Brain Teasers

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?

• White; The only place you can hike those miles and end up back at your starting point is the North Pole

• Brown; The food turned it brown

• Blue; blue bears show up at lunchtime

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?

• His son

• His cousin

• His grandfather

• His father

What is special about these words: job, polish, herb

• They are 3, 4, and 5 letters

• They are pronounced differently when the first letter is capitalized.

• They are all in the dictionary

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?

• The catcher and the umpire

• His mom and dad

• His best friends

• His coach and brother

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?

• The dog jumped

• The man went to the dog

• The river was frozen

• Option not shown

In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995, that same person is 10 years old. How can this be?

• They age backward

• The person was born in 2005 BC

• The person was magic

• Option not shown

A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece. Which has the most?

• A clock

• An hourglass

• A person

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?

• Underwear

• Makeup

• Their surname

• Their birth certificate

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

• Small

• Tiny

• Tall

• Option not shown

• Short

Your parents have six sons including you and each son has one sister. How many people are in the family?

• 9

• 14

• 12

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