Here you will find all the answers for all the Brainteasers that we've had on the website so far! If you have any ideas for good brainteaser's and would like to see your brainteaser featured on WineGifts4U then please email us with your suggestions.
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Brainteaser 12th May 2008
Question:
My first is often at the front door. My second is found in the cereal family. My third is what most people want. My whole is one of the United States.
Answer:
Matrimoney. (mat + rye + money). Matrimony is certainly a "united state"!
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Brainteaser 11th May 2008
Question:
Even if they are starving, natives living in the Arctic will never eat a penguin's egg. Why not?
Answer:
Penguins only live in Antartica.
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Brainteaser 10th May 2008
Question:
A super accurate bomb that always hits and destroys its target hits an undestructable building. What happens?
Answer:
This situation can never happen. The two statements contradict each other. If one exists, the other cannot possibly exist.
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Brainteaser 9th May 2008
Question:
There is a lamp inside a photography darkroom. When the darkroom door is closed, it is impossible to tell from outside the room whether or not the lamp is on. There are two switches outside the door of the darkroom. One or both of the switches may control the lamp. It also could be that neither of the switches control the lamp. All you know is that the light bulb is currently off and that the lamp and bulb are in working condition. The darkroom door is closed and once you open the door you cannot touch either of the switches. If you can only open the dark-room door one time, how can you tell which switches, if any, control the lamp?
Answer:
Turn the first switch on and leave it on for ten minutes. After ten minutes, turn that switch off and turn the second switch on. Open the darkroom door, and lightly (in case it is hot) touch the bulb. If the lamp is on, and the bulb is quite hot, both switches work the lamp. If the lamp is on, and the bulb is cool, the second switch controls the lamp. If the lamp is off, and the bulb is hot, switch one controls the lamp. If the lamp is off, and the bulb is cool, neither switch controls the lamp.
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Brainteaser 8th May 2008
Question:
A white dove flew down by the castle. Along came a king and picked it up handless, ate it up toothless, and carried it away wingless.
Answer:
Snow melted by the sun.
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Brainteaser 7th May 2008
Question:
Be you ever so quick, with vision keen, by your eyes, we are never seen. Unless perchance it should come to pass, you see our reflection in a looking glass. What are we?
Answer:
Your own eyes.
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Brainteaser 6th May 2008
Question:
A traveler starts a journey. For the first week he goes east. The second he goes in all directions. The third he flies up into the sky. In the fourth he comes back down. Who is the traveler?
Answer:
An iceberg. It travels East as an iceberg, free flowing water when melted, flies up to sky when evaporated, falls back down as rain.
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Brainteaser 5th May 2008
Question:
The following sentence is false. The preceding sentence is true. Are these sentences true or false?
Answer:
Neither, it's a paradox. If the first is true, then the second must be false, which makes the first false; it doesn't work.
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Brainteaser 4th May 2008
Question:
You have 14 brown socks, 14 blue socks and 14 black socks in your sock drawer. How many socks must you remove (without looking to be sure) to have a matched pair?
Answer:
Four. You will have a pair of one color or another.
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Brainteaser 3rd May 2008
Question:
What didn't Adam and Eve have that everyone else has?
Answer:
Parents.
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Brainteaser 2nd May 2008
Question:
What book was once owned by only the wealthy, but now everyone can have it? You can't buy it in a bookstore or take it from a library
Answer:
A telephone book.
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Brainteaser 1st May 2008
Question:
The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States of America had the same parents, but were not brothers. How can this be possible?
Answer:
They were the same man. Grover Cleveland served two terms as president of the United States, but the terms were not consecutive.
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Brainteaser 30th April 2008
Question:
If the only frying pan in the house is large enough to cook two pancakes at a time and pancakes take one minute to brown one side, how can you make three pancakes in three minutes?
