Three lives have I
Three lives have I. Gentle enough to soothe the skin. Light enough to caress the sky. Hard enough to crack rocks. What am I?
Hint: Three lives have I…
✨ I am Water
L2 · what am i
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Three men were walking out one day
Three men were walking out one day. Then it started raining hard. They raced 4 blocks to there house. When they got in, one man didnt get his hair wet. They did not have an umbrella, or a hat. How can this be?
Hint: Three men were walking out one day…
✨ He was bald
L2 · brain teaser
Three mountain climbers paid a lot of money to be the first to scale a mountain
Three mountain climbers paid a lot of money to be the first to scale a mountain. After several days of climbing they finally reached the pinnacle, and to their dismay, found a cabin and three frozen bodies. Since the mountain climbers were the first to ever climb the summit, how could this be possible?
Hint: Three mountain climbers paid a lot of money to be the first to scale a mountain…
✨ They found a cabin of an airplane that had crashed there with 3 bodies in it
L3 · logic
Three playing cards in a row
Three playing cards in a row. Can you name them with these clues? There is a two to the right of a king. A diamond will be found to the left of a spade. An ace is to the left of a heart. A heart is to the left of a spade. Now, identify all three cards.
Hint: Three playing cards in a row…
✨ Ace of Diamonds, King of Hearts, Two of Spades
L2 · logic
Three robbers robbed a store
Three robbers robbed a store. Once they came out they were totally changed, but they still continued robbing. Why?
Hint: Three robbers robbed a store…
✨ They robbed a clothing store; they changed clothes, not their ways
L3 · joke
Tom and his younger sister were fighting
Tom and his younger sister were fighting. Their mother was tired of the fighting, and decided to punish them by making them stand on the same piece of newspaper in such a way that they couldn’t touch each other. How did she accomplish this?
Hint: Tom and his younger sister were fighting…
✨ Tom's mother slid a newspaper under a door, each sibling standing on each side
L2 · brain teaser
Trains travel from one town to another town all day, always on the same track, always going nonstop
Trains travel from one town to another town all day, always on the same track, always going nonstop and at the same speed. The noon train took 80 minutes to complete the trip, but the 4 PM train took an hour and 20 minutes. Why?
Hint: Trains travel from one town to another town all day…
✨ 80 minutes is the same as an hour and 20 minutes
L3 · brain teaser
Two convicts are locked in a cell
Two convicts are locked in a cell. There is an unbarred window high up in the cell. No matter if they stand on the bed or one on top of the other they can’t reach the window to escape. They then decide to tunnel out. However, they give up with the tunneling because it will take too long. Finally one of the convicts figures out how to escape from the cell. What is his plan?
Hint: Two convicts are locked in a cell…
✨ His plan is to dig the tunnel and pile up the dirt to escape
L3 · logic
Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day
Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day. They were there the whole day and only caught 3 fish. One father said, that is enough for all of us, we will have one each. How can this be possible?
Hint: Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day…
✨ There was the father, his son, and his son's son. This equals 2 fathers and 2 sons!
L2 · logic
Two girls have the same parents and were born at the same hour of the same day of the same month, bu
Two girls have the same parents and were born at the same hour of the same day of the same month, but they are not twins. How can this be possible?
Hint: Two girls have the same parents and were born at the same hour of the same day o…
✨ They were not born in the same year
L2 · brain teaser
Two men were playing tennis
Two men were playing tennis. They played five sets and each man won three sets. How can this be possible?
Hint: Two men were playing tennis…
✨ Team up The two men were partners playing doubles
L2 · logic
Two mothers and two daughters go shopping
Two mothers and two daughters go shopping. They have $21, which they split equally between them. How can this be possible?
Hint: Two mothers and two daughters go shopping…
✨ There are only three people. One of the mothers is a daughter also, because there is a grandmother, a mother and a daughter! They each get $7 exactly
L2 · logic
Until I am measured, I am not known
Until I am measured, I am not known. Yet how you miss me, When I have flown. What am I?
Hint: Until I am measured…
✨ Time
L2 · what am i
Violet, indigo, blue and green, yellow, orange and red; these are the colors you have seen after the
Violet, indigo, blue and green, yellow, orange and red; these are the colors you have seen after the storm has fled.What am I?
Hint: Violet…
✨ I am a Rainbow
L1 · what am i
We are little creatures; all of us have different features
We are little creatures; all of us have different features. One of us in glass is set; one of us you’ll find in jet. Another you may see in tin, and the fourth is boxed within . If the fifth you should pursue, it can never fly from you. What are we?
Hint: We are little creatures; all of us have different features…
✨ We are vowels
L3 · brain teaser
Weight in my belly, Trees on my back
Weight in my belly, Trees on my back. Nails in my ribs, Feet I do lack.
✨ I am a ship
L2 · what am i
What always goes to bed with shoes on?
What always goes to bed with shoes on?
✨ A Horse
L2 · joke
What can be heard and caught but never seen?
What can be heard and caught but never seen?
✨ A Remark
L3 · brain teaser
What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be consumed?
What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be consumed?
✨ Salt
L2 · what am i
What can go up a chimney down, but cannot go down a chimney up?
What can go up a chimney down, but cannot go down a chimney up?
✨ An umbrella
L3 · impossible