Riddles and Brain Teasers

What Everleigh Likes

Everleigh likes knights but not batteries, writing but not typing and to listen but not to sing. Does she like an unknown or a famous author?

Show the answer »

Unknown. Everleigh likes words with silent letters.

Posted in Brain Teasers

A circular island with a diameter of 30 feet has a 30 foot tree stands at the center. A man cuts the tree down with his chainsaw, making the cut a foot up from the ground. The tree comes crashing down and hits the water but doesn’t splash. Why not?

Show the answer »

It’s winter and the water is frozen.

Posted in Brain Teasers

Grow In Trees and Have No Teeth

I grow in trees, eat living things but have no teeth and give birth to something that looks nothing like me. What am I?

Show the answer »

A bird. They are hatched and raised in trees (nests), don’t have teeth in the traditional meaning of teeth and they lay eggs, which look nothing like a bird.A butterfly / caterpillar could also work.

A bird. They are hatched and raised in trees (nests), don’t have teeth in the traditional meaning of teeth and they lay eggs, which look nothing like a bird.

A butterfly / caterpillar could also work.

Posted in Riddles

Tagged with What am I?

English and Afrikaans

What is a six-word sentence that has the same meaning and spelling in both English and Afrikaans?

Show the answer »

My pen is in my hand. It’s not all that meaningful of a sentence, but it’s the same in English and Afrikaans.

Posted in Brain Teasers

Two Hands But Can’t Clap

I have two hands but I cannot clap. What am I?

Show the answer »

A clock.

Posted in Riddles

Tagged with What am I?

Measured But Not Seen

What can be measured but not seen?

Show the answer »

Time. Or my toes when I’ve had one too many donuts…

Posted in Riddles

Lillian’s Shower

Lillian gets in the shower, but her long, flowing hair is not wet when she gets out again. How is this possible?

Show the answer »

She didn’t turn the water on, she wore a shower cap or it was a baby shower.

Posted in Brain Teasers

What Surrounds The World

What surrounds the world, yet dwells within a thimble?

Show the answer »

Space.

Posted in Riddles

The Letters of Man

Using only the letters in MAN to fill in the blanks, make normal, uncapitalized words.

1. _ _ O _ G
2. R _ _ D O _
3. _ _ R I _ _
4. E _ P _ _ _ D _
5. C I _ _ _ _ O _
6. P _ _ O R _ _ _
7. _ _ I _ L _ _ D
8. _ R _ _ _ E _ T

Show the answer »

1. AMONG
2. RANDOM
3. MARINA
4. EMPANADA
5. CINNAMON
6. PANORAMA
7. MAINLAND
8. ARMAMENT

Posted in Brain Teasers

Sisters and Brothers

My daughter has as many sisters as she has brothers. Each of her brothers has twice as many sisters as brothers. How many sons and daughters do I have?

Show the answer »

Four daughters and three sons. Each daughter has 3 sisters and 3 brothers, and each brother has 2 brothers and 4 sisters.To figure it out mathematically, you could use the following two equations where G = the number of girls and B = the number of boys:
G – 1 = B
2(B – 1) = GSolving for G gives you 4 and plugging that in to G – 1 = B gives you a B of 3.

Four daughters and three sons. Each daughter has 3 sisters and 3 brothers, and each brother has 2 brothers and 4 sisters.

To figure it out mathematically, you could use the following two equations where G = the number of girls and B = the number of boys:
G – 1 = B
2(B – 1) = G

Solving for G gives you 4 and plugging that in to G – 1 = B gives you a B of 3.

Posted in Brain Teasers

More ›