Brain Teasers

[Black Orchid]

1. Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name?

2. There is a clerk at the butcher shop who is five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?

5. What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly?

6. Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?

7. In some states you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?

8. What was the President’s name in 1975?

9. If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

10. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"?

11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in another field?

[Black Orchid]

Keep that brain working; try to figure this one out....

See if you can figure out what these seven words all have in common?
1. Banana
2. Dresser
3. Grammar
4. Potato
5. Revive
6. Uneven
7. Assess

Give it another try....
Look at each word carefully. You'll kick yourself when you discover the answer.

[Texan]

I got all 11 on the first post. I googled the second post.

[Texan]

I got all 11 on the first post. I googled the second post.

[Black Orchid]

I had to look up the answer to the second post too LOL

[Valkie]

The first post was deliberate tricks, but easily worked out.

The second post was easier, I thought.

This is the problem with so many of these "tests" or "brain teasers".

They set out to confuse or trick the person into the wrong answer.

Why not just ask a straight forward question, one asks?

Because those who cannot work more complex calculations or understand physics need to find a way to prove they are smarter.
So they develop obscure logic that is designed, not to test knowledge or ability
But to see if you can work out the tricks employed.

For someone of a non-english background
No matter how intellegent they may be.
Understanding and insisting these questions would be virtually impossible.

I dislike puzzles, have never done a jigsaw puzzle in my life.
Don't generally do quizzes or play word games.

Just for a lark
Who knows why jigsaw puzzles are called jigsaw puzzles?

No googling.

[Texan]

The first post was deliberate tricks, but easily worked out.

The second post was easier, I thought.

This is the problem with so many of these "tests" or "brain teasers".

They set out to confuse or trick the person into the wrong answer.

Why not just ask a straight forward question, one asks?

Because those who cannot work more complex calculations or understand physics need to find a way to prove they are smarter.
So they develop obscure logic that is designed, not to test knowledge or ability
But to see if you can work out the tricks employed.

For someone of a non-english background
No matter how intellegent they may be.
Understanding and insisting these questions would be virtually impossible.

I dislike puzzles, have never done a jigsaw puzzle in my life.
Don't generally do quizzes or play word games.

Just for a lark
Who knows why jigsaw puzzles are called jigsaw puzzles?

No googling.

Jig saw puzzles were originally made with a jig saw.

[Black Orchid]

They are not designed to 'trick' you. They are designed to make you think outside the box which is a valued attribute of problem solving.

[Black Orchid]

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[Black Orchid]

Ignore the grammar.