Make Time for Thinking...
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The document contains a series of brain teasers, lateral thinking puzzles, and visual challenges designed to engage cognitive skills and problem-solving abilities. Each section presents a challenge followed by clues and answers, covering topics such as word associations, deductive reasoning, and pattern recognition. Additionally, it includes unscrambling tasks related to the characteristics of a wise person and visual skills tests.
Make Time for Thinking...
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- 2. 2 See Next Slide for the Answer Creative Brain Teaser 1
- 4. 4 Creative Brain Teaser 2 How many Holes are there in the T-Shirt shown? See Next Slide for the Answer
- 5. 5 Creative Brain Teaser 2 How many Holes are there in the T-Shirt shown? Answer
- 6. 6 See Next Slide for the Answer Creative Brain Teaser 3 What Word is written in the picture shown?
- 7. 7 Answer Creative Brain Teaser 3 What Word is written in the picture shown?
- 8. 8 Lateral Thinking Puzzle 1 Laura and Tommy entered a restaurant. They sat down, studied a menu and ordered several dishes. They were given a bill and they handed some money over. Then Laura nad Tommy left the restaurant. They felt as hungry as when they entered the restaurant. Give a logical explanation. Clue See Next Slide for the Answer
- 9. 9 Lateral Thinking Puzzle 1 Laura and Tommy entered a restaurant. They sat down, studied a menu and ordered several dishes. They were given a bill and they handed some money over. Then Laura nad Tommy left the restaurant. They felt as hungry as when they entered the restaurant. Give a logical explanation. Clue Answer Laura and Tommy were planning their wedding reception which was to be held at that restaurant. They selected the dishes to be served at their coming wedding dinner. They paid a deposit for the booking and then they left the restaurant.
- 10. 10 Lateral Thinking Puzzle 2 Bobby, an eight-year old boy was in the park with his mother. He climbed to the top of a 80-foot tree. His mother called to him, “Bobby, come here!” Bobby jumped from the top of the tree, landed uninjured on the ground and ran to his mother who not in a frightened state. How did Bobby land without hurting himself? Clue See Next Slide for the Answer
- 11. 11 Lateral Thinking Puzzle 2 Bobby, an eight-year old boy was in the park with his mother. He climbed to the top of a 80-foot tree. His mother called to him, “Bobby, come here!” Bobby jumped from the top of the tree, landed uninjured on the ground and ran to his mother who not in a frightened state. How did Bobby land without hurting himself? Clue Answer The tree had been recently uprooted by a tornado and it lay sideways on the ground. The top of the tree was only about eight feet from the ground and Bobby was hanging from it before jumping to the ground.
- 12. 12 Lateral Thinking Puzzle 3 Clue Jeff was driving along a road at about 60 kilometers per hour. Suddenly he jumped out of his car.. He had not applied the brakes and the car was still moving. Jeff was not doing a stunt for a movie and he was not deliberately doing something risky. Suggest what happened. See Next Slide for the Answer
- 13. 13 Lateral Thinking Puzzle 3 Clue Jeff was driving along a road at about 60 kilometers per hour. Suddenly he jumped out of his car.. He had not applied the brakes and the car was still moving. Jeff was not doing a stunt for a movie and he was not deliberately doing something risky. Suggest what happened. Answer The car ran off a bridge and fell into a lake. Jeff jumped out just as the car hit the water surface .
- 14. 14 ‘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
- 15. 15 ‘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 ) # 1 Spiral # 2 Travel # 3 Divine Answers
- 16. 16 ‘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
- 17. 17 ‘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 Pollute Warning Climate Harmony
- 18. 18 ‘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
- 19. 19 ‘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 Souvenir Assemble Precious Conflict
- 20. 20 Deductive Thinking 1 See Next Slide for the Answer Clue
- 22. 22 DeductiveThinking 2 See the Next Slide for the Answer Clue
- 24. 24 Deductive Thinking 3 See Next Slide for the Answer Clue
- 26. 26 Visual Test Set 1 See Next Slide for the Answers Can You Read The Following 2 Words? 1 2
- 27. 27 Visual Test Set 1 Answers Can You Read The Following 2 Words? 1 2 BRAIN PHOTO
- 28. 28 See Next Slide for the Answer Visual Test Set 2 Can You Read The Following 2 Words? 1 2
- 29. 29 Answers Visual Test Set 2 Can You Read The Following 2 Words? 1 2 MUSIC PHONE
- 30. 30 Math Puzzle 1 See Next Slide for the Answer One day I was given a total payment of $ 1,000. I was paid in the following way: (a) A certain number of money notes of denomination $50.00 (b) A certain number of money notes of denomination $10.00 (c) A certain number of coins of denomination $ 0.50 I found that the total number of money notes and coins I received came to 100. How many notes of $ 50, $ 10 and coins $ 0.50 did I receive?
- 31. 31 Math Puzzle 1 Answer One day I was given a total payment of $ 1,000. I was paid in the following way: (a) A certain number of money notes of denomination $50.00 (b) A certain number of money notes of denomination $10.00 (c) A certain number of coins of denomination $ 0.50 I found that the total number of money notes and coins I received came to 100. How many notes of $ 50, $ 10 and coins $ 0.50 did I receive? 19 $50 Notes; 1 $ 10 Note; 80 50 sen Coins
- 32. 32 Math Puzzle 2 See Next Slide for the Answer Can you solve the Puzzle in less than 1 minute?
- 33. 33 Math Puzzle 2 Answer Did you get 11 Squares within 1 Minute?
- 34. 34 Math Puzzle 3 See Next Slide for the Answer What number should be at the position ‘?’ ?
