Fun Quizzes / Riddles / Brain Teasers - 15 (Advanced)

1. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

2. I'm where yesterday follows today and tomorrow is in the middle. What am I?

3. What starts with the letter T, is filled with T and ends in T?

4. What building has the most stories?

5. What is so delicate that even mentioning it breaks it?

6. What has to be broken before you can use it?

7. What gets broken without being hold?

8 Timmy s mother has three children. The first was named April. The 11 next was named May. What is the final one's name?

9. Susan and Lisa decided to play tennis against each other. They bet $1 on each game they played. Susan won three bets and Lisa won $5. sits How many games did they play?

I0. There is a boat with a ladder attached to it, the ladder is eight feet tall. If the water rises four feet how much of the ladder will be on top of the water?

11.A bat and a ball cost $1.10. The bat costs one dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

12 . Divide 20 by half and add 30, what do you get?

13 There are two fathers and two sons. They walk into a candy store and each buys a candy bar for 50 cents. The total for all of the candy bars was $1.50. How is that possible?

14 In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to cover half the lake?

15 . How many days are there in 4 years?

16 . How can you add eight 8's to get the number 1000?

17 Mr. Smith has 4 daughters.

Each of his daughters has a brother.

How many children does Mr. Smith have?

18. There are 25 red balls, 47 green balls and 3 blue balls in a basket. There is a blind man. What is the minimum number of balls that the blind man has to pick to make sure that there are at least 2 balls of different colors?

19. Place three matches on a table. Tell a friend to add two more matches «| to make eight.

20 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?

21.The more you have of me, the less you see. Who am I?

22. I shave several times a day, yet I still have a beard. Who am I?

23. You can hold it without using your hands or your arms. What is it?

24. What tastes better than it smells?

25. It's been around for millions of years, but is never more than a month ‘ old. What is it?

26. What can you keep after giving it to someone?

27. What cannot talk but will always reply when spoken to?

28. Take away my first letter, then take away my second letter. Then take away the rest of my letters, yet I remain the same. What am I?

29. It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. ‘ What is it?

30. What breaks on the water but never on the land?

31 The sun bakes them, The hand breaks them, The foot treads them, The mouth tastes them.

32 I turn around once. What is out will not get in. I turn around again. What is in will not get out. What am I?

33. Look at me one way and I weigh a whole lot; turn me around and you'll see that I am not. What am I?

34.What turns everything around but does not move?

35.What's higher than the king?

36.Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die. What am I?

37 If you were standing directly on Antarctica's South Pole facing north, which direction would you travel if you took one step backward?

38. I met a man and drew his name. He tipped his hat and played my game. What is his name?

39. What is never eaten before lunch?

40. What follows a dog wherever it goes?

41. What is the end of everything?

42. What has three feet but no arms or legs?

43. What is the largest living ant on earth?

44.John's mom had three children. The first child was April. The second child was May. What was the third Child's name?

45. How can the letters OWONDER be rearranged to make one word?

46. A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 run away. How many are left?

47. What is between heaven and earth?

48 If it has a quart capacity, how many pennies can you put into a empty piggy bank?

49. Where can you add 2 to 11 and get 1?

50. What is round on both ends and hi in the middle?

51 I you were to take two apples from three apples, how many would you have?

52. What was was, before was was was?

53. What part of a fish weighs most?

54. How many letters are in the alphabet?

55. What is at the end of a rainbow?

56. Besides Paris, what is the capital of France?

57. What word is that, which, deprived of its first letter, leaves you sick?

58. 2 people in front of 2 people. 2 people behind 2 people, and 2 people beside 2 people. How many people are there?

59. What's at the head of an elephant and at the tail of a squirrel?

60. Mom and dad have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?

61. Where is the ocean deepest?

62. You are in a room with 3 monkeys. One monkey has a banana, one has a stick, and one has nothing. Who is the smartest primate?

63. David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle and?

64. I run around the city, but I never move.

65. What is half of two plus two?

gg Sophie's mother had 2 sons and 1 daughter. The sons names were George and John. What was the daughter's name?

67. Some adults still use these to count.

68.You have three stoves: A gas stove, a wood stove, and a coal stove, but only one match. Which should you light first?

69. How many sides does a circle have?

70. How many 9's are there between 1 and 100?

78. A man says: "Brothers and sisters, have I none, but that man's father is my father's son."

Who is he pointing at?

79.A man lives on the top floor of a hotel. When he is out with a friend or out on a rainy day, he comes back, goes to the elevator, and goes to the top floor. When he goes out alone or on a sunny day, he goes half way up and walks the rest of the way up. Why?

80. How far can a dog run into the woods?

81. A monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who will get the banana first, the monkey, the squirrel, or the bird?

