No sooner spoken than broken
No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?
✨ Silence
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Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye, and a long tail which she let fly; and every time she went thr
Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye, and a long tail which she let fly; and every time she went through a gap, a bit of her tail she left in a trap. What is she?
Hint: Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye…
✨ A needle and thread
L2 · what am i
On a fine sunny day a ship was in the harbor
On a fine sunny day a ship was in the harbor. All of a sudden the ship began to sink. There was no storm and nothing wrong with the ship yet it sank right in front of the spectators eyes. What caused the ship to sink?
Hint: On a fine sunny day a ship was in the harbor…
✨ It was a Submarine
L2 · logic
On Thanksgiving, families sit together and share what they are. What is that feeling called?
On Thanksgiving, families sit together and share what they are. What is that feeling called?
✨ Gratitude (being thankful)
L2 · what am i
One word in this sentence is misspelled
One word in this sentence is misspelled. What word is it?
✨ It isn't spelled wrong, the one word in this sentence misspelled is “misspelled.“
L3 · brain teaser
Other than being colors, what do the words orange, silver and purple have in common?
Other than being colors, what do the words orange, silver and purple have in common?
Hint: Other than being colors…
✨ There is no word in the English language that rhymes with them
L2 · brain teaser
Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws
Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws. Linen cloth, quills, or paper, my greedy lust devours them all.
Hint: Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws…
✨ Shears, or scissors
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Polly Perkins was after a talking parrot, so she went to the local pet shop in the hope of securing
Polly Perkins was after a talking parrot, so she went to the local pet shop in the hope of securing such a find. She was in luck. The shop assistant assured her that the parrot would learn and repeat any word or phrase it heard. Polly was delighted. However, a week later, the parrot still hadn’t spoken a word. Polly returned to the shop to complain, however, it appeared that the assistant was accurate in what he had said, and refused a refund. Why didn’t the parrot talk?
Hint: Polly Perkins was after a talking parrot…
✨ The parrot was deaf and as such couldn't repeat a single word it had heard!
L3 · logic
Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me
Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me. I’m double, I’m single, I’m black, blue, and gray, I’m read from both ends, And the same either way. What am I?
Hint: Pronounced as one letter…
✨ You have two of them An eye
L2 · what am i
Pronounced as one letter, But look and you'll see, That really I'm written with three
Pronounced as one letter, But look and you’ll see, That really I’m written with three. I’m read from both ends, The same either way. What am I?
Hint: Pronounced as one letter…
✨ I am an eye, or an ewe
L2 · what am i
RIDDLE ME THIS:A woman walked into an office building, looked at the guard, and said her name was Je
RIDDLE ME THIS:A woman walked into an office building, looked at the guard, and said her name was Jenny. The next day she walked into the same building, looked at the same guard and said her name was Julie. What is going on?
Hint: RIDDLE ME THIS:A woman walked into an office building…
✨ The woman has Multiple Personality Disorder. This happens when a traumatic experience causes so much pain that they make another personality to cope with the situation
L1 · what am i
Rungs of a Ladder The rungs of a 10 foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart
Rungs of a Ladder 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: Rungs of a Ladder The rungs of a 10 foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot ap…
✨ It will never cover the ladder because as the water rises, so will the floating ship
L3 · brain teaser
Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain
Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn’t wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
Hint: Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain…
✨ This man is bald!
L2 · brain teaser
Sarah draws a circle with four slices. She writes 8 at the top and 9 at the bottom. Opposite slices always add to the center number. What goes in the middle?
Top and bottom are pals. Their sum sits in the heart of the pie. Add them up to find the missing piece.
Hint: Just add the two numbers that face each other.
✨ 17
L1 · math
Shortly after jumping from an aircraft at 5000 or so feet, a man deploys his parachute
Shortly after jumping from an aircraft at 5000 or so feet, a man deploys his parachute. When he looks up he sees a rather large hole in his parachute. Nonetheless he lands safely without assistance and without using his reserve chute. Why did he survive?
Hint: Shortly after jumping from an aircraft at 5000 or so feet…
✨ Most parachutes need a hole in them to let the air pass through. Otherwise the parachute would swing wildly side to side
L2 · brain teaser
Skaters fear me at competitions. I take away one of their chances, but I also make them try harder. What am I?
Skaters fear me at competitions. I take away one of their chances, but I also make them try harder. What am I?
✨ A bailed run (a fall)
L2 · skate
so your in a mansion and the powers out
so your in a mansion and the powers out. you see a green door and a red door which do you go through (It does’nt matter which door). Now you see a purple door and a orange door which do you go through. now you see a door with a golden handle and a door with a silver handle which door do you go through no you finally come to some signs 1 says death from drowning another says death from machine guns and the last 1 says death from electric chair (all the signs are on doors). then you see a big sign that says or stay in the mansion and starve to death. which do you do and also live.
Hint: so your in a mansion and the powers out…
✨ The eletric chair the powers ouy
L3 · logic
Some say we are red, some say we are green
Some say we are red, some say we are green. Some play us, some spray us. What are we?
Hint: Some say we are red…
✨ Pepper
L2 · what am i
Some try to hide, some try to cheat, but time will show, we always will meet
Some try to hide, some try to cheat, but time will show, we always will meet. Try as you might, to guess my name, I promise you’ll know, when you I do claim. Who am I?
Hint: Some try to hide…
✨ Death
L1 · what am i
Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red
Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red.What am I ?
✨ You strike it A Match
L2 · what am i