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CHALLENGING
Optical PicturePuzzles
Irit Adler & Shem Levy
,.Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. New York
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Adler, Irit.Challenging optical picture puzzles / by Irit Adler & Shem Levy.
p. cm.Condensed version of. Picture puzzles for the super smart / Studio
D. c1985.ISBN 0-8069-9440-11. Picture puzzles. 2. Optical illusions. 1. Levy, Shem. II. Picture
puzzles for the super smart. 111. Tide.GV1507.P47A35 1996793.73-dc2O 96-30407
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Published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.387 Park Avenue South, New York, N.Y. 10016The puzzles in this book have been excerpted from Picture Puzzlesfor the Super Smart © 1985 by Irit Adler & Shem Levy,published by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.© 1996 by Irit Adler & Shem LevyDistributed in Canada by Sterling Publishing% Canadian Manda Group, One Adantic Avenue, Suite 105Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6K 3E7Distributed in Great Britain and Europe by Cassell PLCWellington House, 125 Strand, London WC2R OBB, EnglandDistributed by Capricorn Link (Australia) Pty Ltd.P.O. Box 6651, Baulkham Hills, Business Centre, NSW 2153, AustraliaManufactured in the United States of AmericaAll rights reserved
Sterling ISBN 0-8069-9440-1
ContentsBefore You Begin 4
Crazy Clocks 5
Peculiar People 11
Sneaky Shapes 17
Friendly Relations 25
Principle 34
High Principle 40
One of These ThingsIs Not Like the Others ... 48
Odd Fellows 55
Higher Principle 60
Diabolical Designs 66
Intimate Relations 71
Highest Principle 76
Answers 85
About the Authors 94
Index 95
Before You BeginFirst and foremost, this book is meant to be fun. It isintended for game lovers-those who enjoy brainteas-ers and logic puzzles. Hopefully, it will take you on tonew excitements, because you'll need to use a differentmode of thinking to solve its problems.
This book doesn't call upon linguistic or verbal skillsor your skill with numbers. It touches an entirely dif-ferent aspect of our minds-our ability to perceiveforms and shapes and manipulate them. The puzzleshere will also involve you in the process of logical think-ing. Solving them will naturally help develop your pow-ers of deduction and lateral thinking as well as spatialperception.
Each chapter of the book will give you a taste of adifferent type of mind-boggling visual conundrum. Thepuzzles in each section range from easy to difficult. It isimportant to start at the beginning and follow themthrough. As you solve the easier puzzles, you'll come upwith the principles and tricks you'll need to tackle themore complex ones!
Good luck!
4
Crazy ClocksYou're probably used to seeing number progressionssuch as these:
2-4-6-8-which are 2 apart, or6-18-54-162-which are each multiplied by 3.
In this chapter, though, you'll find a set of graphic pro-gressions. For example, take a look at the puzzle below:
The hand of the clock moves 450 clockwise (a quarterof an hour) in each one of the pictures. In the picturethat would naturally follow in sequence, the hand of theclock would point towards 9:00, so you would, of course,select #3 in the multiple choice answers below:
Which one of the five numbered figures should be thenext one in each of the progressions on the followingpages?
5
1. SWISS CLOCK
I9000?
Solution 101
2. ITALIAN CLOCK
Sl3 4to 5 2
Solution 2
6
3. CLOCKWORK ORANGE
Solution 109
4. TIME BOMB
IpUN 34O 30 qlual at1 aJI1ON :IuZH
Solution 18
7
5. GREENWICH TIME
Solution 123
6. BIG BEN
IaUUeU a wes ;)1 l UT - sIUApE SpoU :?u!H
Solution 44
8
7. FOURTH DIMENSION
@00?
Solution 116
8. QUICK AS A BUNNY
@00.(i 2 3 4g ?
uqioj pue opq saow pupq Nuol ou L :aju!H
Solution 9
9
9. THE CRAZIEST CLOCK
@00?S ou i 8 5 8
'sajiSap .09£ tplw slimls PUeq 110qs JqL :tUH
Solution 88
10
Peculiar PeopleYou're dealing with graphic progressions herejust as in"Crazy Clocks," the preceding chapter.
Which one of the five numbered figures should be thenext one in each one of the progressions on the follow-ing pages?
10. GROUP DYNAMICS
9S
Solution I
11
3I 2
4 5
1 1. HEALTH-OHOLIC
Solution 11
12
90
12. UPS AND DOWNS
.III I
?2 3
Q4 5
I I 1
Solution 21
13
13. THEORY OFEVOLUTION
Solution 13
14
14. THE MAD HATTER
Solution 41
15
15. POKER FACE
-i aAEq s)AX ;qj :SuLH
Solution 51
16
90
I
Sneaky ShapesHere are more graphic progressions.
