Logic
riddles
Key terms
Important for Thinking skills
miscellaneous
100
What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
What is a towel
100
From what heavy seven-letter word can you take away two letters and have eight left?
What is Freight (or weights)
100
A fault in the pattern of reasoning that weakens the support given to the conclusionof an argument.
What is a flaw
100
if the sun comes up after my alarm rings than if my alrm does not ring the sun wont come out.
What is confusing correlation and cause
100
Mr. Huff
Who is the best thinking skills teacher?
200
I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?
What is a hole
200
I'm white and used for cutting and grinding. When I'm damaged, humans usually remove me or fill me. For most animals I am a useful tool. What am I?
What is a tooth
200
Drwas a general conclusion from insufficient evidence.
What is a hasty generalisation
200
___ _____ ________ goes to Dwire. (Fill the blanks)
Who is Mr. Huffs daughter?
300
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
What is a river
300
A man is on a trip with a fox, a goose, and a sack of corn. He comes upon a stream which he has to cross, and finds a tiny boat which he can use for the same. The problem though, is that he can only take himself and either the fox, the goose, or the corn across at a time. It is not possible for him to leave the fox alone with the goose or the goose alone with the corn. How can he get all safely over the stream?
What is Take the goose over first and come back. Then take the fox over and bring the goose back. Now take the corn over and come back alone to get the goose. Take the goose over and the job is done!
300
Presents a limited picture of coices availablein a situation in order to support one particular option.
What is Restricting the options
300
The loudest person in the class.
Who is Sam?
400
I fly in the air, But I am not always there. I cannot be touched, But I can be felt or held. Think very hard, But if you live near the equator, You may have a tough time seeing me. What am I?
What is breathe
400
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
What is The man did exactly as he said he would and wrote 'your exact weight' on the paper.
400
An argument in which one of the resons is the same as the conclusion.
What is a circular argument
400
Craven
What is Credability, ability to percive, vested intrest, expertice, nutrality.
400
2+2=
What is 4
500
Pronounced as one letter,/And written with three,/Two letters there are,/And two only in me./I'm double, I'm single,/I'm black, blue, and gray,/I'm read from both ends,/And the same either way./What am I?
What is an eye
500
I end the race. I am the beginning of the end. The start of eternity and the end of space. There are two of me in Heaven and one in hell. I am in water, fire, sunshine and darkness. I am the beginning of earth and the end of life. What am I?
What is the letter E
500
Resons from one possibility, through a series of events that are not properly or logically linked, to an extreme concequence.
What is a slippery slope
500
An attempt to persuade a reader (or listener) to accept somthing.
What is an argument
500
How many football games are we gonna win this year?
What is none?
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