82. If an electric train is traveling south, which way is the smoke going?

83. Why is 6 afraid of 7?

Answers

1. meat

2. dictionary

3. teapot

4. library

5. silence

6. egg

7. promise

8. Timmy

9. They played eleven games.

10. Eight feet, the ladder is attached to the boat.

11. The ball costs 5c. Not 10c. One dollar more than 10c is $1.10, $1.10 + 10c is $1.20 One dollar more than 5c is $1.05. The sum of which is $1.10.

12. .70.20 divided by 1/2 + 30 = 70

13. There was a grandfather, a father and a son.

14. The patch doubles in size every day and so on the 47th day the patch will be half the size it is on the 48th day.

15. (365 x 4) +1 = 1461. Because one of the years is a leap year.

16. 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000

17. five

18. .48 balls. There is a small chance he may pick up 47 green balls in a row.

19. Add two matches to make a roman numeral eight.

20. You will never reach the door, it will always be half the distance, no matter how small!.

21. darkness

22. barber

23. Your breath.

24. tongue

25. The Moon.

26. Your word.

27. echo

28. postman

29. name

30. wave

31. grapes

32. key

33. A ton.

34. mirror

35. crown

36. fire

37. north

38. Andrew

39. dinner

40. tail

41. G

42. yard

43. elephant

44. john

45. one word

46. nine

47. and

48. one

49. clock

50. Ohio

51.2

52. is

53. scales

54. eleven

55. W

56. F

57. music

58. four

59. el

60. seven

61. bottom

62. you

63. David

64. wall

65. three

66. Sophie

67. finger

68. match

69.2

70.20

71. one hour

72. hidden

73. one

74. Friday

75. lion

76. baby pandas

77. The person was born in 2005 B.C. (Before Christ). Therefore, he was 5 years old in 2000 B.C, 10 in 1995 B.C, and 15 in 1990 B.C.

78. son

79. He was using an umbrella or had a tall friend to push the buttons for high floors

80. Only halfway, after that, he's running out of the woods.

81. None of them, because you can't get a banana from a coconut tree.

82. There is no smoke, it’s an electric train.

83. Because 7 ate 9 (7,8,9).

Answers with Explanation

1. There is a clerk at the butcher shop. He is five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

Answer: Meat

Explanation: The question is a trick—since he works at a butcher shop, he weighs meat, not his own weight.

2. I'm where yesterday follows today and tomorrow is in the middle. What am I?

Answer: A dictionary

Explanation: In a dictionary, "yesterday" comes after "today," and "tomorrow" is between them alphabetically.

3. What starts with the letter T, is filled with T, and ends in T?

Answer: A teapot

Explanation: A teapot starts and ends with "T" and is filled with tea (which sounds like "T").

4. What building has the most stories?

Answer: A library

Explanation: Libraries have many "stories" (books) as well as multiple floors.

5. What is so delicate that even mentioning it breaks it?

Answer: Silence

Explanation: Speaking breaks silence.

6. What has to be broken before you can use it?

Answer: An egg

Explanation: You must break an egg to cook or eat it.

7. What gets broken without being held?

Answer: A promise

Explanation: A promise can be "broken" when someone does not keep it, even though it's not a physical object.

8. Timmy's mother has three children. The first was named April. The next was named May. What is the final one's name?

Answer: Timmy

Explanation: The question states "Timmy’s mother," so the last child is Timmy.

9. Susan and Lisa played tennis against each other. They bet $1 on each game. Susan won three bets, and Lisa won $5. How many games did they play?

Answer: Eleven games

Explanation: Lisa won $5, meaning she won five games. Susan won three games, so there must have been additional games where neither won (a total of 11).

10. There is a boat with an eight-foot ladder attached. If the water rises four feet, how much of the ladder will remain above water?

Answer: Eight feet

Explanation: The ladder is attached to the boat, so as the water rises, the boat (and ladder) rise too.

11. A bat and a ball cost $1.10 together. The bat costs one dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

Answer: 5 cents

Explanation: If the ball were 10 cents, the bat would be $1.10, making the total $1.20. So the correct answer is 5 cents, and the bat is $1.05 ($1.05 + $0.05 = $1.10).

12. Divide 20 by half and add 30. What do you get?

Answer: 70Explanation: 20 ÷ ½ is 40 (since dividing by ½ is the same as multiplying by 2). Adding 30 gives 70.

13. Two fathers and two sons walk into a store and buy a candy bar each for 50 cents. The total bill is $1.50. How is that possible?

Answer: There was a grandfather, a father, and a son.

Explanation: The "two fathers" are actually a grandfather and a father, and the "two sons" are a father and his son. So there are only three people.

14. A patch of lily pads doubles in size every day. If it takes 48 days to cover a lake, how long to cover half the lake?