Which one of the five numbered figures should benext in each one of the progressions that follow?
16. BERMUDA TRIANGLE
AL?.
*1no Jp!Su :)UzH
Solution 61
17
17. ANONYMOUS
AAA
AA
A4k
Solution 71
18. RECTANGLES
S 1 n1 81 2 3 4 5
Solution 81
18
IA
19. CIRCLE IN THESQUARE
LL. I* 1-1 I 1 11 I I I
1 2 3 4 5
II11.1 L L I I I H I III 1-1X
Solution 91
20. SQUARE SHOOTER
1 2 3 4 5
I EzoIIIti? [l
Solution 105
19
2 1. CUBBYHOLES
001* I I I -1 -" I I -
I.N~lI I-TI n [1; 1 1. [1 .I :
Solution 12
22. ETERNAL TRIANGLES
Solution 22
20
90
23. THE NUTCRACKER
:1 2 3 4?
Solution 32
24. ABSTRACTION
1 2 3 4 5
Aisnonuguoi dn sjAouw afureul JamOI aqL :lu!H
Solution 119
21
25. TOUGHIE
1 2 3 ?17
Solution 52
26. SPACE AGEDOMINOES
1 2 3 4 5
Solution 62
22
27. ROUNDABOUT
/@97~ w7
%~ 7
b~59
Solution 65
28. TURNING POINT
~A71D e -7
1 2 3 4 5
Solution 38
23
29. FIBUNETZY
00
<a 23 3 4
Solution 92
30. CRUSADE
51 2 Sl3 t 42
Solution 42
24
Friendly RelationsTake a look at the diagramto the right. In this set ofpuzzles, the box marked Dis missing.
A
C
B
0
What you have to do is figure out how A and B relateto each other. Then select one of the five answers tomake the same relation hold for C and D.
31. "FOURSIES"
0
o 00
A A
A A
* 0
* 0
9-i1 2 3 4 5
Solution 20
25
32. NIGHT AND DAY
U1 2 3
0N3E
4
Solution 72
26
90
AW1 7W'�,�rra0,
33. CHORUS LINE
A
39
4
AN104i11
Solution 82
27
34. ROCK 'N' ROLL
1 2 3 4 5
Solution 92
35. ALICE INWONDERLAND
[01 2 3 4
LgIo5
Solution 3
28
36. TUMBLEWEED
7\7
>1
Solution 13
3 7. FAMILY TIES
1 2 3 4 5
~~~z ; LL E
Solution 23
29
90
38. BUTCH CASSIDY ANDTHE SUNDANCE KID
ciIK L
Solution 58
39. HOLMES AND WATSON
1
Solution 112
30
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5
40. BALANCE OF POWER
Solution 53
4 1. RISK
1 2 3 4 5
Solution 63
31
42. MEPHISTOPHELES
I 3 4 5
Solution 73
43. SPACE SHUTTLE
*6Th'tE7
Solution 83
32
44. THE ULTIMATE TEASER
*MOQ pup SauEq:) uolliod
eqM lno aJfng 0° AjjL :uZJ
4 a
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Solution 118
45. A DIFFERENT ANGLE
zC
1 2 3 4 5
Solution 4
33
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PrincipleOne logical principle relates the three boxes in eachhorizontal row, when reading from left to right. Thatsame principle applies in all three rows of each puzzlein this chapter. Find it, and you'll be able to select thecorrect figures for the missing boxes.
46. INGMAR BERGMAN
A
B
Solution 14
34
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47. DO IT YOURSELF
0
A
B2
Eu
34 4 5
ESl
Solution 24
35
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48. BRAIN SQUEEZER
sp1oa :?U!H
Solution 34
36
A
900
0
49. I'D RATHER BESAILING
FI
Solution 113
37
A
B
c
50. CITY LIGHTS
1 2 3 4 5
Solution 54
38
V V V TV VT
* S 0 0* 0 00 0
* S 00
U s _os
5 1. ANTENNA
A ?
B
'SUOUI~ppV :7uH
Solution 64
39
High PrincipleThese puzzles are similar to the ones in the previouschapter, but here you have four boxes in each row, andfour rows of puzzles instead of three. You'll find a miss-ing box in each row, and as usual, five possible answersfor each missing box. Which is it?
