BRAIN TEASERS
A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 die. How many sheep remain?
9
This country has more people than any other nation on Earth.
India
Bananas are naturally slightly radioactive because they contain this element.
Potassium
This ship was believed unsinkable until its maiden voyage in 1912.
Titanic
Which planet rotates on its side?
Uranus
The more you take away from me, the larger I become.
A Hole
This desert is larger than the Sahara.
Antarctica
The human body contains enough of this metal to make a small nail.
Iron
This empire ruled parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa for over 600 years.
Ottoman Empire
Name the only continent through which all four hemispheres pass.
Africa
You see a boat filled with people. Yet there isn't a single person on board. WHY?
Because all the people are married.
This country has no official capital city.
Nauru
If you could fold a piece of paper 42 times, it would reach approximately which celestial body.
The Moon
The shortest-serving British Prime Minister served for only this many days in 2022.
45 days
If 5 machines make 5 items in 5 minutes, how long would 100 machines take to make 100 items?
5 minutes
A man pushes his car to a hotel and loses everything. What happened?
He was playing Monopoly.
The shortest war in history lasted approximately this long.
38 minutes
This is the only letter not found in the periodic table.
Letter J
This city was divided by a wall from 1961 to 1989.
Berlin
This invention, first developed around 3500 BCE, is considered one of the most important innovations in human history and is still used today in transportation.
The Wheel
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Letter M
This nation is home to over 17,000 islands.
Indonesia
The Earth's core is approximately as hot as this star.
The SUN
The world's oldest continuously operating university is located in this country.
Morocco
You pass the person in second place during a race. What position are you now in?
Second place