Brain Teasers

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

You passed the person in 2nd place. What place are you in now?

How can you lift an elephant with one hand?

If I drink, I will die. If I eat, I'm fine. What am I?

You're running a race. You pass up the guy in second place, what place are you in?

If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall,how long would it take four men to build it?

A clerk at a butcher is 161.8 cm tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

What can you never eat for breakfast?

What can you break without touching it?

What do you have to give before you can keep it?

Your mom has four kids names them 1) north, 2) south, 3) east. what is the fourth kids name?

There is a one story house, the carpet is red, the lamp is red, what colour were the stairs?

Imagine you are locked in a dark room with no windows. How do you escape?

What has a head and a tail but no body?

I know a word. It has six letters, if you remove one letter, you’ll be left with 12. What is it?

Mary's father has 5 daughters - Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono. What is the fifth daughters name?

Imagine you are in a sinking row boat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?

What is so fragile that sound can destroy it?

What grows down while it grows up?

If you take off my skin I won't cry, but you will. What am I?

There are 14 fish and 8 drown. How many fish are there?

When I was born I was big but the older I get the smaller I am. What am I?

People make me, save me, change me, raise me. Who am I?

A is the father of B. But B is not the son of A. How’s that possible?

How many months have 28 days?

How many times does the alphabet ‘a’ appear from 0-100.

What's always coming but yet never arrives?

If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?

The more you take, the more you leave behind.

How many times can you subtract 10 from 100?

What is heavier: 100 kg of gold or 100 kg of feathers?

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

Why didn't the chicken cross the road?

How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him

What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?

Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

A rooster laid an egg on top of the barn roof. Which way did it roll?

How much dirt is there in a hole 3 feet deep, 6 ft long and 4 ft wide?

What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you don't want to use it?

You will buy me to eat but never eat me. Who am I?

What goes up but never comes down?

If there are 6 apples and you take away 4, how many do you have?

How do oceans greet each other?

I exist when there is light, but direct light kills me. Who am I?

What's bigger than you, but weighs nothing?

Name the most recent year in which New Year’s came before Christmas.

What has four eyes, but can't see?

There are 10 lit candles on a cake and you blow out 3. How many candles are on the cake?

If there are 12 fish and half of them drown, how many are there?

There is 5 apples and you take 3. How many do you have?