40
52. NO SMALL AFFAIR
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2
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4
5
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Solution 74
41
53. WORKING OUT
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3
3
4
4
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5
Solution 84
42
2
2
2
2
54. A STAR IS BORN
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cm
Do
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3
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9
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Solution 94
43
2
2
2
2
55. PSYCHOMETRICS
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Solution 5
44
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56. CHECKERS
12 3 4 5
3 4
C 3
DF- F q 01 1 f ] i E ]q
2 3 5
UO ISIdI I :,u-I S tIon 1 5 I
s~oplod :8.tHSolution 15
45
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L-L I I
57. KALEIDOSCOPE
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Solution 25
46
58. GOING TO THEBOLSHOI
4 I 2 v
A
D
A
B
C
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47
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One of TheseThings Is Not Like
the Others . .0
In this chapter, you'll find sets of five figures each. Ineach set, one figure does not belong. Which one?
59. HALF-MOON STREET1 2 3 4
- -160. PIECE OF CAKE1 2 3 4
61. PAWN SHOP
Solution 45
5
Solution 55
5
Solution 114
48
62. WIRED1 2 3
63. BREAKING UP1 2 3
64. FIRST SLICE
65. BEADY EYES
Solution 75
5{4
Solution 854 5
oSolution 95
5
Solution 6
66. CHUNKY Solution 16
1 2 3 4 5
E= X2 X e [C49
67. SORRY!1 2 3
68. TINKER TOY1 2 3
HW C1J
4
4
J�
69. TIDDLEDYWINKS Solution 46
1 2 3
WE 1 005
ah lL09
70. TRIPLE A MINUS 2 Solution 56
12 3 4 5
71. CASTLES IN THE AIR Solution 115
1 234
LI1Er1IJL-.150
Solution 26
5
Solution 365
72. NIGHT AT THE OPERA1 2 3 4 5m F71- n71.- m ---
I 1 31z��Ž� I Ic1z� I&I II a I I I **
73. "EEEEK!" Solution 86
1 2 3 4 5
74. DOODLES Solution 96
1 2 3 4 5
75. DOWSING Solution 1071 2 3 4 5
76. ICY Solution 171 2 3 4 5
X~~ X XX E51
I'Solution 76
77. DICE-Y1 2
0
78. JUGGLER1 2
'I 0
Solution 27
3 4 5
0 3
Solution 37
79. THE DEADLY DUO Solution 47
1 2 3 4 5
80. "A TISKET A TASKET" Solution 57
81. PAPER PLANES Solution 67
1 2 3 4 5
52
82. SOCIAL CLIMBERS
83. ACROBATS1 2 3
M x X
84. TRANSPARENCY1 2 3 -
I/4 I
85. DEVIL'S DELIGHT1 2 3
86. BREAKDANCE
I 2 3NLI.+LJ
Solution 874 5
L~1~Solution 97
54
Solution 8
4 5
Solution 18
4 5
53
Solution 77-
87. TAO
2 3 S88. CHOPSTICKS
1 2 3 4
I
54
Solution 28
Solution 38
5
Odd FellowsAs in the previous chapter, one of these things is notlike the others. In that chapter you had five separatefigures-one of which was different. Here you have onelarge figure that contains smaller numbered figureswithin it, and one of them is different. Which one?
89. MARY, MARY. .e.1
*safnlJ z1I1 pPu!W :?uH Sonhiion 48
55
51
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90. ATOMIC ACHE
Solution 33
56
91. CATHERINE WHEEL
Solution 68
57
92. SNOWFLAKE
I
)arls aq1 jo pua lJoqs gq :juZH
Solution 78
58
93. A BRAIN SHORTCIRCUIT
1
2
-(ool noA se aizzndaqi mim) noA jo mUOJJ U! iq4!BeS St 1! uaqm q:)ueJeq 43ea ie joo'14u!H
Solution 108
59
Higher PrincipleThese puzzles are similar to those in "Principle" (page34), but tougher.
94. BUDAPEST
5
a
mno pue ulu 4UH
Solution 98
60
A
B
95. WIZARD OF OZ
spiexmpEq ppV :l8uH
A
Ia A
Solution 9
96. SYNAPSE KILLER
1 swtlunb uOwIuoa jqj jlUit!uj :juiJH
1 2 3 4
Solution 19
61
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97. BATES MOTEL
'Spjumj:1?q ppV :uzfH
I
62
I I I I I I
I
1 2 3 4 5
B F-Ze
1 2 3 4l 5c5
9 3 A 5
Solution 29
63
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98. THE FRENCHCONNECTION
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64
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BA
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2
2
2
2
3 4 5
3 4 5
3 4 5
3 4 5
Solution 39
65
DiabolicalDesigns
Remember the progressions in "Crazy Clocks," "Pecu-liar People," and "Sneaky Shapes"? These "DiabolicalDesigns" are the same sort of puzzles-squared!
