Brain Teasers Part Two

By Andrew Mutyaba
A compilation of the most favorite brain teasers together with their solutions.
What do the following words have in common? ahoy chin flux
hint know most below
Answer: The letters in each word are alphabetical.

In marbled halls as white as milk Lined in a skin as soft as silk In

a liquid, crystal clear A golden apple doth appear There are no
doors to this stronghold Yet thieves break in to steal the gold
What am I?
Answer: An Egg.

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What is the only food that you take off the outside, cook the
inside, eat the outside, throw away the inside?
Answer: An ear of corn.

Jim and Joe were fighting, so their mother punished them by

making them both stand on the same sheet of yesterday's
newspaper until they were ready to make up. She did this in such
a way that neither of the boys' could touch each other. How did
she manage to do this?
Answer: She slid the sheet of newspaper under a door. The boys stood on either side of the
door but on the same piece of paper.

What is it the more you take, the more you leave behind?
Answer: Footsteps.
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 What's lighter than air, you can see it and if you put it in a barrel
it makes it LIGHTER???
Answer: A Hole

When it is open it is closed and when it is closed it is open. What

is it?
Answer: A highway draw bridge.

What occurs once in every ‘minute’, twice in every ‘moment’,

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yet never in a thousand years?

Answer: The letter M.

You are stuck in a room with no doors or windows and all you
have is a mirror and a desk. How do you get out?
Answer: You look in the mirror you see what you "saw" You pull out the "saw" Cut the desk
in two. Two halves make a whole. And you crawl out through the hole.

What goes up a chimney down, but won't go down a chimney

up?
Answer: An Umbrella.

Four men Sim, Dim, Gin and Lin come to a bridge while trekking
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in the woods. For them to go across the bridge a flashlight is
definitely required. Each man walks at a specific pace. Sim would
take 1 min. to cross. Dim would take 2 min. to cross, Gin would
take 5 min. and Lin would take 10 min. to cross. The most
important fact is that at any given time only 2 persons can walk
together on the bridge. The time taken to cross will be that of
the man who walks slowest in the pair i.e., if Gin and Lin walk
together they'd take 10 min. to cross the bridge. And the
flashlight cannot be thrown back to the starting point from the
destination. It has to be brought back. Finally, all four men
should cross the bridge and reach the other bank exactly within
17 minutes.

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Answer: First Sim and Dim should cross the bridge. Takes 2 min. Sim gets back with the
flashlight. Takes 1 min. Now Gin and Lin cross the bridge. Takes 10 min. Dim gets back with
the flashlight. Takes 2 min. Finally Sim and Dim cross the bridge. Takes 2 min.

Totaling 17 minutes

If a dog chased a fox into the forest, how far could the fox go?
Answer: Half way, then he would be chasing him out of the forest.

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our kings from a foe's
attack. What are we?
Answer: Chess Pawns.

Two days ago I was 15. Next year I'll be 18. What is today's date,
and when is my birthday?
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Answer: Two days ago was December 30. My birthday is December 31, I turned 16. Today is
January 1st. This year I'll turn 17, therefore next year I'll be 18.
 What does this say? yy ur yy ub ic ur yy 4me!
Answer: Too wise you are, too wise you be, I see you are too wise for me!!

What is the longest word in the English language you can type
with just your left hand?
Answer: Stewardess / Stewardesses

What do the following words have in common? ahoy chin flux

hint know most below
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Answer: The letters in each word are alphabetical.

What word has 3 double letters in a row?

Answer: Bookkeeper

What is the only word in the English language that if you

capitalize the word it changes the pronunciation and meaning of
the word?
Answer: polish as in for furniture or Polish as in the people of Poland

What is the first number, written in words, that has its letters in
alphabetical order?
Answer: Forty.
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