This document contains a series of puzzles and brainteasers, including: - Visual puzzles asking the reader to identify hidden objects or words in images. - Logic puzzles involving lateral thinking to solve mysteries with unusual or unexpected explanations. - Math puzzles replacing variables with animals or objects to solve equations. - Matchstick puzzles involving moving or adding matchsticks to make equations or designs valid. - A picture puzzle asking the reader to find 7 hidden words in an image of a swimming pool. After each puzzle, the next slide provides the answer or solution. Throughout, life lessons are given related to the puzzles, though scrambled until unscrambled on subsequent slides. The document aims to

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BrainTeaser 1
Can You
Find Which
Butterfly
Will Reach
the Flower
First?
See Next
Slide for
The
Answer

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BrainTeaser 1
Can You
Find Which
Butterfly
Will Reach
the Flower
First?
Answer
B

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BrainTeaser 2
2
Which Three Letters of The Alphabet
are the most scary?
See
Next
Slide
for
the
Answer

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BrainTeaser 2
2
Which Three Letters of The Alphabet
are the most scary?
Answer I C U

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BrainTeaser 3
Which of the
Glasses
# 1 - # 7
will fill up
first?
See Next
Slide for
the
Answer

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BrainTeaser 3
Which of the
Glasses
# 1 - # 7
will fill up
first?
Answer
Glass # 5
If you thought it is 6, it’s wrong. Look at the pipes connected
to beakers. The lower pipe connected with the first beaker is
closed — the water won’t go through it. So now eliminating
options with closed pipes, it’s the beaker number 5 that’ll fill
up first.

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Mystery object puzzle1
See Next Slide for the Answers
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 answers at the slide that follows.
# 1 # 2 # 3 # 4
# 1 # 2 # 3

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Mystery object puzzle1 - Answers
# 1 # 2 # 3 # 4
# 1 # 2 # 3
# 1 Strawberry # 2 Butterfly # 3 Common Shrew

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Mystery object puzzle2
See Next Slide for the Answers
Identify the Mystery Objects # 4 - #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 answers at the slide that follows.
# 4 # 5 # 6

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Mystery object puzzle2 - answers
# 4 # 5 # 6
# 4 Pheasant # 5 Head of Caterpillar # 6 Toadstool

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William was the
least intelligent and
laziest boy in a
class of 30 students
who took an
examination. Yet
when the results
were announced,
William’s name
was at the top of
the list. How come?
Clue
Lateral Thinking Puzzle 1
See Next Slide for
the Answer

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William was the least
intelligent and laziest boy
in a class of 30 students
who took an examination.
Yet when the results were
announced, William’s name
was at the top of the list.
How come?
Clue
Answer: William’s name
was William Abbot and the
results were given in
alphabetical order.
Lateral Thinking Puzzle 1
Answer

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A man had his throat
attacked by a woman
with an electric shaving
razor, yet he suffered no
serious injurious. How
come?
Clue
Lateral Thinking Puzzle 2
See Next Slide for the
Answer

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A man had his throat
attacked by a woman
with an electric shaving
razor, yet he suffered no
serious injurious. How
come?
Clue
The woman forgot to plug in
the electric shaver.
Lateral Thinking Puzzle 2
Answer

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A high-speed police
car chases a much
slower vehicle in
which criminals are
escaping. But the
police fail to catch
them. Why?
Clue
Lateral Thinking Puzzle 3
See Next Slide for the
Answer

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A high-speed police car
chases a much slower
vehicle in which
criminals are escaping.
But the police fail to
catch them. Why?
The getaway vehicle was a double-decker bus that went
under a low bridge. The top deck of the bus was cut off
and fell onto the pursuing police car.
Clue
Lateral Thinking Puzzle 3
Answer

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Observation power
See
Next
Slide
for the
Answer
Can you find the Hidden Face of the Giant
within a Minute?

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Can you find
the Hidden
Face of the
Giant within
a Minute?
Observation power
Answer
Tilt the Picture anticlockwise
by 90 Degrees

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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 Office # 2 Breeze # 3 Cooler

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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.)
See
Next
Slide
for
the
Answers
after
writing
down
all
your
12
guesses
# 1 # 2
# 3 # 4

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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.)
Answers
# 1 # 2
# 3 # 4
Feather
Glacier
Disease
Extinct

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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
Backpack
Seashore
Sculptor
Surprise

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Observe and
Think
Clue
Deductive Thinking 1
See Next Slide for the Answer

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Observe and
Think
Clue Answer
Slylock knows that only female
mosquitoes suck blood. Mike Mosquito
looks scary but, being a male, he only
sucks nectar from flowers or juices
from ripe fruit.
Deductive Thinking 1

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Observe and
Think
Clue
Deductive Thinking 2
See Next Slide for the Answer

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Observe and
Think
Clue
Answer
No. Slylock is making the suspects laugh so
he can see into their mouths . Whoever ate
the pie would probably have blue stains on
their teeth and tongue.
Deductive Thinking 2

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Observe and
Think
Clue
Deductive Thinking 3
See Next Slide for the
Answer

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Observe and
Think
Clue Answer
The thief left a glass of ice
water on the table . Slylock
observed that the ice had
not yet melted.
Deductive Thinking 3

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Math Puzzle 1
See Next Slide for the Answer
Can you find the value of the
missing number?

