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Some Top Brain Teasers with Solutions
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No.1 |
The Firing Squad
Pirate Pete had been captured by a Spanish general and
sentenced to death by his 50-man firing squad.
Pete cringed, as he knew their reputation for being the
worst firing squad in the Spanish military. They were
such bad shots that they would often all miss their
targets and simply maim their victims, leaving them to
bleed to death, as the general’s tradition was to only
allow one shot per man to save on ammunition. The
thought of a slow painful death made Pete beg for mercy.
“Very well, I have some compassion. You may choose where
the men stand when they shoot you and I will add 50
extra men to the squad to ensure someone will at least
hit you. Perhaps if they stand closer they will kill you
quicker, if you’re lucky,” snickered the general. “Oh,
and just so you don’t get any funny ideas, they can’t
stand more than 20 ft away, they must be facing you, and
you must remain tied to the post in the middle of the
yard. And to show I’m not totally heartless, if you
aren’t dead by sundown I’ll release you so you can die
peacefully outside the compound. I must go now but will
return tomorrow and see to it that you are buried in a
nice spot, though with 100 men, I doubt there will be
much left of you to bury.”
After giving his instructions the general left. Upon his
return the next day, he found that Pete had been set
free alive and well. “How could this be?” demanded the
general. “It was where Pete had us stand,” explained the
captain of the squad.
Where did Pete tell them to stand?
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Solution
Pete told them to form a
circle around him. All the squad was facing in at
Pete, ready to shoot, when they realized that
everyone who missed would likely end up shooting
another squad member. So no one dared to fire,
knowing the risk. Thus at sundown he was released. |
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No.2 |
The Servant’s Wish
Once upon a time, in the West Lake village, a servant
lived with his master. After service of 30 years, his
master became ill and was going to die. One day, the
master called his servant and offered him for a wish. It
could be any wish but just one. The master gave him one
day to think about it. The servant became very happy and
went to his mother to discuss the wish. His mother was
blind and she asked her son to wish for her eye-sight to
come back. Next, the servant went to his wife. She
became very excited and asked for a son as they were
childless for many years. After that, the servant went
to his father who wanted to be rich and so he asked his
son to wish for a lot of money. The next day he went to
his master and made one wish through which all the three
(mother, father, wife) got what they wanted. What was
his wish?
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Solution
The servant said, "I wish for
my mother to see her grandson swinging on a swing of
gold." |
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No.3 |
The Wisest Son
One day, a father went to his three sons and told them
that he would die soon and he needed to decide which one
of them to give his property to. He decided to give them
all a test. He said, “Go to the market my sons, and
purchase something that is large enough to fill my
bedroom, but small enough to fit in your pocket. From
this I will decide which of you is the wisest and worthy
enough to inherit my land.”
So they all went to the market and bought something that
they thought would fill the room, yet was still small
enough that they could fit into their pockets. Each son
came back with a different item. The father told his
sons to come into his bedroom one at a time and try to
fill up his bedroom with whatever they had purchased.
The first son came in and put some pieces of cloth that
he had bought and laid them end to end across the room,
but it barely covered any of the floor. Then the second
son came in and laid some hay, that he had purchased, on
the floor but there was only enough to cover half of the
floor. The third son came in and showed his father what
he had purchased and how it could fill the entire room
yet still fit into his pocket. The father replied, “You
are truly the wisest of all and you shall receive my
property.” What was it that the son had showed to his
father?
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Solution
The son had showed his father
a match. Whenever he lit the match, it filled the
entire room with light, yet it was still small
enough to fit into his pocket. |
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No.4 |
Sherlock Holmes and the Broken Window
One snowy night, Sherlock Holmes was in his house
sitting by a fire. All of a sudden a snowball came
crashing through his window, breaking it. Holmes got up
and looked out the window just in time to see three
neighborhood kids who were brothers run around a corner.
Their names were John Crimson, Mark Crimson and Paul
Crimson. The next day Holmes got a note on his door that
read “? Crimson. He broke your window.” Which of the
three Crimson brothers should Sherlock Holmes question
about the incident?
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Solution
Mark Crimson: "?" = question
MARK, so the note on the door reads "Question Mark
Crimson. He broke your window." |
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No.5 |
What is it?
The Pope has it but he does not use it.
Your father has it but your mother uses it.
Nuns do not need it.
Arnold Schwarzenegger has a big one,
Michael J. Fox’s is quite small.
What is it?
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Solution
A surname. |
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No.6 |
Wheelbarrow Battle
Two men working at a construction site were up for a
challenge, and they were pretty mad at each other.
Finally, at lunch break, they confronted one another.
One man, obviously stronger, said “See that wheelbarrow?
I’m willin’ to bet $100 (that’s all I have in my wallet
here) that anything you can wheel to that cone and back,
I can wheel twice as far. Do we have a bet?”
The other man, too dignified to decline, shook his hand,
but he had a plan formulating. He looked at the objects
lying around: a pile of 400 bricks, a steel beam, the 10
men that had gathered around to watch, and a stack of
ten bags of concrete mix; he thought for a while, and
then finalized his plan.
“All right,” he said, and revealed his object.
That night, the strong man went home thoroughly teased
and $100 poorer. What was the weaker man’s object?
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Solution
He looked the strong man right
in the eye and said, "get in." |
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No.7 |
The Last Stand
General Custer is surrounded by Indians and he’s the
only cowboy left.
He finds an old lamp in front of him and rubs it. Out
pops a genie. The genie grants Custer one wish, with a
catch. He says, “Whatever you wish for, each Indian will
get two of the same thing.”
Custer ponders a while and thinks:”If I get a bow and
arrow they get two. If I get a rifle they get two!” He
then rubs the bottle again and out pops the genie.
“Well,” the genie asks “have you made up your mind?”
What did Custer ask for to help him get away?
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Solution
One glass eye. |
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No.8 |
Blind Men
There was a man who went to the mall where he bought 3
pairs of red socks and 3 pairs of white socks. Another
man who had already bought 3 pairs of red socks and 3
pairs of white socks came back to return his 6 pairs.
They were both blind. As they were walking, they bumped
into each other. All the socks scattered around the
floor, but each pair remained held together by a rubber
band. Nobody helped them pick the socks up, but in 3
minutes they both had 3 pairs of red, and 3 pairs of
white. How is that possible if they are blind?
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Solution
Each man took half the socks
and pulled them apart. They would then give the
other man 1 sock. They kept doing this until they
had all their socks. |
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No.9 |
A man walks in to a bar…
A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a
glass of water. The bartender reaches under the bar and
brings out a gun and aims it at the man. The man says
thank you and leaves. What happened?
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Solution
The man had the hiccups and
wanted a glass of water to help get rid of them. The
bartender could hear the hiccups when the man spoke,
so he brought the gun out to scare the hiccups away.
It worked and the man thanked him and left, no
longer needing the glass of water. |
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No.10 |
The Last Sunrise
A man walks into his back yard in the middle of the
night and fires a gun. Due to his strange behaviour he
never sees another sunrise. (No, he didn’t kill
himself.) Can you explain this odd occurrence?
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Solution
The man shot his rooster,
which had awakened him with its crowing every
morning for the past ten years. Since he had
recently retired, there was no longer any reason to
be wakened at such an early hour. |
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