Brainteasers 01
How many letters are in the alphabet?
There are 11 letters in "the alphabet."
What has four fingers and a thumb, but isn’t alive?
A glove
If five peacocks lay ten eggs in 2 days, how many peacocks will lay 100 eggs in 24 days?
Peacocks don’t lay eggs. Peahens do.
You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
the match
I come down, but I never go up. What am I?
rain
What does this mean?
I RIGHT I
right between the eyes
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He was bald (no hair)
the number: 8
(On its side, the number 8 looks like an infinity symbol. Cut in half, the number 8 becomes two zeros. )
What is harder to catch the faster you run?
Your breath
What gets bigger the more you take away?
A hole
You cross a bridge and see a boat full of people, but there is no single person on board. How is it possible?
All the people on the boat are married.
I have keys, but no locks. I have space, but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
A keyboard
How can 8 + 8 = 4?
8 AM + 8 hours= 4 o’clock.
When you think in terms of time.
Why can't you take a picture of a man with a wooden leg?
Because a wooden leg can't take pictures, only a camera can.
A man dies of old age on his 25th birthday. How?
He was born on Feb. 29.
(leap year, every 4 years, February has an extra day)
I am going out when you are sad or when you are happy. Other times you want to hide me but its hard so please don’t try it. What am I?
tears
I can't be bought, but I can be stolen with a glance. I'm worthless to one, but priceless to two. What am I?
love
Using only addition, how can you add eight 8’s to get the number 1,000?
888 +88 +8 +8 +8 =1,000
For me:
Childbirth is before pregnancy.
Childhood is before birth.
Adolescence is before childhood.
Death is before life … Who am I?
A dictionary
Guess the following three letters in the series.
GTNTL …….
I, T, S – the first letter of each word in the sentence.
Which English word retains an equivalent pronunciation, even if you are taking away four of its five letters?
Queue
I can travel at nearly 100 miles per hour, but never leave the room. You can cover me up, but that doesn’t slow me down. You will not know if I come only once or again and again and again. What am I?
A sneeze
What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat?
Chicago
I no longer have eyes, but once I could see. I have a mouth, but I can’t talk, now I’m white and empty. What am I?
A skull
How do you spell COW in thirteen letters?
SEE O DOUBLE YOU