Answer: 47 days

Explanation: Since the patch doubles daily, on day 47, it must be half the size it will be on day 48.

15. How many days are there in 4 years?

Answer: 1,461 days

Explanation: Three years have 365 days each, and one leap year has 366 days: (365 × 3) + 366 = 1,461.

16. How can you add eight 8's to get 1000?

Answer: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000

17. Mr. Smith has four daughters. Each daughter has a brother. How many children does Mr. Smith have?

Answer: Five

Explanation: All four daughters share one brother, making five children in total.

18. A basket contains 25 red balls, 47 green balls, and 3 blue balls. A blind man picks randomly. What is the minimum number of picks to ensure at least two balls of different colors?

Answer: 48

Explanation: The worst case is picking 47 green balls first. The next ball (48th) must be a different color.

19. Place three matches on a table. Add two more to make eight.

Answer: Arrange them to form the Roman numeral VIII.

20. If you are 8 feet from a door and move half the distance each time, how many moves to reach the door?

Answer: Never

Explanation: You will always be halfway closer but never actually reach the door.

21. The more you have of me, the less you see. What am I?

Answer: Darkness

22. I shave several times a day, yet I still have a beard. Who am I?

Answer: A barber

Explanation: A barber shaves customers but still has a beard if he chooses to.

23. You can hold it without using your hands or arms. What is it?

Answer: Your breath

24. What tastes better than it smells?

Answer: Your tongue

Explanation: The tongue has taste buds but does not smell.

25. It has been around for millions of years but is never more than a month old. What is it?

Answer: The Moon

Explanation: The Moon’s appearance changes every month (lunar cycle).

26. What can you keep after giving it to someone?

Answer: Your word

Explanation: You can "give" a promise but still keep it.

27. What cannot talk but always replies when spoken to?

Answer: An echo

28. Take away my first letter, then my second letter, then all my letters, yet I remain the same. What am I?

Answer: A postman

Explanation: Even if you take away "letters," the postman still exists.

29. It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?

Answer: Your name

30. What breaks on water but never on land?

Answer: A wave

Explanation: Waves form and break in water but do not exist on land.

31. The sun bakes them, the hand breaks them, the foot treads them, and the mouth tastes them. What are they?

Answer: Grapes.

Explanation: Grapes are dried by the sun (to become raisins), can be crushed by hand, stepped on to make wine, and eaten.

32. I turn around once, and what is outside will not get in. I turn around again, and what is inside will not get out. What am I?

Answer: A key.

Explanation: A key locks and unlocks doors, controlling entry and exit.

33. Look at me one way, and I weigh a whole lot; turn me around, and you'll see that I am not. What am I?

Answer: A ton.

Explanation: "Ton" is a heavy weight, but reversed, it spells "not."

34. What turns everything around but does not move?

Answer: A mirror.

Explanation: A mirror reflects everything but stays still.

35. What is higher than a king?

Answer: A crown.

Explanation: A crown is worn on a king’s head, making it higher than the king.

36. Feed me, and I live. Give me a drink, and I die. What am I?

Answer: Fire.

Explanation: Fire grows when given fuel but is extinguished by water.

37. If you were standing directly on Antarctica's South Pole facing north, which direction would you travel if you took one step backward?

Answer: North.

Explanation: At the South Pole, every direction is north.

38. I met a man and drew his name. He tipped his hat and played my game. What is his name?

Answer: Andrew.

Explanation: "Drew" is hidden in "Andrew."

39. What is never eaten before lunch?

Answer: Breakfast.

Explanation: Breakfast is always eaten before lunch.

40. What follows a dog wherever it goes?

Answer: Its tail.

Explanation: A dog's tail is always behind it.

41. What is the end of everything?

Answer: The letter "g."

Explanation: The word "everything" ends with "g."

42. What has three feet but no arms or legs?

Answer: A yardstick.

Explanation: A yardstick is three feet long.

43. What is the largest living ant on earth?

Answer: An elephant.

Explanation: The word "elephant" contains "ant."

44. John's mom had three children: April, May, and...?

Answer: John.

Explanation: The question states "John’s mom," meaning he is the third child.

45. How can the letters in "OWONDER" be rearranged to form one word?

Answer: "One word."

Explanation: The phrase "one word" can be formed from those letters.

46. A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 run away. How many are left?

Answer: 9.Explanation: "All but 9" means 9 remain.

47. What is between heaven and earth?

Answer: "And."

Explanation: The word "and" is literally between "heaven" and "earth" in the sentence.

48. If it has a quart capacity, how many pennies can you put into an empty piggy bank?

Answer: One.

Explanation: After the first penny, it’s no longer empty.

49. Where can you add 2 to 11 and get 1?

Answer: On a clock.

Explanation: 11 + 2 = 1 on a 12-hour clock.

