Riddles and Brain Teasers

Money Is Right Above My Reach

Money is right above my reach, I’m barely staying out of The Emergency Room (It is right below me), Room #3 is to my left, Room #5 is to my right with a 5% interest rate.

What am I?

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The number 4 key on a QWERTY keyboard. $ is money, ER (an abbreviation for Emergency Room) are the two letters immediately below the number 4 key, the #/3 key is to the left and the 5/% key is to the right.

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Gain and Lose the Most

Some are quick to take it.
Others must be coaxed.
Those who choose to take it
gain and lose the most.

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Risk.

By Sef Daystrom

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Cheese Made Backwards

What cheese is made backwards?

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Edam cheese.

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Highest Product Using All Digits

What is the highest product that can be generated by multiplying two numbers while only using each digit once (1 through 9)?
For example, 12345678 * 9 = 111,111,102

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9642 * 87531 = 843,973,902

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One Three Five

What word comes next?

one three five four ______

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Four. Each word is the number of letters in the previous word. And since four has four letters, it would continue with four forever after.

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Letter Missing From a Series

What letter is missing from this series?
B C D G P T V Z

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The letter E. The series contains all of the letters that rhyme with bee (apologies to any English speakers who pronounce Z as zed instead of zee if this confused you).

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A Trapped Flock of Birds

A flock of birds are trapped in a delivery truck. When would the truck weigh the most?

a) When the birds are resting on the floor
b) When they’re all flying
c) The weight remains the same

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c – The weight doesn’t change since it’s a closed system.

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Glittering Points Downward Thrust

Glittering points
That downward thrust,
Sparkling spears
That never rust.

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An icicle.

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Walking Through Paper

You have a regular sized piece of paper. How could you cut a hole in it large enough for you to walk through?

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Fold the paper in half and make cuts that are almost entirely across the width of the paper. Switch between sides. When the paper is opened there will be a very large hole that you can climb through (carefully).

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The Beggar’s Brother

A beggar’s brother went out to sea and drowned.
But the drowned man had no brother.
What was the relationship between the man who drowned and the beggar?

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The beggar was his sister.

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