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Brain Teasers

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

(a)  

2.

How can you go 10 days without sleep?

(a)  

3.

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?

(a)  

4.

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

(a)  

5.

What can go through glass without breaking it?

(a)  

6.

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

(a)  

7.

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

(a)  

8.

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

(a)  

9.

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?

(a)  

10.

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

(a)  

11.

The more you take away, the more I become. What am I?

(a)  

12.

Two in a corner, 1 in a room, 0 in a house, but 1 in a shelter. What am I?

(a)  

13.

I sound like one letter but I’m written with three. I show you things when you look through me. What am I?

(a)  

14.

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

(a)  

15.

David’s father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and (a)   ?

16.

What number belongs in the box on the top of the pyramid? (Hint: There is a pattern within the blocks. Hint: you will need a calculator)

a)

816

b)

72, 576

c)

2, 592

d)

540

17.

What is the value of the circle?

a)

3

b)

7

c)

10

d)

14

18.

A rooster laid an egg on the top of a roof. Which way did it roll?

a)

North

b)

Down

c)

When did roosters lay eggs?

d)

It didn’t roll because the egg is cube shaped

19.

How much dirt is there in a hole 3 feet deep, 6 ft long and 4 ft wide?

a)

One grain of dirt

b)

6kg

c)

More than 10kg

d)

None. How is there dirt in a hole?...

20.

How many months have 28 days?

a)

February

b)

All of them

c)

None of them

d)

What about leap years?

21.

A clerk at a butcher is 161.8cm tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

a)

Meat

b)

161.8 pounds

c)

88 kg

d)

13 tons

22.

If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what will it become?

a)

It’s still a red stone

b)

A blue stone

c)

Wet

d)

A purple stone

23.

There are 10 lit candles on a cake and you blow out 3. How many candles are on the cake?

a)

All 10

b)

3

c)

7

d)

Can I eat the cake?

24.

Imagine you are locked in a dark room with no windows. How do you escape?

a)

Stop imagining!

b)

Stop, drop, and roll

c)

Feel your way around

d)

Call for help

25.

Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?

a)

food

b)

fire

c)

water

26.

What is the answer?

a)

65

b)

55

c)

35

d)

45

27.
a)

78

b)

18

c)

89

d)

87

28.
10 Fish are in a tank. 2 Drown. 4 Swim Away. 3 Die. How many are left?
a)
10
b)
7
c)
1
d)
0
29.
What is the missing number?
a)
9
b)
18
c)
34
d)
22
30.
a)

Crossroads

b)

Two roads

c)

Two white roads

d)

Roads & roads

31.
a)

45

b)

47

c)

49

d)

51

32.

Hat is to head like socks is to (a)  

33.

Billy’s mother had five children. The first was named Lala, the second was named Lele, the third was named Lili, the fourth was named Lolo. What was the fifth child named?

(a)  

34.

You are in a 1- story house. Your bed is pink. Your bathroom is pink. Your kitchen is pink. What color is your stairs?

a)

Blue

b)

Red

c)

There is no stairs

d)

Pink

35.

I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. What am I ?

a)

A candle

b)

A child

c)

A tree

36.

How many blocks?

a)

7

b)

8

c)

9

d)

19

37.

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I? 

a)

A map

b)

The world

c)

Not possible

d)

Don't know

38.

Fill in the gap:

A(n)…………. a day keeps the doctor away.

a)

apple

b)

aspirin

c)

pizza

d)

orange

39.

What kind of dog never bites?

a)

barking dog

b)

poodle

c)

baby dog

d)

hot dog

40.

I have many teeth but I can not bite..

a)

comb

b)

crocodile

c)

cow

d)

knife

41.

A monkey, a squirrel and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who will get the banana first?

a)

monkey

b)

squirrel

c)

bird

d)

none of them

42.

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

43.

Using only addition, how do you add eight 8's and get the number 1000 ?

a)

888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8

b)

88 + 88+ 88+ 88+ 88+ 88+ 88+ 88+

c)

88 + 888 + 88

44.

How many squares are there?

a)

9

b)

10

c)

14

d)

18

45.

What comes next in this pattern: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ?

a)

15

b)

17

c)

19

d)

21

46.

Divide 30 by ½ and add 10. What’s the answer?

a)

25

b)

35

c)

70

d)

80

47.

a)

1

b)

5

c)

3

d)

7

48.

What month do people sleep the least

a)

December

b)

they are all the same

c)

January

d)

February

49.

What has a face and two hands, but no arms or legs?

a)

A spider

b)

A clock

c)

A tree

d)

A bear

50.

What runs but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps has a mouth but never eats?

a)

A whisper

b)

A sleepwalker

c)

A fox

d)

A river

51.

I'm full of keys, but I can't open any doors. What am I?

a)

A notebook

b)

A piano

c)

A book

d)

A box

52.

What occurs twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a day?

a)

The sunrise

b)

A fortnight

c)

The letter E

d)

A birthday

53.
The more you take, the more you leave behind
a)
money
b)
wisdom
c)
footprints
d)
shadows