50. What is round on both ends and "hi" in the middle?

Answer: Ohio.

Explanation: The word "Ohio" has "O" on both ends and "hi" in the middle.

51. If you take two apples from three apples, how many do you have?

Answer: Two.

Explanation: If you take two, you have two.

52. What was "was" before "was" was "was"?

Answer: "Is."

Explanation: Before "was" was past tense, it was present tense ("is").

53. What part of a fish weighs the most?

Answer: The scales.

Explanation: Scales refer both to weight and fish skin.

54. How many letters are in "the alphabet"?

Answer: 11.

Explanation: "The alphabet" has 11 letters.

55. What is at the end of a rainbow?

Answer: The letter "W."

Explanation: The word "rainbow" ends with "W."

56. Besides Paris, what is the capital of France?

Answer: "F."

Explanation: "F" is the capital letter of "France."

57. What word, when deprived of its first letter, makes you sick?

Answer: Music.

Explanation: Removing "m" leaves "usic" (sounds like "sick").

58. Two people in front of two people, two people behind two people, and two people beside two people. How many people are there?

Answer: Four.

Explanation: This describes a square arrangement.

59. What's at the head of an elephant and the tail of a squirrel?

Answer: "El."

Explanation: "El" is at the start of "elephant" and end of "squirrel."

60. A family has four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?

Answer: 7.

Explanation: There’s one brother and two parents.

61. Where is the ocean deepest?

Answer: At the bottom.

Explanation: The deepest part of the ocean is at the bottom.

62. You are in a room with three monkeys: one has a banana, one has a stick, and one has nothing. Who is the smartest primate?

Answer: You.

Explanation: Humans are primates and are smarter than monkeys.

63. David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and...?

Answer: David.

Explanation: The question says "David’s father."

64. I run around the city but never move. What am I?

Answer: A wall.

Explanation: City walls surround a city but don’t move.

65. What is half of two plus two?

Answer: Three.

Explanation: (½ × 2) + 2 = 1 + 2 = 3.

66. Sophie's mother had two sons and one daughter. What was the daughter’s name?

Answer: Sophie.

Explanation: The question says "Sophie’s mother."

67. Some adults still use these to count. What are they?

Answer: Fingers.

Explanation: Many people count on their fingers.

68. You have three stoves: gas, wood, and coal, but one match. Which do you light first?

Answer: The match.

Explanation: You must light the match before anything else.

69. How many sides does a circle have?

Answer: Two.

Explanation: Inside and outside.

70. How many 9s are there between 1 and 100?

Answer: 20.

Explanation: Every number with a 9 counts.

78. "That man’s father is my father’s son." Who is he pointing at?

Answer: His son.

Explanation: "My father’s son" is the speaker.

81. A monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who will get the banana first?

Answer: None of them.

Explanation: Coconut trees don’t grow bananas.

82. If an electric train is traveling south, which way is the smoke going?

Answer: There is no smoke.

Explanation: Electric trains don’t produce smoke.

83. Why is 6 afraid of 7?

Answer: Because 7 ate 9.

Explanation: A play on words—"7, 8, 9" sounds like "7 ate 9."

Tricky Riddles

1. There is a clerk at the butcher shop. He is 5 feet 10 inches tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

2. I am a place where yesterday comes after today, and tomorrow is in the middle. What am I?

3. I start with "T," end with "T," and have "T" inside me. What am I?

4. What building has the most stories?

5. What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?

6. You must break me before you can use me. What am I?

7. What can be broken without being held?

8. Timmy’s mother has three children. The first is April, the second is May. What is the third child’s name?

9. Susan and Lisa played tennis against each other. They bet $1 on each game. Susan won three bets, but Lisa won $5. How many games did they play?

10. A boat has a ladder that is 8 feet tall. The water level rises by 4 feet. How much of the ladder is still above water?

11. A bat and a ball cost $1.10 together. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

12. Divide 20 by half and add 30. What do you get?

13. Two fathers and two sons walk into a candy store. Each buys a candy bar for 50 cents, and the total cost is $1.50. How is that possible?

14. A patch of lily pads in a lake doubles in size every day. It takes 48 days to cover the entire lake. How long does it take to cover half the lake?

15. How many days are there in four years?

16. How can you add eight 8's together to make 1,000?

17. Mr. Smith has four daughters. Each daughter has a brother. How many children does Mr. Smith have?

18. A blind man has a basket of 25 red balls, 47 green balls, and 3 blue balls. What is the minimum number of balls he must pick to guarantee he gets at least two of the same color?

19. Place three matches on a table. Add two more to make eight. How is it possible?

20. You are 8 feet away from a door. With each step, you move half the remaining distance. How many steps will it take to reach the door?