99. DUCK SOUP
WE]
Solution 49
66
2
100. HEX
V. X-v
4 5
uouisod isig aqi ul jjluum pAep auo ump aioum si a3qj, :1u!H
Solution 59
101. MOROCCO
1wIUout3tidmuOw pappe atqi pug inq '(81 ;)ed) ,snouiAuouV,, as :;uSuH
Solution 69
67
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1 2
/'7\
mm2m Z19 VD"
3 5
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102. DUNGEONS
4 '1 I A a
. . . .
WI I-I, L--
Solution 79
103. PARACHUTE
1 2 3
S t 8
~Solution 89
68
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104. DRAGONS
1 2 3
/V7\
4 5
,, x3H,, 3)S :7I.!H
Solution 99
105. TOWERS
1 2 3 4 5
*f>Z aNed uo ,,Aziaunq!A,, aaS :iuSH
Solution 10
69
106. ROUND DANCE
/<P ADc
Solution 88
70
IntimateRelations
As in "Friendly Relations" (page 25), Box D is missinghere. Your task is to select it from the five possibleanswers. But, as you will see, "Intimate Relations" aremore complex than friendly ones.
107. BEMUSED WITHBULFINCH
*
Solution 30
71
>4"I C
1 -I W"W
108. SZECHUAN ANDHUNAN
Solution 40
109. ORIGAMI
e 21 z 1 ?
BUIpIOJufl :U!H
1 2 3 4 5
Solution 50
72
1 10. PUFF THE MAGICDRAGON
Y
Solution 60
11 1. KITES
flno ;Aoid SAhmit 1,usaop uop!TlUI :4U!H
3 4
[Solution 70
73
1
z
= - v e
1 2. MANIPULATION
2 3 4 5
Solution 80
113. CANTERBURY TAIL
1 2 3 4 5I m K7 i x I -
I XI H EI-I L r I a,. -
Solution 90
74
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114. THE MUMMY'SCURSE
1 2 3 4 5A----. -.- - - -. .
I I I - I
.J I L L J II
Solution 100
1 5. WITCHES
1 2 3 4 5
Solution 93
75
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Il I
Highest PrincipleThis chapter is similar to "Principle" (page 34). Thesame principle holds true for every line of the puzzle.
76
1 6. GONE WITH THEWIND
ALIKE
1 2
DHl
'uinj pup dot :?u!lH
E3
3
L3L3i
4
4
4
4
5
LI5
5
Solution 102
77
117. SINBAD THE SAILOR
AZ
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2i
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78
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118. LAWRENCE OFARABIA
B e 2
A
1L2
i n 2
3
LII3
3
4
LI
4
4
5
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5
Solution 66
79
119. MARY POPPINS
IAt
B 1
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D
5
5
5
5EbS
'1U3W3AOLU IUInSUO103 :IuqH
Solution 117
80
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2
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
120. ABBOTT ANDCOSTELLO MEETFRANKENSTEIN
EL ]JEn
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3
4
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5
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Solution 7
81
121. PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM
EnEEl
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4
4
4
5
5
5
5
Solution 43
82
3
3
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122. TARZAN, KING OFTHE JUNGLE
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2
l2
3
3
3
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4 5
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4 5
4 5
Solution 105
83
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123. THE THREESTOOGES
EI~AX
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3
L[i3
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2
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2
2
5
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84
Answers1 Group Dynamics of the box now flips sideways#5. The shin bone moves 450 onto the right side. From theeach time. Puzzle 10 third to fourth positions: the
lower half of the left half flips2 Italian Clock upwards and the upper half of#4. Puzzle 2 the right half flips downwards.
Puzzle 1203 Alice in Wonderland 8 Devil's Delight#5. Outer figure shrinks and #3. The only shape with moreinner figure surrounds it four than eight intersections is #3.times. Puzzle 35 Puzzle 85
9 Quick as a Bunny4 A Different Angle #4. The short hand moves 900,#3. Puzzle 45 180°, 3600. The long hand
moves 450 clockwise, 900 coun-5 Psychometrics terclockwise, 1350 clockwise.A #2. B #5. C #1. D #2. The Puzzle 8black dots advance in constant 10 Towerspaces from one position to the #3. This is based on the fa-next. The angles advance in an mous Fibunetzy progression ofarithmetic series where d = 1 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 (each item is the(e.g., 1-2-3-4). Puzzle 55 sum of the two items preced-
ing it). Puzzle 1056 Beady Eyes#3. In all but #3, the innermost 11 Health-oholiccircle is centered in the outer #4. The legs move 900 fromcircle. Puzzle 65 one position to the next.
