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Brain Teaser Questions and Answers

A game that my dad taught me when I was young was chess. It was a great way to have fun with my dad while also sharpening my mind. Brain teaser questions work in a lot of the same ways. They are a great way to stay mentally sharp and challenge yourself. Share these with your kids and you will have a fun time while also getting a brain workout.

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4. What’s full of holes but still holds water?

5. What flies without wings?


7. What are two things you cannot eat for supper?

8. What word looks the same upside down and backward?




12. You leave home and go to your right. You reach a corner and turn left. You reach another corner and turn left again. You reach another corner and turn left again and go home. When you get there, there is a person with a mask there waiting for you. What’s happening?



15. The more it dries, the wetter it gets. What is it?

16. Why can’t a man living in the USA be buried in Canada?



Answer 1 – “The” is repeated.

Answer 2 – Throw the ball up in the air.

Answer 3 – The letter “M”.

Answer 4 – A sponge.

Answer 5 – Time.

Answer 6 –A map.

Answer 7 – Breakfast and Lunch.

Answer 8 – SWIMS.

Answer 9 – The word short.

Answer 10 –The doctor was his mom.

Answer 11 –A secret.

Answer 12 – You are playing baseball.

Answer 13 –The man was bald.

Answer 14 –Sam! 

Answer 15 –A Towel. 

Answer 16 –You cannot bury a living man.

Answer 17 –When your child reaches the age you were when he or she was born, you’ll stay “twice as old” until your next birthday.

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Huddle up with your kids and ask them one of these brain teasers.

