BFG
puzzles
brain teasers
USA
puzzles
100

what do people of labrador taste of?

Great Danes!

100

what is at the end of the rainbow?

W

100

There is a one-story yellow house in which everything is entirely yellow. The walls, doors, floors, and furniture are all yellow. What color are the stairs?


 There are no stairs! It is a one-story house

100

what year did the battle of Alamo happen in?

1836

100

Two boys were born to the same mother, on the same day, in the same year, and in the same hour. However, they are not twins. How is this possible?

They are two triplets of a set of triplets! (There is a third baby).





200

What does the BFG carry in his suitcase and trumpet, and why?

 He catches good dreams in his jars and blows them into children's bedrooms using his trumpet

200

There are 5 apples in a basket. You take away 3. How many apples do you have?

The answer is 3! You took 3, so you have 3!

200

What can you fill a wooden barrel with to make it lighter?

Holes

200

what year did the California gold rush take place?

1848 to 1855

200

A captain is stranded on an island. He has exactly one match left in his pocket. The night is freezing cold, and he finds a dark cave. Inside the cave, he spots three things: a kerosene lamp, a bundle of dry firewood, and a candle. Which one should he light first?


Answer: The match! (He cannot light any of the other items without lighting the match

300

Why does the BFG choose to eat gross snozzcumbers and be a total outcast instead of just stealing normal food from human towns like the other giants do?


The BFG cares way more about doing the right thing than his own comfort. He thinks it is totally wrong to steal from or hunt "human beans". Even though eating those gross snozzcumbers makes his life miserable.
300

what is as big as an elephant but weighs nothing?

Their shadow!

300

Some months have 30 days. Some months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?

 All 12 months! Every month has at least 28 days.





300

what year was the U.S Naval observatory established?

1830

300

The more of them you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

Footsteps.

400

The giants travel all over the world to eat "human beans." According to the BFG, what is the only country the giants refuse to visit, and what specific reason do they give for avoiding the people who live there?

Greece. They avoid it because they think people from Greece taste too greasy.



400

How far can An Owl fly into the woods?

Half way, becuase after it passes the halfway line, The  owl will fly out of the woods, not into.

400

I have no voice, but I can tell you everything. I have no legs, but I travel across land and sea. I cannot move, but I can divide entire countries. What am I?

A border (or a map line).





400
what year did Andrew Jackson win the award of being the president?

1828

400

I have a spine, but no bones. I have leaves, but no branches. I can tell you great secrets, but I cannot speak. What am I?

a book


500

At the very end of the book, the BFG learns how to read and write correctly. He decides to write a book about his adventures with Sophie. Who does the book reveal is the actual author of The BFG?

The BFG himself. He wrote the book but used the name Roald Dahl as a pen name.





500

A man runs away from home. He turns left but keeps running. After some time, he turns left again and keeps running. He later turns left once more and runs back home. Who was the man in the mask?


A baseball player running the bases! (He is running around the bases: first to second, second to third, third to home plate). 






500

I am lighter than a feather, yet the strongest person on Earth cannot hold me for more than a few minutes. What am I?

Your breath.





500

what year was the second great awakening?

1830


500

I make two people out of one. What am I?

a mirror