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- Select an enigmatic event from the past
TT In this unit you will analyze different models and practice strategies to produce an inventory of enigmas to play a game.
How can you exercise your brain?
1 Discuss in pairs. Which of the games below have you played? Do you play brain games? If so, which one do you like the most?
the definition of a riddle and the examples below and try 2 Read to solve them in groups. Then listen and check your answers. A riddle is a puzzle to be solved. There are two types of riddles: a conundrum which is a question, statement or poem that is a trick that describes something in a difficult and confusing way and has a clever or funny answer, and an enigma which is a problem that requires careful thinking to solve it. 1. What is so fragile, that when you name it, it breaks? 2. Flat as a leaf, round as a ring, I have two eyes, but can’t see a thing.
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Riddles are a wonderful way to train your brain, practice the language you already know and have fun at the same time. Visit this link and see how many riddles you can solve before you see the answer: https:// icebreakerideas.com/riddlesfor-kids/
3. Four prisoners were given the opportunity to be free if just one of them could work out the answer to a simple logic riddle. The prisoners were lined up as shown in the picture. They were all facing the same direction. The wall separated the fourth man from the rest. Prisoner 1 could see prisoner 2 and 3. Prisoner 2 could see prisoner 3, and prisoners 3 and 4 couldn’t see anyone. They were told that there were four hats, two white and two black, but they didn’t know what color hat they were wearing. The guard told them to shout out the color of their own hat as soon as they knew the answer. They were not allowed to turn around, move, talk to each other, or take their hats off. Which prisoner shouted first and what did he say?
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