BRAIN TEASERS

1. You are the bus driver. At your first stop, you pick up 29 people. On your second stop, 18 of those 29 people get off, and at the same time 10
new passengers arrive. At your next stop, 3 of those 10 passengers get off, and 13 new passengers come on. On your fourth stop 4 of the
remaining 10 passengers get off, 6 of those new 13 passengers get off as well, then 17 new passengers get on. What is the color of the bus
driver's eyes?
*The eye color of the reader of this problem. The first sentence is the key: "You are the bus driver"

2.What seven-letter word has hundreds of letters in it?

*Mailbox

3. If you had a ton of feathers and a ton of stones which would be heavier?
*Neither. They both weigh a ton.

4.Tom's mother has three children. One is named April, one is named May. What is the third one named?
*Tom

5. A man and his son had a terrible car accident and were rushed to the hospital. The man died on the way, but the son was still barely alive.
When they arrived, an old gray surgeon was called in to operate. Upon seeing the young boy, the surgeon said, "I can't operate - this is my son."
How is this possible?
*The surgeon was his mother.

6.A glass of water with a single ice cube sits on a table. When the ice has completely melted, will the level of the water have increased,
decreased or remain unchanged?
*The water level remains unchanged because the ice cube displaces its own weight. If you're not convinced, read Archimedes' Principle, which
states that any floating object displaces its own weight of fluid. Still not convinced? Here are a few moresources .

7.This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that
you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly 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 letter e is the most common letter in the English language, yet it never appears in the entire paragraph

8.A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins
with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
*The third room, since the lions would be dead.

9.Name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday.
*Yesterday, today and tomorrow

10.A plane crashed on the border or US and Canada. Where do they bury the survivors?
*You don't bury survivors

11.There are six glasses in a row. The first three are full of water, and the next three are empty. By moving only one glass how can you make
them alternate between full and empty?
*Pour the water from the 2nd glass into the 5th glass.

12.Two men are standing on one side of a bridge and two women are approaching them. One of the men says, "Here comes my wife and daughter"
to which the second man replies, "Here comes my wife and daughter". If they have not married the same woman and the women aren't pregnant,
how is this true?
*The men are widowers and married each others' daughter.

13.Rearrange the letters in the words "new door" to make one word.
"new door" can be rearranged into "one word"

14.Two fathers and two sons go fishing together in the same boat. They all catch a fish but the total catch for the day is 3 fish. How is this
possible?
*There are three men: A grandfather, a father (the grandfather's son) and the father's son.

15.A green glass door admits only certain objects. Apples and balls are allowed, but pears and bats aren't. What determines whether an item
can enter?
*All words with a repeated letter are allowed. Green glass door, apple and ball.

16.B,C,D,E,G,P. What is the next letter in the sequence?

*T - they all rhyme.
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What does this represent?

*No one understands

18. First, think of the color of clouds. Next think of the color of snow. Last, think of the color of the moon. Now, what do cows drink?
*Water (if the teaser worked, you guessed milk)

19.Honda will go see ballet but not the opera. Her favorite number is eight and she doesn't like nine. She likes salmon but not trout. She hates
Mondays and likes Wednesdays. Does she use a comb or a brush?
*A comb. Rhonda likes words with silent letters, like her name.

20.A man is leaving on a business trip and stops by his office on the way to the airport. The night watchman stops him and says, "Sir, don't take
that flight. I had a dream last night that your plane would crash and everyone would die!" The business man cancels his trip and sure enough, the
plane crashes, killing all the passengers. The man gives his watchman a $10,000 reward for saving his life, then fires him. Why?
*Because his night watchman was sleeping on the job.

21.If you were to spell out the numbers, how far would you have to go before encountering the letter 'A'?
*One thousand (or one hundred and one, depending on how you pronounce it

22.You are in a room with no windows, doors or any exit. The only items are a mirror and a table. How do you escape? (Not a typical brain teaser)
*Look in the mirror, then at the wall and back at the mirror to see what you saw. Use the saw to cut the table in half and join the two halves to
make a whole. Put the "hole" on the wall and climb out. (I know, it's lame)