24 Brain Teasers to Edge Your Brain

Nathan Johnson Published 01/18/2019 in wow

These will help you get passed a troll on a bridge when you go outside for the first time. These brain teasers will wreck your brain in a way it has never been tested since you learned to count to 100 in kindergarten. Enjoy this gallery to test you mental fortitude.

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What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? Answer: The letter M.
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A woman shoots her husband, holds him underwater for five minutes then hangs him. Right after that, they enjoy a lovely dinner together. Explain. Answer: She took a picture of him, developed it in her darkroom, and then had dinner with him.
3.
I have keys, but no locks. I have space, but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I? Answer: A computer keyboard.
4.
What always ends everything? Answer: The letter G.
5.
I have seas without water, coasts without sand, towns without people, and mountains without land. What am I? Answer: A map.
6.
How much dirt is in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet? Answer: None.
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What coat is best put on wet? Answer: A coat of paint.
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Which is correct to say: “The yolk of the egg is white” or “the yolk of the egg are white?” Answer: Neither, egg yolks are yellow.
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Why can’t you take a picture of a man with a wooden leg? Answer: Because a wooden leg can’t take pictures, only a camera can.
10.
This belongs to you, but everyone else uses it more. Answer: Your name.
11.
How many letters are in the alphabet? Answer: There are 11 letters in “the alphabet.”
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A clerk in a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13 shoes. What does he weigh? Answer: Meat.
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A man shaves several times a day but still has a beard. Who is he? Answer: A barber.
14.
Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world? Answer: Mt. Everest.
15.
You see a boat filled with people. It has not capsized, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why? Answer: Everyone on the boat is married
16.
What goes all the way around the world, but stays in the corner? Answer: A stamp.
17.
What has four fingers and a thumb, but isn’t alive? Answer: A glove.
18.
What disappears as soon as you say its name? Answer: Silence.
19.
What gets bigger the more you take away? Answer: A hole.
20.
The man who built it doesn’t use it, the man who bought it doesn’t need it, and the man who uses it doesn’t know it. What is it? Answer: A coffin.
21.
What can never be put into a saucepan? Answer: Its lid.
22.
What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps? Answer: A river.
23.
Many have heard me, but nobody has seen me. I will not speak until spoken to first. What am I? Answer: An echo.
24.
What can you hold in your left hand, but never in your right? Answer: Your right hand.

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What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? Answer: The letter M.
2.
A woman shoots her husband, holds him underwater for five minutes then hangs him. Right after that, they enjoy a lovely dinner together. Explain. Answer: She took a picture of him, developed it in her darkroom, and then had dinner with him.
3.
I have keys, but no locks. I have space, but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I? Answer: A computer keyboard.
4.
What always ends everything? Answer: The letter G.
5.
I have seas without water, coasts without sand, towns without people, and mountains without land. What am I? Answer: A map.
6.
How much dirt is in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet? Answer: None.
7.
What coat is best put on wet? Answer: A coat of paint.
8.
Which is correct to say: “The yolk of the egg is white” or “the yolk of the egg are white?” Answer: Neither, egg yolks are yellow.
9.
Why can’t you take a picture of a man with a wooden leg? Answer: Because a wooden leg can’t take pictures, only a camera can.
10.
This belongs to you, but everyone else uses it more. Answer: Your name.
11.
How many letters are in the alphabet? Answer: There are 11 letters in “the alphabet.”
12.
A clerk in a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13 shoes. What does he weigh? Answer: Meat.
13.
A man shaves several times a day but still has a beard. Who is he? Answer: A barber.
14.
Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world? Answer: Mt. Everest.
15.
You see a boat filled with people. It has not capsized, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why? Answer: Everyone on the boat is married
16.
What goes all the way around the world, but stays in the corner? Answer: A stamp.
17.
What has four fingers and a thumb, but isn’t alive? Answer: A glove.
18.
What disappears as soon as you say its name? Answer: Silence.
19.
What gets bigger the more you take away? Answer: A hole.
20.
The man who built it doesn’t use it, the man who bought it doesn’t need it, and the man who uses it doesn’t know it. What is it? Answer: A coffin.
21.
What can never be put into a saucepan? Answer: Its lid.
22.
What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps? Answer: A river.
23.
Many have heard me, but nobody has seen me. I will not speak until spoken to first. What am I? Answer: An echo.
24.
What can you hold in your left hand, but never in your right? Answer: Your right hand.

