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The PPT is on Brain Teasers.
Brain Teasers
Anthony and Cleopatra
Anthony and Cleopatra are lying dead on the floor of an Egyptian villa. Nearby is a broken bowl. There are no marks on their bodies and they were not poisoned. No person was in the villa when they died. How did they die?
Concorde
A businessman had an important meeting that led him to fly Concorde from London to New York. When he left home in the morning, his wife drove him to the airport and accompanied him to the check-in. She then waved goodbye as he went through the passport control and the departure lounge. She did some shopping at the airport shops and returned to the car, at which time she saw the Concorde take off on time. His flight on Concorde was a direct flight. When he reached New York, he went directly through immigrations and customs. He had no luggage to collect as he only took a brief case for the short visit. He went through the arrivals and there waiting for him was his wife! She had not flown or taken the boat, so how could she be there to meet him?
The Dream
The boss of a storage warehouse had just arrived at work when one of his employees burst into his office. The man explained that while asleep the previous night he had dreamed that one of the storage boxes contained a bomb that would explode at 2 pm causing a terrible fire. The boss was skeptical but agreed to investigate. After a search, a bomb was found in the area foreseen in the man’s dream. The police was called, the bomb was defused. Afterwards, the boss thanked the employee sincerely, then fired him. The sacked employee had not planted the bomb, and his prophetic dream had saved the warehouse from destruction. Yet the manager was right to fire him. How could this be so?
The Hotel Detective
A hotel detective was walking along the corridor of a large hotel one day. Suddenly, he heard a women’s voice cry out ‘For God’s sake, don’t shoot me John!’ Then there was a shot. He ran to the room from where the shot had come and burst in. in one corner of the room lay a woman who had been shot through the heart. In the middle of the room there was a gun that was used to shoot her. On the other side of the room stood a postman, a lawyer and an accountant. The detective looked at them for moment, walked to the postman and arrested him. It was in fact the postman who had murdered the woman, but how did the detective know? The detective had not seen any of the people in the room before.
King George IV –
a true story
King George IV was born in 1762. He was the king of England from 1820 to his death in 1830. He was not a great king, but he did start a new trend in footwear. His boots were different from everybody else’s. The innovation concerning his boots was copied and is commonplace today, but at that time was very unusual. What was it?
The Man in the Hotel
Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones are two businessmen who book into the same hotel for the night. They are given adjacent rooms on the third floor. During the night, Mr. Smith sleeps soundly. However, despite being very tired, Mr. Jones can’t fall asleep. He eventually phones Me. Smith and falls asleep immediately after hanging up. Why should this be so?
The Plane Hijacker
– a true story
A few years ago in the USA, a young man hijacked a passenger flight at gun point. He ordered the pilot to fly to a different airport and radioed his demands to the airport authorities. In return for the safe release of the plane and hostages, he asked for $1,00,000 in a bag and two parachutes. When the plane landed he was given the bag and two parachutes. He then instructed the pilot to fly at a fairly low altitude towards his original destination. When they were over a deserted part of the country, he strapped on one of the parachutes and, clutching the money bag, he leapt from the plane. The second parachute was not used. He was never found. Why did he ask for two parachutes if we assume that he only ever intended to use one?
doc_278524551.ppt
The PPT is on Brain Teasers.
Brain Teasers
Anthony and Cleopatra
Anthony and Cleopatra are lying dead on the floor of an Egyptian villa. Nearby is a broken bowl. There are no marks on their bodies and they were not poisoned. No person was in the villa when they died. How did they die?
Concorde
A businessman had an important meeting that led him to fly Concorde from London to New York. When he left home in the morning, his wife drove him to the airport and accompanied him to the check-in. She then waved goodbye as he went through the passport control and the departure lounge. She did some shopping at the airport shops and returned to the car, at which time she saw the Concorde take off on time. His flight on Concorde was a direct flight. When he reached New York, he went directly through immigrations and customs. He had no luggage to collect as he only took a brief case for the short visit. He went through the arrivals and there waiting for him was his wife! She had not flown or taken the boat, so how could she be there to meet him?
The Dream
The boss of a storage warehouse had just arrived at work when one of his employees burst into his office. The man explained that while asleep the previous night he had dreamed that one of the storage boxes contained a bomb that would explode at 2 pm causing a terrible fire. The boss was skeptical but agreed to investigate. After a search, a bomb was found in the area foreseen in the man’s dream. The police was called, the bomb was defused. Afterwards, the boss thanked the employee sincerely, then fired him. The sacked employee had not planted the bomb, and his prophetic dream had saved the warehouse from destruction. Yet the manager was right to fire him. How could this be so?
The Hotel Detective
A hotel detective was walking along the corridor of a large hotel one day. Suddenly, he heard a women’s voice cry out ‘For God’s sake, don’t shoot me John!’ Then there was a shot. He ran to the room from where the shot had come and burst in. in one corner of the room lay a woman who had been shot through the heart. In the middle of the room there was a gun that was used to shoot her. On the other side of the room stood a postman, a lawyer and an accountant. The detective looked at them for moment, walked to the postman and arrested him. It was in fact the postman who had murdered the woman, but how did the detective know? The detective had not seen any of the people in the room before.
King George IV –
a true story
King George IV was born in 1762. He was the king of England from 1820 to his death in 1830. He was not a great king, but he did start a new trend in footwear. His boots were different from everybody else’s. The innovation concerning his boots was copied and is commonplace today, but at that time was very unusual. What was it?
The Man in the Hotel
Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones are two businessmen who book into the same hotel for the night. They are given adjacent rooms on the third floor. During the night, Mr. Smith sleeps soundly. However, despite being very tired, Mr. Jones can’t fall asleep. He eventually phones Me. Smith and falls asleep immediately after hanging up. Why should this be so?
The Plane Hijacker
– a true story
A few years ago in the USA, a young man hijacked a passenger flight at gun point. He ordered the pilot to fly to a different airport and radioed his demands to the airport authorities. In return for the safe release of the plane and hostages, he asked for $1,00,000 in a bag and two parachutes. When the plane landed he was given the bag and two parachutes. He then instructed the pilot to fly at a fairly low altitude towards his original destination. When they were over a deserted part of the country, he strapped on one of the parachutes and, clutching the money bag, he leapt from the plane. The second parachute was not used. He was never found. Why did he ask for two parachutes if we assume that he only ever intended to use one?
doc_278524551.ppt