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Samples from "The Hidden Paw's Second 50 Puzzles"
This eBook consists of the second set of puzzles. There are other books with more puzzles:
The Hidden Paw's First 50 Puzzles
The puzzles in this eBook are common sense brain teasers. They excite your imagination without requiring you to know such things as algebra, geometry, geography, history and other specialized knowledge.
Puzzles are mixed. There are analytic puzzles that exercise your analytic powers. Some are graphic while others are numerically based (though not requiring mathematics). Most of the puzzles can be solved in the mind. Some require pencil and paper.
Here are 5 sample puzzles in the book:
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Cigarette Stubs
There was a poor beggar who was hooked on smoking and could not afford to buy cigarettes. He went around the streets collecting cigarette stubs. He would group 4 cigarette stubs to make one full cigarette.
If one day, he collects 16 stubs, how many cigarettes can he possibly smoke?
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3 Clowns with 2 Jobs Each
Three clowns work in a circus: John, Peter and Roger. During winter, the circus is out of work. Each clown gets 2 different temporary jobs. Their six jobs are: driver, writer, musician, jeweler, programmer and barber.
(1) The driver is engaged to the sister of the jeweler.
(2) The musician and the programmer went horseback riding with John.
(3) The driver laughed at the musician because of his big feet.
(4) Peter received a box of chocolates from the programmer.
(5) The jeweler bought a used car from the writer.
(6) Roger was faster than both Peter and the jeweler at eating pizza.
What are the two jobs that each clown had?
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Fill Alternate Glasses
In the top row, you have 3 empty glasses to the left of three glasses with orange juice.
Can you move only one glass and end up with the sequence shown in the lower row?
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Draw a Continuous Line through 3 Squares
Can you traverse all sides of this figure without lifting your pencil and without going over any line more than once?
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How Long to Build the West Fence?
My sister and I have a house with a square fence around it. We decided to strip it down and rebuild it because of its deplorable state.
My sister is a faster builder. Yesterday, she built the whole of the south side in 2 hours. I built the north side in 6 hours. We wanted to share in the building of the west side starting from different ends. How long will that take?
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