Riddles and Brain Teasers

Can Only Be Given, Not Taken Or Bought

It may only be given,
Not taken or bought,
What the sinner desires,
But the saint does not.

Forgiveness.

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From Scraps to Pants

A tailor can make a pair of pants from the scraps left over from sewing up five pairs of pants. If he has twenty-five scraps, how many pairs of pants can he make?

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Six pairs of pants. He can make five initially, but once he’s done making five pairs of pants, he’ll have five remaining sets of scraps, meaning he can make an additional pair of pants, totaling six.

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2 + 2 = 5

What is the similarity between “2 + 2 = 5” and your left hand?

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Neither is right. Two plus two equals five isn’t right, or correct and your left hand is not your right hand.

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True, False or Confused?

Which of the following statements are true and which are false?

1. Only one of the statements is false.
2. Exactly two of the statements are false.
3. Only three of the statements are false.
4. Exactly four of the statements are false.
5. All five of these statements are false.

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The only true statement is #4 and the rest are false.

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Who Is Silent In Parliament?

Who is silent in Parliament?

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The letter i, which is the only silent letter in the word Parliament.

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How Can Four Be Half of Five?

How can the number 4 be half of FIVE?

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Beginning with FIVE, take away the F and E (half of the letters), leaving IV, which is the Roman numeral for four.

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Plane Crash

A plane with 50 passengers crashes and everyone is killed, but there were only 49 bodies. How is this possible?

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Two of the passengers were siamese twins.

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8 = S O A S S

What does this represent?

8 = S O A S S

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8 = Sides of a stop sign

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What Once Was Red Is Black Instead

Tear one off and scratch my head, what once was red is black instead. What am I?

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A match. You tear a match out of a matchbook and scratch the head to light it, then the red tip turns black from the flame.This is an exact duplicate of Tear One Off and Scratch My Head but I’m leaving it to avoid broken links.

A match. You tear a match out of a matchbook and scratch the head to light it, then the red tip turns black from the flame.

This is an exact duplicate of Tear One Off and Scratch My Head but I’m leaving it to avoid broken links.

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Today Before Yesterday

I am a rare case where today comes before yesterday. What am I?

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A dictionary

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