Answer:
Pour two pancakes and brown the first side. After the first side is done, flip one, take the second off, and pour the third pancake. After another minute, take the first one off, flip the third one, and put the second one back on. Cook both pancakes until finished.
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Brainteaser 29th April 2008
Question:
A psychologist goes to a village in Africa and decides to compare foot size to intelligence. He notes that in general, as foot size increases, so does intelligence. How can this be?
Answer:
He is measuring everyone's feet, including the feet of the very small children. So the statistics will show that larger feet belong to the smarter people, the adults.
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Brainteaser 28th April 2008
Question:
What never gets any wetter, no matter how much it rains?
Answer:
The sea.
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Brainteaser 27th April 2008
Question:
A certain crime is punishable if attempted but not punishable if committed. What is it?
Answer:
Suicide.
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Brainteaser 26th April 2008
Question:
I have a heart that never beats, I have a home but I never sleep. I can take a mans house and build anothers, And I love to play games with my many brothers. I am a king among fools. Who am I?
Answer:
The King of Hearts in a deck of cards.
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Brainteaser 25th April 2008
Question:
Nick timed himself and found out that if he wore a bright white outfit he ran 20 miles in 80 minutes, but when he wore a dark outfit, he ran 20 miles in one hour and twenty minutes. What does this mean for his next race?
Answer:
Nothing, as 80 minutes equals an hour and twenty minutes.
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Brainteaser 24th April 2008
Question:
Four cars come to a four way stop, all coming from a different direction. They can't decide who got there first, so they all go forward at the same time. They do not crash into each other, but all four cars go. How is this possible?
Answer:
They all made right-hand turns.
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Brainteaser 23rd April 2008
Question:
The hand sows, the eyes harvest?
Answer:
To read and to write.
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Brainteaser 22nd April 2008
Question:
Each morning I appear To lie at your feet, All day I will follow No matter how fast you run, Yet I nearly perish In the midday sun. What am I?
Answer:
I am your shadow.
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Brainteaser 21st April 2008
Question:
Rhonda will go see ballet but not opera. Her favorite number is eight and she doesn't like nine. She likes salmon but not trout. She hates Mondays but likes Wednesdays. Does she use a comb or a brush?
Answer:
Rhonda uses a comb. She likes words that have silent letters, like her name.
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Brainteaser 20th April 2008
Question:
Can you arrange four 9s so they equal 100? You may use any math function such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, etc.
Answers:
99 9/9
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Brainteaser 19th April 2008
Question:
Die without me, Never thank me. Walk right through me, Never feel me. Always watching, Never speaking. Always lurking, Never seen. What am I?
Answer:
Air.
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Brainteaser 18th April 2008
Question:
A magician was boasting one day at how long he could hold his breath under water. His record was 6 minutes. A kid that was listening said, "that's nothing, I can stay under water for 10 minutes using no types of equipment or air pockets!" The magician told the kid if he could do that, he'd give him $10,000. The kid did it and won the money. Can you figure out how?
Answer:
The kid filled a glass of water and held it over his head for 10 minutes.
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Brainteaser 17th April 2008
Question:
It runs and runs but can never flee. It is often watched, yet never sees. When long it brings boredom, When short it brings fear. What is it?
Answer:
Time, which is often watched when you stare at a clock.
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Brainteaser 16th April 2008
Question:
What is in the middle of Paris?
Answers:
The letter 'R!'
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Brainteaser 15th April 2008
Question:
I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be.
Answers:
The word "Few".
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Brainteaser 14th April 2008
Question:
A certain large animal lives happily and thrives here on Earth. One day, every single one of these critters is wiped out by a mysterious disease which affects only this particular animal. There are none left anywhere on earth -- they are all gone. About a year or so later, they begin to reappear on Earth again. How can this be?
Answer:
The animal is the Mule. Since all Mules are born sterile, you can only get a Mule by crossing a donkey with a horse. That is how the species is able to repopulate itself.
