Riddles and Brain Teasers

Black, Red and White

What’s black when you get it, red when you use it, and white when you’re all through with it?

Charcoal.

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Dirty Rebus

What does this represent?

    D
    I
D I R T Y
    T
    Y

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Dirty double crosser. (Thanks to Ian for the answer)

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Fewest Queens For Full Attack

What is the smallest number of queens required on a chess board to attack all squares?

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5. To see where they need to be placed, check out the diagram on Wolfram’s Queens Problem page.

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Kaitlyn’s Age Plus and Minus Three

Kaitlyn’s age plus three has an integer square root. Three years ago, Kaitlyn’s age was the square root.

How old is Kaitlyn?

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Kaitlyn is 6 years old.

6 + 3 = 9, and 9 has an integer square root.

6 – 3 = 3, and 3 is the square root of 9.

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A Special Racecar

What is special about the phrase “Race car”?

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It’s a palindrome (a word or phrase that’s spelled the same backwards and forwards).

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I Move Without Wings

I move without wings,
Between silken string,
I leave as you find,
My substance behind.

What am I?

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A spider.

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The Roast with the Most

How do you spell roast?
How do you spell most?
How do you spell coast?
How do you spell post?

What do you put into a toaster?

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Bread. (It turns into toast when it’s done toasting).

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Growing Tall But Never Fat

This on this.
That on that.
Growing tall,
but never fat.

What am I?

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A stack.

By Sef Daystrom

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I Can Be Long or Short

I can be long, or I can be short.
I can be grown, and I can be bought.
I can be painted, or left bare.
I can be round, or square.
What am I?

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A fingernail.

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The Empty Pocket

How can your pants pocket be empty but still have something in it?

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It has a hole. The hole is the thing (although it could be argued a pocket has air, darkness or dust and so on).

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