Puzzle 117 Abbott and Costello Meet 12 CubbyholesFrankenstein #5. Skip one and add one.A #2. B #1. C #5. D #1. From Puzzle 21the first position to the sec- 13 Tumbleweedond: the right half of the box #2. Figure turns 1800 and thenflips sideways onto the left turns aside. Puzzle 36side. From the second to thethird positions: the half that 14 Ingmar Bergmanwas originally on the left side A #3. B #2. Puzzle 46
15 CheckersA #1. B #3. C #2. D #5. Eachblack figure (star, triangle, cir-cle, square) is positioned in adifferent place both horizon-tally and vertically. Puzzle 56
16 Chunky#4. Only #4 does not have atleast two parallel surfaces.
Puzzle 6617 Sinbad the SailorA #1. B #1. C #3. D #5. Makean imaginary vertical cut in themiddle of each figure in theleft box. Then move the twocut sections towards eachother as the puzzle progressesto the right. Puzzle 117
18 Time Bomb#5. The hand moves 1350,then 900, then 450, and as itmoves, it shrinks. Puzzle 4
23 Family Ties#3. Puzzle 37
24 Do It YourselfA #2. B #5. The upper lineturns 900 each time; the mid-dle line, 45°; the lower line,1350. Puzzle 47
25 KaleidoscopeA #2. B #5. C #1. D #3. Thereis a 450 move from each posi-tion to the next. A black figure(a square, dot, triangle, etc.)is added at a constant intervalin each row. Puzzle 57
26 Sorry!#5. The figure in #5 is the onlyone intersected twice.
Puzzle 6727 Dice-y#4. Only #4number.
is not a primePuzzle 77
19 Synapse Killer#1. The boxes on theumn are formed bytion of the two otherthe line-minus thetwo boxes have in 1
"Foursies"
Ups and Downs
Eternal Triangl,
right col-
28 Tao#5. All but #5 are closed loops.
Puzzle 87the addi- 29 Bates Motelboxes in A #1. The left box is a simplelines the addition of the middle andcommon. right boxes in the same row.Puzzle 96 B #5. B, as a middle box, is
the sum of the figure in thePuzzle 31 left column plus the same fig-
ure turned 900.C #4. The right column is
Puzzle 12 the sum of the middle and leftboxes minus their common
es lines, so C is the simple sum ofPuzzle 22 the other two boxes.
20#3.
21#3.
22#3.
86
D #1. The right columnboxes are the contours of thesolid black figures in the leftand middle columns.
30#1.
31#2.
Puzzle 97Bemused with Bulfinch
Puzzle 107
Theory of EvolutionPuzzle 13
32 The Nutcracker#5. The lower lines move up,then the upper lines movedown (the third position). Fi-nally, the lower lines move upagain. Puzzle 23
33 Atomic Ache#1. Only #1 has one white cir-cle between the two gray ones.
Puzzle 90
34 Brain SqueezerA #5. B #4. Fold out from thefirst position to the second.Double-fold in from the sec-ond to the third. Puzzle 48
35 Going to the BolshoiA #1. B #2. C #3. D #2. Thefigures on the right flip side-ways and move to the left sideof the preceding position. Thenext figure on the right is al-ways a new one (that's why D#5 is incorrect). Puzzle 58
36 Tinker Toy#5. Only #5 is not symmetrical.
Puzzle 68
37 Juggler#2. Only #2 has three differentkinds of figures. Puzzle 78
38 Turning Point#2. Puzzle 28
39 The French ConnectionA #3. Addition. B #2. The rightcolumn boxes are the com-mon lines of the left and mid-dle boxes. C #3. The rightcolumn boxes are the same asthe left ones on the samerow-minus their commonlines. D #5. The middle boxesare the sum of the right andleft boxes minus their com-mon lines. Puzzle 98
40#3.
Szechuan and HunanPuzzle 108
41 The Mad Hatter#1. Puzzle 14
42 Crusade#3. The figure turns from sideto side as lines of equal lengthare added to each side in con-stant angles. Puzzle 30
43 Play It Again, SamA #3. B #5. C #1. D #1. Makeimaginary vertical and hori-zontal cuts through the mid-dle of the boxes on the left.Each box is now divided intofour quarters. The four quar-ters move clockwise one step
87
at a time from one position to and the left lines move right.the next. Puzzle 121 From second to third position,
the upper lines move down44 Big Ben and the left lines move right.#5. Both hands advance at the From third to fourth positionrate of 450, 900, 1350. (answer #3), the lower lines
Puzzle 6 move down and the left lines
45 Half-Moon Street move right again. Puzzle 25#5. Puzzle 59
46 Tiddledywinks#5. All but #5 have either oneblack or one white figure.
Puzzle 6947 The Deadly Duo#4. All except #4 contain twohalves of circles Puzzle 79
48 Mary, Mary ...#1. Only #1 has two curvedlines. The others have onecurved and one straight line.
Puzzle 8949 Duck Soup#1. The first black squares onthe left advance to the right.The ones on the right moveback and forth-one positionto the left, then one to theright, etc. Puzzle 99
