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

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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
The Last Frontier Just Between Us Good Till The Last Drop

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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
Scatter Brain
Good Intentions Always By My Side

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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 Thrill #1 Profit
#1 Regret

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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
Crushed
Cuisine
Culprit
Process

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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
Festival
Headline
Porridge
Caffeine

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Lateral Thinking Q 1
Clue
Chicken Coop
A family has a chicken coop for their
one dozen hens. Late one night, a
terrible storm came through their
area and killed all but eight chickens.
How many chickens did the family
have the next morning?
See Next Slide
for the Answer

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Lateral Thinking Q 1
Clue
Chicken Coop
A family has a chicken coop for their
one dozen hens. Late one night, a
terrible storm came through their
area and killed all but eight chickens.
How many chickens did the family
have the next morning?
Answer
The family still had 12
hens, four dead, and
eight alive.

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Lateral Thinking Q 2
Clue
See Next Slide
for the Answer
The Magician
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?

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Lateral Thinking Q 2
Clue
Answer
The Magician
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?
It was an
empty glass!

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See Next Slide for the Answer
Lateral Thinking Q 3
Clue
At the Department Store
A woman who is in a
department store fills her
basket to the top and
leaves the store without
paying. Although she is
seen, no one calls the
police or attempts to stop
her. Why?

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Answer
Lateral Thinking Q 3
Clue
At the Department Store
A woman who is in a
department store fills her
basket to the top and
leaves the store without
paying. Although she is
seen, no one calls the
police or attempts to stop
her. Why?
The woman works there. She is filling the
basket with trash and taking it out to the
dumpster.

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See
Next
Slide
for
the
Answers
Test Your
Visual Power
Can you find
the 8 Hidden
Objects
in 15
seconds?
Only 2% of
the people
can!

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Answers
Test Your Visual Power
The 8 Hidden Objects
1 Fish - Fish is hiding
between the leaves
2 Tulip - Tulip growing
upside down the tree
3 Ice cream - In the center
among the leaves
4 Ball - In the right
between the leaves
5 Color Pencil - In the
right near the branch of
the tree
6 Spoon - Near the Tea
Trunk at the center
7 Moon - The face of the
half-moon is hiding
between the mushrooms
8 Ghost - The face of the
ghost is there on the right
bottom of the picture

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SEE the Next Slide
for the Answer
An
Observation
Puzzle
What is wrong
with the photo
image shown?
Can You Find The Mistake In
This Pizza Puzzle In less than 30
Seconds?

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Answer
An
Observation
Puzzle
Can You Find The Mistake In
This Pizza Puzzle In less than 30
Seconds?

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Math Puzzle 1
See Next Slide for the Answer
How many squares can you find
in the picture below?

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Math Puzzle 1
Answer
11
How many squares
can you find
in the picture
below?

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See Next Slide for the Answer
Math Puzzle 2
Based on the
diagram in the Right
what number should
be written in the
space marked
“?”
Give our reasoning.

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Answer
Math Puzzle 2
Based on the diagram in the
Right what number should be
written in the space marked
“?”
Give our reasoning.
Answer: 34
Explanation:
The logic in this mathematics puzzle: Formula -> a * b
– (a + b) = c
=> 9 + 3 = 15, How?
Row 1 => a * b – (a + b) = c = 9 * 3 – (9 + 3) = 27 – 12
= 15
Row 2 => a * b – (a + b) = c = 9 * 7 – (9 + 7) = 63 – 16
= 47
Row 3 => a * b – (a + b) = c = 8 * 5 – (8 + 5) = 40 – 13
= 27
Similarly, we shall find the missing number here.
Row 4 => a * b – (a + b) = c = 8 * 6 – (8 + 6) = 48 – 14
= 34

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Math Puzzle 3
See Next Slide for the Answer
Based on the
diagram to your left,
What number
should be at he
space maked “?”
Give your
mathematical
reasoning.

