A Presentation of a selection of puzzles, brain teasers and thinking problems to exercise the brain and mind. Answers are given for all the puzzles and problems. For both the young and old.

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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
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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.
Multiple Choice
Good Afternoon Sit Ups
Answers
Clue
Clue
Clue

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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
Rock around
The Clock
Little Sister
I’m Counting On
You

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Deductivethinking puzzle 1
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Clue 10 20
THINK

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Deductivethinking puzzle 1
Answer
Clue 10 20
THINK

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Deductivethinking puzzle 2
Clue
Observe & Think
Observe and
Think
See Next Slide for the Answer

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Answer
Deductivethinking puzzle 2
Clue
Observe & Think
Observe and
Think

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Deductivethinking puzzle 3
See Next Slide for the Answer
Clue
Observe and
Think

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Deductivethinking puzzle 3
Answer
Clue
Observe and
Think

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Observation power
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Which Emoji is the Odd One Out?
Can you do it in less than 2 minutes?

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Observation power Answer
Which Emoji is the Odd One Out?
Can you do it in less than 2
minutes?
This is the Odd One
Out

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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 Signal # 2 Cuckoo # 3 Mixing

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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
Acrobat
Thirsty
Ceramic
Stained

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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
Bacteria
Vertical
Research
Motivate

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Lateral Thinking Q 1
See Next Slide for the Answer
Clue
A woman was at the checkout lane of a supermarket.
She removed several items from her cart and put
them on the conveyor belt that led to the cashier.
The cashier noted their prices and passed the items
along to be bagged. A perfectly ordinary process, but
one of the items entered and passed along was an
empty wrapper. The cashier realized that the
wrapper was empty, but charged for it anyway. Why?

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Lateral Thinking Q 1
Answer
Clue
A woman was at the checkout lane of a supermarket. She
removed several items from her cart and put them on the
conveyor belt that led to the cashier.
The cashier noted their prices and passed the items along to be
bagged. A perfectly ordinary process, but one of the items entered
and passed along was an empty wrapper. The cashier realized
that the
wrapper was empty, but charged for it anyway. Why?
She had her two-year-old son with her. When her son got hungry,
she got permission from a manager to buy a sandwich at the
delicatessen counter, give it to her son, and pay for it later at the
checkout counter with the rest of her merchandise.

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See Next Slide
for the Answer
Lateral Thinking Q 2
Clue
Angus was driving along a road at about thirty
miles per hour. Suddenly, he jumped out of his
car. He had not applied the brakes, and the car
was still moving. He was not a stunt man for a
movie or otherwise involved in deliberately
risky activity. What happened?

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Answer
Lateral Thinking Q 2
Clue
Angus was driving along a road at about
thirty miles per hour. Suddenly, he
jumped out of his car. He had not applied
the brakes, and the car was still moving.
He was not a stunt man for a movie or
otherwise involved in deliberately risky
activity. What happened?
The car ran off a bridge and fell
into a lake, and Angus jumped out
just as the car hit its surface.

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See Next Slide for the Answer
Lateral Thinking Q 3
Clue
Alan called the office where his ·wife worked.
"I'm sorry," came the reply. "There was a bad accident on the
highway a few minutes ago, and she's expected to be in the
operating room for at least six hours."
"That's too bad," Alan replied.
“Can you ask her to call me when she gets out?"
Sure enough, about six hours later, Alan heard from his wife.
Why was she not upset that Alan didn't visit her personally?

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Answer
Lateral Thinking Q 3
Clue
Alan called the office where his ·wife worked.
"I'm sorry," came the reply. "There was a bad
accident on the highway a few minutes ago, and
she's expected to be in the operating room for at
least six hours."
"That's too bad," Alan replied.
“Can you ask her to call me when she gets out?"
Sure enough, about six hours later, Alan heard
from his wife. Why was she not upset that Alan
didn't visit her personally?
The wife was a recently hired trauma
surgeon and was working in the
operating room.

