Snakebite
On an exotic island you were bitten by a venomous snake.Fortunately, in the nearest settlement there was a doctor. He examined the wound and...
Brilliant Simplicity – Example of Creative Problem Solving
One Major Research Institute has been tasked to measure the temperature of weevil, a pest beetle.
Long-term investigations and the use of expensive equipment were...
Water Crossing By Rope
The deep round lake is 200 meters in diameter. In the middle of the lake there is an island where a tree grows. There...
King Akbar’s Line
One day the Great Akbar drew a line on the floor and asked his sage Birbal to shorten it without touching and wiping out...
Funny idea to escape prisons
Two convicts are locked in a cell. There is an unbarred window high up in the cell. No matter if they stand on the bed,...
Emperor’s bold decision
At the beginning of our era, the Japanese had a custom: when the military commander passed away, all his servants were buried alive along...
How to get a million dollars
You are on a game show.
You are standing before two doors.
Behind one is 1 million dollars, and behind the other is a donkey.There are...
Vigilant woman – a detective story
A woman is sitting in her hotel room when there is a knock at the door. She opened the door to see a man...
Mystery of the bisected apple
A serial killer invited a prospective victim to her place.
She offered her an apple. When she refused, she insisted that they share the apple.
So,...
The Importance of a Good Problem Statement
A metal rod stirred the liquid molten metal. However, at the same time it was collapsing and polluting the metal.The solution to the problem...
Sarah Bernardth creative solution
The great French actress Sarah Bernhardt, at the height of her fame, found a rival in the person of one young actress, who was...
Time measurement task
A man has two ropes of varying thickness (Those two ropes are not identical, they aren’t the same density nor the same length nor...