Medium
Brain Teasers
Interesting puzzles designed to test creative and lateral thinking.
Brain Teasers Puzzles
Medium
What gets wetter the more it dries?
Hard
A man owns a clock that loses 10 minutes every hour. He sets it correctly at noon. What time will the clock display after 6 real hours?
Medium
A person enters a building on the ground floor and takes an elevator to the tenth floor. On the way back, the person walks down the stairs from the tenth floor to the ground floor. Why might this be reasonable?
Hard
A man is standing in heavy rain without an umbrella or hat, yet not a single hair on his head gets wet. Why?
Medium
A room has three light bulbs and three switches outside the room. Each switch controls exactly one bulb. You may enter the room only once. How can you determine which switch controls which bulb?
Medium
A man has a match and enters a dark room containing a candle, a lamp and a fireplace. What does he light first?
Hard
A man pushes his car to a hotel and immediately knows that he is bankrupt. Why?
Medium
A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 die. How many sheep remain?
Hard
A man shaves several times every day, yet still has a beard. Who is he?
Medium
A plane crashes exactly on the border between two countries. Where should the survivors be buried?
Hard
You have a basket containing five apples. You give one apple to each of five people, but one apple remains in the basket. How is this possible?
Medium
What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
Medium
A man looks at a photograph and says, "Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son." Who is in the photograph?
Hard
A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every 30 minutes. How long will the pills last?
Medium
A man is born in 2000 and dies in 2000 at the age of 80. How is this possible?
Medium
A man walks into a restaurant and asks for a glass of water. The waiter suddenly points a gun at him. The man says thank you and leaves. Why?
Medium
A man enters a room and sees a table with four apples. He takes two apples. How many apples does he have?
Medium
A woman owns a single-story house. Everything inside is blue: walls, furniture, carpets and doors. What color are the stairs?
Medium
A baseball player leaves home plate, runs around the bases and returns to home plate. Two masked men are waiting near home plate. Who are they?
Medium
A man pushes his car to a hotel and immediately loses his fortune. What happened?
Medium
A man shaves several times every day but still has a beard. Who is he?
Medium
A woman has four daughters. Each daughter has one brother. How many children does the woman have?
Medium
A doctor gives you three tablets and tells you to take one every 30 minutes. How long will the tablets last?
Hard
A room has four corners. In each corner sits a cat. Each cat can see three other cats. How many cats are in the room?
Medium
A farmer owns 17 sheep. All but 9 die. How many sheep remain?
Hard
A person enters a dark room containing an oil lamp, a candle and a fireplace. They have one match. What should they light first?
Hard
A man is found dead in a field next to an unopened package. There are no footprints around him. What is the likely explanation?
Medium
A house has all four sides facing south. A bear walks past the house. What color is the bear?
Hard
A man looks at a photograph and says, "Brothers and sisters I have none, but this man's father is my father's son." Who is in the photograph?
Medium
A farmer has a wolf, a goat and a basket of cabbage. He must cross a river using a boat that can carry himself and only one of the three items. He cannot leave the wolf alone with the goat or the goat alone with the cabbage. How can he transport everything safely?
Hard