INSIDE MY MIND

BENDING PUZZLES

A Drink Too Far!One man walked into a bar and ordered a drink with ice. He drank it quickly and left the bar.

Another man walked into the bar and sat down in the exact same seat as the man before. He ordered the exact same drink in the exact same glass as the previous man. The glass was refilled without being washed.

Then he DIED!!!But the First man

lived!

WHY DID THE SECOND MAN DIE?

PUZZLE 1

A Drink Too Far!

There was POISON in the ICE!

The First man drank the drink before the ice melted.

Then the Second man drank the drink AFTER the ice melted.

SOLUTION 1

What Am I?

Mountains without Snow

Deserts without Sand

Oceans without Water

Cities without People

I HAVE:

PUZZLE 2

I AM A MAP!!!

SOLUTION 2

What’s My Name?Joe’s Mam has 4 children:• The oldest is a boy called Jimmy, he

likes trucks and is 11 years old• Sally is next, 7 and ¾ and she likes

pink and chocolate• 5 years old going on 50 is Chris, he

likes maths and “watching the News”• The youngest is 2, his favourite

things to do are sleep, eat, sleep, play, cry, eat..in that order!

Using the information above:

Can you figure out the name of the youngest child?

PUZZLE 3

Joe!

The 2 Year old was talking about his mother (OK he is a very ADVANCED 2 year old!)

SOLUTION 3

BLING BLING!!!HOW MANY DIAMONDS CAN YOU FIND HERE?

PUZZLE 4

THERE ARE 42 DIAMONDS

There are 5 Diamonds made with 9 blocks of

squares

There are 12 Diamonds made with 4 blocks of

squares

There are 25 Diamonds made with 1 block of

squares

SOLUTION 4

QUICKEST ROUTE!!

Quick! Help Jimmy find the fastest route home...his dinner is on the table getting cold…with his wife beside it getting even colder!

PUZZLE 5

The Answer is: CSOLUTION 5

The curves may have mislead you!It appears the biggest curve is in C, so you would think that C is the longest route.

In fact the curves are semicircles, the length of what is estimated using the pi formula (3.14) multiplied by the radius

The longest route is in fact B

ODD [one] OUTCan you pick the odd piece of sports equipment out from the rest and why?

PUZZLE 6

The Basketball is the odd one outAll the rest of the equipment are pairs:Cricket bat + ball/tennis racket + ball/ billiards cue + ballGolf club + ball/table tennis bat + ball

SOLUTION 6

WONKY WORDSEARCH!You have been given 9 Letters:

D, C, G, T, Y, A, I , E, E

Place the nine letters in the 9-box grid to the right so that you end up with six 3

letter words

3 words are spelled horizontally

3 words are spelled vertically

ALL WORDS ARE WELL-KNOWN

PUZZLE 7

Did You Find Them All???

SOLUTION 7

DAY T

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ECIE

To Shave or Not To Shave?The Barber of Seville shaves all of the men living in SevilleNo man living in Seville is allowed by law to shave himself

So who shaves the Barber of Seville?

PUZZLE 8

NOBODY!!The Barber of Seville is a WOMAN!!!

SOLUTION 8

How Many?

Hank has to figure out how many boxes of matches will fit into the cardboard box exactly, with just the information provided below.There can be no matchboxes over or under!

Matchbox Cardboard BoxLength: 7cm Capacity of 87,500 cm3 Width: 5cmHeight: 2cm

PUZZLE 9

1250 Matchboxes fit perfectly!

The MatchboxLength: 7cmWidth: 5cmHeight: 2cm

Multiply all dimensions to get the volume

7cm X 2cm X 5cm = 70cm3

The Cardboard BoxCapacity: 87,500cm3

Divide 87,500cm3 / 70cm3

1250 Matchboxes

SOLUTION 9

I O U A VOWEL!!!

FTFRST YDNT SCCD TRYTRY GNTHNQT

Somebody has stolen all the vowels from the sign!!Maybe some of the words are joined together!!

Can you figure out this well known phrase without them?

PUZZLE 10

Here’s Your Fckn’ Vowels!

IF AT FIRST YOU DONT SUCCEED

TRY TRY AGAIN THEN QUIT!

SOLUTION 10

THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY PERSON WHO IS CURRENTLY DOING A MASTERS IN DIT, FOR THOSE PEOPLE A MORE SUITABLE QUOTE:

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”

- Samuel Beckett