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Math Puzzle 1
Answer
Can you find the value of the
missing number?
The Answer is 42. Horizontal rows
are in Arithmetic Progression.

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Math Puzzle 2
See Next Slide for the Answer
In this Math Puzzle,
equation variables
are replaced with
animals. Can you
find the value of
each animal and
then solve the last
equation?

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Math Puzzle 2
Answer
In this Math Puzzle,
equation variables
are replaced with
animals. Can you
find the value of
each animal and
then solve the last
equation?
Dog = 17kg
Cat = 7kg
Rabbit = 3Kg
Last equation sum is 27kg

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Math Puzzle 3
See Next Slide for the Answer
How many
triangles are
there in the
picture
shown?

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Math Puzzle 3
Answer 27
How many
triangles are
there in the
picture
shown?

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LIFE Lessons from SMS Humor
Each of the SMS Jokes is followed by a LIFE Lesson at the end. The LIFE Lesson
has been scrambled in both letters and words. Your task is to unscramble the
letters and then the words to reveal the LIFE Lesson. An Example is given below.
LIFE Lesson | dlfnmiu | adn | asoaoiscnet | ndki | eb |
Unscrambling the words: mindful and compassionate kind be
Rearranging the words, get the LIFE Lesson:
be mindful, kind and compassionate
SMS JOKE 1
Teacher : What do u wish to do in the future?
Ahmad : I want to be a pilot.
Ismail : I want to be a lawyer.
Anita : I want to be a mother.
Ah Heng : I want to help Anita in her wish.
LIFE Lesson dan | ruyo | caiotn | uoelsmweohn | peeshc | htsohtgu | eciadrtea
See Next Slide for the Answer and SMS JOKE 2

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LIFE Lessons from SMS Humor
SMS JOKE 2
eradicate your unwholesome thoughts, speech and action
Answer
One day a man found a lamp in a cave. He rubbed it vigorously and a genie shot out.
“I’ll grant u your most desired wish,” the genie said.
The man thought for a moment and then said, “I want a special job that no man has ever
succeeded at or attempted to do,”
“Poof!” the genie exclaimed, and the man found himself turned into a housewife.
LIFE Lesson etxecp | ouy | pnepha | ni | aym | htwa | or | hswi | ifle | fro | ton
See Next Slide for the Answer and SMS JOKE 3
SMS JOKE 1
Teacher : What do u wish to do in the future?
Ahmad : I want to be a pilot.
Ismail : I want to be a lawyer.
Anita : I want to be a mother.
Ah Heng : I want to help Anita in her wish.
LIFE Lesson dan | ruyo | caiotn | uoelsmweohn | peeshc | htsohtgu | eciadrtea

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LIFE Lessons from SMS Humor
SMS JOKE 2
See Next Slide for the Answer and SMS JOKE 4
Answer
what you expect or wish for in life may not happen
SMS JOKE 3
Ganesh : Can people predict the future with cards?
Ah Soon : My mother can.
Ganesh : Really?
Ah Soon : Yes, she only has to take a look at my report card and she can
predict what will happen when my father gets home.
LIFE Lesson ufuert | eno | ni | ircdpet | eht | htwi | etnrytcai | anc | tlyraie | on |
One day a man found a lamp in a cave. He rubbed it vigorously and a genie shot out.
“I’ll grant u your most desired wish,” the genie said.
The man thought for a moment and then said, “I want a special job that no man has
ever succeeded at or attempted to do,”
“Poof!” the genie exclaimed, and the man found himself turned into a housewife.
LIFE Lesson etxecp | ouy | pnepha | ni | aym | htwa | or | hswi | ifle | fro | ton

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SMS JOKE 4
SMS JOKE 3
Answer
in reality no one can predict the future with certainty
Maureen had trouble with the thought of turning 40. She was over sensitive
to any signs of advancing age.
One day she found a prominent strand of gray hair near her forehead, She
pointed to her forehead and asked her husband, “Have u seen this?”
“What is it?” the husband asked. “The wrinkles?”
LIFE Lesson eagngi | rea | ssseickn | tehda | dna | thrib | fro | ataunrl | eessporsc |
lla
See Next Slide for the Answer
Ganesh : Can people predict the future with cards?
Ah Soon : My mother can.
Ganesh : Really?
Ah Soon : Yes, she only has to take a look at my report card and she can
predict what will happen when my father gets home.
LIFE Lesson ufuert | eno | ni | ircdpet | eht | htwi | etnrytcai | anc | tlyraie | on |

