Brain Teasers

By: Nithya

Questions:

1. What can be opened but can't be closed?

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

3. What has hands but can not clap?

4. What starts with the letter “t,” is filled with “t” and ends in “t”?

5. What is at the end of a rainbow?

6. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

7. You draw a line. Without touching it, how do you make the line longer?

8. How many months have 28 days?

9. Two mothers and two daughters went out to eat, everyone ate one burger, yet only three burgers were eaten in all. How is this possible?

10. A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three days, then leaves on Friday. How did he do it?

11. You walk across a bridge and you see a boat full of people yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?

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

13. What’s full of holes but still holds water?

14. I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?

15. What belongs to you but other people use it more than you?

Answers:

1. An egg

2. A candle.

3. A clock

4. A Teapot

5. The letter “w”

6. A rainbow

7. You draw a shorter line next to it, and it becomes the longer line.

8. All 12 months

9. They were a grandmother, mother, and daughter.

10. His horse’s name was Friday.

11. All the people on the boat are married.

12. If you take 2 apples, then you have of course 2 left.

13. A sopnge
14. Seven (take away the ‘s’ and it becomes ‘even’)
15. Your name