Top 50 Brain Teasers
The 50 most popular brain teasers — perfect for beginners and experts alike.
50 riddles in this collection
Two girls ate dinner together. They both ordered ice tea. One girl drank really fast and finished 5 in the time that took the other to drink just one. The girl...
I am a five letter word and I am a fruit. Take the first letter out and I am a crime, take out the first and second letter and I am a animal, take out the first...
You start with 1000 then add 40 add another 1000 then add 30 add another 1000 then add 20 add one more 1000 then add 10 what is your answer?
An interesting formula for generating a good many (but not all) primes is n2 + n + 41. If we plug in consecutive integers 1, 2, 3, etc., at least up to a certai...
What has a mouth but can't chew?
You can have me almost every night, Sometimes I could be bad sometimes I can be nice, Whether you were a child or an adult i'll be there. What am I?
Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die
A man shaves several times a day, yet he still has a beard. Who is this man?
Lives without a body, hears without ears, speaks without a mouth, to which the air alone gives birth. What is it?
One night, a butcher, a baker and a candlestick maker go to a hotel. When they get their bill, however, it's for four people. Who's the fourth person?
First I am dried, then I am wet; The longer I swim, the more taste you get. What am I?
Looks like water, but it's heat. Sits on sand, lays on concrete. People have been known, To follow it everywhere. But it gets them no place, And all they can do...
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Although I'm far from the point, I don't make mistakes, I fix yours. What am I?
Pointing to a man, a woman said, "His mother is the only daughter of my mother." How is the woman related to the man?
Little trotty hetty coat in a long petticoat and a red nose the longer she stands the shorter she grows. What is it?
What unusual property do the words FLOUR, TERN, and THIRSTY have in common?
What time of day, when written in a capital letters, is the same forwards, backwards and upside down?
You bought a cute little girl mouse at the pet store. This mouse can breed once every month, 7 babies at a time. So how many mice will you own in exactly twelve...
I am invisible, yet everywhere. Yet I am everywhere, I am not active in some places. Sometimes, you can feel me. I can be so strong, I can push you, and even de...
What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you don't want to use it?
There were two men walking around on a deserted island with no food or water. One of the men got so hungry that he killed and ate the other man. No one discover...
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...
I am at the beginning of eternity, but also I am at the beginning of equators. I am at the end of life, but also I am the end of love. What am I?
Creatures of power, creatures of grace, Creatures of beauty, creatures of strength. As for their lives, they set everything's pace, For all things must come to...
Is it legal in New York for a man to marry his widow's sister ?
What has four wheels and flies?
Many have heard me but nobody has seen me and I will not speak back until spoken to. What am I?
When it is alive we sing, when it is dead we clap our hands. What is it?
I am used to bat with, yet I never get hit. I am near a ball, yet it is never thrown. What I am?
A bat and a ball cost $1.10. The bat costs one dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
What is often returned but never borrowed?
Dead on the field lie ten soldiers in white, Felled by three eyes, black as night. What happened?
Thousands lay up gold within this house, But no man made it. Spears past counting guard this house, But no man wards it.
How many 9's are there between 1 and 100?
Think of words ending in GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is somethin...
What flies without wings?
While walking down the street I met a man. He tipped his hat and drew his cane and in this riddle I told his name. What is the man's name?
The more you take away, the larger it becomes? What is it?
I'm flat when I'm new. I'm fat when you use me. I release my gas when something sharp touches me. What am I?
You use me everyday but let me rest at night. I have an identical twin beside me all the time. For some reason you always cover me up. I am not alive but I have...
Which vehicle is spelled the same forwards and backwards?
Why is the letter A the most like a flower?
What three letters change a girl into a woman?
David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and ?
I am the shortest complete sentence in the English language. What am I?
What has a bottom at the top?
A man was found dead in his study. He was slumped over his desk and a gun was in his hand. There was a cassette recorder on his desk. When the police entered th...
Jim and Wanda both have some apples. If Jim gives Wanda an apple, they will both have the same number of apples. However, if Wanda gives Jim an apple, Jim will...
What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees Up, up it goes, And yet never grows?