- 35. 35 Math Puzzle 3 Answer What number should be at the position ‘?’ ?
- 36. 36 Matchstick Puzzle 1 See Next Slide for the Answer The Matchstick Diagram on the left shows a Lobster with its claws pointing upwards. Can you move 3 Matchsticks so that the Claws point downwards?
- 37. 37 Matchstick Puzzle 1 Answer The Matchstick Diagram shows a Lobster with its claws pointing upwards. Can you move 3 Matchsticks so that the Claws point downwards?
- 38. 38 Matchstick Puzzle 2 See Next Slide for the Answer The Matchstick Diagram on the left shows the fraction one-seventh 1/7. Can you just by moving one Matchstick make the numerical value One?
- 39. 39 Matchstick Puzzle 2 Answer The Matchstick Diagram shows the fraction one-seventh 1/7. Can you just by moving one Matchstick make the numerical value One? NOTE 1 divided by the square root of 1 is equal to 1
- 40. 40 Matchstick Puzzle 3 See Next Slide for the Answer From the matchstick Diagram shown, can you move 3 Matchsticks in order to make 2 squares?
- 41. 41 Matchstick Puzzle 3 Answer From the matchstick Diagram shown, can you move 3 Matchsticks in order to make 2 squares? NOTE 1 large square and 1 small square
- 42. 42 Picture Puzzle Can you find 6 Hidden Words in the Picture in less than 3 minutes? See Next Slide if you need to know what the 6 Hidden Words are
- 43. 43 Picture Puzzle See Next Slide if you need to know what the 6 Hidden Words are The 6 Hidden Words are: COW LAUGH WOW ORANGE IOWA GUITAR
- 45. 45 Rhyming Riddle 1 Clue See Next Slide for the Answer
- 47. 47 Rhyming Riddle 2 Clue See Next Slide for the Answer
- 49. 49 Rhyming Riddle 3 Clue See Next Slide For The Answer
- 51. 51 3 S Observe Carefully Observation Power See Next Slide for the Answers
- 52. 52 Observation Power The Answers No Red Signal in Traffic Lights (For the Tram!)
- 53. 53 Unscrambling What is Wisdom and what are the characteristics of a Wise Person? # 1 to # 8 List the 8 Characteristics. All the words and letters in the words have been scrambled. Your task is to 1 Unscramble the letters for each word 2 Rearrange all the words to get at each of the Characteristics of a Wise Person See Next Slide for the Answers A Wise Person … ( # 1 - # 4 ) 1 elpufcae | dan | yaphp | si | 2 | isatecrcp | ogdo | oihtusrge | adn | todcucn | moarl | 3 | nad | sostpecnaiamo | si | dink | duflnmi 4 | cpsoe | het | owsnd | wlel | spu | nda | elfi | of | hwit
- 54. 54 Unscrambling Answers A Wise Person … ( # 1 - # 4 ) 1 elpufcae | dan | yaphp | si | 2 | isatecrcp | ogdo | oihtusrge | adn | todcucn | moarl | 3 | nad | sostpecnaiamo | si | dink | duflnmi 4 | cpsoe | het | owsnd | wlel | spu | nda | elfi | of | hwit 1 is happy and peaceful. 2 practices good and righteous moral conduct. 3 is kind, mindful and compassionate. 4 copes well with the ups and downs of life.
- 55. 55 Unscrambling What is Wisdom and what are the characteristics of a Wise Person? # 1 to # 8 List the 8 Characteristics. All the words and letters in the words have been scrambled. Your task is to 1 Unscramble the letters for each word 2 Rearrange all the words to get at each of the Characteristics of a Wise Person See Next Slide for the Answers A Wise Person … ( # 5 - # 8 ) 5 hsintwreos | eignmna | epposru | dan | of | fiel | isevl | a 6 nad | rheost | lsmhfie | ish | ni | horamyn | etnrmnoiven | si | hwti 7 lleyar | ni | ielf | eth | thnisg | ttamre | oskwn | atht 8 etrnlday | dleoithgf | ptah | wlosolf | teh | lnebo
- 56. 56 Unscrambling Answers A Wise Person … ( # 5 - # 8 ) 5 hsintwreos | eignmna | epposru | dan | of | fiel | isevl | a 6 nad | rheost | lsmhfie | ish | ni | horamyn | etnrmnoiven | si | hwti 7 lleyar | ni | ielf | eth | thnisg | ttamre | oskwn | atht 8 etrnlday | dleoithgf | ptah | wlosolf | teh | lnebo 5 lives a life of meaning, purpose and worthiness. 6 is in harmony with himself, others and his environment. 7 knows the things that really matter in life. 8 follows the noble eightfold path ardently.
- 57. 57 Picture Puzzle Can you find the Hidden Deer in less than 2 minutes? See Next Slide for the Answer ??
- 58. 58 Picture Puzzle Can you find the Hidden Deer in less than 2 minutes? The Answer
- 59. 59 Mental and Visual Skills 1 Can you spot the 5 differences between the 2 images / pictures within 2 minutes? See Next Slide for the Answers
- 60. 60 Mental and Visual Skills 1 Can you spot the 5 differences between the 2 images / pictures within 2 minutes? Answers
- 61. 61 Mental and Visual Skills 2 Can you spot the 5 differences between the 2 images / pictures within 2 minutes? See Next Slide for the Answers
- 62. 62 Mental and Visual Skills 2 Answers Can you spot the 5 differences between the 2 images / pictures within 2 minutes?
- 63. 63 There’s a Time to Think, a Time to Reflect Mindfully. In this Way, the Mind can Develop more Steadily. With Metta, Bro. Oh Teik Bin