Lloyd King is a

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designer living in the UK. King specialises in creating novel and unusual puzzles with "Aha!" answers. Most of his puzzles require lateral and "

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" thinking. Many lateral thinking puzzles are open ended, with numerous possible correct answers, but King strives to create puzzles with a single answer, which should become obvious with the illuminating "Aha!" moment on discovering the solution to a puzzle. He has written a number of books, and his puzzles are often quoted and used as illustrative examples in works by other authors, including "Riddles of the Sphinx" by David J Bodycombe. King's puzzles have also appeared in the "Get Smart in a Week" creativity test on

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in 2006, in ''OMNI'', ''

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'' and various other publications, games and advertising.

Bibliography

*''Puzzles for the High IQ'' (1996) *''Ejercisios De Inteligencia Asociativa'' *''Mind-Bending Lateral and Logic Puzzles'' (2001) *''Mind-Bending Superquick Puzzles'' (2001) *''Time Critical Thinking Puzzles'' (2001) *''Kids IQ Puzzles'' (2001) *''Test Your Creative Thinking'' (2003) *''Amazing "Aha!" Puzzles'' (2004)

External links

Aha! Puzzles

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