Year 6 Brain Teasers

What are two things people never eat before breakfast?

Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?

What room has no windows or doors?

If an electric train is travelling south, which way is the smoke going?

You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?

The more you have of me, the less you can see. What am I?

What starts with ‘e’, ends with ‘e’ and has one letter?

I have keys without key locks. I have space without rooms. You can enter but you cannot go outside. What am I?

Who can shave 20 times a day but still have a beard?

What is always coming but never arrives?

Which is heavier: a kilo of bricks or a kilo of feathers?

What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?

What starts with ‘p’ and ends with ‘e’ and has over 1000 letters?

Three men were in a boat. The boat sank, but only two got their hair wet. Why?

What do you call a witch at the beach?