EASY
NUMBERS
WORDS
HARD
200

It needs to break before you can use it.

An egg.

200

Mary has four daughters, and every daughter has a brother. How many children does Mary have?

Five. All daughters share the same brother.

200

This five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two more letters to it

Short.

200

What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?

Silence.

400

This is always in front of you, but you can’t see it.

The future

400

Three people said that James was their brother, but James said that he did not have any brothers.

How many brothers does James have?

None, the people are his sisters.

400

You see me once in June, twice in November and not at all in May. What am I?

The letter “e”

400

A man crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or boat. 

How?

The river was frozen.

800

You can never say ‘yes’ to this question.

Are you sleeping?

800

A boy buys one dozen eggs, but when he is going home, all but three break. 

How many eggs are left unbroken?

Three.

800

What is the end of everything?

The letter “g”

800

What can fill a room but takes up no space?

Light

1600

In this one-story house everything is green: the walls, the floor, the roof, the furniture...

What color are the stairs?

There are no stairs, it is a one-story house.

1600

If there are three apples and you take away two, how many apples do you have?

Two.

1600

What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?

Queue

1600

A man looks at a painting in a museum and says, “I have no brothers or sisters, but that man’s father is my father’s son.” 

Who is in the painting?

The man’s son.

2000

A man was under the rain without an umbrella or a hat, but he never got a single hair on his head wet. Why?

He was bald.

2000

A man describes his daughters, saying, “They are all blonde, but two; all brunette but two; and all redheaded but two.” 

How many daughters does he have?

Three: A blonde, a brunette and a redhead.

2000

What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat?

Chicago

2000

I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?

A map