Brain Sharpener

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Brain Sharpener

• Developing Creative Thinking and Problem Solving
  Skills

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Try These Metal Plates in Your Head

• BG8S
• ABOK4U
• DNTDOM
• GDAYM8
• 10SE
• FXION8

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SOLUTIONS

• Bill gates
• A bouquet for you
• Dont tread on me
• Good day mate
• Tennessee
• Affectionate

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Just say the wordWhat do these words have in
common?

• RACECAR
• ROTOR
• EYE
• MADAM
• RADAR

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Knock to the noggin

• A man wanted to enter and exclusive club but did
  not know the required passsword. He waited by the
  door and listened. A club member knocked on the
  door and the doorman said, TWELVE. The member
  replied ,SIX. And was in. A second member came
  to the door and the doorman said, SIX. The
  member replied, THREE and was let in. The man
  thought he heard enough and walked up to the
  door. The doorman said. TEN and the man
  replied, FIVE. He was NOT let in..what should
  he have said?

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One Way or the Other

• Think of the many black and white things in the
  world.
• Name 8 or more of them
• Remember ONLY BLACK and WHITE

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Solutions

• Zebra
• Oreo cookie
• Piano keys
• Speed limit sign
• Penguin
• Skunk
• Newspaper
• Police car
• Tv shows
• Movies
• Prison stripes

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Driving You CrazyVanity license plates spotted
on the roadWhat do they say?

• ISD8EM
• -CSHFLW
• W84ME
• TTOZTR1
• LITIG8
• IXLR8

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Solutions

• I sedate them
• Negative cash flow
• Wait for me
• Testosterone
• Litigate
• I accelerate

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The Writing Is On The Wall

• A shop owner in the heart of Boston was having
  trouble with hoodlums covering the side of his
  building with graffiti. He called the
  authorities for extra patrol, to no avail. He
  pained over the marks right away but within a few
  days the graffiti was back. The shop owner knew
  he needed a creative solution to solve his
  graffiti problem. What ideas do you have to help
  him out.
• List 3 suggestions

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Solutions

• He commissioned a mural to be painted on the side
  of the building commemorating the Boston Red Sox
  2004 World Series Win, Including a larger then
  life Boston Red Sox Logo.
• Not only did it stop the graffiti problem his
  business increased.

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The average child thinks of 60 alternatives to
any situation..the average adult thinks of 3-6

• Picture a standard household sponge
• List 20 uses for it
• 4 minutes

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How many words are in your BRAIN

• How words can you construct from the letters in
  BRAIN.
• All words MUST have 3 characters or more

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16 Solutions and counting

• Air Ani Barin Ban
• Bran Barn Bin Bra
• Ran Rani Rib Nib
• Rain Bar Brin Nab

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