First, a couple of riddles that may seem corny, but they’re from an interesting article in Forbes, and have a point!
1. Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name?
2. A clerk at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?
3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
How quickly did you come up with the correct answer, as opposed to what you expected the answer to be?
Our brain doesn’t like information gaps, so we tend to jump at the first answer/solution that looks good rather than take the time to examine all the data. Teasing the brain helps break this habit.
All of this has important implications for decision making. As Forbes reminds us, the marketers are watching!
N.B. The solution to the January “sticks” puzzle is included in the Comments section of that blog.
1. Johnny
2. Meat
3. Everest
Right, Mary! Did you get them right away?
The solution for the crtyrogpamSince these glass lab vessels come from Britain I think of them as native English beakers!!Fun!I came across one of your books in the library and thought they sounded like something I would love to read was looking on your website to see which book came first in the series of periodic table mysteries and was lucky enough to find the puzzle link! Got it on my first try! I absoultely love puzzles. I am going to start on the series ASAP!
Welcome, Prasad. If you have a favorite puzzle you’d like me to post, send it on!
Camille
Got ‘em all right. Woo hoo.