Riddles and Brain Teasers

Ghoti Pronunciation

How do you pronounce Ghoti?

Fish. The gh is pronounced as in tough, the o as in women and the ti as in nation. Ghoti is a constructed word to illustrate irregularities in English spelling.

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Here Comes My Wife and Daughter

Two men are standing on one side of a bridge and two women are approaching them. One of the men says, “Here comes my wife and daughter” to which the second man replies, “Here comes my wife and daughter”. If they have not married the same woman and the women aren’t pregnant, how is this true?

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The men are widowers and married each others’ daughter.

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Turn Nine Into Six

Here is the Roman numeral for nine: IX

By adding only one line or symbol, how can you turn it into six?

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SIX.

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I Turn Around Once

I turn around once,
What is out will not get in.
I turn around again.
What is in will not get out.

What am I?

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A key.

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Voiceless It Cries

Voiceless it cries, wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouth-less mutters. What is it?

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The wind.

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Never For Breakfast

What two things can you never have for breakfast?

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Lunch and dinner.

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Move Your Digits

By moving one of the following digits, make the equation correct.

62 – 63 = 1

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2⁶ – 63 = 1
(2⁶ = 2x2x2x2x2x2 = 64, ∴ 64 – 63 = 1)

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The More There Is The Less You See

The more there is the less you see. What is it?

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Darkness. There more darkness there is, the less you can see.

Darkness

Darkness. There more darkness there is, the less you can see.

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Spell Eighty

How can you spell eighty with only two letters?

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A-T (pronounced eighty).

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A Great Woman

The first two letters of this English word refer to a male, the first three refer to a female, the first four to a great man and the whole word is a great woman.

What is the word?

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Heroine (he, her, hero)

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