A compilation of brain teasers
There’s nothing more scintillating than solving puzzles and brain teasers. It not only builds curiosity but also fills you up with excitement. Not just that, it is a great exercise for your brain and mind. You’ll have to be more focused, more creative and extremely engaged.
Following is a compilation of mind-twisting brain teasers to test your mind. Do not scroll down before answering.
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Brain teaser 1
A man is looking at someone else's photograph. His friend asks him who the person in the photograph is. The man replies, “Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man’s father is my father’s son.” Tell us who it is in the photograph?
Answer: His son.
Brain teaser 2
A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?
Answer: The river was frozen.
Brain teaser 3
A man was walking in the rain. He was in the middle of nowhere. He had nothing and nowhere to hide. He came home all wet, but not a single hair on his head was wet. Why is that?
Answer: The man was bald.
Brain teaser 4
The person who makes it has no need for it. The person who purchases it does not use it. The person who does use it does not know he or she is. What is it?
Answer: A coffin.
Brain teaser 5
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 greenhouse made from?
Answer: Glass.
Brain teaser 6
You’re in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove, and a gas lamp. You only have one match, so what do you light first?
Answer: The match.
Brain teaser 7
What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?
Answer: A map
Brain teaser 8
How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come back to you, even if it doesn't bounce off anything? There is nothing attached to it, and no one else catches or throws it back to you.
Answer: Throw the ball straight up in the air.