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Break without Touch-Brain Teasers
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
Answer: A promise
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The Unpredictable Elevator
An elevator is on the 10th floor. It goes down 7 floors, then up 4 floors, then down 6 floors, then up 3 floors, then down 5 floors. On which floor is the elevator now?
The elevator is on the 1st floor. (Start at 10, then move down 7 to 3, up 4 to 7, down 6 to 1, up 3 to 4, and down 5 to 1.)
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The Weight Puzzle-Brain teaser
You have 12 identical-looking balls, but one is of a different weight (heavier or lighter). You have a balance scale and can only use it three times. How do you find the odd ball?
1. Divide the balls into three groups of four. 2. Weigh two of the groups against each other: - If they balance, the odd ball is in the third group. - If they don? balance, the odd ball is in the heavier or lighter group. 3. Take the group with the odd ball and divide it into three. Repeat the weighing process.
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The Twins Puzzle-Brain teaser
Two people born on the same day, from the same mother and father, but they are not twins. How is this possible?
They are part of a set of triplets (or more). They have other siblings born on the same day, which means they are not twins.
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The Water and Wine Puzzle-brain teaserhaa
You have two glasses, one filled with water and the other filled with wine. You take a spoonful of water and pour it into the wine glass, then take a spoonful of the wine-water mixture and pour it back into the water glass. Is there more water in the wine or more wine in the water?
The amounts of water in the wine and wine in the water are the same. The process of mixing and exchanging liquids balances out the quantities.
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Backyard-never-moves-Brain-Teasers
What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?
Answer: A fence
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28 days months-Brain Teasers
In a year, there are 12 months. Seven months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?
Answer: They all do.
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The Missing Square Puzzle-Brain teaser
A large square is cut into four pieces, which are then rearranged into a rectangle. The area of the rectangle appears to be missing a square unit. Where did the missing square go?
This is an optical illusion. The rearrangement causes a very slight change in the angles of the pieces, which leads to the appearance of a missing square. The total area hasn't changed, but the illusion tricks the eye into thinking a square unit has disappeared.
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A man and a photograph-Brain Teasers
A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks who it is. The man replies, Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man's father is my father's son. Who was in the photograph?
Answer: His son.
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The Chessboard Puzzle-Brain teaser
A chessboard has 64 squares. If you remove two opposite corner squares, can you cover the remaining 62 squares with 31 dominoes, each covering exactly 2 squares?
No, you can. Each domino covers two adjacent squares of different colors, but removing two opposite corners removes two squares of the same color. This leaves an odd number of squares of each color, making it impossible to cover them evenly with dominoes.
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Job polish and herb-Brain Teasers
What is special about these words: job, polish, herb?
Answer: They are pronounced differently when the first letter is capitalized.
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The Speeding Train-Brain teaser
A train 1 mile long is traveling at a speed of 1 mile per minute through a tunnel 1 mile long. How long will it take for the train to completely pass through the tunnel?
It will take 2 minutes. The front of the train takes 1 minute to exit the tunnel, but the back still needs another minute to completely pass through.
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Person is 15 years old-Brain Teasers
In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995, that same person is 10 years old. How can this be?
Answer: The person was born in 2005 BC.
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The Magic Number
Pick any number. Double it. Add 9. Subtract 3. Divide by 2. Subtract the original number. What number are you left with?
The number is always 3, regardless of the original number you picked.
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