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Spot the Mistake in Each of the Pictures # 1 - # 8
See Next Slide for the Answers
# 1 # 2

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Spot the Mistake in Each of the Pictures # 1 - # 8
Answers
# 1
# 2

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Spot the Mistake in Each of the Pictures # 1 - # 8
# 3 # 4

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Answers
Spot the Mistake in Each of the Pictures # 1 - # 8
# 3
# 4

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See Next Slide for the Answers
Spot the Mistake in Each of the Pictures # 1 - # 8
# 5 # 6
London

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Answers
Spot the Mistake in Each of the Pictures # 1 - # 8
# 5
# 6
London

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See Next Slide for the Answers
Spot the Mistake in Each of the Pictures # 1 - # 8
# 7 # 8

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Answers
Spot the Mistake in Each of the Pictures # 1 - # 8
# 7
# 8

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Math Puzzle 1
THE EIGHT CARDS
Colonel Crackham placed eight
numbered cards on the breakfast
table, as here shown, and asked his
young friends to rearrange them,
moving as few as possible, so that
the two columns should add up alike.
Can it be done?
Think Out of The Box!

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Answer You need only make the 8 and 9
change places, first turning the 9 round so
as to change it to a 6. Then each column will add
up 18.
Math Puzzle 1
THE EIGHT CARDS
Colonel Crackham placed eight
numbered cards on the breakfast
table, as here shown, and asked his
young friends to rearrange them,
moving as few as possible, so that
the two columns should add up alike.
Can it be done?

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Math Puzzle 2
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How many different triangles
are contained in the figure?
To make it quite clear,
AFB, AGB, ACB, BFG,
BFC, and BGC, are six such
triangles. It is not a difficult
count if you proceed
with some method, but
otherwise you are likely to
drop triangles or include
some more than once.

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Math Puzzle 2
Answer There are various ways of making the count,
and the answer is 35.
How many different triangles
are contained in the figure?
To make it quite clear,
AFB, AGB, ACB, BFG,
BFC, and BGC, are six such
triangles. It is not a difficult
count if you proceed
with some method, but
otherwise you are likely to
drop triangles or include
some more than once.

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Math Puzzle 3
See Next Slide for the Answer
Can you think of a
way to show that
the cryptic
addition sum can
be logically
correct?

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Math Puzzle 3
Answer
If you turn the page
upside down you will
find that one, nine, one,
and eight added
together correctly make
nineteen.
Can you think of a
way to show that the
cryptic addition sum
can be logically
correct?
Cryptic
Addition
Cryptic addition
Cryptic addition

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LIFE Lessons from Jokes and Humor
Each of the 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
JOKE 1 Hunting
A Russian colonel asked a young lieutenant, “During your younger days, what were
your main hobbies?” The lieutenant replied, “Boxing and hunting.”
“Oh, you must be a pretty brave person,” the colonel commented. “What sort of
animals you used to hunt?”
“Women,” the lieutenant replied.
LIFE Lesson
fo| sneulsa | eandgr | erawbe | fo | ategr | eht | tuls
See Next Slide for the Answer and JOKE 2

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LIFE Lessons from Jokes and Humor
JOKE 2
beware of the great danger of sensual lust
Answer
JOKE 2 Holding Hands
Anton told his friend, “Dmitri, I really salute you! You and Anna have been married for
more than 30 years and yet you always hold her hands whenever I see both of you
walking around the town.”
Dmitri said, “Well, if I don’t do that, Anna will surely have one hundred and one things
to buy!”
LIFE Lesson eamk | rfnotianmio | tno | seiifuctfn | thuiwot | adat | ro | tssiasmounp |
od
See Next Slide for the Answer and JOKE 3
JOKE 1 Hunting
A Russian colonel asked a young lieutenant, “During your younger days, what were
your main hobbies?” The lieutenant replied, “Boxing and hunting.”
“Oh, you must be a pretty brave person,” the colonel commented. “What sort of
animals you used to hunt?”
“Women,” the lieutenant replied.
LIFE Lesson
fo| sneulsa | eandgr | erawbe | fo | ategr | eht | tuls

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LIFE Lessons from Jokes and Humor
See Next Slide for the Answer and JOKE 4
Answer
do not make assumptions without sufficient data or information
An American and a Filipino were engaged in a conversation.
American: Hi there! Is that an apple you are eating?
Filipino: Yes.
American: You know, in the United States, only poor people eat an apple.
Filipino: Oh, is that true? Is that a banana you are eating?
American: Yes.
Filipino: You know, in the Philippines, only monkeys eat a banana.
LIFE Lesson uro | afrceul | ew | hte | eb | sloa | goe | hscepe | nda | esu | fo
JOKE 3 Conversation
JOKE 2 Holding Hands
Anton told his friend, “Dmitri, I really salute you! You and Anna have been married for
more than 30 years and yet you always hold her hands whenever I see both of you
walking around the town.”
Dmitri said, “Well, if I don’t do that, Anna will surely have one hundred and one things
to buy!”
LIFE Lesson eamk | rfnotianmio | tno | seiifuctfn | thuiwot | adat | ro | tssiasmounp |
od

