Story Puzzles

Narrative puzzles to provoke aha! insights and improve storytelling skills using popular sketches, movies, memes, jokes, characters, and more

  • How To Solve A Story Puzzle

    How To Solve A Story Puzzle

    Solving a story puzzle is a lot like solving a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle with 5679 pieces in the box… and you’ve lost the top of the box. The point of… read more

  • Steven Wright vs. Steven Wright

    Steven Wright vs. Steven Wright

    Steven Wright is one of the great stand-up comics of all time. I’ve selected ten of his iconic jokes which express his unique sense of humor… and which showcase a… read more

  • Who’s On First

    Who’s On First

    Who’s On First is perhaps the most famous comedy sketch of all time. After all these years, it still holds up. However, most people do not understand why the sketch… read more

  • The Rock By The Lake

    The Rock By The Lake

    This exercise is deceptively simple. The key to solving this puzzle is to really empathize with the hero and feel the hero’s feelings. What is the story? read more

  • The Big Kick

    The Big Kick

    The image was designed as part of a physics course where the idea is to find the net force. Quite obviously, this is 50N. Not as obvious… Who is the… read more