Minute Mysteries

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Have you played this activity? What worked, what didn't work? What type of group? Do you have useful advice for other users? Do you know a fun variation?

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   Amy Porter May 11, 2024

   I just participated in something very similar to Minute Mysteries in an ECHO session (virtual event). The moderator sent out a mock patient case (related to substance use disorder) ahead of the session and asked everyone to review in advance. When it was time for the event, we read the case together as a group, and then the moderator opened it up for questions to fill in “gaps” in the scenario before we moved into discussing what types of services/solutions would be appropriate to offer. The expert presenters participated as well and it made for an excellent group learning and discussion dynamic. I have never seen this activity in written form and so glad I found it. Saving for future use.

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     Mark Collard May 11, 2024

     That’s such a cool connection between your experience & this team puzzle. Indeed, this type of connection (to other situations) can be built with so many of our activities. Have fun.
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   David Piang-Nee June 28, 2021

   Great series of brain teasers here.. Useful for Trivia nights or Olympics or just for quiet time.

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   Chris Brainard September 29, 2020

   Oh, I have several lateral thinking puzzles that I *adore*!

   The music stopped, and he died. What happened?
   “He” was a fly, and he got smooshed in a game of musical chairs.

   Two men are in a bar. One is holding a smoking gun, and the other is dead. There are also 53 bicycles in the bar.
   The men were playing cards, using “Bicycle” brand – 53 cards means that one of them was cheating.

   Additionally….
   I have a friend who got out-thought by his daughter when she was a freshman in high school. He presented the “father dies-son survives-surgeon can’t operate” lateral thinking puzzle to her. “Oh,” she said, without even missing a beat. “The surgeon and the father are gay.”

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     Mark Collard September 29, 2020

     Chris, thanks for sharing these. I am familiar with them and love them, too.