Brain Teasers
I get wetter as I dry. What am I?
What is a towel?
This brand’s slogan “Have It Your Way” emphasized customization and directly contrasted a competitor known for standardization.
What is Burger King?
This Middle Eastern dish made from ground chickpeas or fava beans is typically deep-fried and served in pita bread.
What is falafel?
In Breaking Bad, this character uses the alias “Heisenberg.”
Who is Walter White?
This U.S. state is the only one that grows coffee commercially.
What is Hawaii?
I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
What is a keyboard?
This automotive brand’s slogan “The Power of Dreams” reflects its founder’s philosophy of innovation and engineering optimism.
This Italian rice dish is slowly cooked with broth and often finished with Parmesan cheese.
What is risotto?
This HBO series follows the Roy family as they battle for control of a global media conglomerate called Waystar Royco.
What is Succession?
This country has the world’s longest coastline.
What is Canada?
What English word contains three consecutive double letters?
What is bookkeeper (or bookkeeping)?
This delivery company’s logo contains a hidden arrow formed in the negative space between two letters, symbolizing speed and precision.
What is FedEx?
This Middle Eastern dessert made of shredded phyllo dough and sweet cheese is soaked in sugar syrup and often tinted orange.
What is knafeh (kanafeh)?
This 1999 film starring Keanu Reeves revealed that humanity was unknowingly living inside a simulated reality controlled by machines.
What is The Matrix?
This Asian country is home to the world’s largest archipelago, consisting of more than 17,000 islands.
What is Indonesia?
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind.
What is an echo?
This multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company uses the slogan “Breakthroughs that change patients’ lives.”
What is Pfizer?
This Japanese noodle soup, distinct from udon, is served chilled with dipping sauce and made from buckwheat flour.
What is soba?
This 1995 crime thriller directed by David Fincher ends with the line, “Ernest Hemingway once wrote, ‘The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.’ I agree with the second part.”
What is Se7en?
This country is home to both the Amazon Rainforest and the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland.
What is Brazil?
I have one eye but cannot see. What am I?
What is a needle?
This logo features a circular emblem with a crowned siren-like figure holding two tails, originally brown in color when introduced in 1971 and inspired by a 16th-century Norse woodcut.
What is Starbucks?
This French “mother sauce,” made from clarified butter and egg yolks, must be carefully emulsified to avoid breaking.
What is hollandaise?
This 2019 South Korean film became the first non-English-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
What is Parasite?
This country is the only one in the world whose flag is not quadrilateral in shape.
What is Nepal?