Puzzles & Illusions

Stimulate Your Legal Mind

Read This Brainteaser ... bet you CAN!

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(The last paragraph explains why it can be read.)

Why are these pictures moving?

The pictures are not animated. Your eyes are making them move. To test this, stare at one spot in each picture for a few seconds and everything will stop moving. Or look at the center of a flower in the first picture, and it will stop moving; but when you move your eyes to the next flower, the previous one will move after you take your eyes away from it.

A Lawyer Riddle

A lawyer at Allen Matkins has a brother who is a paralegal at Morrison & Forester. However, the paralegal at Morrison & Forester doesn’t have a brother who is a lawyer at Allen Matkins. Why not?

A Password Riddle

A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was required. 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 let 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 had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said ,"ten" and the man replied, "five." But he was not let in.

What should have he said?

Group Illusion

See the attorneys at play. How many attorneys do you see?

Wait a moment. After they shift, count them again!
shifting people

Where did the other dollar go?

Three men check into a hotel, the manager charges them $30 for one room with three beds which they share. The men go to their room and settle in, after a few moments the manager realizes his mistake, he over charged the three men, the room rate was only $25. He sends for the bellhop to return the $5 to the three men.

On his way to the room the bellhop realizes that he can't split $5 between 3 men so he decides to give each man $1 and pocket the remaining $2 as a tip. The bellman returns the $1 to each man. In the three men's minds they each paid $9 for the room, or a total of $27, include the $2 tip the bellhop kept and that equals $29, what happened to the other dollar?

Legal Logic Puzzle

A Problem Solving Quiz for the Legal Alert

Last week, five members of the Bordwell & Associates' Temp Team were assigned to five different law firms located on different floors in the same high-rise building. The temps, all in different positions, started their assignments on different days. From the information below, determine the name of the temporary, the position, the day the assignment started, the name of the law firm, and on which floor the law firm is located.

Chris wasn’t the file clerk but enjoyed the assignment at Rutan. Bordwell’s temp paralegal worked on a litigation case at Gibson.

The temp assigned to Pillsbury started on Friday. Pat was busy but was not the receptionist. Chris typed 30 wpm.

The five Bordwell temps were, in no particular order: the temp who worked on the 1st floor, the temp who started work on Thursday, the temp who worked at Stradling, Chris, and the temp who was a paralegal.

Taylor started working the day before the legal secretary, but two days after the temp who worked on the 5^th floor. The legal secretary worked two floors above Lauren’s floor.

The temp who started work on Tuesday was on the 2^nd floor. Kelly didn’t start work on Monday. Taylor worked on a floor higher than the receptionist but lower than the temp who worked at Stradling.

The temp who started on Wednesday didn’t work on the 3^rd floor. The word processor typed over 100 wpm and was assigned to Stradling. Kelly enjoyed a spectacular view while on assignment at O’Melveny.

Temporary

Position

Day Started

Law Firm

Floor