So You Think You're Smart: 150 Fun and Challenging Brain Teasers | 
 enlarge | Author: Pat Battaglia
Publisher: Intl Puzzle Features
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 15049
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.3
ISBN: 0970825315
Dewey Decimal Number: 793
EAN: 9780970825315
ASIN: 0970825315
Publication Date: February 11, 2002
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Product Description
So You Think You're Smart is a delightful book of word games that the entire family can enjoy. All games are concise, uncomplicated and, most of all, a lot of fun. They are about ordinary words and things that everybody knows about so only common knowledge and a bit of resourcefulness are needed to solve them. The games are only one of the fun features. All answers are encrypted! Each is given on the same page as the game, but is printed upside-down and backward - as in a mirror image. To ensure that they cannot be accidentally read, the answers are further obscured by using italics and a reduced size type. A mirror is needed to reveal the answers - and a special unbreakable plastic one is provided with each book.
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 Too many "Word Puzzles" January 11, 2008
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
I was expecting a book of puzzles that were more mathematically based. When I think of word puzzles, I think of a mathematical problem in which the question uses words.
Here is an example of a puzzle in this book: "Corresponding to each word or phrase given below is another word, similar in meaning, which is also the name of an animal. EXAMPLE: lifting device ANSWER: crane"
To me, this is more like a crossword puzzle book, you just don't have to fit your answers into a crossword puzzle template.
If you like this type of puzzle, then there are a lot of word "teasers" in here for you. If you are looking for a brain teaser book to challenge the mathematical side of your brain, there are probably better books out there.
 Pat Has Done It Again ! November 7, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Yes, Pat Battaglia, has produced yet another fascinating, challenging, stimulating, and sometimes downright maddening mind bender of a book. We found it to be of immense fun to work our way through it as a small group. It often makes you ask yourself, "how dumb can you really be?" but even so, it is loads of fun and entertainment. It is just about right for those searching for a challenging word exercise that is moderately difficult and with sometimes infuriatingly obvious answers for those who find themselves a bit stumped along the way. Highly recommended for good, clean fun!
So You Think You're Smart August 31, 2006
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Fantastic book and THE most prompt service I have ever received from a publisher.
Very much appreciated!!! You won't be disappointed with ordering this selection.
Ideal for parties or simple personal enjoyment August 4, 2002
22 out of 25 found this review helpful
So You Think You're Smart: 150 Fun And Challenging Brain Teasers compiled by Pat Battaglia is an eclectic collection of queries and riddles to boggle the mind, from sports trivia to word games to graphical puzzles. Each conundrum has hints and solutions, written in reverse to avoid casual reading yet easily looked up with the aid of a small paper-thin mirror that doubles as a handy bookmark. Ideal for parties or simple personal enjoyment, So You Think You're Smart is enthusiastically recommended as a fun and engaging selection of riddles to challenge readers of all educational backgrounds.
Fun and Creative Puzzles June 13, 2002
7 out of 14 found this review helpful
Your puzzles are great! We're having so much fun with them. You are so creative
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