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BRAIN TEASERS

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How do you spell candy with just two

letters?

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Answer

c and y

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RULEThink outside the box.

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How can 5 minus 2 equal

4?

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Answer IV

FIVE take away two letters F and E which leaves IV which is 4 in Roman Numerals.

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If the word MOM becomes WOW when

you turn it upside down, what do you

get when you spell it backwards?

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Answer

tiWhen you spell the

word “it” backwards it becomes “ti”

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How many numbers are there on a dice?

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Answer none

There are only dots on a dice.

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A cat has three kittens: Daisy,

Kittie and Gracie. What is the

mother's name.

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Answer What

It was a statement not a question.

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What is in the center of Paris that can't be found in Washington

or London?

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AnswerR

The center of paRis is R.

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What happened on the 31st of June

1945?

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AnswerNothing

There are only 30 days in June.

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If you throw a white hat with a blue

ribbon into the Red Sea what does it

become?

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Answerwet!

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How do you spell "hard water" using

only 3 letters?

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Answer

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S E Q U E N C _What letter is needed

to complete the word?

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AnswerF

Place an F on the _ to form an E.

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The chicken or the egg?

Which came first?

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Answerchicken

It came first in the question.

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What can you catch but cannot throw?

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AnswerA cold.

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Which is correct:Six and six IS eleven

or six and six ARE eleven?

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AnswerNeither – Six and Six is

twelve.

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What does this word mean?CITY

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Answercapital city

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What is one word in English that is always

pronounced incorrectly?

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Answerincorrectly

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A carrot tree grows 1.5 inches every day. How many days will it

take to grow 150 inches?

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AnswerCarrots don’t grow on

trees!

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What one word contains the most

letters?

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Answer ALPHABET

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There 10 horses, but only 9 stables.

• You can’t make another stable• You can’t put 2 horses in one stable

These are the stables:[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [

]

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How can you solve this problem?

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Answer[ t ] [ e ] [ n ] [ h ] [ o ] [ r ] [ s ] [ e ] [ s

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