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Brainteaser 13th April 2008
Question:
There's a body lying dead on a bed, and on the floor beside it is a pair of scissors. The scissors were instrumental in his death, yet there's no trace of blood. The body reveals no signs of any cuts or bruises. How could the person have been murdered with the pair of scissors?
Answer:
The person slept on a waterbed. His killer used the scissors to cut the bed open and drown him.
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Brainteaser 12th April 2008
Question:
Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white," or "The yolk of the egg is white?"
Answer:
Neither, because egg yolks are yellow.
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Brainteaser 11th April 2008
Question:
Hickory-Dickory-Dock! The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one and down did come. Hickory-Dickory-Dock! What am I?
Answer:
A guillotine.
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Brainteaser 10th April 2008
Question:
Can you complete this sentence using words which are anagrams of each other? "At the school recently, only the ___ students could solve the ___ equation."
Answer:
Brainy and Binary. Or, you can use Reserved and Reversed.
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Brainteaser 9th April 2008
Question:
What was the biggest ocean in the world before Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean?
Answer:
The Pacific Ocean. Even though it was undiscovered, it was still the largest ocean.
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Brainteaser 8th April 2008
Question:
There is a certain club which is for men only. There are 600 men who belong to this club and 5% of these men wear one earring. Of the other 95% membership, half wear two earrings and the other half wear none. How many earrings are being worn in this club?
Answer:
Six hundred. We know that 5%, or 30 of the men are wearing one earring. Of the other 95%, or 570, we know that half are wearing two earrings and the other half none. This is the same as if they all wore one.
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Brainteaser 7th April 2008
Question:
What occurs once in June, twice in August, but never in October?
Answer:
The letter "u".
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Brainteaser 6th April 2008
Question:
Lighter than what I am made of, More of me is hidden Than is seen. What am I?
Answer:
An iceberg.
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Brainteaser 5th April 2008
Question:
The king dies and two men, the true heir and an impostor, both claim to be his long-lost son. Both fit the description of the rightful heir: about the right age, height, coloring and general appearance. Finally, one of the elders proposes a test to identify the true heir. One man agrees to the test while the other flatly re-fuses. The one who agreed is immediately sent on his way, and the one who re-fused is correctly identified as the rightful heir. Can you figure out why?
Answer:
The test was a blood test. The elder remembered that the true prince was a hemophiliac.
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Brainteaser 4th April 2008
Question:
Little Nanny Etticoat, in a white petticoat, and a red nose; the longer she stands, the shorter she grows. What is she?
Answer:
She is a candle.
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Brainteaser 3rd April 2008
Question:
A mile from end to end, Yet as close to you as a friend. A precious commodity, freely given. Seen on the dead and on the living. Found on the rich, poor, short and tall, But shared among children most of all.
Answer:
A simple smile.
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Brainteaser 1st April 2008
Question:
There are 20 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it without turning his head or body, or moving in any way (other than the eyes). Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it?
Answer:
Place the apple on one person's head.
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Brainteaser 31st March 2008
Question:
In a tunnel of darkness lies a beast of iron. It can only attack when pulled back. What is it?
Answer:
A bullet.
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Brainteaser 30th March 2008
Question:
A black dog stands in the middle of an intersecton in a town painted black. None of the street lights are working due to a power failure caused by a storm. A car with two broken headlights drives towards the dog but turns in time to avoid hitting him. How could the driver have seen the dog in time?
Answer:
Who said this happened during the night?
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Brainteaser 29th March 2008
Question:
A sharpshooter hung up his hat and put on a blindfold. He then walked 100 yards, turned around, and shot a bullet through his hat. The blindfold was a perfectly good one, completely blocking the man's vision. How did he manage this?
Answer:
He hung is hat on the barrel of his gun.
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Brainteaser 28th Marth 2008
Question:
When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, today will be as far from Wednesday as today was from Wednesday when the day before yesterday was tomorrow. What is the day after this day?
