Riddles and Brain Teasers!

By: Dillon Myers

A red house is made from red bricks. A blue house is made from blue bricks. A yellow house is made from yellow bricks. What is a green house made from?

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Why is the letter F like death?

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A man describes his daughters, saying, “They are all blonde, but two; all brunette but two; and all redheaded but two.” How many daughters does he have?

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If you have a 7-minute hourglass and an 11-minute hourglass, how can you boil an egg in exactly 15 minutes?

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How far can a squirrel run into the woods?

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During which month do people sleep the least?

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Put a coin into an empty bottle and insert a cork into the neck. How can you remove the coin without removing the cork or breaking the bottle? 

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I have a large money box, 10 inches wide, and 5 inches tall.  Roughly how many coins can I place until my money box is no longer empty?

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What do an island and the letter “t” have in common?

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What is unusual about the following words: revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven?

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How can a man who shaves several times a day still sport a long beard?

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An elevator is on the ground floor. There are five people in the elevator including me. When the lift reaches the first floor, one person gets out and two people get in. The lift goes up to the second floor, three people get out, five people get in. It then goes up to the next floor up, no-one gets out but 12 people get in. Halfway up to the next floor up the elevator cable snaps, it crashes to the floor. Everyone else dies in the elevator except me. How did I survive?

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What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?

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Bonus Riddles:

What is the question you can ask all day, get different answers for the same, and they would still be correct?

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Two fathers and two sons go fishing. Each of them catches one fish each. So, why do they bring home only three fish?

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Earthshine: the faint illumination of the part of the moon not illuminated by sunlight, as during a crescent phase, caused by the reflection of light from the earth. Explicit Memory: memory of facts and experience that one can consciously know and "declare."

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