BrainStfain POWER PUZZLES M D~E LOWING GKALLENEEE 2-4-Q IN OPTICAL ILLUSIONS TRICKY MYSTERIES TESTS OF LOGIC ' % NUMBER MAGIC P' Peter De Schepper, Keith Ka Des MacHale, Paul Sloane, & Norman D. Willis r Digitized by the Internet Archive 2013 in http://archive.org/details/brainstrainspoweOOfran BrainStra Power Puzzles Bra in Strains Power Puzzles Frank Coussement Peter De Schepper Keith Kay Des MacHale Paul Sloane Norman D. Willis it Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. New York 6 20 19181716151413 Published by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 1001 This book is comprised ofthe following Sterling titles: BrainStrains™ BrainSnack™ Puzzles © 2002 by Frank Coussement & Peter De Schepper BrainStrains™ Great Color Optical Illusions © 2002 by Keith Kay BrainStrains™ Sneaky Lateral Thinking Puzzles © 2002 by Paul Sloane & Des MacHale BrainStrains™ Clever Logic Puzzles © 2002 by Norman D. Willis © 2002 by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. Distributed in Canada by Sterling Publishing c/o Canadian Manda Group, 165 Dufferin Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6K 3H6 Distributed in Great Britain by Chrysalis Books Group PLC The Chrysalis Building, Bramley Road, London W10 6SP, England Distributed in Australia by Capricorn Link (Australia) Pty, Ltd. P.O. Box 704,Windsor, NSW2756Australia Printed in China All rights reserved Sterling ISBN 13: 978-1-4027-0194-8 ISBN 10: 1-4027-0194-2 For information about custom editions, special sales, premium and corporate purchases, please contact Sterling Special Sales Department at 800-805-5489 or [email protected] Table of Contents Introduction 7 BrainSnacks™ Puzzles 9 Great Color Optical Illusions 91 Sneaky Lateral Thinking Puzzles 155 Clever Logic Puzzles 209 BrainSnacks™ Puzzles Answers 282 Great Color Optical Illusions Answers 299 Sneaky Lateral Thinking Puzzles Clues 315 Sneaky Lateral Thinking Puzzles Answers 329 Clever Logic Puzzles Answers 344 Introduction A Introduction BrainStrains™ Power Puzzles will challenge your mind and provide hours of fun mental stimulation. Visual, number, — and logic puzzles and mind-blowing — colorful optical illusions will test, tone, and sharpen your thinking skills. (Please note: when you are doing the Sneaky Lateral Thinking Puzzles you will want to use the puzzle clues which begin on page 315.) < 7