brain teasers

In a large family there are eight sons and each has two sisters. How many children are in this family?

10

In some Chinese restaurants you can find a dish called "Mother and Child Reunion." Speculate as to what two ingredients give this salad its name.

Chicken and Egg

Which letter in this line-up is the odd one out and why? HEINZSOX

E does not have half turn symmetry.

Unscramble these letters and find the names of three things that you can take with you everywhere. E A G L E R E M Y

Eye Arm Leg

Spell hard water with only three letters.

Ice

What is unusual about this phrase? Never odd or even

It's a palindrome.

If Caesar ordered 40 XL togas and 50 L togas, how many medium sized togas did he order?

M =1000 (roman numerals)

There are four trees hiding in the sentence below! Each one reads from left to right,across one or more words. Can you spot them? The cloak and cap pleased my pal Mel mildly.

Oak Apple Palm Elm

There are four more trees hiding in the sentence below. Each one reads from left to right, across one or more words. Can you spot these? Since in school I've given them lockers, the students will owe me spruced-up hallways.

Olive Hemlock Willow Spruce

Choose one letter from each line in vertical order to spell out a similar word: Yellow Purple Black Green Gray Red

Orange

Unscramble the five words below so that all five words rhyme. OOT, OHSE, WREG, ELBU, RKNAAOGO

Too Shoe Grew Blue Kangaroo