50 Origamni#1.
Poker Face
52 Toughie#3. From first to secition, the lower lines
53 Balance of Power#2. Negative. Puzzle 40
54 City Lights#5. Upper row: 3 + 4 = 7;7 + 5 = 12. Middle row:2 + 2 = 4; 4 + 3 = 7. The secondnumber you add is always onemore than the number in thefirst box. Therefore, 1 + 3 = 4;4+4=8. Puzzle 50
55 Piece of Cake#1. Only #1 has a 900 (right)angle. The others all are equi-lateral triangles. Puzzle 60
56 Triple A Minus 2#3. All but #3 show the samefigure in different positions.Although #3 is the same fig-ure, it is flipped to its mirrorimage. Puzzle 70
Puzzle 10957 "A Tisket a Tasket"#1. All except #1 have either
Puzzle 15 the smallest square in the mid-dle of the medium one or themedium square in the middle
Dnd posi- of the largest (outside) one.move up Puzzle 80
51#2.
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58 Butch Cassidy and theSundance Kid#1. Negative. Puzzle 38
59 Hex#1. There are actually threedark triangles in the first posi-tion. One advances clockwiseone step at a time. The secondadvances two steps at a time,and the third advances threesteps at a time. Puzzle 100
60 Puff the Magic Dragon#5. The large shape flips overand diminishes. The two lines(or, in the second case, an-gles) appear immediately be-low it. Puzzle 110
61 Bermuda Triangle#4. Puzzle 16
62 Space Age Dominoes#5. The lines multiply eachtime. The dots add three.
Puzzle 2663 Risk#5. The figure moves 450 andshrinks. Puzzle 41
64 AntennaA #2. B #1. The figure at theright is the sum of the left andmiddle figures in the samerow. Puzzle 51
65 Roundabout#2. The black outer circlemoves clockwise 3-2-1. The
striped circle moves 2-4-8. Thedotted circle moves one eachtime. The black inner circle re-mains in the same position.
Puzzle 27
66 Lawrence of ArabiaA #1. B #3. C #2. D #1. Thefigures in the boxes secondfrom the left are the commonlines of those on their left andright sides. The figures in theboxes second from the rightare the addition of those fromthe right and left sides ofthem. Puzzle 118
67 Paper Planes#2. All but #2 have two isosce-les triangles. Puzzle 81
68 Catherine Wheel#4. Only #4 contains an evennumber of dots. (It's also theonly one with an equal num-ber of dots on each side of theleaf). Puzzle 91
69 Morocco#1.
70 Kites#2.
Puzzle 101
Puzzle III
71 Anonymous#1. The two As move towardeach other at a steady pace un-til they merge. Puzzle 17
72 Night and Day#3. Negative. Puzzle 32
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73 Mephistopheles#4. Turn 180°. Since the lowerfigure is symmetrical, it re-mains the same. Puzzle 42
74 No Small AffairA #1. B #2. C #5. D #3.
third position they merge, andthen the squares keep movingdown. Puzzle 18
82 Chorus Line#2. Negative.
Puzzle 52 83 Space Shuttle75 Wired#4. Only #4 is a different fig-
#4.
Puzzle 33
Puzzle 43
ure from the rest.
76 Night at the Oj#3. Only in #3 the liiextend from adjacer
77 Rock 'n' Ronl#5.
78 Snowflake#2. All but #2 have oiand one shorter line
79 Dungeons#5. The three black s(the left have one asquare added to thenposition, moving upvright. The one blackthe right moves left,square added in each
l80 Manipulation#3. Move the left pashape to the rightright part to the left.
I81 Rectangles#2. The upper squatoward the smaller oi
Puzzle 62 84 Working OutA #5. B #2. C #1. D #4. The
)era only combination that appearsies don't in every answer and is missingit angles. in every row: a picture inPuzzle 72 which three figures are linked
and a fourth is detached.Puzzle 34 Puzzle 53
85 Tarzan, King of theJungle
le longer A #3. B #1. C #5. D #4. Fromthe first position to the sec-
Puzzle 92 ond, there's a 180° turn and aflip sideways. The third box is
1uares on the second minus the com-tdditional mon lines of the second, and1 in every the fourth turned 1800 (thisvards and turn is evident only in the sec-ouare on ond row). Puzzle 122
with oneposition.
