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Mind Puzzles
Mind puzzles can be simple math or number
problems, like the following.
1. Find the next number in the series:
1...2...5...14...41...122...? You'll find the answer further
down.
They can also be lateral thinking puzzles,
like the following:
2. Agatha spent several days in the hospital.
She wasn't injured, and she wasn't sick, but she did have to
be carried out when she left though. Why was she in the hospital?
That answer is below as well.
Simple riddles qualify too. For
example:
3. How did John get his name in light at
every theater in the country? (Answer below.)
Other examples of mind puzzles include
crossword puzzles, sudoku, and "word-finders." You
don't have to stick to the classics, though. Here are a couple
new ideas for mind puzzles that will really exercise that brain
and your creativity too.
Puzzle: "Something,
such as a toy or game, that tests one ingenuity."
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Creative Mind Puzzles
Create New Jokes
Writing a new joke is difficult, and can
be both systematic and creative. This makes it a great
mind puzzle. Just start with a word or a subject, and find a
new way to make a joke about it. I'll start with "chair."
(I really am doing this as I write, so forgive the weak humor
that is sure to result.)
The systematic part is to think of all
the types of chairs, even writing them down, and then write down
a few types of jokes, like "puns," "mis-direction,"
"differences," and "similarities." As I am
writing this, it occurs to me that an electric chair might have
the most potential for humor (all serious things do). Here is
what I could come up with in thirteen minutes:
Misdirection:
Why didn't Charlie like the chair they gave him for his birthday?
Because they gave him the electric chair!
Similarities:
What does a chair have in common with my dog? Four legs and an
IQ of zero.
Differences:
What's the difference between a chair and a toilet? If you don't
know, I can't invite you over to my house!
Pun: Why
did one of the customers at the motor vehicles department start
rearranging seats after waiting for hours? Because he was the
"chair-man of the bored."
Imagine New Inventions
For a great mind puzzle, just pick any
object and either redesign it in your mind, or use it as the
basis for an entirely new invention. If the object is a chair,
for example, think of a new type of chair. It might be an easy
chair with speakers and a CD player built into it, or a giant
helium-filled chair that you could float around the backyard
in. If the puzzle is to come up with a new invention based on
a daisy, you might dream up some sort of realistic electronic
flowers that open when light hits them, and release a scent.
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Answer to 1st: 365. (Triple the number
and subtract one to arrive at the next number.)
Answer to 2nd: She was a newborn baby.
Answer to 3rd: He changed his name to "Exit."
Other pages related to mind puzzles:
Hard Riddles
Brain Teasers
Lateral
Thinking Puzzles
Mind Tricks
Riddles and Puzzles Index
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