10 Creative Thinking Puzzles

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PUZZLE 1

• There is blood on
the ceiling of my
bedroom. There has
been no murder or
killing of any
person. Nobody has
played 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 later
landed on my bedroom ceiling.
I climbed on the bed and I
swatted 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 light

and a man dies.
The man is not killed by
any other person and he
does not die of any
illness like a heart attack
etc. It’s 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, posing
for a photo with his lion. The
lion reacts badly to the flash of
the 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. He is
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 who
delivers packages to the
different foreign embassies in
the United States. The land of
an embassy belongs to the
country of the embassy, not to
the United States.
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 Puzzle 4
• A riverboat filled with
passengers suddenly
capsized, drowning
most of those aboard.
The riverboat was in
good condition and
there was no
carelessness on the part
of 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 river
in India when a large snake
dropped onto the deck. The
passengers all rushed to the other
side of the boat, thereby
overturning it. This is apparently
based on a true incident reported
in the World Almanac.
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Puzzle 5
• Two people are dead
in a car, which is
locked from the
inside. There's a lot
of blood. There has
been no foul play
like a crime or
suicide.
Can you explain?

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Clue To Puzzle 5

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 Answer To Puzzle 5

• One of the dead people is

a woman; the other is the
baby she's just given birth
to. She died in childbirth.

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 Puzzle 6
• A woman throws
something out a
window and dies.
She is healthy and
not mentally ill. She
is not killed by any
person. It is also not
a suicide.
Give a logical
explanation.
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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 comes
back and hits her in the head, killing
her. Boomerangs do not often return so
close to the point from which they were
thrown, but I believe it's possible for
this to happen.

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Puzzle 7

A man is born
in 1972 and
dies in 1952
at the age
of 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 a
hospital and dies in room number
1952. The numbers can of course
vary; 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 all
in black, wearing a
black mask, stands at a
crossroads in a totally
black-painted town. All
of the streetlights in
town are broken. There
is no moon. A black-
painted car without
headlights drives
straight toward him, but
turns in time and
doesn'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 rides
into town on
Friday. He
stays one
night and
leaves on
Friday. How is
this 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 ordinary
woman
walks on
water. 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 the
lake is frozen.

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 The End

May You
Grow
In Your
Creative
Thinking!
With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin

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