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JOKE 4 Heaven and Hell
JOKE 3 Conversation
Answer be careful of our ego and also the speech we use
A pious Filipino girl married an atheist and they went for a one-week honeymoon in
Europe. After their return home, the girl phoned her mother and wailed, “My husband
does not believe in heaven and hell. What shall I do?”
“Don’t worry,” the mother said. “You just continue to make him feel he is
experiencing heaven with you. Next week, I will go to visit you and stay for a month at
your home. I’ll take care of the hell part.”
LIFE Lesson
eb | nac | nda | eahven | tgrih | aehtr | no | encpriedxee | ereh | lhel
See Next Slide for the Answer
An American and a Filipino were engaged in a conversation.
American: Hi there! Is that an apple you are eating?
Filipino: Yes.
American: You know, in the United States, only poor people eat an apple.
Filipino: Oh, is that true? Is that a banana you are eating?
American: Yes.
Filipino: You know, in the Philippines, only monkeys eat a banana.
LIFE Lesson uro | afrceul | ew | hte | eb | sloa | goe | hscepe | nda | esu | fo

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LIFE Lessons from Jokes and Humor
JOKE 4 Heaven and Hell
Answer
heaven and hell can be experienced right here on earth
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.
A pious Filipino girl married an atheist and they went for a one-week honeymoon in
Europe. After their return home, the girl phoned her mother and wailed, “My husband
does not believe in heaven and hell. What shall I do?”
“Don’t worry,” the mother said. “You just continue to make him feel he is
experiencing heaven with you. Next week, I will go to visit you and stay for a month at
your home. I’ll take care of the hell part.”
LIFE Lesson
eb | nac | nda | eahven | tgrih | aehtr | no | encpriedxee | ereh | lhel

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Matchstick Puzzle 1
See Next Slide for the Answer
Can you move 3 Matchsticks to get 2 Squares?

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Matchstick Puzzle 1
Answer
Can you move 3
Matchsticks to get 2
Squares? 1 Small Square and 1 Large
Square

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Matchstick Puzzle 2
See
Next
Slide
for
the
Answer
Can you move 4 Matchsticks to get 3 Squares?

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Matchstick Puzzle 2
Answer
Can you move 4
Matchsticks to get 3
Squares?
1 Small Square and
2 Large Squares

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Matchstick Puzzle 3
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The Equation shown above is obviously Wrong.
Can you move just 1 Matchstick to make
the Equation Right.
The signs + , - and = cannot be disturbed

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Matchstick Puzzle 3
Answer
The Equation shown is obviously Wrong.
Can you move just 1 Matchstick to make the Equation Right.
The signs + , - and = cannot be disturbed
9 + 3 – 4 = 8

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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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The 6
Hidden
Words
are:
GARDEN
DIG
BLOOM
VINE
FARM
SEE
See Next Slide for the Answers
Picture Puzzle - Test Your Eye Power

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The 6
Hidden
Words
are:
GARDEN
DIG
BLOOM
VINE
FARM
SEE
See Next Slide for the Answers
Picture Puzzle - Test Your Eye Power

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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 Smoke

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

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#
2
Clue
Answer Sand
Rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking

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

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# 3
Answer Time
Rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking
Clue
Clue

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

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# 4
Clue
Answer
Chess
Rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking
Bobby
Fisher

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

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# 5
Answer The Moon
Clue
Rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking

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Mental and Visual Skills 1
Can you spot 6 differences between the 2
pictures within 2 minutes?
See Next Slide for the Answers

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Mental and Visual Skills 1
Can you spot 6 differences between the 2
pictures within 2 minutes?
Answers

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Mental and Visual Skills 2
Can you spot 6 differences between the 2
pictures within 2 minutes?
See Next Slide for the Answers

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Mental and Visual Skills 2
Can you spot 6 differences between the 2
pictures within 2 minutes?
Answers

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The End
With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin The Thing is
to train to
Think.
Great Benefits
this will bring.