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1. You’re in a race and you pass the person in
second place. What place are you in now?
2. An Grab driver is going the opposite way down a
one-way street. He passes five policemen along
the way, none of which stops him. Why not?
3. A man shaves many times during the day, but at
the end of the day, he still has a beard. How is
this possible?
4. While a cat was outside, it started to downpour.
The cat couldn’t find any shelter and got
completely soaked by the rain, yet not a single
hair was wet. How could this be?
5. You are in a dark room with a box of matches.
Nearby are three things: a candle, an oil lamp
and a log of firewood. Which do you light first?
6. If there are three apples and you take two, how
many do you have?
7. I call the trees my home, yet I never go inside,
and if I ever fall off the tree I will surely be
dead.
8. It has four fingers and a thumb but isn’t alive.
What is it?
9. I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I
become even. What number am I?
10. There is an electric train which is headed
towards the east. So, where does the smoke go?
11. I am a ball that rolls but can’t bounce or be
thrown.
12. I am the only organ that named myself. What
am I?
Second Place.
The Grab driver is walking.
The man is a barber.
The cat is skinless.
The match.
Two.
Leaves.
Gloves
Number Seven
None (Electric Train doesn’t
produce smoke)
Eyeball
Brain
13. A girl buys a dozen eggs and, on the way home,
all but seven break. How many eggs are left
unbroken?
14. You see it once in June, three times in
September and never in May. What is it?
15. I’m taller when I’m young, shorter when I’m
old. What am I?
16. A man looks at a painting and says, “Brothers
and sisters I have none, but that man’s father is
my father’s son.” Who is in the painting?
17. Bob’s mother has three children. Their names
are Huey, Dewey, and … ?
18. If you feed me, I grow, but if you give me water,
I die. What am I?
19. Mary has four daughters, and each of her
daughters has a brother—how many children
does Mary have?
20. Light as a feather, there’s nothing in it, but the
strongest man can’t hold it for much more than
a minute.
21. I have no doors but I have keys, I have no
rooms but I do have a space, you can enter but
you can never leave. What am I?
22. I am green on the outside, red on the inside,
and when you eat me you spit out something
black. What am I?
23. If you have me, you want to share me. If you
share me, you haven’t got me. What am I?
24. If you have me, you want to share me. If you
share me, you haven’t got me. What am I?
Seven
The letter E
A candle
His son.
Bob
Fire
Five, each daughter has the
same brother.
Breath
A keyboard
Watermelon
Secret
School
25. I have hands, yet I cannot shake your hand,
cannot give you five and have no fingers. What
am I?
26. Name three days consecutively where none of
the seven days of the week appear.
27. They come out at night without being called,
and are lost in the day without being stolen.
What are they?
28. You can drop me from the tallest building and
I’ll be fine, but if you drop me in water I die.
What am I?
29. Paul’s height is six feet, he’s an assistant at a
butcher’s shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What
does he weigh?
30. What can you put between a 7 and an 8 so that
the result is greater than a 7, but less than an 8?
31. Derek has a really big family. He has 10 aunts,
10 uncles, and 30 cousins. Each cousin has 1
aunt who is not Derek's aunt. How is this
possible?
32. When Josh was 8, his brother was half his age.
Now that Josh is 14, how old is his brother?
33. There’s a 1-story house where everything is
yellow. The walls are yellow, the doors are
yellow, all the couches and beds are
yellow. What color are the stairs?
34. A man sits on his blue couch in his brown house
in the North Pole sees a bear from his window.
What color is the bear?
Clock
Yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow
Stars
A paper
Meat
A decimal
Their aunt is Derek's
mother.
10 years old
There aren’t any stairs —
it’s a 1-story house.
White because it's a polar
bear.
35. I follow you all the time and copy your every
move, but you can’t touch me or catch me.
What am I?
36. Three doctors said that Bill was their brother.
Bill says he has no brothers. How many brothers
does Bill actually have?
37. I am the beginning of everything, the end of
everywhere. I'm the beginning of eternity, the
end of time and space. What am I?
38. If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me
a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?
39. I turn once, what is out will not get in. I turn
again, what is in will not get out. What am I?
