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It’s fun to test the limits of your brain power sometimes. Meaning, at a time when you’re prepared for it, willing and ready, not when life throws something truly unexpected at you. Or when you’re at work. Anyhoo, there are many ways to test your critical thinking, but we’re pretty sure that the most entertaining one is with a brain teaser. Yup, a good old riddle or two to pleasurably torture your thinking apparatus! And, if you need any ideas on fun brain teasers, you’ve opened the exact right article, undoubtedly.
Our roster has a couple of sections, with the first one being brain teasers for adults. These riddles will be asking you to figure out stuff like tax refunds, time management, life-work balance, and all the fun topics related to being a grown-up. Just kidding! What they really are is just a tad bit more complex than brain teasers for kids and definitely do not talk about family gatherings and budgeting. These hard brain teasers are here to entertain you, after all, not deepen the impact of grim realities. Then, there are also funny brain teasers, and to solve them, you will have to wipe your tears of laughter first! At least, we truly hope they’ll entertain you this much!
So, the brain teasers are just a bit further down - you’re almost there! Once you are through with solving them, give the best riddles your vote so they’ll find their way to the top of this list. And after that, share these brain teasers with anyone against whom you’d like to compete in a battle of minds! Psst, find the answers to these riddles in the comments down below!
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#2
What is unusual about the following words: revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven?
#3
There is only one time in your life when you’re twice as old as your child. When is that?
#4
What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?
#6
There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four signify a great man, and the whole word, a great woman. What is the word?
#13
Arnold Schwarzenegger has a long one. Michael J. Fox has a short one. Madonna does not use hers. Bill Clinton always uses his. The Pope never uses his. What is it?
#15
If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?
#19
I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness.
#20
Put a coin into an empty bottle and insert a cork into the neck. How can you remove the coin without removing the cork or breaking the bottle?
#23
You are in a room that has three switches and a closed door. The switches control three light bulbs on the other side of the door. Once you open the door, you may never touch the switches again. How can you definitively tell which switch is connected to each of the light bulbs?
#26
In a one-story pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower — everything was pink! What color were the stairs?
#28
A cowboy rides into a town on Friday, stays for three days, and leaves on Friday. How does he manage this?
#29
What was the biggest island in the world before the discovery of Greenland?
#32
Always in you, sometimes on you; If I surround you, I can kill you. What am I?
#34
A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks who it is. The man replies, “Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who was in the photograph?
#35
A man was walking in the rain. He was in the middle of nowhere. He had nothing and nowhere to hide. He came home all wet, but not a single hair on his head was wet. Why is that?
#36
The person who makes it has no need for it. The person who purchases it does not use it. The person who does use it does not know he or she is. What is it?
#37
You’re escaping a maze, and there are three doors in front of you. The door on the left leads to a pit of lava. The door in the center leads to a room filled with deadly gas. The door on the right leads to a lion that hasn’t eaten in three months. Which door do you choose?
#42
You’re in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove, and a gas lamp. You only have one match, so what do you light first?
#47
I come in different shapes and sizes. Parts of me are curved, other parts are straight. You can put me anywhere you like, but there is only one right place for me. What am I?
#49
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
#53
Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
#61
I left my campsite and hiked south for 3 miles. Then I turned east and hiked for 3 miles. I then turned north and hiked for 3 miles, at which time I came upon a bear inside my tent eating my food! What color was the bear?
#63
What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?
#64
A red house is made from red bricks. A blue house is made from blue bricks. A yellow house is made from yellow bricks. What is a green house made from?
#66
Four cars come to a four-way stop, all coming from a different direction. They can’t decide who got there first, so they all go forward at the same time. They do not crash into each other, but all four cars go. How is this possible?
#68
I have a large money box, 10 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. Roughly how many coins can I place until my money box is no longer empty?
#72
An elevator is on the ground floor. There are five people in the elevator including me. When the lift reaches the first floor, one person gets out and two people get in. The lift goes up to the second floor, three people get out, five people get in. It then goes up to the next floor up, no-one gets out but 12 people get in. Halfway up to the next floor up the elevator cable snaps, it crashes to the floor. Everyone else dies in the elevator except me. How did I survive?
#73
Which word logically comes next in this sequence? Spots, tops, pots, opts…
#77
84% of people reading this will not find the the mistake in this A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z.
#78
How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come back to you, even if it doesn’t bounce off anything? There is nothing attached to it, and no one else catches or throws it back to you.
#87
You are running in a 5000-meter marathon, and you have beaten the person in second place. Where are you?
#88
For me:
Childbirth is before pregnancy.
Childhood is before birth.
Adolescence is before childhood.
Death is before life… Who am I?
#93
Two girls have the same parents and were born at the same hour of the same day of the same month, but they are not twins. How can this be possible?
#94
Tom and his younger sister were fighting. Their mother was tired of the fighting and decided to punish them by making them stand on the same piece of newspaper in such a way that they couldn't touch each other. How did she accomplish this?
#96
Two cars were involved in an accident in the center of town. The man who was driving a little green car, had overtaken a big black car. The driver had misjudged the distance between him and the on-coming traffic and had to swerve back in, causing the black car to swerve and crash into a shop window. When the occupants of the cars were examined everyone in the green car was okay, but in the black car was one dead man. However, the driver of the green car was not charged with manslaughter, why was this so?
#97
If seven cats kill seven rats in 7 minutes, how many would be needed to kill one hundred rats in 50 minutes?
#98
Forrest left home running. He ran a ways and then turned left, ran the same distance and turned left again, ran the same distance and turned left again. When he got home, there were two masked men. Who were they?
#99
A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?
#100
Your parents have six sons including you and each son has one sister. How many people are in the family?
