Riddles and Brain Teasers

Three Children’s Names

Tom’s mother has three children. One is named April, one is named May. What is the third one named?

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Tom

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Six Nine Twenty-Seven

What is N?

6, 9, 27, 54, N, 2241

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675.The next number in the sequence is n squared minus m or f(n,m) = n² – m
f(6,9) = 6² – 9 = 27
f(9,27) = 9² – 27 = 54
f(27,54) = 27² – 54 = 675
f(54,675) = 54² – 675 = 2241

675.

The next number in the sequence is n squared minus m or f(n,m) = n² – m
f(6,9) = 6² – 9 = 27
f(9,27) = 9² – 27 = 54
f(27,54) = 27² – 54 = 675
f(54,675) = 54² – 675 = 2241

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Wear Black

What does this represent?

Wear
Black

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Black underwear.

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My First Wears My Second

My first wears my second; my third might be
What my first would acquire if he went to the sea.
Put together my one, two, three
And the belle of New York is the girl for me.

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Manhattan. A MAN wears a HAT, and a MAN might acquire a TAN if he went to sea.

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Whoever Makes Me Can Hear Me

Whoever makes me can hear me, but to all others I’m silent. What am I?

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A thought in your head. You can hear it, but no one else can. Unless you read minds, but then you’d have bigger problems, like figuring how how to remain sane in large crowds.

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Invisible Walls

What invention lets you look right through a wall?

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A window.

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At Coney Island (the amusement park in Ohio) over Memorial Day weekend I saw a changing station in the men’s bathroom. A clever fellow had scraped off some letters to make the changing station read, “Turd Station”. What was the original name of the changing station?

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sTURDy Station2, by Rubbermaid.Here’s a picture of one without the letters scratched out. rubbermaid-changing-station

sTURDy Station2, by Rubbermaid.

Here’s a picture of one without the letters scratched out.

rubbermaid-changing-station

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Ties One Another

What ties one to another and is closest to the heart?

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A wedding ring.

I know, this is nearly a duplicate with What Holds Two People Together.

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What Gets Wetter As It Dries?

What gets wetter as it dries?

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A towel.

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You’re Halfway There

You’re standing 11 feet away from a doorway and with each step you move halfway to the doorway. How many steps will it take for you to get to the doorway?

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Technically, the answer is infinity. If you keep going halfway, you’ll never actually make it to the doorway.But in practice, after 10 steps you’ll be 1/8th of an inch to the doorway and anyone behind you would say to stop being a baby and take a real step through the doorway already.

Technically, the answer is infinity. If you keep going halfway, you’ll never actually make it to the doorway.

But in practice, after 10 steps you’ll be 1/8th of an inch to the doorway and anyone behind you would say to stop being a baby and take a real step through the doorway already.

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