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10 Creative ThinkingPuzzles


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PUZZLE 1

There is blood onthe ceiling of my

bedroom. There has

been no murder orkilling of any

person. Nobody hasplayed any trick on

me.Can you suggest a

logical explanation?


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Clue To Puzzle 1


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Answer To Puzzle 1

A mosquito bit me. It laterlanded on my bedroom ceiling.

I climbed on the bed and Iswatted it on my ceiling. (So

the blood is my own as well as

the mosquito's).


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PUZZLE 2

There is a flash of lightand a man dies.

The man is not killed by

any other person and hedoes not die of any

illness like a heart attack

etc. Its not a case of

suicide either.Can you suggest a

logical explanation?


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Clue To Puzzle 2


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Answer To Puzzle 2

The man is a lion-tamer, posingfor a photo with his lion. The

lion reacts badly to the flash ofthe camera, and the man can't

see properly, so he gets

mauled.


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Puzzle 3

An ordinary American

citizen, with no passport,

visits over thirty foreign

countries in one day. Heis welcomed in each

country, and leaves each

one of his own accord.


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Clue To Puzzle 3


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Answer To Puzzle 3

He is a mail courier whodelivers packages to the

different foreign embassies inthe United States. The land of

an embassy belongs to the

country of the embassy, not tothe United States.


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Puzzle 4

A riverboat filled withpassengers suddenlycapsized, drowning

most of those aboard.The riverboat was ingood condition and

there was no

carelessness on the partof the crew members.

Explain


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Clue To Puzzle 4


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Answer To Puzzle 4

The boat was moving along a riverin India when a large snake

dropped onto the deck. Thepassengers all rushed to the otherside of the boat, thereby

overturning it. This is apparentlybased on a true incident reportedin the World Almanac.


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Puzzle 5

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Clue To Puzzle 5


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Answer To Puzzle 5

One of the dead people isa woman; the other is thebaby she's just given birthto. She died in childbirth.


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Puzzle 6

A woman throwssomething out a

window and dies.

She is healthy andnot mentally ill. Sheis not killed by any

person. It is also not

a suicide.Give a logicalexplanation.


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Clue To Puzzle 6


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Answer To Puzzle 6

The object she throws is a boomerang.It flies out, loops around, and comesback and hits her in the head, killing

her. Boomerangs do not often return soclose to the point from which they werethrown, but I believe it's possible for

this to happen.


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Puzzle 7

A man is bornin 1972 and dies in 1952

at the ageof 25.

How is this possible?


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Clue To Puzzle 7


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Answer To Puzzle 7

He's born in room number 1972 of ahospital and dies in room number

1952. The numbers can of coursevary; it was originally set up with

those numbers reversed (born in

1952, died in 1972), but I like it better

this way.


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Puzzle 8

A black man dressed allin black, wearing a

black mask, stands at acrossroads in a totallyblack-painted town. All

of the streetlights intown are broken. There

is no moon. A black-painted car withoutheadlights drives

straight toward him, butturns in time anddoesn't hit him. How do

you explain this?


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Clue To Puzzle 8


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Answer To Puzzle 8

It's daytime;the sun is out


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Puzzle 9

A man ridesinto town onFriday. He

stays onenight andleaves on

Friday. How isthis possible?


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Clue To Puzzle 9


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Answer To Puzzle 9

Friday is a horse


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Puzzle 10

An ordinarywoman

walks onwater. It is

not a miracle.


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Clue To Puzzle 10


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Answer To Puzzle 10

It's easy to walk on a

lake's surface when thelake is frozen.


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The End

May YouGrow

In YourCreative

Thinking!

With Metta,

Bro. Oh Teik Bin

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