I wear a red robe,
What am I?
A cherry
There are a few other variations of this one:
As I went through the garden gap,
I slipped down a slippery gap,
A cherry
There are a few other variations of this one:
As I went through the garden gap,
I slipped down a slippery gap,
Here is a series of numbers:
16 06 68 88 ___ 98
What belongs in the blank spot?
87 is the common answer to this, but it has to be flipped upside down, so I consider L8 more correct.
If you flip the numbers horizontally by 180 degrees:
86 87 88 89 90 91
You see that the blank spot is 87, counting from 86 to 91. However, you need to flip it around, so it becomes L8.
87 is the common answer to this, but it has to be flipped upside down, so I consider L8 more correct.
If you flip the numbers horizontally by 180 degrees:
86 87 88 89 90 91
You see that the blank spot is 87, counting from 86 to 91. However, you need to flip it around, so it becomes L8.
What do computer compilers, kevlar, fire escapes and windshield wipers all have in common?
They were all invented by women.
A variation of this brain teaser includes laser printers (they were invented by Gary Starkweather) and bulletproof vests (invented by Casimir Zeglen using silk, though modern vests use Kevlar, so it’s halfway right).
They were all invented by women.
A variation of this brain teaser includes laser printers (they were invented by Gary Starkweather) and bulletproof vests (invented by Casimir Zeglen using silk, though modern vests use Kevlar, so it’s halfway right).
Name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday.
Yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Yesterday, today and tomorrow.
I am a voice without a mouth, throat or lungs. I know no language but speak in all tongues. What am I?
An echo.
Boys use it, girls like it, parents hate it. What is this 5-letter word?
The phone.
Peppino bought a new hat and Tito asked what day he bought it. Peppino replied, “If yesterday was tomorrow, today would be Tuesday.” On what day did Peppino buy his hat?
Thursday. Yesterday (from Thursday) is Wednesday, which is tomorrow with respect to Tuesday.
Thursday. Yesterday (from Thursday) is Wednesday, which is tomorrow with respect to Tuesday.
He was the perfect gentleman even though his nephew couldn’t see it. Who was he?
A fine chap with a blind nephew (or an exemplary uncle who died before his nephew was born).
A fine chap with a blind nephew (or an exemplary uncle who died before his nephew was born).
What is the next letter in this fruity series?
a a a p p ?
Y.
The series consists of the letters of papaya in alphabetical order.
Y.
The series consists of the letters of papaya in alphabetical order.
I always run but never walk,
What am I?
A clock. It runs all the time, it “sings” for hourly chimes, cuckoos or alarms, it doesn’t have a head (but does have hands) and you look a clock in the face to tell the time.
A clock. It runs all the time, it “sings” for hourly chimes, cuckoos or alarms, it doesn’t have a head (but does have hands) and you look a clock in the face to tell the time.