Answer:
The day is Thursday!
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Brainteaser 27th March 2008
Question:
What was the biggest ocean in the world before Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean?
Answer:
The Pacific Ocean. Even though it was undiscovered, it was still the largest ocean.
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Brainteaser 26th March 2008
Question:
I am the only thing that always tells the truth. I show off everything that I see. I come in all shapes and sizes. So tell me what I must be!
Answer:
I must be a mirror, of course!
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Brainteaser 25th March 2008
Question:
With no wings, I fly. With no eyes, I see. With no arms, I climb. More frightening than any beast, stronger than any foe. I am cunning, ruthless, and tall; in the end, I rule all. What am I?
Answer:
The Imagination
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Brainteaser 24th March 2008
Question:
A very pretty thing am I, fluttering in the pale-blue sky. Delicate, fragile on the wing, indeed I am a pretty thing. What am I?
Answer:
A beautiful butterfly.
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Brainteaser 23rd March 2008
Question:
I am mother and father, but never birth or nurse. I'm rarely still, but I never wander. What am I?
Answer:
I am a tree
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Brainteaser 22nd March 2008
Question:
A horse is tied to a 15 foot rope and there is a bail of hay 25 feet away from him. Yet the horse is able to eat from the bail of hay. How is this possible?
Answer:
The rope isn't tied to anything, so the horse can go freely to anywhere it pleases.
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Brainteaser 21st March 2008
Question:
A professional fisherman caught 30 fish during a 5-day tournament. Each day, he caught three more fish than the day before. How many fish did the fisherman catch on the first day?
Answer:
He didn't catch any fish the first day, but he caught 3 on the second day, 6 on the third day, 9 on the fourth day and 12 on the fifth day.
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Brainteaser 20th March 2008
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You are driving a car. On your right is a steep cliff. Right in front of you there is a horse and right behind an elephant, both of which travel at your own speed. On your left there is a fire truck blocking you. How do you stop your car?
Answer:
Simple; just ask the merry-go-round operator to stop!
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Brainteaser 19th March 2008
Question:
A horse travels a certain distance each day. Strangely enough, two of its legs travel 30 miles each day and the other two legs travel nearly 31 miles. It would seem that two of the horse's legs must be one mile ahead of the other two legs, but of course this can't be true. Since the horse is normal, how is this situation possible?
Answer:
The horse operates a mill and travels in a circular clockwise direction. The two outside legs will travel a greater distance than the two inside legs.
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Brainteaser 18th March 2008
Question:
Ten Men's Strength, Ten Men's Length, Ten Men can't break it, Yet a young boy walks off with it What am I?
Answer:
A rope.
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Brainteaser 17th March 2008
Question:
You walk up to a mountain that has two paths. One leads to the other side of the mountain, and the other will get you lost forever. Two twins know the path that leads to the other side. You can ask them only one question. Except! One lies and one tells the truth, and you don't know which is which. So, What do you ask?
Answer:
You ask each twin What would your brother say?. This works because.... Well let's say the correct path is on the left side. So say you asked the liar "What would your brother say?" Well, the liar would know his brother was honest and he would say the left side, but since the liar lies, he would say right. If you asked the honest twin the same question, he would say right, because he knows his brother will lie. Therefore, you would know that the correct path was the left!
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Brainteaser 16th March 2008
Question:
Why did the Indian chief wear so many feathers?
Answers:
To keep his wigwam.
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Brainteaser 15th March 2008
Question:
What goes through the door without pinching itself? What sits on the stove without burning itself? What sits on the table and is not ashamed?
Answer:
The Sun
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Brainteaser 14th March 2008
Question:
A man was sleeping in a hotel. He woke up in the night and could not go to sleep. He picked up the telephone and made one call. As soon as he hung up, he fell asleep. He did not know the person that he called. Who did he call and why did he call them?
