Brain Teasers that stimulate creative thought

Brain Teasers that stimulate creative thought

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2. BRAIN TEASERS

3. RULE Think outside the box.

4. How do you spell candy with just two letters?

5. Answer c and y

6. How can 5 minus 2 equal 4?

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

8. If the word MOM becomes WOW when you turn it upside down, what do you get when you spell it backwards? 9/22/22 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 8

9. Answer ti When you spell the word “it” backwards it becomes “ ti ”

10. How many numbers are there on a dice?

11. Answer none There are only dots on a dice.

12. A cat has three kittens: Daisy, Kittie and Gracie. What is the mother's name.

13. Answer What It was a statement not a question. 9/22/22 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 13

14. What is in the center of Paris that can't be found in Washington or London?

15. Answer R The center of paRis is R.

16. What happened on the 31st of June 1945?

17. Answer Nothing There are only 30 days in June.

18. If you throw a white hat with a blue ribbon into the Red Sea what does it become?

19. Answer wet!

20. How do you spell "hard water" using only 3 letters?

21. Answer

22. S E Q U E N C _ What letter is needed to complete the word?

23. Answer F Place an F on the _ to form an E.

24. The chicken or the egg? Which came first? 9/22/22 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 24

25. Answer chicken It came first in the question.

26. What can you catch but cannot throw?

27. Answer A cold.

28. Which is correct: Six and six IS eleven or six and six ARE eleven?

29. Answer Neither – Six and Six is twelve.

30. What does this word mean? CITY

31. Answer capital city

32. What is one word in English that is always pronounced incorrectly?

33. Answer incorrectly

34. A carrot tree grows 1.5 inches every day. How many days will it take to grow 150 inches?

35. Answer Carrots don’t grow on trees!

36. What one word contains the most letters?

37. Answer ALPHABET

38. There are 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: [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

39. How can you solve this problem?