Riddles and Brain Teasers

Two Identical Women

Two women apply for a job. They are identical and have the same mother, father and birthday. The interviewer asks, “Are you twins?” to which they honestly reply, “No”.

How is this possible?

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They are triplets.

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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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Three Lives Have I

Three lives have I.
Gentle enough to soothe the skin,
Light enough to caress the sky,
Hard enough to crack rocks.

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Water.

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Toss Me Out the Window

Toss me out of the window,
You’ll find a grieving wife,
Pull me back but through the door, and
Watch someone give life!

What am I?

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The letter “n”. (widow, donor).

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New Door

Rearrange the letters in the words “new door” to make one word.

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“new door” can be rearranged into “one word”

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Surf, School, Room

What word can be added before or after these words to make a new word or phrase?

Surf, School, Room

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Board. Surf board, school board (or maybe boarding school), board room.

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A Sunday Morning Murder

A man was killed on Sunday morning. His wife found the body and called the police. The police arrived and questioned the chef, maid, butler, and gardener. Their alibis were:

Chef – making breakfast
Maid – getting mail
Butler – setting table
Gardener – watering plants

The police immediately arrested the criminal. Who was it and how did they know?

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The maid. Mail isn’t delivered on Sunday.

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