21. The more you have of me, the less you see. What am I?

22. I shave several times a day but still have a beard. Who am I?

23. You can hold me without using your hands or arms. What am I?

24. What tastes better than it smells?

25. I have been around for millions of years but am never more than a month old. What am I?

26. What can you keep after giving it to someone?

27. I cannot talk, but I always reply when spoken to. What am I?

28. Take away my first letter, then take away my second letter, then take away the rest of my letters, and I still remain the same. What am I?

29. It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?

30. What breaks on water but never on land?

31. The sun bakes them, the hand breaks them, the foot treads them, and the mouth tastes them. What are they?

32. I turn around once, and what is outside stays outside. I turn around again, and what is inside stays inside. What am I?

33. Look at me one way, and I weigh a lot. Turn me around, and I weigh nothing. What am I?

34. What turns everything around but does not move?

35. What is higher than a king?

36. Feed me, and I live. Give me water, and I die. What am I?

37. If you are standing at the South Pole facing north, what direction do you travel if you take one step backward?

38. I met a man and drew his name. He tipped his hat and played my game. What is his name?

39. What is never eaten before lunch?

40. What follows a dog wherever it goes?

41. What is the end of everything?

42. What has three feet but no arms or legs?

43. What is the largest living ant on Earth?

44. John's mom had three children. The first was April, the second was May. What was the third child's name?

45. How can you rearrange the letters in "OWONDER" to make one word?

46. A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 run away. How many are left?

47. What is between heaven and earth?

48. A piggy bank has a quart capacity. How many pennies can you put into an empty piggy bank?

49. Where can you add 2 to 11 and get 1?

50. What is round on both ends and "hi" in the middle?

51. If you take two apples from three apples, how many do you have?

52. What was "was" before "was" was "was"?

53. What part of a fish weighs the most?

54. How many letters are in "the alphabet"?

55. What is at the end of a rainbow?

56. Besides Paris, what is the capital of France?

57. What word, if deprived of its first letter, leaves you sick?

58. Two people in front of two people, two people behind two people, and two people beside two people. How many people are there?

59. What is at the head of an elephant and at the tail of a squirrel?

60. Mom and Dad have four daughters. Each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?

61. Where is the ocean deepest?

62. You are in a room with three monkeys. One has a banana, one has a stick, and one has nothing. Who is the smartest primate?

63. David’s father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and...?

64. I run around the city but never move. What am I?

65. What is half of two plus two?

66. Sophie's mother had two sons and one daughter. The sons’ names were George and John. What was the daughter's name?

67. Some adults still use these to count. What are they?

68. You have three stoves: gas, wood, and coal, but only one match. Which should you light first?

69. How many sides does a circle have?

70. How many 9’s are there between 1 and 100?

71. A man says, "Brothers and sisters, have I none, but that man's father is my father's son." Who is he pointing at?

72. A man lives on the top floor of a hotel. On rainy days or when with a friend, he takes the elevator all the way up. On sunny days when alone, he stops halfway and walks the rest. Why?

73. How far can a dog run into the woods?

74. A monkey, a squirrel, and a bird race to the top of a coconut tree. Who gets the banana first?

75. If an electric train is traveling south, which way is the smoke going?

76. Why is 6 afraid of 7?

Tricky Riddles with Answers and Explanations

1. There is a clerk at the butcher shop. He is 5 feet 10 inches tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?→ Meat 🥩 (Since he is a butcher, he weighs meat.)

2. I am a place where yesterday comes after today, and tomorrow is in the middle. What am I?→ A dictionary 📖 (Words are listed alphabetically, so "yesterday" comes after "today.")

3. I start with "T," end with "T," and have "T" inside me. What am I?→ A teapot ☕ (It starts and ends with "T" and contains "tea.")

4. What building has the most stories?→ A library 📚 (It has many "stories" as books.)

5. What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?→ Silence 🤫 (Speaking breaks the silence.)

6. You must break me before you can use me. What am I?→ An egg 🥚 (You must break an egg to use it.)

7. What can be broken without being held?→ A promise 🤝 (You can break a promise without physically holding it.)

8. Timmy’s mother has three children. The first is April, the second is May. What is the third child’s name?→ Timmy 👦 (The question states that Timmy is one of her children.)

9. Susan and Lisa played tennis against each other. They bet $1 on each game. Susan won three bets, but Lisa won $5. How many games did they play?→ 11 games 🎾 (Lisa won 8 games, so she gained $8 and lost $3 to Susan, making her profit $5.)

10. A boat has a ladder that is 8 feet tall. The water level rises by 4 feet. How much of the ladder is still above water?→ 8 feet 🚤 (The boat floats, so the water level rises with the boat.)

11. A bat and a ball cost $1.10 together. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?→ 5 cents ⚾ (If the ball is 5 cents, the bat is $1.05, making the total $1.10.)

