Riddles and Brain Teasers

Five Pigeons on a Fence

Five pigeons are sitting on a fence. The farmer comes out and shoots one. How many are left?

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None, the rest flew away at the sound of the gunshot. Or one (the dead pigeon).

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What Can You Catch But Not Throw?

What can you catch but not throw?

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Your breath or an illness (a cold, virus, the flu etc).

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What Does Man Love More Than Life?

What does man love more than life
Fear more than death or mortal strife
What the poor have, the rich require,
and what contented men desire,
What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves
And all men carry to their graves?

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Nothing. This one is similar to Greater than God, but different enough to include it here.

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A Date With No Numbers

How can you write a date in 5 letters without using any numbers?

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The most popular answer for this teaser is ‘today’. Of course this only works if you’re reading it on that particular date or if the date is not specified. Another option is to respond literally with ‘a date’. Lastly, certain dates could be squeezed into letters using Roman numerals if you abbreviate the year to 2 numerals. For example, January 20th, 2011 would be I XX XI.

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Why This Particular Order?

Why are these letters grouped in this particular order?

1) DFGHLPRU
2) KSTV
3) CO
4) AIW
8) MN

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The letters are grouped by the number of U.S. States beginning with that letter. M and N are tied for each starting eight states.

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You Can See Nothing Else

You can see nothing else
When you look in my face,
I will look you in the eye
And I will never lie.

What am I?

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Your reflection.

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Two Tons

If you had a ton of feathers and a ton of stones which would be heavier?

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Neither. A ton is a ton, no matter what it’s made up of, and they both weigh a ton.

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Thin Barn Word Ladder

Get from the word THIN to BARN by changing one letter at a time and forming another English word in each step.

1. THIN
2. _ _ _ _
3. _ _ _ _
4. _ _ _ _
5. _ _ _ _
6. BARN

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1. THIN
2. CHIN
3. COIN
4. CORN
5. BORN
6. BARN

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What Comes Next I S I T

What comes next in this series?

I S I T P N A A D L I I Y N ___

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The letter A.There are three separate series1. Starting with the first letter and taking every third letter you get ITALY.
2. Starting with the second letter and taking every third letter you get SPAIN.
3. Starting with the third letter and taking every third letter you get INDIA.

The letter A.

There are three separate series

1. Starting with the first letter and taking every third letter you get ITALY.
2. Starting with the second letter and taking every third letter you get SPAIN.
3. Starting with the third letter and taking every third letter you get INDIA.

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Aiden and Sofia Buying Candy

Aiden and Sofia were debating a major purchase of candy. They calculated that they could get three bags of jelly beans and two bags of chocolate for 24 cents, which was just under their limit of 25 cents. They found they could also get four bags of chocolate and two bags of jelly beans for the same 24 cents. How much did each bag of candy cost?

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Jelly beans are 6 cents and chocolate is 3 cents.

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