Brain Teasers

Which one is the top-down view of the tower?

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Answer explanation

The tower has orange on the top, yellow beneath it — but of equal size so won’t be visible from the top, a larger yellow with a slightly larger orange at the bottom. Looking from the aerial view the orange pattern must be prominent followed by a thin yellow and slightly larger orange.

Which two lions are the same?

Which die completes the set?

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Answer explanation

Each line has two dice of the same color and numbers: 2, 3, and 5.

A man is standing in front of a painting of a man, and he tells us the following: "Brothers and sisters have I none, but this man's father is my father's son". Who is on the painting?

• His father

• He himself

• His son

• His father's father

Answer explanation

We can replace "my father's son" by "myself" since he is the only child. Now remains: "This man's father is myself", so this man is his son.

It is dark in my bedroom and I want to get two socks of the same colour from my drawer, which contains 24 red and 24 blue socks. How many socks do I have to take from the drawer to get at least two socks of the same colour?

• 2

• 3

• 24

• 48

Answer explanation

If you take three socks, then either the first and second socks you take have the same colour, or the third sock you take from the drawer has the same colour as one of the previous two.

A certain street contains 100 buildings. They are numbered from 1 to 100. How many times does the digit 9 occur in these numbers?

• 10

• 11

• 19

• 20

Answer explanation

Just count the nines in the numbers: 9, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59, 69, 79, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99.

Note: 99 contains TWO nines!

If you were singing 'Happy Birthday' to somebody named Happy, how many times would you sing the word 'Happy'?

Answer explanation

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday, dear Happy
Happy birthday to you.

'A' is the first capital letter in the alphabet that looks the same in the vertical mirror. What is the second?

If you toss a normal coin four times and it lands heads up each time, what are the chances it will land heads up next time?

• 10%

• 25%

• 40%

• 50%

Answer explanation

There is a 50% chance of the coin landing with heads facing up - regardless of what's happened before

A mother and father have three daughters. Each daughter has one brother. How many children do the mother and father have in total?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Answer explanation

4 - The daughters all have the same brother, making 4 siblings in total