Brain Teasers
There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?
ans- The base word is Startling - starting - staring - string - sting - sing - sin - in - I
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This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!
The paragraph doesn't contain the letter 'e'.
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What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and grey when you throw it away?
Charcoal
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They are three errers in this puzzle - what are they?
1. errers (should be errors) 2. They (should be There) 3. there are only two errors
How can you throw a ball so that it goes a short distance, comes to a total stop, reverses its motion, and then goes the opposite way. You are not allowed to bounce it against anything, hit it with anything, or tie it to anything.
Throw it in the air.
How do you keep an idiot in suspense?
I'll tell you later.
There were 4 people sitting in a row, trying to win $50 from a riddle.
The one in front was wearing a red hat.
The second from the front was wearing a blue hat.
The third from the front was wearing a red hat.
The last was wearing a blue hat and is blind-folded.
Each of them were informed that they are all wearing a hat, the last person is blind-folded and that there are 2 red and 2 blue hats. if they can guess the color of their hat, then they win the prize.
There was a long silence, then one of them guessed the color of his hat correctly. Who was it?
(note that they can only see the person in front of them and are not allowed to turn around and see behind them.)
Answer
It was the second person. The first and last person cannot see other people at all, therefore it is either the third or second. The second person realised that if he and the person in front were wearing the same colored hat, the third person would be able to answer the color of his hat right away. However, since there was a long silence, then the color of the his hat and the person in front must be different.
What row of numbers comes next?
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221
Answer
The next row is
1113213211
Starting with the second line, every line describes the line before it. In writing, it is:
One One
Two Ones
One Two One One
etc...
i never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball
Answer
I am Tomorrow
What 7 letter word becomes longer when the third letter is removed?
Answer
Lounger
What is more powerful than God, rich people don't need it, poor people have it and if you eat it you'll die?
Answer
NOTHING.. is more powerful than God Rich people need... NOTHING Poor people have... NOTHING and if you eat... NOTHING... you'll die...
No legs have I to dance,
No lungs have I to breathe,
No life have I to live or die
And yet I do all three.
What am I?
Answer
I am Fire.
The beginning of eternity
The end of time and space
The beginning of every end,
And the end of every place
Answer
The letter 'e'.
I know a word of letters three, add two and fewer there will be?
Answer
The word "few". Add "er" and it becomes fewer.
Only one color, but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain,
Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.
What is it.
Answer
It's a Shadow!
What common English word will describe a person or thing as not being found in any place and yet with no changes other than a space between syllables, will correctly describe that person or thing as being actually present at this very moment?
Answer
The word is "NOWHERE". When a space is placed between the 'w' and 'h', you get the words "NOW HERE".
After teaching his class all about roman numerals (X = 10, IX=9 and so on) the teacher asked his class to draw a single continuous line and turn IX into 6. The only stipulation the teacher made was that the pen could not be lifted from the paper until the line was complete.
Answer
Draw an S in front of the IX and it spells SIX. No one said the line had to be straight
What belongs to you but other people use it more than you?
Answer
Your name.
There once was a man who lived on the 50th floor in an apartment building. Every day he would take the elevator to the first floor and go to work. On sunny days when he came back from work, he would take the elevator to the 25th floor and walk the rest of the way. On rainy days, he would take the elevator to the 50th floor. Why is this?
Answer
He was short and could only reach the 25th floor button. On rainy days, he had his umbrella.
ans- The base word is Startling - starting - staring - string - sting - sing - sin - in - I
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This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!
The paragraph doesn't contain the letter 'e'.
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What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and grey when you throw it away?
Charcoal
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They are three errers in this puzzle - what are they?
1. errers (should be errors) 2. They (should be There) 3. there are only two errors
How can you throw a ball so that it goes a short distance, comes to a total stop, reverses its motion, and then goes the opposite way. You are not allowed to bounce it against anything, hit it with anything, or tie it to anything.
Throw it in the air.
How do you keep an idiot in suspense?
I'll tell you later.
There were 4 people sitting in a row, trying to win $50 from a riddle.
The one in front was wearing a red hat.
The second from the front was wearing a blue hat.
The third from the front was wearing a red hat.
The last was wearing a blue hat and is blind-folded.
Each of them were informed that they are all wearing a hat, the last person is blind-folded and that there are 2 red and 2 blue hats. if they can guess the color of their hat, then they win the prize.
There was a long silence, then one of them guessed the color of his hat correctly. Who was it?
(note that they can only see the person in front of them and are not allowed to turn around and see behind them.)
Answer
It was the second person. The first and last person cannot see other people at all, therefore it is either the third or second. The second person realised that if he and the person in front were wearing the same colored hat, the third person would be able to answer the color of his hat right away. However, since there was a long silence, then the color of the his hat and the person in front must be different.
What row of numbers comes next?
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221
Answer
The next row is
1113213211
Starting with the second line, every line describes the line before it. In writing, it is:
One One
Two Ones
One Two One One
etc...
i never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball
Answer
I am Tomorrow
What 7 letter word becomes longer when the third letter is removed?
Answer
Lounger
What is more powerful than God, rich people don't need it, poor people have it and if you eat it you'll die?
Answer
NOTHING.. is more powerful than God Rich people need... NOTHING Poor people have... NOTHING and if you eat... NOTHING... you'll die...
No legs have I to dance,
No lungs have I to breathe,
No life have I to live or die
And yet I do all three.
What am I?
Answer
I am Fire.
The beginning of eternity
The end of time and space
The beginning of every end,
And the end of every place
Answer
The letter 'e'.
I know a word of letters three, add two and fewer there will be?
Answer
The word "few". Add "er" and it becomes fewer.
Only one color, but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain,
Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.
What is it.
Answer
It's a Shadow!
What common English word will describe a person or thing as not being found in any place and yet with no changes other than a space between syllables, will correctly describe that person or thing as being actually present at this very moment?
Answer
The word is "NOWHERE". When a space is placed between the 'w' and 'h', you get the words "NOW HERE".
After teaching his class all about roman numerals (X = 10, IX=9 and so on) the teacher asked his class to draw a single continuous line and turn IX into 6. The only stipulation the teacher made was that the pen could not be lifted from the paper until the line was complete.
Answer
Draw an S in front of the IX and it spells SIX. No one said the line had to be straight
What belongs to you but other people use it more than you?
Answer
Your name.
There once was a man who lived on the 50th floor in an apartment building. Every day he would take the elevator to the first floor and go to work. On sunny days when he came back from work, he would take the elevator to the 25th floor and walk the rest of the way. On rainy days, he would take the elevator to the 50th floor. Why is this?
Answer
He was short and could only reach the 25th floor button. On rainy days, he had his umbrella.
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