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NEW!!! Put into everyday language: NEW!!!

1. Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minific.
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How do you pronounce
ghoti

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Archimedes O'Toole, a mathematical poet,
on seeing this equation, translated it into a limerick.
Can you duplicate this feat?

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A canoe is floating in a swimming pool.
Which will raise the level of the water in the pool higher,
dropping a penny into the pool or into the canoe?
Or does it make any difference?

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What is the next letter in the following sequence:

O T T F F S S ?

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What do the following four sentences have in common?
Madam, I'm Adam.
Able was I ere I saw Elba.
A man, a plan, a canal - PANAMA
Egad, a base tone denotes a bad age.
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Creative Thinking Problems:


18 1/2 M.E. from the W.T.
30 T on the J.B.
Any clues?

Equations That Changed the World. Can you identify them?

puzzle Creative Thinking Problem Solving -
New Additions!! More Puzzles!!!

Contribution from K. Fox

26=L of the A width=
Mental Flexibility
Puzzle 1		 40=T with A B
Mental Flexibility
Puzzle 2		APS=APE
Mental Flexibility
Puzzle 3

matchtrick          zebra

Equations that changed the world!

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The following test is a gauge, not of intelligence, fluency with words or mathematical ability, but rather of mental flexibility and creativity. Few people have answered more than half the thirty questions on the first try. Many, however, reported getting the answers long after the test had been put to one side, particularly at unexpected moments when their minds were relaxed. Some managed it over a period of several days. Regard this as a personal challenge and good luck!

Instructions: Find the words for which the initials are given
 in each of the questions below:
Example: 16 = O. in a P. Answer 16 = Ounces in a Pound.
1. 26 = L. of the A.
2. 7 = W. of the A. W.
3. 1001 = A.N.
4. 12 = S. of the Z.
5. 52 = C. in a D.
6. 9 = P. in the S. S.
7. 88 = P. K.
8. 13 = S. on the A. F.
9. 32 = D. F. at which W. F.
10. 18 = H. on a G. C.
11. 90 = D. in a R.A.
12. 200 = D. for P. G. in M.
13. 8 = S. on a S. S.
14. 3 = B. M. (S. H. T. R.)
15. 4 = Q. in a G.
 16. 24 = H. in a D.
17. 1 = W. on a U.
18. 5 = D. in a Z. C.
19. 57 = H. V.
20. 11 = P. on a F. T.
21. 1000 = W. that a P. is W.
22. 29 = D. in F. in a L. Y.
23. 64 = S. on a C.
24. 40 = D. and N. of the G. F.
25. 7 = D. S.
26. 13 = L. M. in a Y.
27. 9 = S. S. (if O. is in T.)
28. 8 = P. in a G.
29. 2 = T. in the B.
30. 4 = S. on a P.
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