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The text provides brain teasers and their answers to use as a group activity.

Form small groups of three to four people and tell the group that they have exactly ten minutes to decipher the 29 brainteasers.

To provide a quick, fun exercise that will facilitate the interaction of strangers and their information into task-oriented groups.

Brain Teasers

1.

SAND

2.

4.

5.

|R|E|A|D|I|N|G|

7.

11.

10

T
O
W
N

KNEE
LIGHT

8.

CYCLE
CYCLE
CYCLE

12.

ii
oo
oo
oo
oo

3.

MAN
BOARD
6.

WEAR
LONG
9.

13.

LE

STAND
I
R
ROAD
A
D

10.

VEL

CHAIR

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14.

O
M.D.
B.A.
PH.D.

Brain Teasers
15.

T
O
U
C
H

16.

GROUND

18.
19.

HE'S/HIMSELF

ECNALG

DEATH

COW

LIFE

24.

25.

RIGHTS = RIGHTS
27.

JET

20.

22.

21.

I
ATE

QUIT ME

MIND
MATTER

17.

23.

STANDING

MISS
26.

MAST

28.

29. Development
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WORRY

RIGHT

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Brain Teasers (answers)


Objective: To provide a quick, fun exercise that will facilitate the interaction of strangers and their
information into task-oriented groups.
Procedure: This is strictly a "for fun" exercise and should be introduced as such. It simply gives
the participants a chance to do some liberal visual/written communication. Form small groups of
three to four people and tell the group that they have exactly ten minutes to decipher the 29
brainteasers.
Answers:
1. Sandbox

16. Six feet under ground

2. Man Overboard

17. Mind over matter

3. I understand

18. He's beside himself

4. Reading between the lines

19. Backwards glance

5. Long Underwear

20. Jumbo Jet

6. Cross Roads

21. Life after death

7. Down town

22. Holy Cow

8. Tricycle

23. A big misunderstanding

9. Bi-level

24. Equal Rights

10. 3 degrees below zero

25. Quit following me

11. Neon lights (knee on lights)

26. Half mast

12. Circles under the eyes

27. I overate

13. High chair

28. Worry over nothing

14. Paradise

29. Right between the eyes

15. Touchdown
Time required: approximately 15 minutes
Materials Required: Brainteasers as shown on a handout created from "Brain Teasers" file which is
on CD (provided in back of booklet.)

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