Fun Brain Riddles and Teasers

Word Riddle: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?

• a river

• an echo

• a rock

• a tree

Logic Puzzle: If you have three apples and four oranges in one hand, and four apples and three oranges in the other hand, what do you have?

• a confusing situation

• a balanced diet

• a fruit salad

• big hands

Word Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

• memories

• money

• footsteps

• weight

Logic Puzzle: You have a match and you enter a dark room with an oil lamp, a newspaper, and some kindling wood. What do you light first?

• Oil lamp

• Kindling wood

• Match

• Newspaper

Word Riddle: What has keys but can't open locks?

• car

• house

• piano

• computer

Logic Puzzle: A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are left?

• 9

• 8

• 0

• 17

Word Riddle: I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?

• gold

• pencil lead

• coal

• diamond

Logic Puzzle: How can you add eight 8's to get the number 1,000?

• 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8

• 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8

• 800 + 80 + 80 + 40

• 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8

Word Riddle: What has a neck but no head?

• tree

• bottle

• snake

• giraffe

Logic Puzzle: If there are three cups of sugar and you take one away, how many do you have?

• 0

• 4

• 1

• 2