It helps support student analytical thinking in the way that they can think beyond the box.

1. BRAIN TEASERS PART II
5A

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then
she holds him under water for over 5
minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5
minutes later they both go out
together and enjoy a wonderful dinner
together. How can this be?

3. A man stands on one side of a river,
his dog on the other. The man calls
his dog, who immediately crosses the
river without getting wet and without
using a bridge or a boat. How did the
dog do it?

4. Turn me on my side and I
am everything. Cut me in
half and I am nothing. What
am I?

5. No matter how little or how
much you use me, you
change me every month.
What am I?

6. How can 8 + 8 = 4?

7. A red house is made from red
bricks. A blue house is made from
blue bricks. A yellow house is made
from yellow bricks. What is a green
house made from?

8. There is a word in the English
language in which the first two letters
signify a male, the first three letters
signify a female, the first four signify
a great man, and the whole word, a
great woman. What is the word?

9. You’re escaping a labyrinth and there
are three exits. Exit A leads to an
inferno. Exit B leads to an assassin.
Exit C leads to a lion that hasn’t eaten
in 3 years. Which exit do you pick?

10. What kind of running
means walking?

11. They fill me up and you empty me,
almost everyday; if you raise my arm,
I work the opposite way. What am I?

12. Which three letters can
frighten a thief away?

13. First I am dried, then I am wet. The
longer I swim, the more taste you get.
What am I?

14. I am a box that holds keys
without locks, yet they can
unlock your soul. What am
I?

15. I have a big mouth and I am also
quite loud! I am NOT a gossip but I
do get involved with everyone’s
dirty business. What am I?

16. I have four wings, but cannot fly, I
never laugh and never cry; On the
same spot I’m always found, toiling
away with little sound. What am I?

17. What can be stolen,
mistaken, or altered, yet
never leaves you your entire
life?

18. What has no hands but
might knock on your door,
and if it does you better
open up?

19. What do you throw out
when you want to use it but
take in when you don’t want
to use it?

20. Who makes it, has no need
of it. Who buys it, has no
use for it. Who uses it can
neither see nor feel it. What
is it?

21. What 4-letter word can be
written forward, backward
or upside down, and can
still be read from left to
right?

22. What can you keep after
giving to someone?

23. What is black when it’s
clean and white when it’s
dirty?