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WorksheetsBrain Teasers for Kids
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 41mins
I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. What am I ?
A candle
A child
A tree
Which is heavier, a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers?
bricks
feathers
the same
What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands?
feather
your breath
water
A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 run away. How many are left?
None
8
9
17
Some months have 31 days. How many have 28?
none
1
11
12
You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I?
a teacher
a parent
a rhetorical question
a cell phone
What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you don't want to use it?
trash
a toy
an anchor
a credit card
Feed me and I live. Give me a drink and I die. What am I?
a witch
a ghost
fire
water
What is Mr. Blackstock's favorite sport?
baseball
football
curling
badminton
Which of the following has Mr. Blackstock done? (select 2)
escaped from his preschool at the age of 5
met the president
walked into a pole and had to get stitches
played in a polka band that toured the country
There are 5 apples and you take 3. How many apples do you have?
5
3
2
0
What is heavier 100kg of gold or 100 kg of feathers?
Gold
Feather
They are both the same
Who knows?
What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
towel
water
wind
rain
There are 10 lit candles on a cake, you blow out 3. How many candles are on the cake?
10
7
3
13
What is the car's parking spot number?
89
86
87
69
If a green man lives in a green house, a purple man lives in a purple house, a blue man lives in a blue house, who lives in the white house?
The white man
The black man
The president
No one
Why do black holes emit no light?
Dirt
High Temperature
Thick Crust
High Gravity
What is the hottest planet? (Do you know why?)
Earth
Mars
Mercury
Venus
If I jump into the water, what job do I do?
Waiter
Waitress
Sailor
Mermaid
What is it? The man who made it doesn't want it. The man who buys it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know he's using it.
handcuff
coffin
crutches
baton
A rooster laid an egg on the top of a roof. Which way did it roll?
north
down
when do roosters lay eggs?
it didn't roll, it stayed on top
How much dirt is there in a hole 3 feet deep, 6 feet long and 4 feet wide?
one grain of dirt
5kg
roughly 10 kg
none. How is there dirt in a hole?
What is at the end of a rainbow ?
The letter W
a pot of gold
leprechaun
You are in a cabin and it is pitch black. You have one match on you. Which do you light first, the newspaper, the lamp, the candle, or the fire? (1 minute)
Match
Newspaper
Lamp
Candle
Fire
What are the next three letters in the following sequence?J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, __, __, __ (2 minutes) Clue, Months
J, A, M
N, O, D
S, O, N
O, N, D
Jimmy’s mother had four children. She named the first Monday. She named the second Tuesday, and she named the third Wednesday. What is the name of the fourth child?
(10 seconds)
Thursday
Friday
Jimmy
Jim
Bob
You are driving a bus. At the first stop, two women get on. The second stop, three men get on and one woman gets off. At the third stop, three kids and their mom get on, and a man gets off. The bus is grey, and it is raining outside. What color is the bus driver’s hair? (20 seconds)
Blond
Brown
Black
Green
When you have me, you immediately feel like sharing me. But, if you do share me, you do not have me. (20 seconds)
Candy
Secret
Food
Money
When I was 6 years old, my sister was half my age. Now I am 50 years old.
How old is my sister now?
25
3
47
Let’s guess how many blocks in this tower?
5
7
9
Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
I
B
C
Three people live in these three flats.
Flat 53 has a yellow door.
Ali lives at Flat 51.
Ali lives next door to Hassan.
Omar lives next door to the flat with the green door.
The doctor lives at the flat with blue door.
The student lives next door to the flat with the yellow door.
Who is the teacher?
Ali
Hassan
Omar
teacher
Five men were eating apples.
A finished before B, but behind C.
D finished before E, but behind B.
What was the finishing order ?
C A D B E
A B C D E
E D C B A
A B D C E
