A presentation of a selection of different types of thinking puzzles and problems to exercise the right and left brain. Answers are provided for all the problems. (Download the power point ppt for some animation effects.)
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RIDDLE 1
What can you hold in your
left hand but not in your
right hand?
Relax and think, you will
know the answer then!
Clue
See Next
Slide for
a clue
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RIDDLE 1
What can you hold in your
left hand but not in your
right hand?
Relax and think, you will
know the answer then!
Clue
Answer See Next Slide for the answer
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RIDDLE 1
What can you hold in your
left hand but not in your
right hand?
Relax and think, you will
know the answer then!
Clue
Answer Your Right Elbow!
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RIDDLE 2
What three numbers,
none of which is
zero, give the same
result whether they’re
added or multiplied?
Put on your
‘Arithmetic’ hat…
The Answer for sure
you will get!
Answer
See Next
Slide for
the
Answer
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RIDDLE 2
What three numbers,
none of which is
zero, give the same
result whether they’re
added or multiplied?
Put on your
‘Arithmetic’ hat…
The Answer for sure
you will get!
Answer
1 ,2, 3
1 + 2 + 3 = 6
1 x 2 x 3 = 6
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RIDDLE 3
A man looks at a painting in a
museum and says, “Brothers and sisters I
have none, but that man’s father is my
father’s son.” Who is in the painting?
Answer
See Next
Slide for
the
Answer
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RIDDLE 3
A man looks at a painting in a
museum and says, “Brothers and sisters I
have none, but that man’s father is my
father’s son.” Who is in the painting?
Answer
The
man’s
son
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RIDDLE 4
With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with
piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing
victims, proclaiming might; physically
joining with a single bite. What am I?
Clue
See Next
Slide for
a Clue
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RIDDLE 4
With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with
piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing
victims, proclaiming might; physically
joining with a single bite. What am I?
Clue
See Next Slide
for the Answer
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RIDDLE 4
With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with
piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing
victims, proclaiming might; physically
joining with a single bite. What am I?
Clue
Answer
A Stapler
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RIDDLE 5
What does man love more than life,
hate more than death or mortal strife; that
which contented men desire; the poor
have, the rich require; the miser spends,
the spendthrift saves, and all men
carry to their graves?
Answer
See Next
Slide for
the
Answer
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RIDDLE 5
What does man love more than life,
hate more than death or mortal strife; that
which contented men desire; the poor
have, the rich require; the miser spends,
the spendthrift saves, and all men
carry to their graves?
Answer
Nothing!
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Brain Teaser 1
See ANSWER
at the Next
Slide.
A man stands on one side
of a river, his dog on the
other. The man calls his
dog, who immediately
crosses the river without
getting wet and without
using a bridge or a boat.
How did the dog do it?
Only two percent of
people can solve
the puzzle?
Are you of them?
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Brain Teaser 1
Answer
A man stands on one side
of a river, his dog on the
other. The man calls his
dog, who immediately
crosses the river without
getting wet and without
using a bridge or a boat.
How did the dog do it?
The river was frozen.
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See Next Slide for the Answer
2
This special number has two very unique
features. What are they?
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Answer
2
This special
number has two
very unique
features.
What are they?
* This special number has the all the numbers Zero till 9 ( 0 to 9 )
* The numbers in this special number are in alphabetical order:
Eight Five Four Nine One Seven Six Three Two Zero
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Detective Puzzle 1
ANSWER
See Next Slide
for the ANSWER.
The detective was speaking to a doctor in a
waiting room when a dismayed man rushed
in and screamed, "Someone shot my wife!"
The detective asked the man to tell him
everything. The man, Mr. Clark, said that
he was at work when his housekeeper
called him and said that something
terrible had happened to his wife and that
she was in the intensive care unit. He
hung up immediately and went to the
hospital.
When Mr. Clark finished his story, the
detective arrested him on an attempted
murder charge. Why did he do this?
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Answer to Detective Case 1
The detective was speaking to a doctor in a waiting room when a
dismayed man rushed in and screamed, "Someone shot my wife!"
The detective asked the man to tell him everything. The man, Mr.
Clark, said that he was at work when his housekeeper called
him and said that something terrible had happened to his wife
and that she was in the intensive care unit. He hung up
immediately and went to the hospital.
When Mr. Clark finished his story, the detective arrested him on an
attempted murder charge. Why did he do this?
ANSWER
How did Mr. Clark
know his wife
was shot? His
housekeeper only
said something
bad happened to
his wife.
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ANSWER.
Answer to Detective Puzzle 2
From the detectives code 0415 7140 7718
Each 4 digits may represent one name
Here 7718 mirror image represent BILL.
The mirror Image of 7718 resembles B I L L
BILL
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FIND 6 HIDDEN WORDS IN THE PICTURE
If you need to know what the 6 hidden words are, see next slide
OBSERVE!
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FIND 6 HIDDEN WORDS IN THE PICTURE
See Next Slide for the Answers
The Six
Words are :
1. Despair
2. Cat
3. Beer
4. Cereal
5. Mess
6. Family
OBSERVE!
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FIND 6 HIDDEN WORDS IN THE PICTURE - ANSWERS
The Six Words are :
1. Despair 2 Cat 3 Beer 4 Cereal 5 Mess 6 Family
Look at the
Answers carefully!
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Math Puzzle 1
Can you fill
the blank
boxes with
the correct
numbers?
Need a Clue? See Next Slide
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Math Puzzle 1
Can you fill
the blank
boxes with
the correct
numbers?
Clue
See Next Slide for the
Answer
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Answer to Math Puzzle 1
Can you fill
the blank
boxes with
the correct
numbers?
Clue
Each
number
involves
half or .5
Who said the numbers
must be Integers?
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Math Puzzle 2
How many triangles
can you find in the
picture?
Only 10 per cent of
people are able to solve
this math riddle. Can
you be one of them?
See Next Slide for the Answer
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Mystery Object 1
Answer
See the Next
Slide
for the Answer
Identify the
Mystery Objects
# 1 - #6
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.
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Mystery Object 1
Answer
A
Pencil
Identify the
Mystery Objects
# 1 - #6
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.
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The End
With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin
May the mind be
calm, one thought at
a time, thinking
most clearly.
The stability of the
mind needs training
diligently.