Riddles and Brain Teasers

Fred’s Packing Job

Fred was almost done packing for the day, with five packages left. Unfortunately, Fred dropped the labels and had no idea which label went to which package. What is the probability that Fred managed to correctly label exactly four of the five packages?

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Zero. If Fred had correctly labeled four packages, the fifth label would belong to the fifth package and all packages would be correctly labeled. Therefore it is impossible to mislabel exactly four packages.

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Bed, Evil, Identical

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

Bed, Evil, Identical

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Twin. Twin bed, Evil twin, Identical twin.

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Three Letter Word Completion

What three letter word can complete the below words?

B___
D___
M___ET
P___ING
SH___

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Ark, which produces: bark, dark, market, parking, shark.

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You Are My Brother

You are my brother but I am not your brother. Who am I?

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Your sister.

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LEWL GUNEB SI FLAH ENDO

Rearrange the letters of each word in this phrase to form a well-known saying.

LEWL GUNEB SI FLAH ENDO

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Well begun is half done.

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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 Big Pizza Pie

To get the most pizza, should you order two 12″ pizzas or one 18″ pie?

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One 18″, with ~255 sumptuous square inches. Two 12″ pizzas would only give you ~226 square inches.Note: The area of a circle is = πr².

One 18″, with ~255 sumptuous square inches. Two 12″ pizzas would only give you ~226 square inches.

Note: The area of a circle is = πr².

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A Voice With No Mouth

I am a voice without a mouth, throat or lungs. I know no language but speak in all tongues. What am I?

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An echo.

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Rope Around The Earth

If a piece of rope was tightly wrapped around the earth and you added 3 feet to its length, how high could you uniformly raise it from the earth’s surface?

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Just short of 6 inches.

Thanks to Nigel Coldwell for this one.

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