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1. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? Answer: The letter M.

2. A woman shoots her husband, holds him underwater for five minutes then hangs him. Right after that, they enjoy a lovely dinner together. Explain. Answer: She took a picture of him, developed it in her darkroom, and then had dinner with him.

3. I have keys, but no locks. I have space, but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I? Answer: A computer keyboard.

4. What always ends everything? Answer: The letter G.

5. I have seas without water, coasts without sand, towns without people, and mountains without land. What am I? Answer: A map.

6. How much dirt is in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet? Answer: None.

7. What coat is best put on wet? Answer: A coat of paint.

8. Which is correct to say: “The yolk of the egg is white” or “the yolk of the egg are white?” Answer: Neither, egg yolks are yellow.

9. Why can’t you take a picture of a man with a wooden leg? Answer: Because a wooden leg can’t take pictures, only a camera can.

10. This belongs to you, but everyone else uses it more. Answer: Your name.

11. How many letters are in the alphabet? Answer: There are 11 letters in “the alphabet.”

12. A clerk in a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13 shoes. What does he weigh? Answer: Meat.

13. A man shaves several times a day but still has a beard. Who is he? Answer: A barber.

14. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world? Answer: Mt. Everest.

15. You see a boat filled with people. It has not capsized, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why? Answer: Everyone on the boat is married

16. What goes all the way around the world, but stays in the corner? Answer: A stamp.

17. What has four fingers and a thumb, but isn’t alive? Answer: A glove.

18. What disappears as soon as you say its name? Answer: Silence.

19. What gets bigger the more you take away? Answer: A hole.

20. The man who built it doesn’t use it, the man who bought it doesn’t need it, and the man who uses it doesn’t know it. What is it? Answer: A coffin.

21. What can never be put into a saucepan? Answer: Its lid.

22. What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps? Answer: A river.

23. Many have heard me, but nobody has seen me. I will not speak until spoken to first. What am I? Answer: An echo.

24. What can you hold in your left hand, but never in your right? Answer: Your right hand.

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1.
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? Answer: The letter M.

2.
A woman shoots her husband, holds him underwater for five minutes then hangs him. Right after that, they enjoy a lovely dinner together. Explain. Answer: She took a picture of him, developed it in her darkroom, and then had dinner with him.

3.
I have keys, but no locks. I have space, but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I? Answer: A computer keyboard.

4.
What always ends everything? Answer: The letter G.

5.
I have seas without water, coasts without sand, towns without people, and mountains without land. What am I? Answer: A map.

6.
How much dirt is in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet? Answer: None.

7.
What coat is best put on wet? Answer: A coat of paint.

8.
Which is correct to say: “The yolk of the egg is white” or “the yolk of the egg are white?” Answer: Neither, egg yolks are yellow.

9.
Why can’t you take a picture of a man with a wooden leg? Answer: Because a wooden leg can’t take pictures, only a camera can.

10.
This belongs to you, but everyone else uses it more. Answer: Your name.

11.
How many letters are in the alphabet? Answer: There are 11 letters in “the alphabet.”

12.
A clerk in a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13 shoes. What does he weigh? Answer: Meat.

13.
A man shaves several times a day but still has a beard. Who is he? Answer: A barber.

14.
Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world? Answer: Mt. Everest.

15.
You see a boat filled with people. It has not capsized, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why? Answer: Everyone on the boat is married

16.
What goes all the way around the world, but stays in the corner? Answer: A stamp.

17.
What has four fingers and a thumb, but isn’t alive? Answer: A glove.

18.
What disappears as soon as you say its name? Answer: Silence.

19.
What gets bigger the more you take away? Answer: A hole.

20.
The man who built it doesn’t use it, the man who bought it doesn’t need it, and the man who uses it doesn’t know it. What is it? Answer: A coffin.

21.
What can never be put into a saucepan? Answer: Its lid.

22.
What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps? Answer: A river.

23.
Many have heard me, but nobody has seen me. I will not speak until spoken to first. What am I? Answer: An echo.

24.
What can you hold in your left hand, but never in your right? Answer: Your right hand.