brain teasers

A rooster is on the roof of a barn facing east. The wind is blowing to the west at 10 miles per hour. The rooster lays an egg. Which direction does the egg roll?

You have a single match and you are in a dark room with a candle, an oil lamp and a gas stove. Which do you light first?

There are three houses, one is red, one is blue, and one is white. If the red house is to the left of the house in the middle, and the blue house is to the right of the house in the middle, where is the white house located?

A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed in town for three days and rode back out on Friday.

How is this possible?

Billy's mother had five children. The first was named Lala, the second was named Lele, the third one was named Lili, and the fourth was named Lolo.

What was the fifth child named?

Imagine you are driving the city bus. At the first stop, three women get on. At the second stop, one woman gets off and a man gets on. At the third stop, two children get on.

What colour is the bus driver's hair?

You can find it in Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus, but not in Venus or Neptune.

What is it?

A clerk at the butcher's shop is six feet tall and wears size 10 shoes.

What does he weigh?

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?