Classic Brain Teasers
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?
What is an echo?
I go in hard, come out soft, and am never the same. What am I?
What is gum?
I have one eye but cannot see. What am I?
What is a needle?
I’m light as a feather, but even the strongest person can’t hold me for long. What am I?
What is your breath?
I have a heart that doesn’t beat. What am I?
What is an artichoke?
I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish. What am I?
What is a map?
I have a spine but no bones. What am I?
What is a book?
I have a neck but no head, two arms but no hands. What am I?
What is a shirt?
I am an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What number am I?
What is seven?
I am not alive, but I grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air; water kills me. What am I?
What is fire?
I can travel around the world while staying in a corner. What am I?
What is a stamp?
I’m often thrown but never caught. What am I?
What is a temper?
I’m full of holes but can hold water. What am I?
What is a sponge?
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
What are footsteps?
The more of me there is, the less you see. What am I?
What is darkness?
I have hands but cannot clap. What am I?
What is a clock?
I go in dry and come out wet. What am I?
What is a tea bag?
I’m always in front of you but can’t be seen. What am I?
What is the future?
I’m often counted but never touched, and you can’t see me. What am I?
What is time?
I’m taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?
What is pencil lead?
I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
What is joke?
I can be cracked, twisted, or broken, yet I am shared in friendship. What am I?
What is a smile?
I’m made up of people you love, sometimes loud, sometimes kind, and I stick together through thick and thin. What am I?
What is family?
I go up but never come down. What am I?
What is age?
What has many teeth but can’t bite?
What is a comb?