
The 6 Hidden
Words are
DROP
CLOUDS
TREE
UMBRELLA
SPLASH
WATER
Answers

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# 1
Rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking
Clue
See Next Slide for the Answer

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# 1
Rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking
Clue
Answer
Paper

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#
2
See Next
Slide for the
Answer
rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking
Clue

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#
2
Answer
Thoughts
rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking
Clue

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# 3
See Next Slide for the
Answer
Clue
rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking

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# 3
Answer
Sea
Clue
rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking

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# 4
Clue See Next Slide
for the Answer
See Next
Slide for the
Answer
Rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking

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# 4
Clue See Next Slide
for the Answer
Answer
Oil
Rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking

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# 5
See Next
Slide for the
Answer
Clue
Rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking

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# 5
Answer
Spark
Clue
Rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking

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Mental and Visual Skills 1
How many Differences can you find between the two
pictures in 1 minute?
See
Next
Slide
for
the
Answers

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Mental and Visual Skills 1
How many Differences can you find between the two
pictures in 1 minute?
Answer
There
are
7
Differences

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Mental and Visual Skills 2
See Next Slide for the Answers
Can you spot the 6 Differences between the two
panels in not more than one minute?

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Mental and Visual Skills 2
Can you spot the 6 Differences between the two
panels in not more than one minute?
Answers
1 Stone 2 Nostril 3 Pterodactyl feet 4 Cloud 5 Water 6 Lava

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EYE TEST 1
How many Stars can you see in the Pic Below?
See Next Slide for the Answer

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EYE TEST 1
How many Stars can
you see in the Pic on
the left?
Answer 8

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EYE TEST 2
See Next Slide for the Answer

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EYE TEST 2
Answer The Word is “POST”

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