By Martin Gardner
Called "The Magician of Math" by means of Newsweek, Martin Gardner bargains 103 confusing brainteasers, anagrams, and rebus and good judgment puzzles to offer little grey cells a work out. There are clues — and humor — within the sixty nine whimsical illustrations, plus whole ideas at the back of the e-book for someone who will get stumped.
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WAITER: ______________________________ TEACHER: Where was the Declaration of Independence signed? STUDENT: ______________________________ JUDGE: Order! Order in the court! PRISONER: _______________________________ WOMAN ( to psychiatrist) : I need help. Nobody pays any attention to me. I feel like I’m invisible. PSYCHIATRIST: ____________________________ PATIENT ( after a physical examination) : How do I stand? DOCTOR:________________________________ PSYCHIATRIST: Do you have trouble making up your mind?
29. ” 30. ” 31. Correct the Spellings The proverb is illustrated by the picture. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 32. SH! Sure. 33. Four Arrows The words are anagrams of NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, and WEST. I found this puzzle in Marilyn vos Savant’s popular Parade column. 34. Three-Letter Words You can’t put two, because then the sentence would have three three-letter words. So you must put the numeral 2. 35. ” 36. ) in the alphabet. Note the remarkable fact that all five vowels, AEIOU, and the sometime vowel Y, are included in the sequence.
William’s Preferences William likes apples better than oranges, and vanilla ice cream better than chocolate. He would rather watch a baseball or football game on TV than hockey, enjoys summer and fall more than spring and winter, thinks Newsweek a better magazine than Time, and is convinced that High Noon is a greater Western movie than Destry Rides Again. Can you explain why William has these preferences? 2. The IDK Band Six college students, all musicians, decided to form a rock band that they named the IDKers.