Riddles and Brain Teasers

If You Lose Me

If you lose me, others around you may lose me too. What am I?

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Your temper.

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Count to A

If you were to spell out the numbers, how far would you have to go before encountering the letter A?

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One thousand (or one hundred and one, depending on how you pronounce it).

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Hold In Your Left Hand

What can you hold in your left hand and not in your right?

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Your right elbow. You can try it yourself if you’re not convinced, but unless you have a broken arm or an incredibly flexible ulna, you won’t reach it.

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Leaves That Don’t Fall

I have wood but no bark,
And leaves that don’t fall,
I am made up of branches,
and come in sizes of all.

I am completely devoured many times,
over and over by a worm of a kind.
If you want to know the answer of mine,
look for the secret that I’ve stored inside.

What am I?

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A library or bookstore.

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Passes Before The Sun

What passes before the sun but makes no shadow?

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Air.

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Ten Times Two is 0218

10 × 2 = 0218
20 × 2 = 1421
30 × 2 = 1632
40 × 2 = ?

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2840.This makes the first column the start of the Fibonacci series: 0, 1, 1, 2.
The second column is the even numbers: 2, 4, 6, 8
The third column is counting up by ones: 1, 2, 3, 4
And the last column is the answer in the first row in reverse: 8, 1, 2, 0.Don’t ask what 50 × 2 equals. I have no idea. :)Thanks to Jim for helping with the solution.

2840.

This makes the first column the start of the Fibonacci series: 0, 1, 1, 2.
The second column is the even numbers: 2, 4, 6, 8
The third column is counting up by ones: 1, 2, 3, 4
And the last column is the answer in the first row in reverse: 8, 1, 2, 0.

Don’t ask what 50 × 2 equals. I have no idea. :)

Thanks to Jim for helping with the solution.

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Not the Sort That’s Eaten

I’m not the sort that’s eaten, I’m not the sort you bake,
Don’t put me in an oven, I don’t taste that great,
But when applied correctly, around me you will find,
Problems are so simple when my digits come to mind.

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Pi (3.141592653)

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Bowl That Can’t Be Filled

I am as round and deep as a bowl, but all the world’s water couldn’t fill me up. What am I?

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A sieve.

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A Sign in Japan

This sign was seen in Japan. What does it mean?

A sign seen in Japan

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It’s a glass sign containing instructions on a glass door.
It says PULL on one side and PUSH on the opposite side.

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Two Scruffy Dogs

Two scruffy dogs were walking down the street. The first dog turned to the other and said, “Do you realize that if one of your fleas jumped onto me we would have the same number of fleas?” The second replied, “Yes, but if one of your fleas jumped onto me I would have five times as many fleas as you.” How many fleas are on each dog to begin with?

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2 and 4

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