Now readers can sharpen their wits by becoming masters of the lateral logic puzzle. The 90 puzzles collected here challenge readers' abilities to solve murder mysteries, capture assassins, find hidden treasure, earn millions in the stock market, capture wartime spies, and more.

"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.

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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.

The latest in the hugely popular series of think-out-of-the box brainteasers, including Classic Lateral Thinking Challenges and Colorful Lateral Thinking Puzzles. Here's how you play the game and figure out these perplexing puzzles: take one of the scenarios, and with the help of a friend who looks at the answer, pose a series of yes and no questions until, by a process of elimination and deduction, you arrive at the solution. If you get stuck--and everyone does from time to time--there are additional clues to push you along. Keep trying and you will reach that glorious "aha!" moment when everything becomes crystal clear. In no time at all you'll have sharpened your wits...and become an accomplished lateral thinker.

Learn to open your mind and unlock your natural abilities to solve all kinds of real-life conundrums with this programme designed to improve your lateral thinking, from bestselling brain-training and puzzle book author Gareth Moore.

A great way to have fun and build brain power, Brain Teasers offers a variety of games to delight and challenge even the most advanced puzzler. Brain Teasers shows off some outrageously fun new mindbenders, like anasearches (a combination of an anagram, a crossword, and a word search), numberlockers (think of a crossword puzzle with numbers instead of words), and alphabetics (a miniature crossword puzzle that uses each letter of the alphabet exactly once). Perfect for anyone who sits down with the New York Times crossword puzzle every morning or works through Sudoku puzzles on the way home, this book is guaranteed to excite your mind and jump-start your brain.

Can You Solve This? A family happily welcomed their new twin sons. The boys were named Rory and Cory. After about a year, the parents realized something very strange. While they both have the same mother and the same father, and they were both born in the same city and in the same hospital, it turns out that Rory and Cory were born on a different day, month, and year. How is this possible? In this book, you will find a collection of word problems, riddles, and puzzles which are sure to pique your interest, and put your brainpower to the test. Now, these aren't just any ordinary brain teasers. These are logic-based puzzles, where you will have to test your understanding and knowledge of the information provided in the puzzle, along with your own knowledge and abilities.These puzzles are a great way to stimulate conversation among friends and family. They make for great dinner conversations, especially when you are looking to mix things up a bit. These puzzles are sure to give your brain a good workout.Please keep in mind that these puzzles do have correct answers. So, it is important to work through your conversation in order to get the right answer. In addition, it is best to develop a strategy to figure out the final answer. If you are ready to challenge your brain, scroll up and "BUY NOW"!

Lateral thinking is the key to solving these tantalizing puzzles. Packed with hundreds of brain teasers and mathematical problems, the book will test kids' powers of logic, and patience! "The logic, reasoning, and calculating required by the problems...will delight and torment puzzle fans."--Booklist. "Ninety-one how come' mysteries....We never get enough of these."--Games.

Do you worry about your memory? Are you looking for a fun way to "exercise" your brain but are not sure how you can do it? Then you need to keep on reading... Tired about forgetting things? Feel like you are always stuck in the same "loop?" Looking for a new way to see your life? Fed up with the same old, boring stories you hear at dinners and get-togethers? If you are ready to expand your thinking and enjoy a good laugh, you have chosen the right puzzle book! Changing how you think about a problem and supporting your brain health does not need to be hard or boring. After reading the puzzles in this book, you will probably find that it is much more fun that you thought it would be! First described in the late 1960s, lateral thinking emerged as a way to approach a situation or a problem in a non-vertical, illogical way. It encourages the participants to think about the situation, not in the step-by-step process of traditional reason, but to look at all the different possibilities, even when they are absurd! Various studies have shown that challenging your reasoning skills in this manner can help you activate parts of your brain that are not often engaged. This extra engagement leads to a healthier state of mind, and even just encouraging you to laugh and smile a bit more. When a scenario is wildly different than the "norm," most people's natural reaction is to laugh or smile at it. Because every story and puzzle in this book offers a unique solution to the situation, you are sure to get some smiling done! Below are several of the highlights you will find inside this book: - Whimsical stories told with engaging situations and characters. - Absurd solutions that are plausible, but definitely unusual! - Silly math equations encouraging you to think outside the traditional, two-dimensional realm. - More than 20 puzzles outlining realistic situations with unbelievable answers. - A couple of one-liners that are great for pulling out at parties and special occasions-sure to generate a laugh. - A couple of morbid stories and scenarios that will make you laugh, but feel a little guilty about it. - Inspiration to begin thinking about your real life more laterally to find unique answers to your life problems, questions, or situations. And so much more! Prior to diving into the first puzzles in this book, stop to think about how you would solve the following question, "A man walks into a bar, the barkeep pulls a gun, the man says, "thank you," and leaves. What happened?" If you are stumped, confused, or unsure of where to start to answer this, then you are ready. If you think you have the answer, comb through the following puzzles to find out if you are right! Think about how fun it will be to not only know how to approach a puzzle like this, but be able to share them with others, too! Even if you are unsure about how to think more laterally, you can engage your brain and train it to see the unusual in the usual. You can find alternate meanings and outcomes to puzzles as you become a more creative thinker. If you are ready to laugh, cringe, smile, be confused, challenged, and smarter, then scroll up and place this book into your shopping cart now!