12. Divide 20 by half and add 30. What do you get?→ 70 ➗ (Dividing by ½ is the same as multiplying by 2: 20 ÷ ½ = 40; 40 + 30 = 70.)

13. Two fathers and two sons buy candy bars for 50 cents each. The total cost is $1.50. How?→ There are only three people: a grandfather, a father, and a son. 👨‍👦‍👦

14. A patch of lily pads in a lake doubles in size every day. It takes 48 days to cover the entire lake. How long does it take to cover half the lake?→ 47 days 🌿 (Since it doubles each day, on the 47th day, it was half.)

15. How many days are there in four years?→ 1,461 days 📅 (Three normal years of 365 days + one leap year of 366 days.)

16. How can you add eight 8's together to make 1,000?→ 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000 🔢

17. Mr. Smith has four daughters. Each daughter has a brother. How many children does he have?→ 5 children 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 (All daughters share the same brother.)

18. A blind man has 25 red balls, 47 green balls, and 3 blue balls. What is the minimum number of balls he must pick to guarantee at least two of the same color?→ 4 balls 🎾 (Worst case: he picks one red, one green, and one blue. The fourth ball must be a duplicate.)

19. Place three matches on a table. Add two more to make eight. How?→ Arrange them in the shape of "VIII" (Roman numeral for 8). 🔥

20. You are 8 feet away from a door. With each step, you move half the remaining distance. How many steps will it take to reach the door?→ Infinite steps 🚪 (You will get very close but never fully reach it.)

21. The more you have of me, the less you see. What am I?→ Darkness 🌑

22. I shave several times a day but still have a beard. Who am I?→ A barber 💈

23. You can hold me without using your hands or arms. What am I?→ Your breath 💨

24. What tastes better than it smells?→ A tongue 👅

25. I have been around for millions of years but am never more than a month old. What am I?→ The moon 🌕 (The moon phases cycle every month.)

26. What can you keep after giving it to someone?→ Your word (a promise). 🗣️

27. I cannot talk, but I always reply when spoken to. What am I?→ An echo 🗣️

28. Take away my first letter, then my second, then the rest, and I still remain the same. What am I?→ A postman 📬 (Remove letters, but he is still a postman.)

29. It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?→ Your name ✍️

30. What breaks on water but never on land?→ A wave 🌊

31. The sun bakes them, the hand breaks them, the foot treads them, and the mouth tastes them. What are they?→ Grapes 🍇 (They dry into raisins, get crushed for juice, etc.)

32. I turn around once, and what is outside stays outside. I turn again, and what is inside stays inside. What am I?→ A door 🚪

33. Look at me one way, and I weigh a lot. Turn me around, and I weigh nothing. What am I?→ The number "9" (turn it upside down to get "0"). 🔢

34. What turns everything around but does not move?→ A mirror 🪞

35. What is higher than a king?→ A crown 👑

36. Feed me, and I live. Give me water, and I die. What am I?→ Fire 🔥

37. If you are standing at the South Pole facing north, what direction do you travel if you take one step backward?→ South (but you're already at the South Pole). 🧭

38. I met a man and drew his name. He tipped his hat and played my game. What is his name?→ Andrew (An-Drew). 😄

39. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?→ Footsteps 👣 (The more steps you take, the more footprints you leave behind.)

40. I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?→ A joke 😆 (Jokes can be cracked, made up, told to others, or played as pranks.)

41. You see a house with two doors—one leads to certain death, the other to safety. Two guards stand by, one always tells the truth, and one always lies. What question should you ask to find the safe door?→ "Which door would the other guard say leads to safety?" Then choose the opposite door. 🚪 (Each guard will point to the deadly door, so you pick the other one.)

42. What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?→ Short ✂️ (Adding "er" makes it "shorter.")

43. What has keys but can't open locks?→ A piano 🎹 (A piano has keys, but they are musical, not for locks.)

44. What has a face and hands but no body?→ A clock ⏰ (A clock has a face and hands but no body.)

45. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?→ The letter "M" 🔠 (It appears once in "minute," twice in "moment," and not at all in "thousand years.")

46. What runs but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps?→ A river 🌊 (A river "runs," has a riverbed, but never sleeps.)

47. What can travel around the world while staying in the same place?→ A stamp ✉️ (A stamp is stuck on a letter that travels worldwide.)

48. The more you remove from me, the bigger I get. What am I?→ A hole 🕳️ (Removing more dirt makes the hole bigger.)

49. What is full of holes but still holds water?→ A sponge 🧽 (Sponges have holes but absorb water.)

50. If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?→ Nine 🔢 (Four + Five = 9.)

51. I fly without wings, I cry without eyes. What am I?→ A cloud ☁️ (Clouds move without wings and produce rain like tears.)

