10-creative-puzzles-创意之谜-科普.ppt

10 Creative Thinking Puzzles PUZZLE 1 There is blood on the ceiling of my bedroom. There has been no murder or killing of any person. Nobody has played any trick on me.Can you suggest a logical explanation? Clue To Puzzle 1 Answer To Puzzle 1 A mosquito bit me. It later landed on my bedroom ceiling. I climbed on the bed and I swatted it on my ceiling. (So the blood is my own as well as the mosquitos). PUZZLE 2 There is a flash of light and a man dies. The man is not killed by any other person and he does not die of any illness like a heart attack etc. It’s not a case of suicide either. Can you suggest a logical explanation? Clue To Puzzle 2 Answer To Puzzle 2 The man is a lion-tamer, posing for a photo with his lion. The lion reacts badly to the flash of the camera, and the man cant see properly, so he gets mauled. Puzzle 3 An ordinary American citizen, with no passport, visits over thirty foreign countries in one day. He is welcomed in each country, and leaves each one of his own accord. Clue To Puzzle 3 Answer To Puzzle 3 He is a mail courier who delivers packages to the different foreign embassies in the United States. The land of an embassy belongs to the country of the embassy, not to the United States. Puzzle 4 A riverboat filled with passengers suddenly capsized, drowning most of those aboard. The riverboat was in good condition and there was no carelessness on the part of the crew members. Explain Clue To Puzzle 4 Answer To Puzzle 4 The boat was moving along a river in India when a large snake dropped onto the deck. The passengers all rushed to the other side of the boat, thereby overturning it. This is apparently based on a true incident reported in the World Almanac. Puzzle 5 Two people are dead in a car, which is locked from the inside. Theres a lot of blood. There has been no foul play like a crime or suicide. Can you explain? Clue To Puzzle 5 Answer To Puzzle 5 One of the dead people is a woman; the other is the baby shes just given birth to