Brainteasers
Questions:
1) Keys, but no lock
What object has keys that open no locks,
space but no room inside,
allows you to shift without gears,
you can enter but not go in?
2) Killer Wife, or Not?
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) Reach the Door
If you're 8 feet away from a door and with each move you advance half the distance to
the door. How many moves will it take to reach the door?
4) Sometimes White
I'm sometimes white, and always wrong.
I can break a heart and hurt the strong.
I can build love and tear it down.
I can make a smile, but more often bring a frown.
What am I?
5) Who said it?
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.”
“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.”
“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
“Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”
“Genius is one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration.”
“The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.”
Choices:
Albert Einstein
Teddy Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Thomas Edison
Mark Twain
Pablo Picasso
Answers:
1) Keys but no lock
A Keyboard
2) Killer Wife, or Not?
The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and
hung it up to dry.
3) Reach the Door
You will never reach the door, you will always be half the distance away no matter how
small the distance.
4) Sometimes White
A Lie
5) Who said it?
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.”
Mark Twain
“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.”
Winston Churchill
“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
Pablo Picasso
“Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”
Teddy Roosevelt
“Genius is one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration.”
Thomas Edison
“The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.”
Albert Einstein