Puzzle 102
art of theand the
Puzzle 112
.re movesne. In the
86 "Eeeek!"#2. All but #2 show the samefigure in different positions.Although #2 is the same fig-ure, it is flipped to its mirrorimage. Puzzle 73
87 Acrobatics#5. All but #5 are made up oftwo identical figures. Puzzle 83
90
88 The Craziest Clo#2. The short hand3600, 180°, 90°. The loimoves 180° each time.
89 Parachute#4. The inner striped cvances counterclockwi90°, 180°. The middlecircle advances cli1800, 900, 450. The oLted circle advances cl450 each time. PA
90 Canterbury Tail#4. Negative imageclockwise 90° turn le.shape unchanged. Pi
91 Circle in the Sq.#4. The left dot movediagonally, while the rimoves straight down.second position, theyto merge. /
92 Fibunetzy#4. This is the famoinetzy progression, ireach item is the sum olprevious ones. I
93 Witches#4. The line shape turiwise 900. The black sheover to the other side
94 A Star Is BornA #1. B #2. C #2. D#5third position, the f
ck complete. In the fourth posi-moves tion, it simply advances. In the
ig hand upper row it advances to theright. In the second row it ad-
Puzzle 9 vances diagonally. In the thirdrow it moves downward and in
ircle ad- the fourth row it advances out-ise: 450, ward. Puzzle 54
le blackockwise: 95 First SliceLiter dot- #2. Only in #2 does the lineclockwise move downwards. Puzzle 64izzle 103
96 Doodles#3. Only #3 does not include
with a an acute angle. Puzzle 74aves theuzzle 113 97 Transparency
#3. Only in #3 the two equaltare shapes are not parallel to eaches down other. Puzzle 84eight one
In the 98 Budapesthappen A #2. B #2. One figure con-3uzzle 19 stantly gets smaller while the
other grows. Puzzle 94
us Fibu- 99 Dragonsi which #3. There are, in fact, two.'the two black triangles in the first po-`uzzle 29 sition. One advances clockwise
and the other counterclock-wise: one, two, three positions
is clock- each time. Puzzle 104ape flips
100 The Mummy's Curseizzle 115 #5. Puzzle 114
5. In theigure is
101 Swiss Clock#2. Puzzle I
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102 Gone with thA #4. B #5. C #1. Dfirst position to ththe figure flips sidcits own mirror im2second to third, itways again and turnswise. From thirdpositions, the figureside down and tIcounterclockwise 90
103 Breakdance#2. All but #2 are dr2continuous line.
104 Icy#4. Only #4 lacks ashape in the middle
105 Square Shool#4. See "Rectang"Anonymous."
106 Round Danct#2. One black trivances four steps eand the other advsteps each time.
e Wind#3. From
e second,ways intoage. Fromflips side-450 clock-
ment of the circle would beleft over; it has been black-ened twice. Puzzle 93
109 Clockwork Orange#2. Puzzle 3
to fourth 110 The Three Stoogese flips up- A #5. B #3. C #1. D #2. Thehen turns structure that appears in each)0. box is actually made up ofPuzzle 116 three hexagons that partially
overlap: one at the lower left,awn in one one at the lower right, and one
Puzzle 86 at the top. The black trianglesin each one of the hexagonsmove differently, but they all
diamond move clockwise: one step at atime in the lower left one; two
Puzzle 76 steps in the lower right one;Ler and three steps at a time in the7les" and top hexagon. Puzzle 123
Puzzle 20111 Wizard of OzA #1. B #1. Each box in the left
angle ad- column is the sum of the boxeach time, in the right column and theances two one in the middle columnPuzzle 106 turned 900. Puzzle 95
107 Dowsing#4. Only in #4dots arrangedline.
are the threein a straight
Puzzle 75
108 A Brain Short Circuit#2. The black parts of eachbranch-when you put themtogether-form a perfectblack circle. But in #2 one seg-
112 Holmes and Watson#4. The upper black rectanglemoves two positions to theright. The lower one stays inits original position. Puzzle 39
113 I'd Rather Be SailingA #1. B #2. The constantmoves continuously-in theupper line diagonally; in the
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middle line, to the right; in thelower line, down. Puzzle 49
114 Pawn Shop#5. Only #5 has three circlesthat intersect. Puzzle 61
115 Castles in the Air#2. Only #2 is not a hexagon.
Puzzle 71116 Fourth Dimension#3. The short hand moves 450at a time. The long handmoves 450, 900, 1800.
Puzzle 7117 Mary PoppinsA #3. B #4. C #3. D #1. In thetop row, the black boxes ad-vance clockwise one squarefrom one position to the next.In the second row, two squaresat a time; three at a time in thethird row; and four squares ata time in the fourth row.
Puzzle 119118 The Ultimate Teaser#3. The inner and outer partremain the same. Only the
middle part changes to its neg-ative image. Puzzle 44
119 Abstraction#2. Lower triangle constantlymoves up. Left triangle con-stantly moves to the right. Up-per triangle constantly movesup and finally disappears, asdoes the right triangle.