52. What comes down but never goes up?→ Rain 🌧️ (Rain falls but never rises.)

53. What begins with "E," ends with "E," and contains only one letter?→ An envelope ✉️ (It starts and ends with "E" and holds a letter inside.)

54. I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?→ A map 🗺️ (A map shows cities, forests, and rivers but has none physically.)

55. What has hands but can’t clap?→ A clock ⏳ (It has hands but can't clap.)

56. What has a neck but no head?→ A bottle 🍾 (A bottle has a "neck" but no head.)

57. Forward, I’m heavy. Backward, I’m not. What am I?→ A ton ⚖️ (Spelled backward, "ton" becomes "not.")

58. What starts with P, ends with E, and has thousands of letters?→ Post Office 📮 (It starts with "P," ends with "E," and handles letters.)

59. What has one eye but can’t see?→ A needle 🪡 (A needle has an "eye" for thread but doesn't see.)

60. What gets wetter the more it dries?→ A towel 🏖️ (It dries you but gets wet itself.)

61. What can fill a room but takes up no space?→ Light 💡 (Light fills a room but has no physical space.)

62. I have four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening. What am I?→ A human 👶🧑‍🦯 (A baby crawls (4 legs), walks as an adult (2 legs), and uses a cane when old (3 legs).)

63. What has ears but cannot hear?→ Corn 🌽 (Corn has "ears," but it can't hear.)

64. What has four wheels and flies?→ A garbage truck 🚛 (It has wheels and carries flies.)

65. What has 13 hearts but no other organs?→ A deck of cards 🃏 (A deck has 13 hearts, but no real organs.)

66. The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?→ Footsteps 👟 (The more steps you take, the more footprints you leave.)

67. What question can you never answer "yes" to?→ "Are you asleep?" 😴 (If you're truly asleep, you can't answer.)

68. What comes at night without being called and is lost in the morning without being stolen?→ A dream 💤 (Dreams come naturally and disappear in the morning.)

69. What starts with "T," is full of "T," and ends with "T"?→ A teapot 🍵 (It starts and ends with "T" and holds tea.)

70. Which weighs more: a ton of feathers or a ton of bricks?→ Neither, they weigh the same. ⚖️ (A ton is a ton, no matter the material.)

 50 quiz questions with answers and explanations:

General Knowledge

1. What is the capital of Switzerland?Answer: BernExplanation: Though Zurich is the largest city, Bern is the official capital of Switzerland.

2. Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?Answer: MarsExplanation: Mars appears red due to iron oxide (rust) on its surface.

3. Who was the first person to walk on the moon?Answer: Neil ArmstrongExplanation: He landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, as part of the Apollo 11 mission.

4. What does "GDP" stand for in economics?Answer: Gross Domestic ProductExplanation: It measures the total economic output of a country.

5. How many continents are there in the world?Answer: SevenExplanation: They are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.

Science & Technology

6. What is the powerhouse of the cell?Answer: MitochondriaExplanation: It generates energy in the form of ATP.

7. What is the chemical formula of water?Answer: H₂OExplanation: Water consists of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.

8. Who developed the theory of relativity?Answer: Albert EinsteinExplanation: His famous equation is E=mc².

9. What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?Answer: NitrogenExplanation: It makes up about 78% of the air we breathe.

10. What does DNA stand for?Answer: Deoxyribonucleic AcidExplanation: DNA carries genetic information.

History

11. Who was the first President of the United States?Answer: George Washington

12. In which year did World War II end?Answer: 1945

13. Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire in India?Answer: Babur

14. What was the name of the ship that sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg?Answer: Titanic

15. Which empire was ruled by Julius Caesar?Answer: Roman Empire

Mathematics

16. What is the square of 15?Answer: 225

17. Solve: (8 + 2) × 5Answer: 50

18. What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of 10 cm?Answer: 40 cm (10 × 4)

19. If a triangle has angles of 40° and 70°, what is the measure of the third angle?Answer: 70° (Sum of angles in a triangle = 180°)

