Brain Teasers 1
What has keys but can’t open locks?
A piano.
I jump when I walk and sit when I stand. What am I?
A kangaroo
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
Without me Thanksgiving and Christmas are incomplete, when I’m on the table everyone tends to overeat. What am I?
A turkey
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
If you drop me, I’m sure to crack, but smile at me and I’ll smile back. What am I?
A mirror
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.
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
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.