1. BRAINTEASERS
Puzzles for your mind!

2. 1-
How many birthdays does the average Korean man have?

3. 1-answer
1! (or two, if they use the lunar calendar as well as the solar calendar…)

4. 2-
Some months have 30 days, some have 31. How many months have 28 days?

5. 2-
They all do!

6. 3-
A rich woman gives a beggar 500 won. The rich woman is the beggar’s sister. However, the beggar is not the rich woman’s brother. Explain!

7. 3-answer
The beggar is female, so they are both sisters.

8. 4-
According to Korean law, a man living in Daegu cannot be buried in Seoul? Why?

9. 4-answer
Because he’s alive.

10. 5-
You have only one match. You walk into a room with a gas stove, a wood-burning stove, and a candle. What do you light first?

11. 5-answer
The match.

12. 6-
My butcher is 175 centimeters tall. What does he weigh?

13. 6-answer
Meat.

14. 7-
How many boiled eggs can an elephant eat on an empty stomach?

15. 7-answer
One. (Because after eating a boiled egg, the stomach is no longer empty.)

16. 8-
If you see your mirror image holding the letter “d” in your left hand, what are you doing?

17. 8-answer
You’re looking at a mirror.

18. 9-
If you are riding the subway in Busan, you cannot take a photograph of a woman with a miniskirt. Why?

19. 9-answer
If you want to take a photograph of a woman, you must use a camera!

20. 10-
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world?

21. 10-answer
Mount Everest. (Not being discovered doesn’t mean it was smaller!)

22. 11-
There is an ancient invention that is still being used by some people today, and it allows people to see through walls. What is the English word for this invention?

23. 11-answer
Window.

24. 12-
What 5-letter English word does every American pronounce wrong?

25. 12-answer
Wrong.

26. 13-
I know a Mr. Kim and his wife. They have six daughters in high school or middle school, and each daughter has one brother in elementary school. How many people in total live in Mr. Kim’s house?

27. 13-answer
9. (Mr. Kim, his wife, six daughters and one son.)

28. 14-
How much dirt is in a hole that is 1m x 1m x 1m?

29. 14-answer
No dirt is in the hole. The hole is the emptiness where dirt used to be.

30. 15-
In a small town in Kentucky, there was a foolish man. From his childhood, people would always offer him his choice of $5 or $.50 (similar to choosing between \5000 or \500). This happened almost every day of his life, and he always chose $.50, so everyone thought he was a fool. However, he was actually really wise. Explain.

31. 15-answer
If he had ever chosen $5, everyone would have stopped giving him the choice. Instead, he got $.50 for free, every day of his life.

32. 16-
In ancient Korea, a rich man told his sons to race their horses from Daegu to Seoul, and the owner of the slowest horse would win the family fortune. They wandered around for several days until they met a wise woman. When they explained their problem, she said one short sentence – and then the brothers jumped on the horses and raced furiously to Seoul. Explain what the woman said to them.

33. 16-answer
“Ride the other brother’s horse.”

34. 17-
In Korea, is it legal for a man to marry his widow’s sister?

35. 17-answer
No. If the man has a widow, he’s dead!

36. 18-
An eagle, a deer, and an elephant have two. A tiger, a turtle and a snake have one. A human, cat or dog doesn’t have any. Fish have none, but whales have one. What is it?

37. 18-answer
The letter “e”.

38. 19-
One summer day, two fathers and two sons went fishing. Each person caught two fish. Altogether, six fish were caught. Explain how this is possible.

39. 19-answer
It’s a grandfather, his son, and his grandson.

40. 20- add 14, 16 and 38

41. 20- 14/C; 16/B; 38/A. Why?