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Brain teasers
100

What is the term for being aware of your thoughts, feelings, and surroundings without judging them?

Mindfulness

100

What does the acronym HALT stand for in addiction recovery?


Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired.

100

What is the largest planet in our solar system?


Jupiter.

100

What is the name of the cowboy toy in Toy Story?


Woody.

100

What has one eye but cannot see?


A needle.

200

What is the term for setting healthy limits with others to protect your emotional and mental well-being?

Boundaries.

200

What is the term for needing increasing amounts of a substance to experience the same effect?


Tolerance.

200

What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere during photosynthesis?


Carbon dioxide.

200

What popular television show features six friends named Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe?

Friends.

200

What has teeth but cannot bite?

A comb.

300

What is the psychological term for feeling like your accomplishments are undeserved and fearing that others will discover you are not as capable as they think?


impostor syndrome

300

What is the term for experiencing intense urges to use a substance, even after a period of abstinence?


Craving.

300

What is the chemical symbol for gold?


Au

300

In the Harry Potter series, what is the name of Harry's school?


Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.


300

What can you catch but never throw?


A cold.

400

What is the term for the tendency to seek out information that supports your existing beliefs while ignoring information that contradicts them?


Confirmation bias.


400

What is the term for using a substance to manage unpleasant emotions rather than addressing the underlying problem?

Self-medication (or substance use as emotional avoidance)

400

What is the name of the process by which liquid water changes into water vapor?


Evaporation.


400

What television series features the fictional continent of Westeros?


Game of Thrones.

400

The more of me there is, the less you can see. What am I?

Darkness.

500

What cognitive distortion involves believing you know what someone else is thinking without having evidence to support your assumption?

Mind reading.

500

What is the recovery technique of observing a craving without acting on it, allowing the urge to rise and eventually decrease?


Urge surfing.

500

What is the only mammal capable of true sustained flight?


A bat.

500

What 1997 movie features the characters Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater?


Titanic.

500

A man pushes his car to a hotel and immediately realizes he is bankrupt. Why?


He is playing Monopoly.