When they are caught, they are thrown away
When they are caught, they are thrown away. When they escape, you itch all day. What are they?
Hint: When they are caught…
✨ Fleas
L1 · what am i
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When you stop and look, you can always see me
When you stop and look, you can always see me. If you try to touch you cannot feel me. I cannot move, but as you near me, I will move away from you. What am I?
Hint: When you stop and look…
✨ I am the horizon
L2 · what am i
Where are the lakes that are referred to in the “Los Angeles Lakers?
Where are the lakes that are referred to in the “Los Angeles Lakers?“
✨ In Minnesota. The team was originally known as the Minneapolis Lakers and kept the name when they moved west
L3 · logic
Where on Earth do the winds always blow from the South?
Where on Earth do the winds always blow from the South?
✨ The North Pole
L2 · logic
Where will you find roads without cars, forests without trees and cities without houses?
Where will you find roads without cars, forests without trees and cities without houses?
Hint: Where will you find roads without cars…
✨ On a Map
L2 · what am i
Which bird does not belong in this group?
Which bird does not belong in this group? Finch, gull, eagle, ostrich, or sparrow?
Hint: Which bird does not belong in this group…
✨ The Ostrich. It's the only bird that doesn't fly
L1 · logic
Which clock works best, the one that loses a minute a day, or the one that doesn't work at all?
Which clock works best, the one that loses a minute a day, or the one that doesn’t work at all?
Hint: Which clock works best…
✨ The one that doesn't work is best as it will always be correct twice a day, but the one that loses a minute a day will not be correct again for 720 days (losing 720 minutes or 12 hours)
L3 · brain teaser
Which country has been hidden in the paragraph below: The local habitat around a railway track can b
Which country has been hidden in the paragraph below: The local habitat around a railway track can be very interesting. For example, supporting the track is a sleeper, under which you can find the lesser spotted great weevil.
Hint: Which country has been hidden in the paragraph below: The local habitat around a…
✨ Peru: The local habitat around a railway track can be very interesting. For example, supporting the track is a sleeper, under which you can find the lesser spotted great weevil
L3 · brain teaser
Which is correct to say, “The yolk of the egg are white,”or “The yolk of the egg is white?
Which is correct to say, “The yolk of the egg are white,”or “The yolk of the egg is white?“
Hint: Which is correct to say…
✨ Neither, because egg yolks are yellow
L2 · joke
Which is heavier ?
Which is heavier ? A pound of feathers or a pound of gold.
✨ Lots of feathers A pound of feathers
L3 · brain teaser
Which triangle has a bigger area: 1
Which triangle has a bigger area: 1. A triangle with sides measuring 300, 400, and 500. 2. A triangle with sides measuring 300, 400, and 700.
Hint: Which triangle has a bigger area: 1…
✨ 1. A triangle with sides measuring 300, 400, and 500. The other triangle cannot exist!
L3 · math
Which word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Which word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
✨ Short (add er → Shorter)
L3 · impossible
Which word can be placed between the two following words to make two new ones: TABLE - - - - HOUSE
Which word can be placed between the two following words to make two new ones: TABLE - - - - HOUSE
Hint: Which word can be placed between the two following words to make two new ones: T…
✨ WARE
L2 · brain teaser
Which word in the English language becomes shorter when it is lengthened?
Which word in the English language becomes shorter when it is lengthened?
✨ Short
L3 · brain teaser
While on my way to St
While on my way to St. Ives, I saw a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7 cats. Each cat had 7 kittens. Kitten, cats, sacks, wives, How many were going to St. Ives?
Hint: While on my way to St…
✨ Just one, me
L3 · logic
Who are the two brothers who live on opposite sides of the road yet never see each other?
Who are the two brothers who live on opposite sides of the road yet never see each other?
Hint: Who are the two brothers who live on opposite sides of the road yet never see ea…
✨ Eyes
L2 · what am i
Who is it that rows quickly with four oars but never comes out from under his own roof?
Who is it that rows quickly with four oars but never comes out from under his own roof?
Hint: Who is it that rows quickly with four oars but never comes out from under his ow…
✨ A Turtle
L1 · animal
Who spends the day at the window, goes to the table for meals and hides at night?
Who spends the day at the window, goes to the table for meals and hides at night?
Hint: Who spends the day at the window…
✨ A fly
L2 · what am i
Whoever makes it, tells it not
Whoever makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. And whoever knows it wants it not.
Hint: Whoever makes it…
✨ Counterfeit money
L3 · brain teaser
Why are 1990 dollar bills worth more than 1989 dollar bills?
Why are 1990 dollar bills worth more than 1989 dollar bills?
✨ There is a one dollar differnce The same reason seven dollars is more than six. Because there is one more
L2 · math