Classic Lateral Thinking Puzzles (Clever, Perplexing, Tricky, Super)

✍ Scribed by Edward J. Harshman, Des MacHale, Paul Sloane, Myron Miller (illustrator)

• Publisher: Main Street
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 296
• Edition: English Language
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Think laterally to solve these mind-bending puzzles and see just how smart you are at creative problem-solving. What makes them tricky? At first it seems as if there’s not enough information to work them out, but if you persist, you’ll come up with the logical answers, if you get stuck, check the clues at the end of each section to help out, but the best resource — and the most rewarding — is always your own imagination!

A man writes the same number, and nothing else, on 20 sheets of paper. Why? To figure this out--and hundreds of other mind-bending lateral puzzles, too - you'll have to really fire up your brain and imagination. At first, it may not seem as if there's enough information to come up with a solution. But look more closely; there's always more than meets the eye. Check your assumptions, ask good questions, retune your mind, separate the facts from the red herrings, and the answers will come.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Back Cover
Title
Contents
Introduction
Clever Puzzles
Batty Banditry
Tricky Transport
Office Oddities
Asinine Actions
Haphazard Happenings
Eccentric Electronics
Money Madness
Clues to Clever Puzzles
Tricky Puzzles
Pretty Tricky
WALLY Test I
Awfully Tricky
WALLY Test II
Terribly Tricky
Clues to Tricky Puzzles
Super Puzzles
View From All Angles
WALLY Test III
Think Out of the Box
Avoid Assumptions
WALLY Test IV
Change Perspectives
Clues to Super Puzzles
Perplexing Puzzles
Aquamarine
WALLY Test V
Orange
WALLY Test VI
Yellow
Clues to Perplexing Puzzles
Answers
Clever Puzzles
Tricky Puzzles
Super Puzzles
Perplexing Puzzles
Index