Puzzle 24120 Chopsticks#2. All but #2 have two equallines. Puzzle 88
121 Breaking Up#1. Only #1 is missing a tri-angle. Puzzle 63
122 Social Climbers#1. Only #1 has no black dotin the small triangle.
Puzzle 82123 Greenwich Time#1. The short hand moves 450,900, 135°. The long handmoves 450 in each picture.
Puzzle 5
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Early in her career, graphic artist Irit Adler taughtcourses in graphic arts in her native Tel Aviv. She laterbecame chief art director for one of Israel's largest ad-vertising agencies. Irit designs graphic games and tests.
Also a native of Tel Aviv, Shem Levy studied politicalscience and psychology, and later did graduate work atthe University of Chicago in the U.S. During that pe-riod and since, he has been researching psychometric(intelligence) tests, which he feels are culture-biasedand should not be used (as they are in many countries,including Israel) to determine who gets accepted toeducational programs at any level. He founded "HighQ." one of the leading companies in Israel. A school inwhich people are prepared to take university entranceexams and also such standardized tests as the GMAT,TOEFL, GRE and SAT, High Q now has 20 branches inIsrael, and teaches in several high schools and colleges.It also has a branch in Sweden. High Q has also devel-oped a number of books, seven of which are sold inbookstores.
High Q has developed a "daughter" company calledTISOM (Tel Aviv International School of Manage-ment), which offers an MBA program. Irit and Shemare the first educators to get permission to establish aprivate university in Israel. The faculty is made up ofleading professors from all over the world. All the teach-ing is done in English.
Irit and Shem are married and have two children, aboy and a girl.
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IndexAAbbott & Costello Meet
Frankenstein, 81Abstraction, 21Acrobatics, 53Alice in Wonderland, 28Anonymous, 18Antenna, 39Atomic Ache, 56
BBalance of Power, 31Bates Motel, 62-63Beady Eyes, 49Bemused with Bulfinch, 71Bermuda Triangle, 17Big Ben, 8A Brain Short Circuit, 59Brain Squeezer, 36Breakdance, 53Breaking Up, 49Budapest, 60Butch Cassidy & the Sundance
Kid, 30
CCanterbury Tail, 74Castles in the Air, 50Catherine Wheel, 57Checkers, 45Chopsticks, 54Chorus Line, 27Chunky, 49Circle in the Square, 19City Lights, 38Clockwork Orange, 7The Craziest Clock, 10Crusade, 24Cubbyholes, 20
DThe Deadly Duo, 52Devil's Delight, 53Dice-y, 52A Different Angle, 33Do It Yourself, 35Doodles, 51Dowsing, 51Dragons, 69Duck Soup, 66Dungeons, 68
E"Eeeek!," 51Eternal Triangles, 20
FFamily Ties, 29Fibunetzy, 24First Slice, 49"Foursies," 25Fourth Dimension, 9The French Connection, 64-65
GGoing to the Bolshoi, 47Gone with the Wind, 77Greenwich Time, 8Group Dynamics, 11
HHalf-Moon Street, 48Health-oholic, 12Hex, 67Holmes & Watson, 30
IIcy, 51I'd Rather Be Sailing, 37Ingmar Bergman, 34Italian Clock, 6
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JJuggler, 52
KKaleidoscope, 46Kites, 73
LLawrence of Arabia, 79
MThe Mad Hatter, 15Manipulation, 74Mary, Mary. .., 55Mary Poppins, 80Mephistopheles, 32Morocco, 67The Mummy's Curse, 75
NNight & Day, 26Night at the Opera, 51No Small Affair, 41The Nutcracker, 21
0Origami, 72
PPaper Planes, 52Parachute, 68Pawn Shop, 48Piece of Cake, 48Play It Again, Sam, 82Poker Face, 16Psychometrics, 44Puff the Magic Dragon, 73
QQuick as a Bunny, 9
RRectangles, 18Risk, 31Rock 'n' Roll, 28
Roundabout, 23Round Dance, 70
SSinbad the Sailor, 78Snowflake, 58Social Climbers, 53Sorry!, 50Space Age Dominoes, 22Space Shuttle, 32Square Shooter, 19A Star Is Born, 43Swiss Clock, 6Synapse Killer, 61Szechuan and Hunan, 72
TTao, 54Tarzan, King of theJungle, 83Theory of Evolution, 14The Three Stooges, 84Tiddledywinks, 50Time Bomb, 7Tinker Toy, 50"A Tisket A Tasket", 52Toughie, 22Towers, 69Transparency, 53Triple A Minus 2, 50Tumbleweed, 29Turning Point, 23
UThe Ultimate Teaser, 33Ups & Downs, 13
WWired, 49Witches, 75Wizard of Oz, 61Working Out, 42
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