Answer:
He called the person in the next room, who was snoring. When they woke up to answer the telephone, they stopped snoring.
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Brainteaser 13th March 2008
Question:
A harvest sown and reaped on the same day In an unplowed field, Which increases without growing, Remains whole though it is eaten Within and without, Is useless and yet The staple of nations.
Answer:
WAR
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Brainteaser 12th March 2008
Question:
In olden days you are a clever thief charged with treason against the king and sentenced to death. But the king decided to be a little lenient and lets you choose your own way to die. What way should you choose?
Answer:
Choose to die of old age.
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Brainteaser 11th March 2008
Question:
You have three stoves: a gas stove, a wood stove, and a coal stove, but only one match. Which should you light first?
Answer:
The Match
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Brainteaser 10th March 2008
Question:
Rhonda will go see ballet but not opera. Her favorite number is eight and she doesn't like nine. She likes salmon but not trout. She hates Mondays but likes Wednesdays. Does she use a comb or a brush?
Answer:
Rhonda uses a comb. She likes words that have silent letters, like her name.
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Brainteaser 9th March 2008
Question:
One summer day, four children were engaged in some outdoor fun. Two were five years old. Of the other two one was six and the other was seven.
From the following statements, determine the age of each child and the outdoor activity in which each was engaged. One was flying a kite, one was playing with a dog, and two were playing catch.
- Neither Ted nor the one who was flying the kite is the oldest.
- Neither of the two youngest was flying the kite.
- Theresa is older then the boy whom she was playing catch.
- Neither Tony nor the child who is six was playing with a dog.
- Timmy, who is not the oldest, was not playing catch; nor was Ted, who is not older than Timmy.
Answer:
Considerations:
From statements 3 and 5, Theresa and tony were playing catch. from statement 4, Tony is not 6, and from statement 3 Tony is one of the two five-year-olds. From statements 1 and 5, Theresa is the seven-year-old. From statements 1 and 5, Ted was playing with a dog. Therefore, Timmy was flying a kite. From statement 5, Ted who is not older than Timmy, must be th eother five-year-old, and Timmy is the six-year-old.
Summary:
Ted is 5 years old and is playing with a dog
Timmy is 6 years old and is flying a kite
Theresa is 7 years old amd is playing catch
Tony is 5 years old and is playing catch
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Brainteaser 8th March 2008
Question:
You have nine golf balls and four shopping bags. Can you arrange them so each bag has an odd number of golf balls inside it?
Answer:
There are several ways to solve this puzzle, but all solutions involve the same principle. One solution is to put all nine balls into one bag. Then put that bag into a second bag, and then into the third bag, and then into the fourth bag. An alternate solution is to put three balls into each of three bags, then put one of those bags into the forth bag.
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Brainteaser 7th March 2008
Question:
I can be hairy and itchy all over. I hang on a stick. I can be the scariest thing you have ever seen. I stand in the middle of nowhere. What am I?
Answer:
A scarecrow!
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Brainteaser 6th March 2008
Question:
Whoever makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. And whoever knows it wants it not.
Answer:
Counterfeit money.
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Brainteaser 5th March 2008
Question:
Lynn likes grapes but not potatoes. She likes squash but not lettuce, and she likes peas but not onions. Following the same rule, will she like pumpkins or apples?
Answer:
Pumpkins. Lynn only likes things that grow on vines.
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Brainteaser 4th March 2008
Question:
A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the course of ten years. How many years did it take for the tree to reach half its maximum height?
Answer:
Nine Years
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Brainteaser 3rd March 2008
Question:
One morning a man is leaving on business trip and finds he left some paperwork at his office. He runs into his office to get it and the night watchman stops him and says, "Sir, don't get on the plane. I had a dream last night that the plane would crash and everyone would die!" The man takes his word and cancels his trip. Sure enough, the plane crashes and everyone dies. The next morning the man gives the watchman a $1,000 reward for saving his life and then fires him. Why did he fire the watchman that saved his life?