40. I have wings, I am able to fly, I’m not a bird yet
I soar high in the sky. What am I?
41. There were two ducks in front of a duck, two
ducks behind a duck, and one duck in the
middle. How many ducks were there in total?
42. A man was driving a black truck. His lights were
not on. The moon was not out. A lady was
crossing the street. How did the man see her?
43. The blue house is made with blue bricks and
the red house with red bricks. What did they
use to build the greenhouse with?
44. A new clothing store has a unique method of
pricing items. A vest costs $20, a tie costs $15, a
blouse costs $30, and underwear costs $45.
How much would pants cost?
Your shadow
None. He has three sisters.
Also the letter “e”
A mirror
A key
An Airplane
Three
It was a bright, sunny day.
Glass, because greenhouses
are always made of glass.
$25. The pricing method
charges $5 for each letter
needed to spell the item.
45. It’s raining at midnight, but the forecast for
tomorrow and the next day is clear. Will there
be sunny weather in 48 hours?
No, it won’t be sunny
because it will be dark out.
In 48 hours, it will be
midnight again.
46. Mirabel has a very big family, she has 25 uncles, He’s her dad.
25 aunts and 40 cousins. Each of her cousins
has an uncle who is not Mirabel’s uncle. How is
this possible?
47. A man who was outside in the rain without an He was bald.
umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his
head wet. Why?
48. There is a rooster sitting on top of a barn. If it
Roosters don’t lay eggs.
laid an egg, which way would it roll?
49. A boy and his father get into a car accident.
The doctor is his mother.
When they arrive at the hospital, the doctor
sees the boy and exclaims “that’s my son!”
How can this be?
50. What can you hear, but not see or touch, even Your voice.
though you control it?
51. Mr. Red and Ms. Red live in the red house, Mr.
Purple and Ms. Purple live in the purple house.
Who lives in the white house?
52. Mary's father has 4 children; three are named
Nana, Nene, and Nini. So, what is the 4th child's
name?
53. What three numbers have the same answer when
added together and multiplied together?
54. What force and strength cannot get through, I
with a gentle touch can do, and many in the
streets would stand, were I not as a friend in
hand.
55. I have a little house in which I live all alone.
My house has no doors or windows, and if I
want to go out I must break through the wall.
What am I?
56. While walking across a bridge I saw a boat full of
people. Yet on the boat there wasn't a single
person. Why?
57. Have you heard the saying what goes up must
come down? Well, what goes up and never goes
down?
58. You are in a room with 3 monkeys. One has a
banana, one has a stick, one has nothing.
Which primate in the room is the smartest?
59. If a father bull drinks 4 gallons of water a day and
a baby bull drink 2 gallons of water, how many
gallons of water does a mother bull drink a day?
The President!
Mary
1, 2, 3
A key
A chicken in an egg.
They are all married.
Your age
You, Human are also
primate.
None. Bulls are male not
female.
60. Three people are standing under an umbrella
looking at a hole in the center of it. Which one(s)
is getting wet?
61. There was an accident on the border between
Canada and the US. Where would they bury the
survivors?
62. My first letter is in chocolate but not in ham. My
second is in cake and jam. My third is in tea but
not in coffee. My whole is a friend who likes to
sleep. Who am I?
63. You are alone at home and sleeping when your
friends ring the doorbell. They have come for
breakfast. You have cornflakes, bread, jam, a
carton of milk, and a bottle of juice. What will
you open first?
64. I look like you, but I am not you. You can blow
me up or find me in a wallet. Share me or
frame me, both are nice.
65. I run, but I don’t walk. I drip and drop, but I
can’t pick myself up. You have to consume me
and sometimes I surround you. What am I?
66. It belongs to you, but your friends use it more.
What is it?
67. It’s the only place in the world where today
comes before yesterday. Where is it?
68. There’s only one word in the dictionary that’s
spelled wrong. What is it?
69. What happens once in a lifetime, twice in a
moment, but never in one hundred years?
None. It isn’t raining.
None, They won’t burry a
survivor.
A cat
Your eyes
A photograph/picture of
you
Water
Your name
A dictionary
The word “wrong”. W-R-ON-G
The letter “M”
70. When Tom was 10, his brother was half his age.
Now, Tom is 18. How old is his brother?
