Brain Teasers

You’re in a race and you pass the person in second place. What place are you in now?

How can you go 10 days without sleep?

You are in a dark room with a box of matches. Nearby are three things: a candle, an oil lamp and a log of firewood. Which do you light first?

If there are three apples and you take two, how many do you have?

What can go through glass without breaking it?

A girl buys a dozen eggs and, on the way home, all but seven break. How many eggs are left unbroken?

I’m a god, a planet, and I measure heat. What am I?

A seed with three letters in my name. Take away two and I still sound the same. What am I?

I am the beginning of everything, the end of everywhere. I’m the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space. What am I?

I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?