Author : Detective Shadow
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 34,36 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780806944883
Presents a collection of puzzles designed to challenge the way people think and see, and includes an answer key.
Author : Detective Shadow
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 14,91 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780806971353
The clues to solving each puzzle can be found within it, but you need to break free from conventional thinking and toss aside core assumptions. Ninety entertainingly illustrated puzzles, from murder mysteries to treasure hunts, will challenge your thinking skills, and there are hints if you need them.
Author : Paul Sloane
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,56 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780806912486
"A man writes the same number, and nothing else, on 20 sheets of paper. Why?" "A man went around the world in a ship. Yet he was always in sight of land. How come?" These are examples of lateral thinking puzzles. You're given a statement about a situation that you have to use as a starting point to arrive at a particular explanation or solution. Often there can be many possible scenarios to explain the puzzle, but the challenge is that you have to find the "right" answer. Typically the puzzles contain insufficient information for you to immediately figure out the solution (clues are provided). When you get stuck, attack the problem from a new direction--think laterally! Not only are these puzzles fun, they also help to develop skills in questioning, deduction, logic, and, of course, lateral thinking. Answers: It's January and he is writing the date of the year on all the checks in his checkbook to avoid putting last year's date by mistake; He was an astronaut in a space ship. 96 pages, 25 b/w illus., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.
Author : Paul Sloane
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 35,17 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781402732768
Are you good at thinking outside the box? Do you consider yourself logical? And, most important of all, do you love a good challenge? Then this Mensa collection of devious brain-bafflers will entertain you -- and your friends and family -- for hours.
Author : Paul Sloane
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 34,74 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780806905532
"We never grow tired of good news how come' mysteries of this kind....These story brainteasers are often solved in groups...with solvers asking yes-or-no questions of the puzzle poser (the one holding this book, perhaps). A novel feature of this volume is a Clues' section containing sample questions and answers, allowing you to play along solitaire."--Games World of Puzzles. 96 pages, 24 b/w illus., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.
Author : Edward J. Harshman
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 25,37 MB
Release : 2004-12
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781402710629
A man writes the same number, and nothing else, on 20 sheets of paper. Why? To figure this out--and hundreds of other mind-bending lateral puzzles, too--you'll have to really fire up your brain and imagination. At first, it may not seem as if there's enough information to come up with a solution. But look more closely; there's always more than meets the eye. Check your assumptions, ask good questions, retune your mind, separate the facts from the red herrings, and the answers will come.
Author : Paul Sloane
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 38,81 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780806944708
Stand out from the pack--don't think conventionally, think laterally! And, you can start developing well-honed mental skills with more than 80 braintwisting puzzles that test your creativity and smarts. At first it might not seem as if there's enough information to solve them, but if you just persist, you'll come up with the logical answers. Some of the conundrums come from real life: try to figure out how the Greek playwright Aeschylus could have been killed by a tortoise or how the truth about Mary Queen of Scots' baldness was finally revealed. Or, give this a shot: A runner was awarded a prize for winning a marathon. But, the judges disqualified him when they saw a picture of his wristwatch. Why? Happy puzzling! Answer: A picture of the runner early in the race showed him wearing his watch on his right wrist. When he crossed the finishing line it was on his left wrist. The judges investigated and found that one man had run the first half and his identical twin brother ran the second half of the race.
Author : Michael A. Dispezio
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 37,19 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780806999753
Can you imagine the mirror image of a given object, or the best way to connect a series of geometrical shapes? These tricky puzzlers will test your ability to do these things and more . . . and help you develop valuable mental skills. All the answers appear in the back.
Author : Norman D. Willis
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 21,67 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781402733727
What a bargain! At more than 700 puzzle-packed pages, this huge, value-priced collection should keep any solver happy...and busy for a very long time. It contains brain-busting challenges of almost every type: math logic problems for the numerically inclined; absolutely amazing lateral thinking conundrums; really great critical thinking bafflers; and mind-boggling word puzzles. Here's just a small sample of what's inside: The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States had the same mother and the same father, but were not brothers. How could this be so? Stumped? That's because it's one man--Grover Cleveland--who was reelected after skipping a term. And that's just an easy warm-up!
Author : Paul Sloane
Publisher : Puzzlewright
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,67 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Lateral thinking puzzles
ISBN : 9781402771170
Chosen from nearly 18 collections, the authors' favorite lateral thinking puzzles are put together in one volume.
