esl games - brain teasers
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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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