Brain Teasers
Puzzles
Riddles
Hink Pink
Numbers
100
If a plane crashed on the border of Country A and Country B, where would you bury the survivors?
You don't bury survivors
100
These words have had their vowels removed. Can you replace the vowels to make some vegetables:
cbbg
clflwr
ccmbr
crgtt
crrt
cbbg = cabbage
clflwr = cauliflower
ccmbr = cucumber
crgtt = courgette
crrt = carrot
100
What has a head and a tail, but no body
a coin
100
A Christmas carol that never seems to end
long song
100
Can you circle exactly three numbers to make a total of 19?
12 + 6 + 1 = 19
200
I can be created by humans, But they cannot control me. I suck on wood, paper and flesh alike. I can be more of a hindrance than help at times. To my creators, I seem to be everywhere at once. What am I?
A baby
200
In British Columbia, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg - why?
You cannot take a picture with a wooden leg; you need a camera.
200
I'm tall when i'm young, and short when i'm old. What am I?
A candle
200
closet to keep a sweeping tool
broom room
200
As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits.
Kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?
One.
Only I was going to St. Ives.
300
A man makes a claim that he can predict the exact score of every football game, before it begins. And he's always right. How's that possible?
He predicts that at the start of the football game, the score will be 0-0.
300
Which of the seven black shapes is identical to the red one?
There may be more than one which is exactly the same.
B, D and G.
300
Your parents have six sons including you and each son has one sister. How many people are in the family?
Nine. Two parents, six sons, and one daughter. All of them have one sister (not six sisters).
300
stinging insect that doesn't cost money
free bee
300
Last weekend I was given my pocket money, which is meant to last me all week.
On Monday, I spent a quarter of my money on clothes.
On Tuesday, I spent one third of my remaining money on a CD.
On Wednesday I spent half of my remaining money on sweets.
Finally on Thursday I spent my last $1.25 on a comic.
How much pocket money did I receive?
$5.00.
Working backwards:
On Thursday I had $1.25.
On Wednesday I had $1.25 x (1 ÷ one half) = $2.50.
On Tuesday I had $2.50 x (1 ÷ two thirds) = $3.75.
On Monday I had $3.75 x (1 ÷ three quarters) = $5.00.
400
Imagine that you are in a boat, in the middle of the sea. Suddenly you are surrounded by hungry sharks, just waiting to feed on you. How can you put an end to this?
Stop Imagining
400
A farmer has just visited a local market and has bought a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage. However, the shortest way home involves a river crossing, and the farmer has a very small boat, which can only carry the farmer and one of the purchases.
- Only the farmer can row the boat.
- If the farmer leaves the wolf alone with the goat you can imagine what might happen.
- Similarly, the goat would love to be left alone with the cabbage!
Can you help the farmer get everything to the other side of the river?
Goat
EmptyWolfGoatCabbageEmptyGoat
400
I come in different shapes and sizes. Parts of me are curved, other parts are straight. You can put me anywhere you like, but there is only one right place for me. What am I?
A jigsaw puzzle piece
400
rabbit that tells jokes
funny bunny
400
What number is...
...three quarters of eight ninths of one half of 2001?
667.
500
You are walking through a field, and you find something to eat. It doesn't have bones, and it doesn't have meat. You pick it up and put it into your pocket. You take it home and put it on a shelf, but 3 day's later it walks away. What is it?
An Egg
500
1 23 124 1251 26127 128129 ==?==
Hint: remove the spaces first
1301311.
500
Can you think of a common word that contains double C, double S and double L? Can you think of a second one?
Successfully. Unsuccessfully.
500
fast elevator
swift lift
500
At a recent visit to the reptile house at the local zoo, I counted a total of 27 heads and 70 feet.
I was counting snakes, lizards and people and I know that there were exactly twice as many lizards as people.
How many snakes did I count?
Hint: Snakes don't have legs.
6 snakes, 7 people and 14 lizards.