20. What is the value of 5 factorial (5!)?Answer: 120 (5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1)

Literature & Arts

21. Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?Answer: Jane Austen

22. What is the name of the fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle?Answer: Sherlock Holmes

23. Which Shakespeare play features the character Hamlet?Answer: Hamlet

24. Who painted the Mona Lisa?Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

25. What is the national epic of Bangladesh?Answer: The Mahabharata (adapted in Bengali literature)

Geography

26. What is the largest ocean in the world?Answer: Pacific Ocean

27. Which country is known as the "Land of the Rising Sun"?Answer: Japan

28. What is the longest mountain range in the world?Answer: The Andes

29. Which river is the longest in South America?Answer: Amazon River

30. What is the name of the desert that covers most of North Africa?Answer: Sahara Desert

Sports

31. In which sport would you perform a slam dunk?Answer: Basketball

32. How many players are there in a standard football (soccer) team?Answer: 11

33. Who holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals?Answer: Michael Phelps (23 gold medals)

34. What is the maximum break in snooker?Answer: 147

35. In which country were the first modern Olympic Games held in 1896?Answer: Greece

Current Affairs & Economics

36. Who is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?Answer: Rishi Sunak

37. Which country recently became the most populous in the world?Answer: India (Surpassing China in 2023)

38. What is the name of the latest iPhone model released by Apple?Answer: iPhone 15 (As of 2024)

39. What is the currency of Bangladesh?Answer: Taka (BDT)

40. Which social media platform was bought by Elon Musk in 2022?Answer: Twitter

Logic & Riddles

41. I am not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?Answer: Fire

42. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?Answer: A clock

43. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?Answer: Footsteps

44. What is always coming but never arrives?Answer: Tomorrow

45. What has to be broken before you can use it?Answer: An egg

Miscellaneous

46. What is the national animal of Bangladesh?Answer: Royal Bengal Tiger

47. Who discovered gravity?Answer: Isaac Newton

48. Which planet is the largest in the solar system?Answer: Jupiter

49. What is the most widely consumed beverage in the world after water?Answer: Tea

50. Who is known as the "Father of Medicine"?Answer: Hippocrates

    
    

A Pleasant Revenge

Once, an Emperor was informed that some of his subjects in a distant province had revolted against him. Hearing this, he declared, “Come, follow me, and I shall destroy my enemies.”

The Emperor marched with his army to confront the rebels. However, upon his arrival, the rebels surrendered and submitted to his authority. Everyone expected the Emperor to punish them harshly for their revolt. But to everyone’s surprise, the Emperor treated them with kindness, compassion, and humanity.

One of his chief ministers, puzzled by his actions, asked, “Your Majesty, you promised to destroy your enemies, yet you have pardoned them and even shown favor to some. Is this how you keep your word?”

The Emperor calmly replied, “I did promise to destroy my enemies. But these men are no longer my enemies—I have turned them into my friends. So, my promise has not been broken.”

Like this wise Emperor, we too should strive to overcome evil with good. Through acts of kindness and forgiveness, we can transform hostility into friendship and make the world a better place.

একবার, একজন সম্রাটকে খবর দেওয়া হয়েছিল যে দূরবর্তী প্রদেশে তার কিছু প্রজা তার বিরুদ্ধে বিদ্রোহ করেছে। এই কথা শুনে তিনি ঘোষণা করেছিলেন, "এসো, আমার অনুসরণ করো, আমি আমার শত্রুদের ধ্বংস করব।"

সম্রাট বিদ্রোহীদের মোকাবেলা করার জন্য তার সেনাবাহিনী নিয়ে অগ্রসর হন। যাইহোক, তার আগমনের পর, বিদ্রোহীরা আত্মসমর্পণ করে এবং তার কর্তৃত্বের কাছে আত্মসমর্পণ করে। সবাই আশা করেছিল সম্রাট তাদের বিদ্রোহের জন্য তাদের কঠোর শাস্তি দেবেন। কিন্তু সকলকে অবাক করে দিয়ে, সম্রাট তাদের সাথে দয়া, করুণা এবং মানবতার সাথে আচরণ করেছিলেন।

তার একজন মুখ্যমন্ত্রী, তার কর্মকাণ্ডে হতবাক হয়ে জিজ্ঞাসা করেছিলেন, "মহারাজ, আপনি আপনার শত্রুদের ধ্বংস করার প্রতিশ্রুতি দিয়েছিলেন, কিন্তু আপনি তাদের ক্ষমা করেছেন এবং এমনকি কিছু লোকের প্রতি অনুগ্রহও দেখিয়েছেন। আপনি কি এভাবেই আপনার কথা রাখেন?"

সম্রাট শান্তভাবে উত্তর দিয়েছিলেন, "আমি আমার শত্রুদের ধ্বংস করার প্রতিশ্রুতি দিয়েছিলাম। কিন্তু এই লোকেরা আর আমার শত্রু নয় - আমি তাদের আমার বন্ধুতে পরিণত করেছি। তাই, আমার প্রতিশ্রুতি ভঙ্গ করা হয়নি।"

এই জ্ঞানী সম্রাটের মতো, আমাদেরও ভালো দিয়ে মন্দকে পরাজিত করার চেষ্টা করা উচিত। দয়া এবং ক্ষমার মাধ্যমে, আমরা শত্রুতাকে বন্ধুত্বে রূপান্তরিত করতে পারি এবং বিশ্বকে একটি উন্নত স্থান করে তুলতে পারি।

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