Riddles and Brain Teasers

Three Kinds of Apples

Three kinds of apples are mixed randomly in a box. How many apples must you take out to be sure of having at least two apples of one kind?

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Four. If the apples are A, B, and C, it’s possible that you could take out one A, one B and one C with three apples, but the fourth apple must be one of the three kinds.

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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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Make This Addition Problem Correct

This math problem is currently wrong.

11 + 66 + 88 + 96 = 294

How can you make it actually equal 294?

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Flip the numbers upside down:

11 + 99 + 88 + 96 = 294

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People Eat Me

I am a word of 5 letters and people eat me. If you remove the first letter I become a form of energy. Remove the first two and I’m needed to live. Scramble the last 3 and you can drink me. What am I?

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wheat
heat
eat
tea

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ABCDE and What?

What comes next in this series?

A B C D E

Hint: It’s not F.

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K. The letters represent vitamins, and there is currently no Vitamin F, G, H, I or J.

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Kings And Lords And Christians Raised Them

Kings and lords and christians raised them
Since they stand for higher powers
Yet few of them would stand, I’m certain,
If women ruled this world of ours.

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A tower.

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Moved Like the Tide

Dear Brother,
In the past, men believed
that it moved like the tide.
Till its movement desists,
we will always be this.

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Blood.

By Sef Daystrom

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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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The Case of Wesley and the Broken Window

Wesley’s mom discovered a broken window in the living room and went to ask Wesley about it. Wesley told her he had been playing Monopoly with his friend Cindy. She asked him what his last roll had been and he said, “A one”. She immediately knew he was lying.

How?

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Monopoly has two dice, and the lowest number two dice can roll is 2. The window repair came out of Wesley’s allowance and he stopped throwing his baseball in the house.

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The Peace Maker Weapon

What weapon is also a peace maker?

Note: Think homonyms

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A knife. It turns things into pieces.

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