Logic Riddles Game

Why riddles can use in speaking as a game

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Teacher can use this game as worm up and icebreakers
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Riddles encourage students to think critically and work as a team

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Students practice their English together in order to communicate their
ideas and solutions about the activity.
 Activity Time
 First, teacher will show the picture and short detective stories to test
your logic skill.
 Then,you need to guess and you need to choose one answer.
 After that you need to give reason why you choose it.
 Finally, teacher will giver the correct answer about it.
01 Which door is safe?
One morning, little Mary got trapped in a castle in Costa
Rica. There were 4 doors, but only one led
to freedom. The doors opened up to the following:
A. Lava that would immediately melt anyone
B. A killer clown that would beat any person to death
C. A deadly frost that would freeze her at once
D. Cops that would shoot any man or woman
indiscriminately
Which door should she choose?
Door 4.
The cops would shoot any man
or woman, but Mary isn’t an adult.
 What was that place?
Guy de Maupassant hated the Eiffel Tower. So every
day, he had lunch in the one place where it couldn’t
be seen.
What was that place?
 What was that place?

He ate in the restaurant that was located at the base of the

tower.
How could this have happened?

4 friends regularly visited the sauna together. They always brought

something with them. Jack, a musician, took an iPod with him to
listen to music. Steve, a banker, took a thermos to drink out of.
Patrick and Michael were lawyers and took documents to read.

One day, Patrick was found dead. He was killed by a sharp object.
Policemen came immediately and conducted an investigation. They
found nothing.
How could this have happened?
 How could this have happened?
Patrick was killed by Steve who brought an ice
shard in his thermos. The murder weapon had
melted away by the time the cops arrived.
Why did she get so mad?
Pete called his wife and said that he would
be at home at 8. He came at 8:05. They had
no special plans but still, the wife was angry because
of his being late.
Why did she get so mad?
Why did she get so mad?
Pete should have come
at 8 p.m., but he came home
at 8:05 a.m. the next day.
How did he know he had the same cup
of coffee?
Brendon sat in the coffee shop and found a fly in his
drink. He asked the waitress to bring him another
coffee. After he’d received a new cup and taken
a sip he got angry. Brendon realized that it was the
same cup of coffee that he had in the first place.
How did he know he had the same cup
of coffee?

“The second” coffee was sweet already.

Brendon had put sugar in his “first” cup before
finding the fly.