Brain Teasers

Ms. Smith has four daughters. Each daughter has a brother. How many kids are there in total?

What goes up, but never comes down?

If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become?

What runs all around the backyard but never moves?

What grows down as it grows up?

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die. What am I?

I am full of keys, but I can't open any doors. What am I?

What can you catch, but not throw?

What gets wetter the more it dries?

What has four legs and a back, but can't walk?

What can you break without touching it?

What is at the end of "a rainbow"?

What occurs twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a day?

I am what I am, but if you know what I am, then I'm no longer what I am. What am I?

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

What belongs to you, yet is used by others more than yourself?

What can go up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney up?

What has one eye, but cannot see?

What kind of coat can only be put on wet?

If there are seven oranges and you take three away, how many oranges do you have?

What has to be broken before you can use it?

What is two days after the day before yesterday?

When I was created, I was big. But, the older I get, the smaller I become. What am I?

I jump when I walk and sit when I stand. What am I?

What do you call a frog with no legs?

What has a face and two hands, but no arms or legs?

How many months have 28 days?

You're in a house with only one match. There's a gas lamp, a fireplace, and a wood stove. Which do you light first?

What is harder to catch the faster you run?

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

How many letters are in "the alphabet"?

You're running in a race and at the very end, you pass the person in 2nd place. What place did you finish the race in?

What is so fragile that sound can destroy it?

What runs but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps, and has a mouth but never eats?

What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

If two's a company and three's a crowd, what are four and five?

What is as big as an elephant, but weighs nothing?

What has two arms and a neck, but no head?

Scientists have proven that one side of a cat has more hair. Which side is it?

What has a head and a tail but no body?