Brain Teasers Part One

By Andrew Mutyaba
A compilation of the most favorite brain teasers together with their solutions.
Many things can create one, it can be of any shape or size, it is
created for various reasons, and it can shrink or grow with time.
What is it?
Answer: a hole

A man was found dead out in a field of snow. The only tracks
that were left were a set of footprints between two parallel
lines. Who should the police be looking for?
Answer: A man in a wheelchair.

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I can be cool, but I can't be cold,
I can be sorry, but I can't be guilty,
I can be spooked, but I can't be scared,
I can be sweet, but I can't be friendly,
I can be flammable, but I can't burn. What am I?
Answer: Words with double letters.

I'm so fast you can't see me, Though everyone sees straight
through me, I don't stop until the day you die. What am I?
Answer: The blink of an eye

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 One of his apprentices once asked Merlin how old he was. The
wizard answered with a riddle,
"I am still very young as wizards go. I am only 3 times my son's
age. My father is 40 years older than twice my age. Together the
three of us are a mere 1240 years old. How old is Merlin?
Answer: 360 years old

I come in darkness, but fill the mind with light.

I bring enlightenment to some, while gripping others in the hand
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of fear.
With me it can be a journey of inexplicable joy and sorrow.
What I will show you will often be unreachable.
Journey with me and what you see may haunt you.
Journey with me and you may never want to return home.
Journey with me and you will never know when it will end.
What am I?
Answer: a dream

I have a hundred legs, but cannot stand.

I have a long neck, But no head.
I cannot see, and I'm neat and tidy, As can be.
What am I?
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Answer: a broom
We are very little creatures, all of us have different features, One
of us in glass is set, one of us you'll find in a jet, Another you may
see in tin, and a fourth is boxed within, If the fifth you should
pursue, It can never fly from you. What are we?
Answer: A, E, I, O and U.

Forwards, I'm Heavy. Backward I'm Not. What Am I?

Answer: Ton.

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What can you break without hitting it or dropping it?
Answer: A promise

There once was an evil wizard. He took 3 women from their

homes and turned them into rose bushes that looked exactly
alike and put them in his garden.
One of the women had a husband and children and begged the
wizard to let her see them. He agreed. At night he brought the
woman to his house and in the evening he came and took her
home.
One day the husband decided to go rescue her. So he snuck into
the wizard's garden. He looked and looked at the 3 identical rose
bushes trying to figure out which one could be his wife. Suddenly
he knew the answer and he took his wife home. How did he
know which rose bush was his wife?
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Answer: The wizard brought the rosebush to his home at night and returned her
to the garden in the morning. Therefore, she was the only plant without dew.
 There's this island and there is only 1 bridge to get on and off it.
The bridge can only support 200 pounds at a time. Now there's
this man who has to get 3 jewels across the bridge. The man
weighs 198 pounds and each jewel weighs a pound. The problem
is how does the man get all the jewels across the bridge in only
1 trip??
Answer: He juggles the jewels so that there is always 1 jewel in the air.

Like a clown I bring laughter to a child's face,

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Like a bird I can fly through open space.

People buy me only to throw me away come the very next warm
summer day.
Answer: A Frisbee.

Divide the number of Ali Baba's thieves by the number of

quintuplets, add the number of Horsemen of the Apocalypse,
and subtract the number of days it took G-d to create the
heavens and earth.
What is the answer?
Answer: Although most people would say 5, the correct answer is 6. Forty
divided by five equals eight. Eight plus 4 equals twelve. Twelve minus six equals
six, since God created the heavens and earth in six days and rested on the
seventh.