Logic Puzzles
A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 run away. How many sheep are left?
9 Sheep
What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short.
How many months have 28 days?
12 months.
I have a neck but no head, and I wear a cap. What am I?
a bottle.
Two fathers and two sons go fishing. Each catches one fish, but they bring home only three fish total. How is this possible?
They are a grandfather, a father, and a son.
What can you catch but never throw?
A cold.
What begins with T, ends with T, and has T inside it?
Teapot.
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest. It was still the tallest, even before it was discovered.
I have words but never speak. What am I?
A book.
A woman has four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many children does she have?
5 children. The four daughters share the same brother.
What can you hold in your right hand but never in your left?
Your left elbow.
What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?
Queue.
You pass the person in second place during a race. What place are you in now?
I can fill a room but take up no space. What am I?
light.
A doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one every 30 minutes. How long until all pills are taken?
1 hour.
A man stands on one side of a river and his dog on the other. He calls the dog, which crosses without getting wet or using a bridge or boat. How?
The river is frozen.
What starts with P, ends with E, and has thousands of letters?
Post Office.
You see a boat full of people, but there isn't a single person aboard. How?
Everyone is married.
I can fly without wings and cry without eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?
a cloud.
You have 3 boxes, each containing 2 balls. How many balls must you take to guarantee two balls of the same color if all balls are either red or blue?
What has a bottom at the top?
Your legs.
What word has six letters, but when you remove one letter, twelve remain?
dozen.
A rooster lays an egg on a roof. Which way does it roll?
Roosters don't lay eggs.
I get sharper the more you use me. What am I?
your brain.