Answer:
He was fired for sleeping on the job!
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Brainteaser 2nd March 2008
Question:
Adored by few, Feared and hated by many. Mistress of the entire universal reason, Master in the art of numbers. Some may have solved many of your mysteries, But there still much of them to find. What are they?
Answer:
Mathematics
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Brainteaser 1st March 2008
Question:
Stealthy as a shadow in the dead of night, Cunning but affectionate if given a bite. Never owned but often loved. At my sport considered cruel, But that's because you never know me at all. What am I?
Answer:
A cat.
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Brainteaser 29th February 2008
Question:
With pointed fangs it sits in wait, With piercing force its doles out fate, Over bloodless victims proclaiming its might, Eternally joining in a single bite. What am I?
Answer:
A stapler!
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Brainteaser 28th February 2008
Question:
Here on Earth it's almost always true, that tomorrow will follow today. Yet there is a place where yesterday always follows today. Where is this place?
Answer:
This place is in a dictionary.
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Brainteaser 27th February 2008
Question:
I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to let me help them. Who am I?
Answer:
I am a Dentist
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Brainteaser 26th February 2008
Question:
The more of these you take, the more appear behind you.
Answer:
Steps
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Brainteaser 25th February 2008
Question:
When John was six years old he hammered a nail into his favorite tree to mark his height. Ten years later at age sixteen, John returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by five centimeters each year, how much higher would the nail be?
Answer:
The nail would be at the same height since trees grow at their tops.
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Brainteaser 24th February 2008
Question:
We're 5 little items of an everyday sort, you'll find us all in A Tennis Court. What are we?
Answer:
The 5 Vowels: A E I O U.
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Brainteaser 23rd February 2008
Question:
You can do it in vessels for getting you clean. You can do it to fabric to stop being seen. You are doing it when you've come up short. You've done it too when you've equalled in sport. This may sound like there should be images but then, You can do all those things without pencil or pen. What is the word?
Answer:
DRAW
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Brainteaser 22nd February 2008
Question:
A train makes three stops during a ride. A ticket costs 12 cents to the first stop, 21 cents to the second stop, and 25 cents to the third stop. A passenger gives the driver 25 cents. Without saying a word, the driver gives the passenger a ticket to the last stop. How did he know?
Answer:
The passenger paid with four nickles and five pennies.
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Brainteaser 21st February 2008
Question:
The captain of a big ship was telling this interesting story: "Once I saw two marines standing on the opposite sides of the ship. One was looking to the west and the other one to the east. And they saw each other very well."
How can that be possible?
Answer:
The marines were standing back to the edge of the ship so they were looking at each other. It does not matter where the ship is (of course it does not apply to the north and South Pole).
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Brainteaser 20th February 2008
Question:
Three missionaries and three cannibals wanted to get on the other side of a river. There was a little boat on which only two of them can fit. There can never be on one side more cannibals than missionaries because of a possible tragedy.
Answer:
1 cannibal and 1 missionary there, missionary back. 2 cannibals there, 1 cannibal back. 2 missionaries there, 1 missionary and 1 cannibal back. 2 missionaries there, 1 cannibal back. This one cannibal takes the remaining cannibals to the other side.
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Brainteaser 19th February 2008
Question:
There are six oranges sitting on a table. If you take away four, then how many oranges do you have?
Answer:
You have four oranges, because you took four of them.
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Brainteaser 18th February 2008
Question:
Turn the word "THINK" into the word "BRAIN" by changing one letter at a time - each new word must be a real word.
Answer:
THINK
THICK
TRICK
TRACK
TRACT
TRAIT
TRAIN
BRAIN
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Brainteaser 14th February 2008
Question:
I saw a man in white, he looked quite a sight. He was not old, but he stood in the cold. And when he felt the sun, he started to run. Who could he be? Please answer me.
Answer:
A Snowman
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