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When you stop and look, you can always see me

medium Age 8+ nature what am i

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 on Earth do the winds always blow from the South?

medium Age 8+ nature logic

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?

easy Age 6+ object what am i

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?

easy Age 6+ animal logic

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 country has been hidden in the paragraph below: The local habitat around a railway track can b

tricky Age 8+ nature brain teaser

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?

easy Age 6+ food joke

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 word can be placed between the two following words to make two new ones: TABLE - - - - HOUSE

medium Age 8+ wordplay brain teaser

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?

medium Age 8+ wordplay brain teaser

Which word in the English language becomes shorter when it is lengthened?

✨ Short
L3 · brain teaser

While on my way to St

tricky Age 8+ math logic

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?

easy Age 6+ body what am i

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?

easy Age 4+ animal animal

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?

easy Age 6+ animal what am i

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

Why are 1990 dollar bills worth more than 1989 dollar bills?

medium Age 8+ math math

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

Why did the baseball coach tell the baseball player to go to the bank?

easy Age 6+ sports joke

Why did the baseball coach tell the baseball player to go to the bank?

✨ Because the baseball coach wanted his quarter back!
L2 · joke

Why did the Indian chief wear so many feathers?

medium Age 8+ animal joke

Why did the Indian chief wear so many feathers?

✨ To keep his wigwam
L3 · joke

Why Does 1 = 3 2 = 3 3 = 5 4 = 4 5 = 4 6 = 3 7 = 5 8 = 5 9 = 4 10 = 3

medium Age 8+ math math

Why Does 1 = 3 2 = 3 3 = 5 4 = 4 5 = 4 6 = 3 7 = 5 8 = 5 9 = 4 10 = 3

✨ Just count how many letters are in the number For Example 1 has 3 letters 2 has 3 letters 3 has 5 letters 4 has 4 letters 5 has 4 letters and so on
L2 · math

With pointed fangs it sits in wait, With piercing force its doles out fate, Over bloodless victims p

medium Age 8+ object what am i

With pointed fangs it sits in wait, With piercing force its doles out fate, Over bloodless victims proclaiming its might, Eternally joining in a single bite. What am I?

Hint: With pointed fangs it sits in wait…

✨ I'm a Stapler
L2 · what am i

You are on a ship, over the side hangs a rope ladder with half meter rungs

tricky Age 8+ nature logic

You are on a ship, over the side hangs a rope ladder with half meter rungs. The tide rises a half meter per hour. At the end of five hours, how much of the ladder will remain above the water assuming that nine rungs were above the water when the tide began to rise?

Hint: You are on a ship…

✨ Remember the tde Nine rungs will be above the water. As the tide rises, so will the ship and the ladder
L3 · logic

You can carry it everywhere you go, and it does not get heavy

easy Age 6+ wordplay what am i

You can carry it everywhere you go, and it does not get heavy. What is it?

✨ Your name
L2 · what am i

You can see nothing else When you look in my face, I will look you in the eye And I will never lie

easy Age 6+ body what am i

You can see nothing else When you look in my face, I will look you in the eye And I will never lie.

Hint: You can see nothing else When you look in my face…

✨ I am your reflection
L2 · what am i