Brain Teasers

Mt Everest. It was always there None. It is a hole. It is empty 1. Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name? 2. A clerk at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh? 3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world? 4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet? Johnny Meat Mt Everest. It was always there None. It is a hole. It is empty

She lives in the Southern Hemisphere 5. What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly? 6. Billie was born on December 28th, yet her birthday always falls in the summer. How is this possible? 7. In England you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not? 8. If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now? Incorrectly She lives in the Southern Hemisphere You have to use a camera Second. You overtook the second so take his place

Neither. Egg yolks are yellow 9. Which is correct to say, “The yolk of the egg is white” or “The yolk of the egg are white?” 10. How many apples can you fit into an empty box? 11. Why is it illegal to bury a man living in London? 12. Mr and Mrs. Smith have seven daughters. If each daughter has a brother, how many children do Mr and Mrs. Smith have Neither. Egg yolks are yellow One. As soon as you put one apple in, it is not empty any more Because if he is living in London, he is not dead Eight. Seven daughters and one son

You have 12 black socks and 12 white socks mixed up in a drawer You have 12 black socks and 12 white socks mixed up in a drawer. You're up very early and it's too dark to tell them apart. What's the smallest number of socks you need to take out (blindly) to be sure of having a matching pair? 3. You pull out a black. Then you pull out a white. You then pull out a third. It has to be either black or white

It was daytime. The sun was out Because there are more Chinese men A completely black dog was strolling down Main street during a total blackout affecting the entire town. Not a single streetlight had been on for hours. As the dog crosses the centre of the road a car with 2 broken headlights speeds towards it, but manages to swerve out of the way just in time. How could the driver see the dog to swerve in time? It was daytime. The sun was out Why do Chinese men eat more rice than Japanese men do? Because there are more Chinese men

How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come back to you, even if it doesn't bounce off anything? There is nothing attached to it, and no one else catches or throws it back to you. You throw it straight up. Gravity slows it down, then pulls it back down to you

Three fat ladies stood under an umbrella but none of them got wet. Why didn’t any of them get wet? It wasn’t raining

You took 5 chocolates, so you will have 5 If you took 5 chocolates from a box which contained 21 chocolates, how many chocolates would you have? You took 5 chocolates, so you will have 5

He got off at the second floor My best friend got in a lift on the first floor. 5 other people got on. At the second floor, 2 people got off and 3 people got on. At the fourth floor 2 people got on and none got off. At the sixth floor 5 people got off. As the lift reached the tenth floor something went wrong. The cable broke and it fell to the ground killing everyone. My best friend just told me about it. How could he? He got off at the second floor

Six drinking glasses stand in a row, with the first three full of juice and the next three empty. By moving only one glass can you arrange them so empty and full glasses alternate You pick up glass 2 and empty it into glass 5. Then put glass 2 back in it’s place

A train leaves from New York City (NYC) heading towards Los Angeles (LA) at 100 mph. Three hours later, a train leaves LA heading towards NYC at 200 MPH. Assume there's exactly 2000 miles between LA and NYC. When they meet, which train is closer to New York City? When they meet they are at the same spot, so they are at the same distance from New York

There is an interesting river going through Guilin. A railroad crossing, look for the cars. Can you spell all that without any R's? All that There is an interesting river going through Guilin. Spell it it What one word has the most letters in it? Alphabet

Tuesday, Thursday, today, tomorrow Name four days of the week that start with the letter "t"? Tuesday, Thursday, today, tomorrow What happens when you throw a white rock into the Red Sea? It sinks A horse is tied to a 20 foot long rope. The horse wants to get some water that is 30 feet away. The horse gets the water easily. How is this? The other end isn’t tied to anything

h v W Once. After that you only have 20. Not 25 What is in the middle of nowhere? h What is the centre of gravity? v What is the beginning of Winter? W How many times can you take away 5 from the number 25? Once. After that you only have 20. Not 25

The doctor was the boy’s mother What question can a person ask all day long, getting a different answer each time, and yet all the answers were correct. What is the time? A father and a son got into a car accident. The father went home to rest. The son was taken to the hospital for minor surgery. The doctor came in and said: "I shouldn't do any surgery on this boy because he's my son." How can that be? The doctor was the boy’s mother

What is the surprise in this picture? The Baby

How many men in this team? Keep looking!!! The 13th man is made up of the "remains" of the other 12. Notice that in the second image the men are smaller and the first one is missing some hair.

A basket contains 5 apples A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket? 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple.

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It won’t. As the water rises, so does the boat!! A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the fourth rung from the top? Bottom rung Fourth It won’t. As the water rises, so does the boat!!