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"Mental
Breathalyzer Tests" (brain teasers) |
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| #1 | If potatoes should be boiled for 20 minutes, can you say how long sausages should be grilled? | ||||||||
| Answer: The same as the short ones. | |||||||||
| Winner: No one got this one correct. | |||||||||
| Prize: Tote Bag | |||||||||
| #2 | You are in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove, and a gas lamp. You only have one match, so what do you light first? | ||||||||
| Answer: The match! | |||||||||
| Winner: Ms. Eileen C. | |||||||||
| Prize: Tote Bag | |||||||||
| #3 | Which word if pronounced wrong is right, but if pronounced right is wrong? | ||||||||
| Answer: Wrong! | |||||||||
| Winner: Ms. Linda S. | |||||||||
| Prize: Tote Bag | |||||||||
| #4 | You have a barrel filled to the top with water, which weighs 150 pounds. What can you add to the barrel in order to make it lighter? | ||||||||
| Answer: Holes! | |||||||||
| Winner: Ms. Monica W. | |||||||||
| Prize: Tote Bag | |||||||||
| #5 | A husband and wife have a combined age of 91. The husband is now twice as old as his wife was when he was as old as she is now. How old are they? | ||||||||
| Answer: Husband - 52 Wife - 39! | |||||||||
| Winner: Ms. Kim B. | |||||||||
| Prize: Tote Bag | |||||||||
| #6 | How many legs does an elephant have if you call a trunk a leg? | ||||||||
| Answer: 4! | |||||||||
| Winner: Ms. Jackie I. | |||||||||
| Prize: Tote Bag | |||||||||
| #7 | At dawn on Monday a snail fell into a bucket that was 5 inches deep. During the day it climbed up 3 inches, however, during the night it fell back 2 inches. On what day did the snail finally manage to climb out of the bucket? | ||||||||
| Answer: Wednesday! | |||||||||
| Winner: Ms. Karen T. | |||||||||
| Prize: Gift Card | |||||||||
| #8 | What is represented by this brain bat? | ||||||||
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| Answer: Three Blind Mice! | |||||||||
| Winner: Mr. Chris H. | |||||||||
| Prize: Tote Bag | |||||||||
| #9 | A family photo contained: one grandfather, one grandmother, two fathers, two mothers, six children, four grandchildren, three sons, three daughters, one father-in-law, one mother-in-law, one daughter-in-law. 29 people you may think, but no, what is the least number of people here? | ||||||||
| Answer: 8! | |||||||||
| Winner: Mr. Mike B. | |||||||||
| Prize: Tote Bag | |||||||||
| #10 | A trout's tail weighs 8 pounds. Its head weighs as much as the tail and one-half of the body combined, and the body weighs as much as the head and the tail combined. What does the whole trout weigh? | ||||||||
| Answer: 64 lbs! | |||||||||
| Winner: Ms. Carol S. | |||||||||
| Prize: Gift Card | |||||||||
| #11 | If today is Friday, what day is the day that follows the day that comes after the day that precedes the day before yesterday? | ||||||||
| Answer: Thursday! | |||||||||
| Winner: Ms. Lori J. | |||||||||
| Prize: Tote Bag | |||||||||
| #12 | You are on your way to visit your grandma, who lives at the end of the valley. It's her birthday and you want to give her the cakes you have made. Between your house and her house, you have to cross 7 bridges, and as it goes in the land of make believe, there is a troll under every bridge! Each troll insists that you pay a troll toll. Before you can cross their bridge, you have to give them half of the cakes you are carrying, but as they are kind trolls, they each give you back a single cake. How many cakes do you have to leave home with to make sure that you arrive at grandma's with exactly 2 cakes? | ||||||||
| Answer: 2! | |||||||||
| Winner: Ms. Carolyn G. | |||||||||
| Prize: Tote Bag | |||||||||
Great
job! We can solve all types of mysteries! |
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