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Math Puzzle 3
Answer
Based on the diagram to
your left,
What number should be at
he space maked “?”
Give your mathematical
reasoning.
Answer: 76
3*3 – 5 = 4
5*5 – 5 = 20
4*4 – 5 = 11
9*9 – 5 = 76

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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
my

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My Reflection
One has to think before he or she
speaks. Practice Right Speech – NO
Lying, Slander, Harsh Speech and
Gossip or Frivolous Talk.
Saying wrong words can bring
painful consequences.
Punch Line # 1
Suggest a
Punch Line.
See Next
Slide for a
suggested
Punch Line.
I am now not on talking terms
with Helen. She really insulted me
with the words she used. Last
week I said to her, “Helen, I saw
Sam recently and he didn’t even
greet me. He probably thinks that
I am not his equal.” And Helen
uttered, “Why that stupid,
arrogant, good-for-nothing Sam.
Judy, you are certainly his equal!”

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My Reflection
One has to think before he or she
speaks. Practice Right Speech – NO
Lying, Slander, Harsh Speech and
Gossip or Frivolous Talk.
Saying wrong words can bring
painful consequences.
Punch Line # 1
A suggested
Punch Line.
I am now not on talking terms
with Helen. She really insulted me
with the words she used. Last
week I said to her, “Helen, I saw
Sam recently and he didn’t even
greet me. He probably thinks that
I am not his equal.” And Helen
uttered, “Why that stupid,
arrogant, good-for-nothing Sam.
Judy, you are certainly his equal!”

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My Reflection
Today many people seem to be getting
more materialistic … values are turning
upside-down. They crave for worldly
things like money, possessions, power
etc and forget the importance of virtues
and character.
Punch Line # 2
Suggest a
Punch Line.
See Next
Slide for a
suggested
Punch Line.
A person may harbor an ulterior
motive when he or she embarks on
something. Sally and her friend Molly
were having coffee at a café.
Sally asked Molly,
“So Joe is teaching you how to swim.
What have you learnt so far?”
Molly replied, “Oh, he’s a bachelor,
earns a huge salary, has a Jaguar and
owns a million-dollar bungalow.”

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My Reflection
Today many people seem to be getting
more materialistic … values are turning
upside-down. They crave for worldly
things like money, possessions, power
etc and forget the importance of virtues
and character.
Punch Line # 2
A
suggested
Punch Line.
A person may harbor an ulterior
motive when he or she embarks on
something. Sally and her friend Molly
were having coffee at a café.
Sally asked Molly,
“So Joe is teaching you how to swim.
What have you learnt so far?”
Molly replied, “Oh, he’s a bachelor,
earns a huge salary, has a Jaguar and
owns a million-dollar bungalow.”

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My Reflection
Beware of the great danger of
being egoistic, proud and
conceited. The ego leads one to
unskillful actions. This will lead
one to much suffering in this
and future lives.
Punch Line # 3
Suggest a
Punch Line.
See Next
Slide for a
suggested
Punch Line.
Even though Martin is the most brainy
student in our Form 5 class, he is not
liked by his teachers and classmates
because of his arrogance and boasts.
He used to tell his classmates. “If I don’t
know the answer to a question,
there isn’t anyone who can.”

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My Reflection
Beware of the great danger of
being egoistic, proud and
conceited. The ego leads one to
unskillful actions. This will lead
one to much suffering in this
and future lives.
Punch Line # 3
A suggested
Punch Line.
Even though Martin is the most brainy
student in our Form 5 class, he is not
liked by his teachers and classmates
because of his arrogance and boasts.
He used to tell his classmates. “If I don’t
know the answer to a question,
there isn’t anyone who can.”

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Puzzle With Matchsticks 1
See Next Slide for the Answer
Move only 2 matchsticks to create 6 squares. The
squares are allowed to differ in size.
However, squares must be linked and each matchstick
must form the side of at least one square.

