1. BENDING PUZZLES

2. PUZZLE 1
A Drink Too Far!
One man walked into a bar and ordered a
drink with ice. He drank it quickly and left the
bar.
Another man walked into the bar and sat down in the
exact same seat as the man before. He ordered the
exact same drink in the exact same glass as the
previous man. The glass was refilled without being
washed.
Then he DIED!!!
But the First man lived!
WHY DID THE SECOND MAN
DIE?

3. SOLUTION 1
A Drink Too Far!
There was POISON in the ICE!
The First man drank the drink before the ice melted.
Then the Second man drank the drink AFTER the ice
melted.

4. PUZZLE 2
What Am I?
I HAVE:
Mountains without Deserts without
Snow Sand
Oceans without Water Cities without
People

5. SOLUTION 2
I AM A MAP!!!

6. PUZZLE 3
What’s My
Name?
Joe’s Mam has 4 children:
• The oldest is a boy called
Jimmy, he likes trucks and is 11
years old
• Sally is next, 7 and ¾ and she
likes pink and chocolate
• 5 years old going on 50 is
Chris, he likes maths and
“watching the News”
• The youngest is 2, his favourite
things to do are
sleep, eat, sleep, play, cry, eat..in
that order! information above:
Using the
Can you figure out the
name of the youngest child?

7. SOLUTION 3
Joe!
The 2 Year old was talking
about his mother (OK he is a
very ADVANCED 2 year old!)

8. PUZZLE 4
BLING BLING!!!
HOW MANY DIAMONDS CAN YOU FIND HERE?

9. SOLUTION 4
THERE ARE 42 DIAMONDS
There are 5 There are 12 There are 25
Diamonds made Diamonds made Diamonds made
with 9 blocks of with 4 blocks of with 1 block of
squares squares squares

10. PUZZLE 5
QUICKEST ROUTE!!
Quick!
Help Jimmy find the
fastest route home...his
dinner is on the table
getting cold…with his
wife beside it getting
even colder!

11. SOLUTION 5
The Answer is: C
The curves may have mislead you!
It appears the biggest curve is in C, so you
would think that C is the longest route.
In fact the curves are semicircles, the
length of what is estimated using the pi
formula (3.14) multiplied by the radius
The longest route is in fact B

12. PUZZLE 6
ODD [one] OUT
Can you pick the odd piece of sports
equipment out from the rest and why?

13. SOLUTION 6
The Basketball is the odd one
out
All the rest of the equipment are pairs:
Cricket bat + ball/tennis racket + ball/ billiards cue + ball
Golf club + ball/table tennis bat + ball

14. PUZZLE 7
WONKY WORDSEARCH!
You have been given 9 Letters:
D, C, G, T, Y, A, I , E, E
Place the nine letters in the 9-
box grid to the right so that you
end up with six 3 letter words
3 words are spelled
horizontally
3 words are spelled vertically
ALL WORDS ARE WELL-
KNOWN

15. SOLUTION 7
Did You Find Them All???
D I G
A C E
Y E T

16. PUZZLE 8
To Shave or
Not To
Shave?
The Barber of Seville
shaves all of the men
living in Seville
No man living in Seville is
allowed by law to shave
himself
So who shaves the
Barber of Seville?

17. SOLUTION 8
NOBODY!!
The Barber of Seville is a
WOMAN!!!

18. PUZZLE 9
How Many?
Hank has to figure out how many boxes of matches will fit into the
cardboard box exactly, with just the information provided below.
There can be no matchboxes over or under!
Matchbox Cardboard Box
Length: 7cm Capacity of 87,500 cm3
Width: 5cm
Height: 2cm

19. SOLUTION 9
1250 Matchboxes fit
perfectly!
The Matchbox
Length: 7cm
Width: 5cm
Height: 2cm
Multiply all dimensions to
get the volume
7cm X 2cm X 5cm =
70cm3
Divide 87,500cm3 /
70cm3
The Cardboard Box
Capacity: 87,500cm3 1250 Matchboxes

20. PUZZLE 10
I O U A VOWEL!!!
FTFRST YDNT SCCD TRYTRY
GNTHNQT
Somebody has stolen all the vowels from the sign!!
Maybe some of the words are joined together!!
Can you figure out this well known phrase without them?

21. SOLUTION 10
Here’s Your Fckn’ Vowels!
IF AT FIRST YOU DONT
SUCCEED
TRY TRY AGAIN THEN QUIT!
THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY PERSON WHO IS CURRENTLY
DOING A MASTERS IN DIT, FOR THOSE PEOPLE A MORE
SUITABLE QUOTE:
“Ever tried. Ever failed.
No matter. Try Again. Fail
again. Fail better.”
- Samuel Beckett