Brain Teasers

12

7 months have 31 days in them. 11 months have 30 days in them. How many months have 28 days in them?

Holes

A barrel of water weighs 20 pounds. What must you add to it to make it weigh 12 pounds?

Nine

A farmer has 17 sheep and all but nine die. How many are left?

Yet

A man and his dog were going to the park. The man rode, Yet walked. What was the dog's name?

White. The house is at the North Pole so it is a polar bear.

A man builds a house rectangular in shape. All sides have southern exposure. A big bear walks by. What color is the bear? Why?

The catcher and umpire

A man leaves home and turns left three times, only to return home facing two men wearing masks. Who are those two men?

You don't knock on your own hotel door.

A woman is sitting in her hotel room when there is a knock at the door. She opened the door to see a man whom she had never seen before. He said "oh I'm sorry, I have made a mistake, I thought this was my room." He then went down the corridor and in the elevator. The woman went back into her room and phoned security. What made the woman so suspicious of the man?

An eraser on a pencil

Although I'm far from the point, I don't make mistakes, I fix yours. What am I?

70

Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer?

Yes

Does England have a 4th of July?

Fire

Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?

Take away the "s"

How do you make seven even?

1

How many birthdays does the average human have?

6

How many outs are there in an inning?

Grape

I am a fruit. If you take away the first letter of my name I become a crime. Take away the first two letters of my name I become an animal. Take away the first and last letter of my name and I become a form of music. What am I?

A memory

I can bring tears to your eyes; resurrect the dead, make you smile, and reverse time. I form in an instant but I last a lifetime. What am I?

A tombstone

I have a name, but it isn't my name. My face shows signs of age. I always mean the same thing, no matter what I say. I'm born in mourning, and I last 'til the end of days. Men plant me, but I never grow. They run from me, but I never move. They look at me and see their future, rotting in the fields where I bloom. What am I?

A kite

I love to dance and twist and prance, I shake my tail, as away I sail, wingless I fly into the sky. What am I?

The wind

I pass in front of the sun, yet I make no shadow, what am I?

An echo

I repeat only the last word you say. The more I repeat, the softer I got. I cannot be seen but can be heard. What am I?

Candle

I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?

2

If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?

Jimmy

Jimmy's mother had four children. She named the first Monday. She named the second Tuesday, and she named the third Wednesday. What is the name of the fourth child?

Meat

Mike is a butcher. He is 5'10" tall. What does he weigh?

Nothing

Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?

A birthday

Sometimes I am loved, Usually by the young. Other times I am dreaded, Mostly by the old ones. I am hard to remember, Also hard to forget. And yet if you do, You'll make someone upset. I occur every day Everyone has to face me. Even if you don't want it To happen; embrace me. What am I?

A towel

The more it dries, the wetter it becomes. What is it?

Footsteps

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

In Washington, D.C.

There are three houses. One is red, one is blue, and one is white. If the red house is to the left of the house in the middle, and the blue house is to the right to the house in the middle, where is the white house?

They were a married couple.

There is a plane crash every single person dies except for two people, how is this possible?

They aren't playing each other.

Two men play five games of checkers. Each man wins the same number of games. There are no ties. How is this?

Fallen leaves

Walk on the living, they don't even mumble. Walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble.

Your name

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?

Frost

What bites but has no teeth?

A cold

What can you catch but not throw?

Your left hand

What can you hold in your right hand that you cannot hold in your left hand?

Rain

What comes down but never goes up?

A promise

What gets broken without being held?

Umbrellas

What goes up when rain comes down?

Mississippi

What has 4 eyes but can't see?

A snail

What has a foot but no legs?

A river

What has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps, can run but never walks, and has a bank but no money?

A yard stick

What has three feet but cannot walk?

Your voice

What instrument can you hear but never see?

A deck of cards

What is brought to the table and cut, but it is never eaten?

Tomorrow

What is coming but never arrives?

Trouble

What is easy to get into, but hard to get out of?

A window

What is neither inside a house nor outside a house, but no house would be complete without it?

Eye

What is pronounced like one letter, written with three letters?

Silence

What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?

The letter "E"

What is the beginning of eternity, The end of time and space; The beginning of every end, And the end of every race?

A doorbell

What never asks questions but is always answered. What am I?

0

What number do you get when you multiply all of the numbers on a telephone's number pad?

The letter "m"

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

Sleep

What overpowers you-without hurting you?

Are you asleep?

What question can you never truthfully answer "yes" to?

A stamp

What stays in the corner but travels around the world?

Short

What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

on a clock

When is longhand quicker than shorthand?

1000

When spelling out numbers, what is the first number you will reach that contains the letter "A"?

You light the match first.

You are in a cabin and it is pitch black. You have one match on you. Which do you light first, the newspaper, the lamp, the candle, or the fire?

A reflection

You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I?

History

You will always find me in the past. I can be created in the present, But the future can never taint me. What am I?