Brain Teasers
- 3. 1: If it takes 85 seconds to boil 2 eggs, how long will it take to boil 3 eggs?
- 4. 2: When does Chicago begin with a ‘C’, and end with an ‘E’?
- 5. 3: My neighbour has 4 daughters, and each has a brother – how many children does my neighbour have?
- 6. 4: What is it that, when you take away the whole, you have some still left?
- 7. 5: How many times can you take 9 apples away from 54 apples?
- 8. 6: Can you guess the next letter in this series… CYGTNLIT…?
- 9. 7: What do female elephants have that no other female animal has?
- 10. 8: What is the last thing you take off each night before you get into bed?
- 11. 9: How is it possible to make this sum correct? 5 – 2 = 4
- 12. 10: Sally bets John she can jump from a 10 storey building to the concrete floor below and not injure herself. How does she win the bet?
- 14. The same time Always – Chicago begins with a ‘C’, and end begins with an ‘E’ 5 – each daughter has the same brother The word ‘wholesome’ Only once – because then you don’t have 54 apples left ‘ S’ - the sequence is based on the initial letters of each word in the question Baby elephants Your feet from the floor Write the number ‘5’ as a word using capital letters (FIVE) – then take the F and E away (minus 2) – which leaves IV – 4 in Roman numerals Sally jumps from the ground floor onto the outside