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Brainteasers

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    A brainteaser is a type of riddle that makes one think outside the box. Some are easy, some are a little harder, and some can really make you ponder for a while...
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  • There are three houses. One is red, one is blue, and one is white. If the red house is to the left of the house in the middle, and the blue house is to the right to the house in the middle, where is the white house?
    In Washington, D.C.!
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  • You are in a cabin and it is pitch black. You have one match on you. Which do you light first, the newspaper, the lamp, the candle, or the fire?
    You light the match first!
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  • Mike is a butcher. He is 5’10” tall. What does he weigh?
    Meat
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  • In a year, there are 12 months. Seven months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?
    They all do.
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  • Jimmy’s mother had four children. She named the first Monday. She named the second Tuesday, and she named the third Wednesday. What is the name of the fourth child?
    Jimmy, because Jimmy’s mother had four children!
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  • Which is heavier? A pound of feathers or a pound of rocks?
    Neither. Both weigh a pound!
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  • What is full of holes but can still hold water?
    A sponge!
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  • A plane crashes on the border of the U.S. and Canada. Where do they bury the survivors?
    You do not bury the SURVIVORS!
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  • Imagine that you are in a boat, in the middle of the sea. Suddenly, you are surrounded by hungry sharks, just waiting to feed on you. How can you put an end to this?
    Stop imagining!
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  • Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
    Fire
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  • What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands?
    Your breath!
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  • Arnold Schwarzenegger has a long one. Michael J. Fox has a short one. Madonna does not use hers. Bill Clinton always uses his. The Pope never uses his. What is it?
    His family / surname.
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  • Your parents have six sons including you and each son has one sister. How many people are in the family?
    Nine. Two parents, six sons, and one daughter. All of them have one sister (not six sisters).
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  • You are a cyclist in a cross-country race. Just before the crossing finish line, you overtake the person in second place. In what place did you finish?
    Second Place. If you pass the person in second, you take second place, and they become third.
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  • Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
    Mt. Everest. It was still the highest in the world. It just had not been discovered yet!
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  • Which travels faster? Hot or Cold?
    Hot is faster, because you can catch a cold.
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