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LIFE Lessons from SMS Humor
SMS JOKE 4
Answer
birth ageing sickness and death are natural processes for all
I hope the 4 Humor Pieces and Unscrambling tasks have
1 brought you some cheer and benefit.
2 given you a mental workout!
3 imparted some LIFE Lessons.
Maureen had trouble with the thought of turning 40. She was over sensitive
to any signs of advancing age.
One day she found a prominent strand of gray hair near her forehead. She
pointed to her forehead and asked her husband, “Have u seen this?”
“What is it?” the husband asked. “The wrinkles?”
LIFE Lesson eagngi | rea | ssseickn | tehda | dna | thrib | fro | ataunrl | eessporsc |
lla

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Matchstick Puzzle 1
See Next Slide for the Answer
ADD 3 matchsticks to make the equation true.
The following rules apply:
- No number is greater than 9
- Negative numbers are not allowed
- You may not change the equal (=) sign

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Matchstick Puzzle 1
Answer
ADD 3 matchsticks to make the
equation true.
The following rules apply:
- No number is greater than 9
- Negative numbers are not
allowed
- You may not change the equal (=)
sign

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Matchstick Puzzle 2
See Next Slide for the Answer
There are 5 squares
in the layout shown, 4
small and 1 big.
Move 2 matchsticks
to create 3 squares of
3 different sizes.

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Matchstick Puzzle 2
Answer
There are 5 squares in the layout
shown, 4 small and 1 big.
Move 2 matchsticks to create 3
squares of 3 different sizes.

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Matchstick Puzzle 3
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.
Ball

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Matchstick Puzzle 3
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.
Ball
Tilt your head to the
right to see the
solution.

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Picture
Puzzle
Can you
find 7
Hidden
Words in
the
Picture in
less than
3
minutes?
See Next Slide if you need to know what
the 7 Hidden Words are

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Picture
Puzzle
The 7 Hidden
Words in the
Picture are
Wet
Swim
Slide
Float
Water
Pool
Split
See Next Slide for the Answers

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Picture
Puzzle
The 7 Hidden
Words in the
Picture are
Wet
Swim
Slide
Float
Water
Pool
Split
Answers

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I don't have lungs or a chest, but I need air;
I am not alive, but I grow;
I don't have a mouth.
I'm allergic to water.
What am I ?
6
Creative Riddle 1
See Next Slide for
the Answer
Clue

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I don't have lungs or a chest, but I need air;
I am not alive, but I grow;
I don't have a mouth.
I'm allergic to water.
What am I ?
6
Creative Riddle 1
Answer
A Fire
Clue

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What am I?
Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail, never clinking.
-J.R.R. Tolkien
4
Creative Riddle
2
See Next Slide for
the Answer
Clue

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What am I?
Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail, never clinking.
-J.R.R. Tolkien
4
Creative Riddle
2
Answer
A Fish
Clue

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2
At the back of every Igloo,
And the middle of the Moon,
Always running around in
Loops you’ll find me,
If you look inside the Room.
What am I?
Creative Riddle
3
See Next Slide for
the Answer
Clue

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2
At the back of every Igloo,
And the middle of the Moon,
Always running around in
Loops you’ll find me,
If you look inside the Room.
What am I?
Creative Riddle
3
Answer
The letters ‘oo’
Clue

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One tooth to bite,
he's the forests foe.
One tooth to fight,
as all Norse know.
What am I?
12
Creative Riddle
4
See Next Slide for
the Answer
Clue

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One tooth to bite,
he's the forests foe.
One tooth to fight,
as all Norse know.
What am I?
12
Creative Riddle
4
Answer
An Axe
Clue

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All about, but cannot be seen,
Can be captured, cannot be held
No throat, but can be heard.
What am I?
15
Creative Riddle
5
See Next Slide for
the Answer
Clue

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All about, but cannot be seen,
Can be captured, cannot be held
No throat, but can be heard.
What am I?
15
Creative Riddle
5
Answer Wind
Clue

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Mental and Visual Skills 1
See
Next
Slide
for
the
Answers
There are seven differences between these two pictures.
Can you spot them within 2 minutes?

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Mental and Visual Skills 1
Answers
There are seven differences between these two pictures.
Can you spot them within 2 minutes?

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Mental and Visual Skills 2
See
Next
Slide
for
the
Answers
There are nine differences in these two sushi images.
How many can you spot in a minute?

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Mental and Visual Skills 2
Answers
There are nine differences in these two sushi images.
How many can you spot in a minute?

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With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin
The End