TERKULA PETER SEMBER
BRAIN TEASRS
Word Riddles
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What has to be broken before you can use it?
What has words but never speaks?
What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
What comes down but never goes up?
What has a neck but no head?
I fly without wings, I cry without eyes. What am I?
What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in
the evening?
8. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
9. What can travel around the world while staying in the same spot?
10. What belongs to you but other people use it more than you do?
Math & Logic Riddles
11. If you multiply me by any number, the answer will always be the same. What
number am I?
12. I am an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What am I?
13. A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 run away. How many are left?
14. If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
15. A square house has four walls, and each wall faces south. A bear walks past the
house. What color is the bear?
16. A train is traveling 60 km per hour. It goes for 60 minutes. How far does it go?
17. How can you add eight 8s to get 1,000?
18. What two numbers make 10 when multiplied but 25 when added?
19. A man buys a horse for $50, sells it for $60, buys it back for $70, and sells it for
$80. Did he make a profit or loss?
20. A rooster lays an egg on top of a barn. Which way does it roll?
Tricky Lateral Thinking Puzzles
21. What gets wetter the more it dries?
22. If you drop me, I break, but if you smile at me, I smile back. What am I?
23. I have 5 fingers but am not alive. What am I?
24. What is full of holes but still holds water?
25. Which is heavier: 1 kg of feathers or 1 kg of bricks?
26. What has one eye but cannot see?
27. How can a boy go 20 days without sleep?
28. What has many rings but no fingers?
29. You see a boat filled with people. It hasn’t sunk, but when you look again, you
don’t see a single person. Why?
30. I am light as a feather, yet no man can hold me for long. What am I?
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