Brain Teasers 1
What has keys but can’t open locks?
A piano.
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle.
What has many teeth but can’t bite?
A comb.
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
A staircase.
What building has the most stories?
The library.
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for much longer than a minute. What am I?
Your breath.
What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
A glove.
What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
A Joke.
If an electric train is heading north, which way is the smoke going?
There is no smoke. It's an electric train.
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
I am not alive, but I can die. What am I?
A battery.
A man is taking a walk when it starts to rain. He's not wearing a hat, and he doesn't have an umbrella, or anything else to cover his head. How does he manage to not get a single hair wet?
He's bald.
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold.
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps.
What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
A clock.
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age.
A plane crashes on the border of the U.S. and Mexico. Where are the survivors buried?
You don't bury survivors!
What is so simple it can only point, yet guides people all over the world.
A compass.
What has cities, but no houses; mountains, but no trees; and water, but no fish?
A map.
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future.
What has a neck but no head, two arms but no hands?
A shirt.
I won't cry if you cut me, but you will! What am I?
An onion.
What word contains 26 letters, but only has three syllables?
Alphabet.