Riddles and Brain Teasers

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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Graphical Rebus Two

What does this rebus represent?

Rebus

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Castle on a Cloud

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A Word That Has No End

I’m a five-letter word that has no end, Commit a sin? One through three can amend, One, four and five are something alive, Two and three occur near to thee.

What am I?

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Abyss. aby is an archaic word meaning to pay the penalty for. An ass, otherwise known as a donkey, is alive and “by” is another way of saying near to you.

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Door Body and Knot

A door, a body, and a knot can be this.

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Double. Double doors, a stunt double (for an actor) and a double knot. And there’s also the double rainbow :)By Sef Daystrom

Double. Double doors, a stunt double (for an actor) and a double knot. And there’s also the double rainbow :)

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Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it,
Five in the middle is seen;
First of all figures, the first of all letters,
Take up their stations between.
Join all together, and then you will bring
Before you the name of an eminent king.

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DAVID (Roman numerals).

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Starts With T

What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has “T” in it?

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A teapot.

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Sum of Consecutives

What is the sum of the numbers in the following list which are consecutive?

15  5 10 28
24  7 18 26
11 21 17 13
22  9  1 20

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The consecutive numbers are: 9, 10, 11; 17, 18; and 20, 21, 22.

The sum of those numbers is 128.

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Fewest Queens For Full Attack

What is the smallest number of queens required on a chess board to attack all squares?

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5. To see where they need to be placed, check out the diagram on Wolfram’s Queens Problem page.

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It Is Hate

It is hate and has hate in it, but it isn’t hate.

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Hatred.

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Stink When Alive

I stink when I’m alive, but I smell good when I’m dead. What am I?

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A pig. Mmm, ham and bacon…

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