Do you enjoy the challenge of a brainteasers quiz? There are 35 brainteasers with answers in this quiz to really get your mind stretched. There are some easy brainteasers in there as well as some trickier ones. Hopefully you’ll find a few to enjoy here. Use the whole quiz for your next quiz night, or perhaps pick a few of your favourite brainteasers to add into your own unique quiz. If you enjoy a good riddle or few you will love these. Here are 35 riddles and brainteasers for you to enjoy.
Fun Brainteasers Quiz Questions
1. Without it, I am dead. If I am not, then I am behind. What am I?
2. I have no eyes, no legs, or ears, and I help move the earth. What am I?
3. What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands?
4. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
5. If you are to keep it, you must first give it to me. What is it?
6. In a year, there are 12 months. Seven months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?
7. What makes more as you take them?
8. What has a mouth but cannot eat; moves, but has no legs; and has a bank, but cannot put money in it?
9. What freezes after it is overheated?
10. First, I threw away the outside and cooked the inside. Then, I ate the outside and threw away the inside. What did I eat?
11. You see a boat filled with people. It was not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?
12. You are a cyclist in a cross country race. Just before crossing the finish line, you overtake the person in second place. In what place did you finish?
13. What begins with a T, ends with a T, and is full of T?
14. Catherine’s mother had four daughters. She named the first one Monday. She named the second Tuesday. She named the third Wednesday. What is the name of the fourth daughter?
15. A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend ask who it is. The man replies. “Brothers and sisters I have none. But that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who was in the photograph?
16. How much dirt is there in a hole that is 3 feet deep, and 6 inches in diameter?
17. Every night I’m told what to do, and each morning I do what I’m told. But I still don’t escape your scold. What am I?
18. When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer?
19. Laura is a butcher. She is 5’5” tall. What does she weigh?
20. What do the letter T and an island have in common?
21. How far can a rabbit run into the woods?
22. What are the next three letters in the sequence? J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A
23. Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
24. What type of cheese is made backwards?
25. It’s at the centre of gravity and you can find it in Venus, but not Mars. What is it?
26. During which month do people sleep the least?
27. You are in a cabin and it’s pitch black. You have one match on you. Which do you light first; the newspaper, the lamp, the candle, or the fire?
28. Lose me once, I’ll come back stronger. Lose me twice, I’ll leave forever. What am I?
29. I am big on Saturday and Sunday. I am small on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. I am not on Monday and Friday. What am I?
30. I have keys without locks. I have space without rooms. You can enter but you cannot go outside. What am I?
31. It’s as light as a feather, but the strongest person can’t hold it for more than five minutes. What is it?
32. When you have me, you immediately feel like sharing me. But, if you do share me, you do not have me. What am I?
33. What runs around the whole garden without moving?
34. Which three letters can frighten a thief away?
35. A man was walking in the rain. He was in the middle of nowhere. He had nothing and nowhere to hide. He came home all wet, but not a single hair on his head was wet. Why?
Fun Brainteasers Quiz Questions and Answers
1. Without it, I am dead. If I am not, then I am behind. What am I?
Ahead.
2. I have no eyes, no legs, or ears, and I help move the earth. What am I?
An earthworm.
3. What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands?
Your breath.
4. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest.
5. If you are to keep it, you must first give it to me. What is it?
Your word.
6. In a year, there are 12 months. Seven months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?
12.
7. What makes more as you take them?
Your footsteps.
8. What has a mouth but cannot eat; moves, but has no legs; and has a bank, but cannot put money in it?
River.
9. What freezes after it is overheated?
A computer.
10. First, I threw away the outside and cooked the inside. Then, I ate the outside and threw away the inside. What did I eat?
Corn on the cob.
11. You see a boat filled with people. It was not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?
All the people were married.
12. You are a cyclist in a cross country race. Just before crossing the finish line, you overtake the person in second place. In what place did you finish?
Second place.
13. What begins with a T, ends with a T, and is full of T?
A teapot.
14. Catherine’s mother had four daughters. She named the first one Monday. She named the second Tuesday. She named the third Wednesday. What is the name of the fourth daughter?
Catherine.
15. A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend ask who it is. The man replies. “Brothers and sisters I have none. But that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who was in the photograph?
His son.
16. How much dirt is there in a hole that is 3 feet deep, and 6 inches in diameter?
None. Because a hole contains no dirt.
17. Every night I’m told what to do, and each morning I do what I’m told. But I still don’t escape your scold. What am I?
An alarm clock
18. When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer?
When you add two hours to eleven o’clock, you get one o’clock.
19. Laura is a butcher. She is 5’5” tall. What does she weigh?
Meat
20. What do the letter T and an island have in common?
Both are in the middle of water.
21. How far can a rabbit run into the woods?
Halfway. After that it is running out of the woods.
22. What are the next three letters in the sequence? J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A
S, O, and N. The sequence is the first letter of months of the year.
23. Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
Fire
24. What type of cheese is made backwards?
Edam
25. It’s at the centre of gravity and you can find it in Venus, but not Mars. What is it?
The letter V.
26. During which month do people sleep the least?
February
27. You are in a cabin and it’s pitch black. You have one match on you. Which do you light first; the newspaper, the lamp, the candle, or the fire?
You light the match first.
28. Lose me once, I’ll come back stronger. Lose me twice, I’ll leave forever. What am I?
A tooth.
29. I am big on Saturday and Sunday. I am small on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. I am not on Monday and Friday. What am I?
The letter S.
30. I have keys without locks. I have space without rooms. You can enter but you cannot go outside. What am I?
A keyboard.
31. It’s as light as a feather, but the strongest person can’t hold it for more than five minutes. What is it?
Your breath.
32. When you have me, you immediately feel like sharing me. But, if you do share me, you do not have me. What am I?
A secret.
33. What runs around the whole garden without moving?
A fence.
34. Which three letters can frighten a thief away?
ICU
35. A man was walking in the rain. He was in the middle of nowhere. He had nothing and nowhere to hide. He came home all wet, but not a single hair on his head was wet. Why?
He was bald.
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