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15. Tell some “loser” stories. (concluded)
At age 22, he failed in business.
At age 23, he ran for the state legislature and was defeated.
At age 24, he failed in another business.
At age 25, he was elected to the legislature.
At age 26, the woman he loved died.
At age 27, he had a nervous breakdown.
At age 29, he was defeated in his bid to be the legislative speaker.
At age 31, he was defeated in his efforts to become an elector.
At age 34, he was defeated in his run for Congress.
At age 37, he was elected to Congress.
At age 39, he was defeated in his bid to run again as a congressman.
At age 46, he was defeated in his campaign to serve as a senator.
At age 47, he was defeated in a run for the vice presidency of the United States.
At age 49, he was defeated once again in his efforts to become a senator.
At age 51, he was elected president of the United States of America.
Answer: His name was Abraham Lincoln.
16.
D
istribute bricks for an educational edifice.
Give everyone an outlined drawing of the building where the training/teaching is being
conducted. Every time the table group gets a correct answer, give them a row of paper bricks.
The first team to have enough rows to fill the building wins a prize. (If the class orders pizza for
lunch, perhaps the winning team could decide what toppings will go on the pizza.)
Brainteaser:
Analogize this:
A. PLUCKY : UNFORTUNATE : : SCARE :
1. kindness 2. soothe 3. respectful 4. fine
B. PLEASE : OWN : : DANGER :
1. weather 2. dancer 3. security 4. heel
C. FAIRY : HEAVY : : GAMBLE :
1. fling 2. blind 3. rush 4. strategy
D. FLOWER : RAISE : : STOP :
1. start 2. harbor 3. straw 4. bottom
Answers: A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 1 (Remove the first letter from the first word and the second word is the opposite of what
remains. “Plucky” becomes “lucky” and “unfortunate” is the opposite of “lucky.”)
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