#101
An Arab sheik is old and must leave his fortune to one of his two sons. He makes a proposition: Both sons will ride their camels in a race, and whichever camel crosses the finish line LAST will win the fortune for its owner. During the race, the two brothers wander aimlessly for days, neither willing to cross the finish line. In desperation, they ask a wise man for advice. He tells them something; then the brothers leap onto the camels and charge toward the finish line. What did the wise man say?
#103
A man describes his daughters, saying, “They are all blonde, but two; all brunette but two; and all redheaded but two.” How many daughters does he have?
#104
If you have a 7-minute hourglass and an 11-minute hourglass, how can you boil an egg in exactly 15 minutes?
#105
What is next in this sequence of numbers: 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, 312211, ______?
#106
In my hand, I have two coins that are newly minted. Together, they total 30 cents. One isn’t a nickel. What are the coins?
#110
A rancher had 500 cows and took one shot that got them all. How did he do it?
#111
Two boxers are in a match scheduled for 12 rounds. (Pure boxing only. There are no kicking or takedowns). One of the boxers gets knocked out after only six rounds, yet no man throws a punch. How is this possible?
#112
One family wants to get through a tunnel. Dad can make it in 1 minute, mom in 2 minutes, son in 4 and daughter in 5 minutes. No more than 2 persons can go through the tunnel at one time, moving at the speed of the slower one. Can they all make it to the other side if they have a torch that lasts only 12 minutes and they are afraid of the dark?
#113
Peter’s father has five sons. The names of the four sons are Fefe, Fifi, Fafa, and Fufu, respectively. What is the name of the fifth son?
#115
There were 3 red, 4 yellow and 5 green cars parked. 8 cars went away.
Cars of what color has definitely become less than it was?
#118
Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?
#119
You enter a room that contains a match, kerosene lamp, candle, and fireplace. What should you light first?
#120
If an electric train is traveling south, then which way is the smoke going?
#122
A time when they are green, a time when they're brown, but both of these times, cause me to frown. But just in between, for a very short while, They're perfect and yellow and cause me to smile! What am I talking about here?
#123
If 5 cats catch 5 mice in 5 minutes, how long will it take one cat to catch a mouse?
#124
You are locked in a house and you have four objects. You have a wooden chair, a ladder, a piano, and a rubber ax. You can only pick one object and you can't get out by breaking anything. What would you use to get out?
#125
Some say we are red, some say we are green. Some play us, some spray us. What are we?
#126
A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece. Which has the most?
#127
Paul’s height is six feet, he’s an assistant at a butcher’s shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?
#129
You are in a place called Wally’s World and there is only one law. There is a mirror, but no reflection. There is pizza with cheese, but not sausage. There is pepper, but no salt. There is a door, yet no entrance or exit. What is the law?
#130
Find a number less than 100 that is increased by one-fifth of its value when its digits are reversed.
#131
Which creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
#132
What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
#142
I have no eyes, no legs, or ears, and I help move the earth. What am I?
#143
What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
#144
A peasant woman has seven daughters.
One day she will pick apples, but she likes only 5.
However, she manages to share them equally between her seven daughters. Ow, did she do it?
#146
What is one thing that all people, regardless of their politics or religion, have to agree is between heaven and earth?
#150
My first is high, My second damp, My whole a tie, A writer's cramp. What am I?
#151
There were five men going to church and it started to rain. The four that ran got wet and the one that stood still stayed dry. How did the one stay dry?
#152
A student zips on his scooter to ride to the train station to get to college. His home is close to two stops; the first one is a mile from home, and the second is two miles from home in the opposite direction. In the morning, he always gets on at the first stop and in the afternoon, he always gets off at the second one. Why?
#153
What is that which goes with a carriage, comes with a carriage, is of no use to a carriage, and yet the carriage cannot go without it. What is it?
#154
As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?
#155
In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995, that same person is 10 years old. How can this be?
#157
Fourteen of the kids in the class are girls. Eight of the kids wear blue shirts. Two of the kids are neither girls or wear a blue shirt. If five of the kids are girls who wear blue shirts, how many kids are in the class?
#158
The water level in a reservoir is low, but doubles every day. It takes 60 days to fill the reservoir. How long does it take for the reservoir to become half full?
#159
A farmer needs to take a fox, a chicken, and a sack of grain across a river. The only way across the river is by a small boat, which can only hold the farmer and one of the three items. Left unsupervised, the chicken will eat the grain, and the fox will eat the chicken. However, the fox won’t try to eat the grain, and neither the fox nor the chicken will wander off. How does the farmer get everything across the river?
#160
Four people arrive at a river with a narrow bridge that can only hold two people at a time. It’s nighttime and they have one torch that has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person A can cross the bridge in one minute, B in two minutes, C in five minutes, and D in eight minutes. When two people cross the bridge together, they must move at the slower person’s pace. Can they all get across the bridge in 15 minutes or less?
#162
It’s not easy to figure out who’s who when the Brewer family gets together. The brother of Nick’s uncle Manny is named Mark. Lisa’s grandparents are Nick’s parents. Mark is married to Lisa’s grandma. The children of Angela’s daughter Sandra are named Lisa and Sasha. So who is Angela’s brother-in-law?
#163
Brothers and sisters I have none but this man's father is my father's son. Who is the man?
#164
What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you’ll die?
#165
If five peacocks lay ten eggs in 2 days, how many peacocks will lay 100 eggs in 24 days?
#167
Which of the following words don't belong in the group and why? CORSET, COSTER, SECTOR, ESCORT, COURTS.
#168
0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 How can you use the digits above once each only to compose two fractions which when added together equal 1?
