Riddles and Brain Teasers

White, Round Not Always Around

I’m white, I’m round, but not always around. Sometimes you see me, sometimes you don’t. What am I?

The moon.

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Word Pairs to Create a New Word

One letter can be used to replace the first letter of each word pair below to create two new English words. The new letters can then be combined to spell a word. What is that word?

MAIL ____ PINK
CART ____ SAID
GRID ____ RIMLESS
LINK ____ BOUND
ROWED ____ RIPPLE

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SMART

SAIL – SINK
MART – MAID
ARID – AIMLESS
RINK – ROUND
TOWED – TIPPLE

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Twist and Dance

I love to twist and dance.
Though wingless, I fly high in the sky.

What am I?

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A kite.

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Graphical Rebus One

What does this rebus represent?

Rebus

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Dancing Queen

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No One Can Reach It

It’s red, blue, purple and green, no one can reach it, not even the queen. What is it?

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A rainbow.

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A Square and a Cube

What two-digit number is the square of one number and the cube of another?

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8² = 64
4³ = 64

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A bag contains 64 balls of eight different colors. There are eight of each color (including red).
What is the smallest number you would have to pick, without looking, to be sure of selecting 3 red balls?

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59. The first 56 balls could all be non-red colors. If that happened, you’d have to choose from the 8 remaining balls, all of which would be red.

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Odd Word Out

One of these words does not belong, one of these words is not the same. What is it about the words that does not belong? It is more apparent than the first letter not being the same.

Selflessness
Selfishness
Strengthlessness
Defencelessness

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Selfishness. The rest have only one of the vowels.

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PINE Rebus

 P
INE

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Pine cone (pine in the shape of a cone).

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A One Letter Change

At my start I last a mere eleven days,
But change one letter and I’m over 31 years.

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One million seconds (about 11 1/2 days).Change the “m” to a “b” to get one billion seconds (about 31.7 years).It’s rather surprising that a million seconds and a billion seconds differ by such a large duration.

One million seconds (about 11 1/2 days).

Change the “m” to a “b” to get one billion seconds (about 31.7 years).

It’s rather surprising that a million seconds and a billion seconds differ by such a large duration.

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