We all feel a little slow on the uptake sometimes, or a little foggy, if you will. We need to force our brains to focus and remember what it’s like to solve a problem, to really work for it.
If you’re feeling like that’s exactly what you need today, these 6 brain teasers are here to help!
6. The reversing ball.
Q: What is the easiest way to throw a ball, and have it stop, and completely reverse direction after traveling a short distance?
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 24, 2009
5. The end of it all.
Q: What always ends everything?
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 16, 2009
4. A black dog on a black road.
Q: A black dog is sleeping in the middle of a black road that has no streetlights and there is no moon….
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 17, 2009
….A car coming down the road with its lights off steers around the dog. How did the driver know the dog was there?
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 17, 2009
3. Which is correct?
Q: Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white," or "The yolk of the egg is white?"
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 21, 2009
2. Born at the same time, but not twins.
Q: A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year. But they were not twins. How could this be so?
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 14, 2009
1. A poisoned drink.
Q: A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early…
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 14, 2009
Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Punch was untouched the whole time. Why did the man not die?
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 14, 2009
Continue reading to check your answers!
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Okay, let’s go!
6.
Q: What is the easiest way to throw a ball, and have it stop, and completely reverse direction after traveling a short distance?
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 24, 2009
ANSWER:
A: Toss it in the air.
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 24, 2009
5.
Q: What always ends everything?
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 16, 2009
ANSWER:
A: The letter "g".
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 16, 2009
4.
Q: A black dog is sleeping in the middle of a black road that has no streetlights and there is no moon….
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 17, 2009
….A car coming down the road with its lights off steers around the dog. How did the driver know the dog was there?
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 17, 2009
ANSWER:
A: It was daytime.
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 17, 2009
3.
Q: Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white," or "The yolk of the egg is white?"
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 21, 2009
ANSWER:
A: Neither, because egg yolks are yellow.
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 21, 2009
2.
Q: A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year. But they were not twins. How could this be so?
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 14, 2009
ANSWER:
A:They were two of a set of triplets (or quadruplets etc.)
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 14, 2009
1.
Q: A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early…
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 14, 2009
Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Punch was untouched the whole time. Why did the man not die?
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 14, 2009
ANSWER:
A: The ice cubes were made of poison. After the man left, they melted resulting in the death of the remaining people at the party.
— Brain Twisters (@braintwisters) May 15, 2009
Did you solve them all?
If so, I’m impressed!
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