71. You’ll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars and
Jupiter, but not in Venus or Neptune. What am
I?
72. Lily is a lilypad in a small pond. Lilly doubles her
size each day, On the 20th day she covers the
whole pond. On what day was Lily half the size
of the pond?
73. A very pretty thing am I, fluttering in the paleblue sky. Delicate, fragile on the wing, indeed I
am a pretty thing. What am I?
74. There is a clothing store in Bartlesville. The owner
has devised his own method of pricing items. A
vest costs $20, socks cost $25, a tie costs $15 and
a blouse costs $30. Using the method, how much
would a pair of underwear cost?
75. Never resting, never still. Moving silently from hill
to hill. It does not walk, run or trot, All is cool
where it is not. What is it?
76. I was carried into a dark room, and set on fire. I
wept, and then my head was cut off. What am I?
77. A farmer has twenty sheep, ten pigs, and ten
cows. If we call the pigs cows, how many cows
will he have?
78. I have hundreds of legs but I can only lean; You
make me feel dirty so you feel clean. What am I?
79. If the day before yesterday is the 23rd, then what
is the day after tomorrow?
His brother is 13.
The letter ‘R’.
Day 19, it's not 10 because
on day 20 she doubled
from day 19, so 19 must
be half the size of the
pond.
I am a Butterfly.
$45. The pricing method
consists of charging $5 for
each letter required to
spell the item.
Sunshine.
A Candle.
Ten Cows. We can call the
pigs cows but it doesn't
make them cows.
A Broom.
The 27th.
80. If a boy blows 18 bubbles, Then pops 6 eats 7
and then He pops 5 and blows 1. How many are
left?
81. Two blondes were going to disneyland and came
to a fork in the road. One way said highway 93
right and the other said Disneyland left. Why did
the blondes go home?
82. I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown,
and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left
bare. I can be round, or square. What am I?
83. If your uncle's sister is not your aunt, what
relation is she to you?
84. I come in many colors and I am very thin, I am
found in every country, even in your home, I am
very important, you can be very creative with me,
I can even help you learn. What am I?
85. What day would yesterday be if Thursday was
four days before the day after tommorow?
86. If a chicken says, "All chickens are liars". Is the
chicken telling the truth?
87. I have holes on the top and bottom. I have holes
on my left and on my right. And I have holes in
the middle, yet I still hold water. What am I?
88. A mother has 6 girls and each of them has a
brother. How many children are there?
One
89. A man in a car saw a Golden Door, Silver Door
and a Bronze Door. What door did he open first?
The car door.
Because they thought that
disneyland actually left.
Your fingernails.
Your mother.
Paper
Friday
Chickens cannot talk.
I'm a Sponge.
Seven. Each girl has the
same brother.
90. I’m flat when I’m new. I’m fat when you use me,
then flat again when something sharp touches
me. What am I?
91. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to
choose between three rooms. The first is full of
raging fires, the second is full of assassins with
loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that
haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for
him?
92. If you are running in a 100-meter sprint and you
surpass the person in the third place, which place
are you in now?
93. It might be worth wearing an apron
To keep your clothes nice and smart
So your brush doesn’t splash this on you
When making a piece of art
94. If you dropped this on your foot
You would find it really hurts
It’s usually heated up
And is used to flatten shirts
95. I’m a piece of silverware
Although I am not a fork
But if I’m combined with one
Then you end up with a spork
96. I’m something that is often round
But I’m not a pizza base
I have hands but don’t have fingers
And have numbers on my face
97. If you walk in a living room
You might see a coffee table
A balloon.
The third. Lions that
haven't eaten in three
years are dead.
The third place.
Paint
Iron
Spoon
Clock
Television
You will also see this item
You can turn on and watch cable
98. I’m something in your bedroom
You can find inside a case
I’m used by you every night
As it’s where you rest your face
99. This is a household appliance
But it doesn’t clean your shirt
You push it all over the floor
And it sucks up all the dirt
100. If there’s something high you need to get
But you can’t reach it as you’re not tall
Then you might climb up the rungs on this
After leaning it against a wall
Pillow
Vacuum cleaner
Ladder