Riddles and Brain Teasers

Not in Any State

Which letter of the alphabet is the only one that does not appear in any of the names of the 50 United States?

The letter Q.

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?

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Unknown. Everleigh likes words with silent letters.

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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 Special-Sized Box

I have a box. The top has an area of 240 square inches, the side 300 square inches and the end 180 square inches. What are the dimensions of the box?

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Length = 20
Width = 12
Depth = 15

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I Am a Protector

I am a protector.
I sit on a bridge.
One person can see right through me.
Others wonder what I hide.

What am I?

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Sunglasses

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Halo of Water, Tongue of Wood

Halo of water, tongue of wood
Skin of stone, long I’ve stood.
My fingers short reach to the sky
Inside my heart men live and die.

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A castle.

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Seven Letter Word with Ten Words

There is a seven-letter word in the English language that has ten total words without rearranging any of its letters.

What is the word?

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Therein

1. the
2. there
3. he
4. in
5. rein
6. her
7. here
8. ere
9. herein
10. therein

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Spell check

Which word is always spelled wrong?

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The word “wrong”.

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A Square and a Cube

What two-digit number is the square of one number and the cube of another?

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8² = 64
4³ = 64

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Son of Water

You eat something you neither plant nor plow.
It is the son of water, but if water touches it, it dies.

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Salt. It comes from saltwater but salt melts ice (the solid form of water).

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