Brain Teasers

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Read the word. Read 5 times. Faster! What does a cow drink?

water

What has a foot but no legs?

snail

What comes down but never goes up?

rain

In a one-story pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower everything was pink! What color were the stairs?

There are no stairs, its a one story house

What goes up when rain comes down?

umbrella

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in one thousand years?

The letter M

What has 4 eyes but cant see?

Mississippi

Take away my first letter, and I still sound the same. Take away my last letter, I still sound the same. Even take away my letter in the middle, I will still sound the same. I am a five letter word. What am I?

EMPTY

What has hands but can not clap?

a clock

What is at the end of a rainbow?

The letter W

What is as light as a feather, but even the worlds strongest man couldnt hold it for more than a minute?

breath

What starts with the letter t, is filled with t and ends in t?

teapot

You walk into a room with a match, a karosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. Which do you light first?

the match

A man was driving his truck. His lights were not on. The moon was not out. Up ahead, a woman was crossing the street. How did he see her?

It was a bright and sunny day!

If an electric train is travelling south, which way is the smoke going?

There is no smoke, its an electric train!

You draw a line. Without touching it, how do you make the line longer?

You draw a shorter line next to it, and it becomes the longer line.

What has one eye but cannot see?

A needle

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?

Neither, they both weigh 1 pound.

How many months have 28 days?

All 12 months

A horse is on a 24 foot rope and wants an apple that is 26 feet away. How can the horse get to the apple?

The rope is not attached to anything.

We see it once in a year, twice in a week, and never in a day. What is it?

The letter E

Mr. Blue lives in the blue house, Mr. Pink lives in the pink house, and Mr. Brown lives in the brown house. Who lives in the white house?

The US President

They come out at night without being called, and are lost in the day without being stolen. What are they?

stars

How do you make the number one disappear?

Add the letter G and its GONE

What goes up but never comes down?

Your age

What is always coming but never arrives?

tomorrow

A monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who will get the banana first, the monkey, the squirrel, or the bird?
None of them, because you cant get a banana from a coconut tree!

What starts with P and ends with E and has more than 1000 letters?

A post office

What is something you will never see again?

yesterday

Can you name the two days starting with T besides Tuesday and Thursday?

Today and Tomorrow

If twos company and threes a crowd, what are four and five?

nine

What is the center of Gravity?

The letter V

If 3 peacocks lay 5 eggs in 8 days, how many peacocks will lay 29 eggs in 76 days?

Peacocks do not lay eggs, peahens do.

You are running in a street marathon and you overtake the person in 2nd place. What place are you now?

2nd

A man was speeding and ran through a stop sign. Two police officers saw him and just sat there. Why?

The man was running

There is a fire in a 12 storey building. A man panics and jumps out of the window. How does he survive?

He jumped from a first floor window.

What can you keep but cannot share and once you share it, you can't keep it anymore?

A secret