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Puzzle With Matchsticks 1
Answer
Move only 2 matchsticks to
create 6 squares. The squares
are allowed to differ in size.
However, squares must be
linked and each matchstick
must form the side of at least
one square.
Don't miss
the 2X2
square.

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Puzzle With Matchsticks 2
See Next Slide for the Answer
A rugby player missed a kick to goal by kicking the ball to
the right of the posts and also lower than the crossbar.
MOVE only 2 matchsticks to make the ball go through the
posts and over the crossbar. You may not move the ball.

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Puzzle With Matchsticks 2
Answer
A rugby player missed a kick to
goal by kicking the ball to the
right of the posts and also lower
than the crossbar.
MOVE only 2 matchsticks to make
the ball go through the posts and
over the crossbar. You may not
move the ball.
Tilt your head to
the right to see
the solution.

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Puzzle With Matchsticks 3
See Next Slide for the Answer
You would need math skills to solve this puzzle.
The equation 7/9 = 3 is not true. Move only 2
matchsticks to make it true.

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Puzzle With Matchsticks 3
Answer
You would need math skills to solve
this puzzle.
The equation 7/9 = 3 is not true. Move
only 2 matchsticks to make it true.

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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
the 6
Hidden
Words

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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:
SCORE
DUNK
BASKET
NET
HOOPS
COURT
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:
SCORE
DUNK
BASKET
NET
HOOPS
COURT
Answers

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

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# 1
Rhyming Riddles for Creative Thinking
Clue
Answer
Flag

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

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#
2
Clue
Answer
Rhyming Riddles for Creative Thinking
Hedgehog

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

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# 3
Answer
Rhyming Riddles for Creative Thinking
Clue
Oil

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

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

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

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# 5
Answer
Clue
Rhyming Riddles for Creative Thinking
The Sun

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

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Mental and Visual Skills 1
Answers
How many
Differences can
you find
between the
two pictures in
1 minute?
Answer
5
Differences

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Mental and Visual Skills 2
See Next Slide for the Answers
Can you spot the 5 Differences between the two
panels in less than one minute?

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Mental and Visual Skills 2
Answers
Can you spot the 5 Differences between the two
panels in less than one minute?

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Brain teaser 1
See Next Slide for the Answer
Can you
find the
Hidden
Butterfly
within 15
seconds.
Only a
Genius
can!

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Brain teaser 1 Answer
Can you
find the
Hidden
Butterfly
within 15
seconds.
Only a
Genius
can!

68. Brain teaser 2
See
Next
Slide
for
the
Answer
Can you find the dead person within 30 seconds?
Give 3 reasons for your answer.
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69. Brain teaser 2 Answer
Can you find the dead person within 30 seconds?
Give 3 reasons for your answer.
The 3rd Person from the left.
Reasons: Sunken eyes; Loosen arm; Blood stains on the towel
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Brain teaser 3
See
Next
Slide
for
the
Answer
Observe carefully and mindfully
Can you find the odd family (odd one out) in 30 seconds?
Give your reasons

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Brain teaser 3
Answer
Observe carefully and mindfully
Can you find theodd family (odd one out) in 30 seconds?
Give your reasons
Reason for Answer: This is the only family with 2 sons.

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Brain teaser 4
See
Next
Slide
for
the
Answer
From the picture, can you find the Watermelon Thief in less
than 30 seconds? Give your reasons.

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Brain teaser 4
Answer
From the picture, can you find the Watermelon Thief in less
than 30 seconds? Give your reasons.
The ‘Watermelon Thief’ is the man!
Reason: The man is struggling to carry the heavy
watermelon which is much heavier than a football!

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Brain teaser 5
See
Next
Slide
for
the
Answer
In less than 30 seconds can you name the
5 countries based on the pics below?
Focus and Think Fast!

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Brain teaser 5
Answers
In less than 30 seconds can you name the
5 countries based on the pics below?

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May Solving Thinking Puzzles
Help Sharpen our Mind.
With this, may our mind grow
with the passing of time.
With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin
The End