The higher I climb, the hotter I engage, I can not escape my crystal cage
The higher I climb, the hotter I engage, I can not escape my crystal cage. What am I?
Hint: The higher I climb…
✨ Mercury in a thermometer
L2 · what am i
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The king dies and two men, the true heir and an impostor, both claim to be his long-lost son
The king dies and two men, the true heir and an impostor, both claim to be his long-lost son. Both fit the description of the rightful heir: about the right age, height, coloring and general appearance. Finally, one of the elders proposes a test to identify the true heir. One man agrees to the test while the other flatly re-fuses. The one who agreed is immediately sent on his way, and the one who re-fused is correctly identified as the rightful heir. Can you figure out why?
Hint: The king dies and two men…
✨ The test was a blood test. The elder remembered that the true prince was a hemophiliac
L3 · logic
The marathon man timed himself and found out that if he wore a bright white outfit he ran 20 miles i
The marathon man timed himself and found out that if he wore a bright white outfit he ran 20 miles in 80 minutes, but when he wore a dark outfit, he ran 20 miles in one hour and twenty minutes. What does this mean for his next race?
Hint: The marathon man timed himself and found out that if he wore a bright white outf…
✨ Absolutely nothing, as 80 minutes equals an hour and twenty minutes
L3 · brain teaser
The more there is the less you see
The more there is the less you see. What is it?
✨ What time is it . Darkness
L2 · what am i
The more you take, the more you leave behind
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
✨ Footprints
L2 · what am i
The Pope has it but he does not use it
The Pope has it but he does not use it. Your father has it but your mother uses it. Nuns do not need it. Your lady friend’s husband has it and she uses it. What is it?
Hint: The Pope has it but he does not use it…
✨ A Last Name
L3 · brain teaser
The priest in my hometown told us that on a particular day he would walk on water for 30 minutes
The priest in my hometown told us that on a particular day he would walk on water for 30 minutes. The lake was not dry and we all observed the priest actually walking on water. How?
Hint: The priest in my hometown told us that on a particular day he would walk on wate…
✨ It was winter and the lake was frozen
L2 · logic
The rungs of a 10 foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart
The rungs of a 10 foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart. If the water is rising at the rate of one foot an hour, how long will it take until the water covers over the ladder?
Hint: The rungs of a 10 foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart…
✨ It will never cover the ladder because as the water rises, so will the floating ship
L2 · logic
The strangest creature you'll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more behind
The strangest creature you’ll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more behind.
Hint: The strangest creature you’ll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more be…
✨ A Peacock
L1 · animal
The sun bakes them, the hand breaks them, the foot treads on them, and the mouth tastes them
The sun bakes them, the hand breaks them, the foot treads on them, and the mouth tastes them. What are they?
Hint: The sun bakes them…
✨ Grapes
L1 · what am i
The two dice in each pair are identical
The two dice in each pair are identical. As usual, the numbers on opposite sides add up to seven. On each pair, what is the total of the two hidden sides that face each other? CLUE:Dice A has a 5 and 3
Hint: The two dice in each pair are identical…
✨ Dice A.) 5 + 3 = 8 Dice B.) 4 + 4 = 8
L2 · math
There are 20 people in an empty, square room
There are 20 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it. If you are not allowed to move in any way (other than your eyes). Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it?
Hint: There are 20 people in an empty…
✨ Place the apple on one person's head
L3 · brain teaser
There are four brothers in this world that were all born together
There are four brothers in this world that were all born together. The first runs and never wearies. The second eats and is never full. The third drinks and is always thirsty. The fourth sings a song that is never good.
Hint: There are four brothers in this world that were all born together…
✨ Water, Fire, Earth, and Wind
L2 · what am i
There are four girls, and four apples in a basket
There are four girls, and four apples in a basket. Every girl takes an apple, Yet one apple remains in the basket. How is this possible?
Hint: There are four girls…
✨ One girl took the basket. She took the last apple while it was in the basket
L2 · logic
There are two bodies on the floor
There are two bodies on the floor. They are surrounded by water and broken glass. How did they die?
Hint: There are two bodies on the floor…
✨ The water came from a bowl and something was in it The fish bowl got knocked over. The bodies were goldfish
L2 · logic
There is a bus full of people travelling over San Francisco and no one gets off the bus throughout t
There is a bus full of people travelling over San Francisco and no one gets off the bus throughout the journey. But when it gets to the other side there is not a single person left. How is this possible?
Hint: There is a bus full of people travelling over San Francisco and no one gets off …
✨ They are all married
L3 · brain teaser
There is a certain family with both girl and boy children
There is a certain family with both girl and boy children. Each of the boys has the same number of brothers as he has sisters. Each of the girls has twice as many brothers as she has sisters. How many boys and girls are there in this family?
Hint: There is a certain family with both girl and boy children…
✨ Four boys and three girls
L2 · math
There is a clothing store in Bartlesville
There is a clothing store in Bartlesville. The owner has devised his own method of pricing items. A vest costs $20, socks cost $25, a tie costs $15 and a blouse costs $30. Using the method, how much would a pair of underwear cost?
Hint: There is a clothing store in Bartlesville…
✨ $45. The pricing method consists of charging $5 for each letter required to spell the item
L3 · brain teaser
There is a frog, dead in the middle of an island
There is a frog, dead in the middle of an island. If he swims north, the distance to the mainland is 2 meters. If he swims south, the distance to the mainland is 3 meters. If he swims east or west, the distance is 4 meters. Which way does he swim?
Hint: There is a frog…
✨ He can't swim, he is dead
L2 · joke
there is a man he leaves home and runs around three blocks, when he comes back home their are two ma
there is a man he leaves home and runs around three blocks, when he comes back home their are two masked men, who are they?
Hint: there is a man he leaves home and runs around three blocks…
✨ The catcher and the umpire
L3 · brain teaser