Classic Brainteasers

100 Pages·2006·6.159 MB·English

by  Martin Gardner

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Classic
Brainteasers
Martin Gardner
Illustrated by Jeff Sinclair
ORIENT PAPERBACKS
A Divison of Vision Books Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi • Mumbai • Hyderabad
ISBN 81-222-0207-1
1st Published in Orient Paperbacks 1996
2nd Printing 1999
Classic Brainteasers
© 1994, Wood's End, Inc.
Cover design by Vision Studio
Published in arrangement with
Sterling Publishing Co. Inc., USA
Published by
Orient Paperbacks
(A division of Vision Books Pvt. Ltd )
Madarsa Road, Kashmere Gate, Delhi-110 006
Printed in India at
Kay Kay Printers, Delhi-110 007
Cover Printed at
Ravindra Printing Press, Delhi-110 006
Contents
1. Warming Up 5
A Wrong Spell • The Great Shoot-Out • A Secret Message
• Nose Versus Feet • Hidden Beasts and Insects • Fat
Bats and Other Mixed-Up Beasts • Silly Pictures
2. Word for Word 13
Wacky Wordles • Shifty Letters • The Mysterious License
• Wilbur's Word • Hidden Proverb • The Puzzling
Grocer • The Hidden Names
3. Look Sharp! 21
What's Wrong with These Pictures? • The Alphabet Zoo •
The Careless Sign Painter • What Letter? • Jane's Patch-
work Quilt • Find the Missing Thief • Find Charley's Car
• Napoleon at Home • A Sheer Mistake
4. Tricky Questions 31
Open-and-Shut Case • Two Customers • The Pistol Duel
• Name the Product • The Stolen Lugs • Donald Gets
His Roller Blades • Who Reads Faster? • Ripping Good
Puzzle • A Knotty Problem • Find the Missing Word •
Cops and Robbers • We Predict!
5. Teasers 41
Professor Egghead's PROVERBS • Elvira's Jeans • Name
the Word • A Burglary • The Amazing Computer • Pat,
the Goalie • Mrs. Perkins' Pets • The Three Paths • Lost
in the Woods • An Odd Trip • Upside-Down Years •
Dog Bites Man
6. Science and Math Puzzles 51
Dots and Squares • The Hindu Squares • Exploring the
Moon • Pepper or Salt? • Knots or Not? • The Triangu-
lar Cat • The Startled Astronomer • The Puzzled Inven-
tor • Lewis Carroll's SQUARES
7. Find the Mistakes 59
Barbershop • House and Back Yard • Living Room •
Landscape • Crazy Timepiece
8. Logic Puzzles 69
How Comes • Slice the Pie • The Clever Postman • Name
the Men • The Colored Socks • The Fourth Child • The
Clever Prisoner • The Smiths' Family Tree • The Myste-
rious Tracks • Where's the Tiger? • Name the Relation •
Heads or Tails?
Answers 81
Index 95
About the Author 96
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5
A Wrong Spell
The wizard is doing his best to turn the prince into a
frog by pronouncing the magic word. Nothing hap-
pens. Can you tell why his spell is not working?
Answers on page 86.
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The Great Shoot-Out
Chester Chimp and Roger Rattlesnake are about to
have a gunfight on the main street of Tombstone.
Who do you think will win the shoot-out?
Answer on page 82.
A Secret Message
Shown above is a hidden greeting from me to you.
Can you decipher it?
Answer on page 82.
Nose Versus Feet
TEACHER: Our nose was made to smell with and our
feet were made to run with.
TOMMY: I must be made all wrong then, because my
nose and my feet
Can you think of the two missing words?
Answer on page 82.
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