Brain teasers stretch kids' lateral-thinking muscles. These 20 brain-teasers range from gentle to genuinely tricky — great for car rides, classroom warm-ups, or a quiet moment.
164 brain teaser riddles
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A black dog is sleeping in the middle of a black road that has no streetlights and there is no moon. A car coming down the road with its lights off steers around the dog. How did the driver know the dog was there?
Hint: A black dog is sleeping in the middle of a black road that has no streetlights a…
A black dog stands in the middle of an intersecton in a town painted black. None of the street lights are working due to a power failure caused by a storm. A car with two broken headlights drives towards the dog but turns in time to avoid hitting him. How could the driver have seen the dog in time?
Hint: A black dog stands in the middle of an intersecton in a town painted black…
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, “If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50.” The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he’ll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
Hint: A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy…
{ A dad and son are in a car accident and the dad dies instantly and the son gets sent to hospital… The doctors have to operate on him, but one of the doctors turns around and says, “I can’t operate on him… he’s my son. ” Who am I??
Hint: { A dad and son are in a car accident and the dad dies instantly and the son get…
A farmer in California owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase. The farmer knows that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs and each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver?
Hint: A farmer in California owns a beautiful pear tree…
A headless lawyer had a letter to write; It was read by a man who had lost his sight. The dumb repeated it word for word; And deaf was he who listened and heard.
Hint: A headless lawyer had a letter to write; It was read by a man who had lost his s…
A horse travels a certain distance each day. Strangely enough, two of its legs travel 30 miles each day and the other two legs travel nearly 31 miles. It would seem that two of the horse’s legs must be one mile ahead of the other two legs, but of course this can’t be true. Since the horse is normal, how is this situation possible?
Hint: A horse travels a certain distance each day…
A kind man comes across a dirty box, a voice says to him “Coconuts, $5 a dozen”With his lightning quick arithmetic he calculates that if he sold those same coconuts to the coconut air assault team for the accepted rate of $3 per dozen that in no time at all he would be a millionaire. What’s with this guy, assuming his math is accurate?
Hint: A kind man comes across a dirty box…
A large truck is crossing a bridge 1 mile long. The bridge can only hold 14000 lbs, which is the exact weight of the truck. The truck makes it half way across the bridge and stops. A bird lands on the truck. Does the bridge collapse?
Hint: A large truck is crossing a bridge 1 mile long…
A magician was boasting one day at how long he could hold his breath under water. His record was 6 minutes. A kid that was listening said, “that’s nothing, I can stay under water for 10 minutes using no types of equipment or air pockets!”The magician told the kid if he could do that, he’d give him $10,000. The kid did it and won the money. Can you figure out how?
Hint: A magician was boasting one day at how long he could hold his breath under water…
A man is in a solid metal room. Solid metal floor, ceiling and walls. The ONLY thing in the room is a table. How does he get out?
Hint: A man is in a solid metal room…
A man is late for an appointment and, in his haste, takes a corner so fast that only two wheel were on the pavement. A police man is standing on the corner, but he did not give him a ticket. Why?
Hint: A man is late for an appointment and…
A man takes a barrel that weighs 20 pounds, and then puts something in it. It now weighs less than 20 pounds. What did he put in the barrel?
Hint: A man takes a barrel that weighs 20 pounds…
A man was born in 1898 He is still alive now at the age 33 How is this possible ?
Hint: A man was born in 1898 He is still alive now at the age 33 How is this possible…
A man was going to buy a $5000 car, but he didn’t pay a penny for the car, how is this possible?
Hint: A man was going to buy a $5000 car…
A man was just doing his job when his suit was torn. Why did he die three minutes later?
Hint: A man was just doing his job when his suit was torn…
A phone rings 9 times, and no one answers it. A horse eats 9 pounds of grain. A bannana grows 9 inches evry day. and the computer gets 9 mail messages every day. What is always in the above paragraph ^?
Hint: A phone rings 9 times…
A pregnant lady named her children: Dominique, Regis, Michelle, Fawn, Sophie and Lara. What will she name her next child? Jessica, Katie, Abby or Tilly?
Hint: A pregnant lady named her children: Dominique…
A sign on the barber’s door says “I shave only those who do not shave themselves“. Does the barber shave himself?
Hint: A sign on the barber’s door says “I shave only those who do not shave themselves…
A white dove flew down by the castle. Along came a king and picked it up handless, ate it up toothless, and carried it away wingless.
Hint: A white dove flew down by the castle…