Nowadays puzzles for logic and attentiveness have become very popular. If earlier it was necessary to compare the facts indicated in the riddle and select appropriate answers for them that meet the criteria specified in it, then in those of which we are talking about, the answer is hidden in the wording itself or somewhere on the surface and in another part of the logical reflection. Sometimes you have to look for meaning on the surface, not in depth. Let us analyze such riddles by the example of the following: “Which hand is better to stir the tea?”.
Line of thought
Anyone immediately rushes to think as follows. Yeah, which hand is better to stir the tea? Well, if I’m left-handed, then it’s easier for me to stir, of course, with the left. Although, the question, apparently, is not connected with this. Then with what? In the glove? Which has five fingers? But everyone has five fingers on his hand ... And, probably, there is some kind of hassle! .. But what kind? Probably with a clean hand. But where does hygiene come in? The question is, which hand is better to stir the tea, and not which hand is healthier or safer for the body ... Probably, still the one that is closer to the glass of tea at the moment. Or with the hand in which at this moment there is no cup of tea. After all, with that hand in which there is a cup, you cannot stir tea. It means that the answer to the riddle “which hand is better to stir the tea” will be “free”! .. No? Here it is. Well then, I give up. I don’t know what else you can think of.
Correct answer
And the answer was not in the area of picking up hands, but in the area of what you can climb into tea to stir. Hand tea does not interfere. Mix tea with a spoon. Of course, one can argue with this, because the spoon is still clamped in the hand; a person operates with a hand when the tea is stirred. But still, a spoon is clamped in the hand, and the hand does not climb into the drink itself. Here are such things. Will have to come to terms. No hand is easier. Lighter with a spoon. You, as they say, lost.
Why are these puzzles good?
Riddles with a catch like: “Which hand stir tea?” they are good because they help remarkably to develop logic and think more broadly and on a large scale. It is especially good to load small children with such riddles. Their thinking has not yet stiffened in its single focus, as in adults. Although changing and learning to think more deeply and at the same time to seek an answer on the surface is not too late for anyone, no matter how old the person is.
Similar puzzles
Therefore, for those who have a desire to exercise a little and “stretch their brains”, we suggest solving the following set of puzzles. The guesses on them will be published below, in the order of numbering:
- Seven black grouse are sitting on a tree. The hunter shot one. How much is left?
- How should I jump from a standing 10-meter ladder so that I don’t break bones when I land?
- Vanya goes past the house. It has 3 windows, each with 3 cats, each with 3 kittens, kittens in the mouth with a mouse. How many legs?
- How many peas are in a 250 ml glass?
- How to catch a tiger cub in a cage?
- Is it possible to beat mother-in-law with cotton wool to death?
- Hanging on the wall and crying.
- Why can a titmouse eat a handful of grain, but a horse cannot?
Answers: 1. None, since the rest scattered after the shot. 2. You need to jump from the bottom step. 3. Two. Only Vanya has legs. The rest have paws. 4. Peas cannot walk. 5. No way. All tigers are striped. 6. Of course. Only in it you need to wrap a dumbbell. Or an iron. 7. Climber. 8. Birds do not eat horse meat.
Conclusion
The riddle “what kind of hand to stir tea” and the others from this opera are perfect not only for training your child’s wider style of thinking, but also in order to cheer up your friends. After all, it’s so interesting sometimes to “make smart” and watch how adult uncles and aunts puzzle over the simplest truths hidden on the surface. And it does not matter that before all these puzzles along with the answers were not memorized, you yourself could not answer a single one. The main thing is that you are now on horseback. Is not it?