Riddles and Brain Teasers

Two Sisters Give Birth to the Other

They are two sisters. One gives birth to the other, who in turn gives birth to the first. What are the two sisters?

Night and day. When night is over, the day breaks, and when the day ends, night is born anew.

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Mixed Animals for $100

At the market you can buy a cow for $10, a pig for $1 and 8 hens for $1. How many animals would you need to buy to get 100 mixed animals for exactly $100?

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7 cows, 21 pigs and 72 hens. The trick to this is finding the combination of cows and hens with the same cost and quantity since pigs are already equal. The magic combination is 7 cows and 72 hens, giving you 79 animals that cost $79 ($70 + $9). Then you just add 21 pigs to get to 100 animals.

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A Neighborly Argument

Two of your neighbors were arguing about if the first man’s peacock laid an egg in the seconds man’s garden, who would own the egg. They asked you to solve their dilemma. What would you tell them?

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Peahens lay eggs. Peacocks are males.

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Cheap To Make, Easy To Define

I’m cheap to make and easy to define.
A riverbank could populate the line.

What am I?

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A boundary.

By Sef Daystrom

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Three Feet But No Head

What has three feet but no head?

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A yard stick (it’s 3 feet long).

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Green House And Lots of Babies

There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?

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A watermelon.

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Twist and Dance

I love to twist and dance.
Though wingless, I fly high in the sky.

What am I?

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A kite.

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Eat Flush To

Eat flush to my nose tree times for they buy dead by too. What is the answer?

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Eat (8) flush (plus) to (2) my nose (minus) tree (3) times (times) for (4) they buy dead by (divided by) too (2).There are two answers depending on whether you calculate as you read or calculate the entire solution at the end.
8 + 2 = 10, – 3 = 7, x 4 = 28, / 2 = 14
or
8 + 2 – 3 x 4 / 2 = 10 – 6 = 4

Eat (8) flush (plus) to (2) my nose (minus) tree (3) times (times) for (4) they buy dead by (divided by) too (2).

There are two answers depending on whether you calculate as you read or calculate the entire solution at the end.
8 + 2 = 10, – 3 = 7, x 4 = 28, / 2 = 14
or
8 + 2 – 3 x 4 / 2 = 10 – 6 = 4

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