Brain Teasers Answers

Q.

You are on an island where two tribes live. The members of one tribe always tell the truth and the members of the other tribe always lie. You are at a fork in the road and you need to know which way to go to get to your destination. At the fork you meet a member of each tribe. You are allowed to ask only one question. What question must you ask to get the answer you need?

A.

The question you have to ask is "which way would he tell me?" and then when they show you, go the opposite way.

Why. Because the one that always tells the truth will point the way that the other one would point which would be the wrong way, because he always lies.

The one who always lies would also point the wrong way because that would be opposite to the way that the truth teller would point.

Q.

You need to measure 400ml from a jug but you only have two containers 500ml and 300ml How will you do it?

A.

Step 1 – fill the 300ml and pour it into the 500ml

        Step 2 – fill the 300ml again then pour into the 500ml till full this leaves 100ml in the 300ml container.

        Step 3 – Empty the 500ml into the jug

        Step 4 – Pour the 100ml in the 300ml container into the 500ml container

        Step 5 – Fill the 300ml and pour into the 500ml to get your 400ml.

Gilles, Robert and Michel are married to Louise, Carole and Lily

Hints:

1) Louise's sister is married to Michel

2) Gilles has never met Lily who is an only child

Question : Who are the couples?

Answer

Michel & Carole

Giles & Louise

Robert & Lily

Lily is an only child therefore she cannot be Louise's sister, that means that Carole must be Louise's sister and is therefore married to Michel.

Giles has never met Lily therefore cannot be married to her. So he must be married to Louise.

That leaves Robert and Lily who are the last couple.

Q. What does this mean?

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A. 2 degrees below Zero

There is a bus with 7 girls
Each girl has 7 bags .
In each bag, there are 7 big cats
Each big cat has 7 little cats.
Each cat has 4 legs .
Q. How many legs in the bus?

A. 10990

Girls: 7 * 2 legs = 14 legs
Handbags: 7 * 7 = 49
Big cats: 49 * 7 = 343 and 343 * 4 legs = 1372 legs
Small cats: 343 * 7 = 2401 and 2401 * 4 legs = 9604 legs

In total 14 + 1372 + 9604 = 10990 legs

You pick me when I'm green, you throw away my outside and you cook my inside. When I am cooked you eat my outside and throw away my inside.

Q What am I?

A I am a green mielie.

Pirate Pete had been captured by a Spanish general and sentenced to death by his 50-man firing squad.

Pete cringed, as he knew their reputation. They were such bad shots that they would often simply maim their victims, leaving them to bleed to death. This thought made Pete beg for mercy.

“Very well, I have some compassion. You may choose where the men stand when they shoot you and I will add 50 extra men to the squad to ensure someone will at least hit you. Perhaps if they stand closer they will kill you quicker, if you’re lucky,” snickered the general. “Oh, and just so you don’t get any funny ideas, they can’t stand more than 20 ft away, they must be facing you, and you must remain tied to the post in the middle of the yard. And to show I’m not totally heartless, if you aren’t dead by sundown I’ll release you so you can die peacefully outside the compound. I must go now but will return tomorrow and see to it that you are buried in a nice spot, though with 100 men, I doubt there will be much left of you to bury.”

After giving his instructions the general left. Upon his return the next day, he found that Pete had been set free alive and well. “How could this be?” demanded the general. “It was where Pete had us stand,” explained the captain of the squad.

Q. Where did Pete tell them to stand?

A. Pete told them to form a circle around him. All the squad were facing Pete, ready to shoot, when they realized that everyone who missed would likely end up shooting another squad member. So knowing the risk, no one dared to fire.

Jane wants to make some toast for her breakfast. Unfortunately, her toaster is broken.

Q. Can you turn bread into toast by changing one letter at a time? Each step must create a valid word in the English language. Jane made the change in 7 steps. Can you do as well ... or better?

A. BREAD ----> TOAST

BREAD - BREAK - BLEAK - BLEAT - BLEST - BLAST - BOAST - TOAST

A soldier is surrounded by enemy soldiers and he’s the only one of his unit left.

As he is digging into the ground for protection from enemy fire he finds an old lamp. In desperation he rubs it. Out pops a genie. The genie grants him one wish, however there is a catch. The genie says, “Whatever you wish for, each enemy soldier will get two of the same thing.”

The soldier ponders a while and thinks: ”If I get a machine gun they get two. If I get a tank they get two!” He then rubs the lamp again and out pops the genie. “Well,” the genie asks “have you made up your mind?”

I have said the soldier. The genie grants his wish and the soldier walks off to safety.

Q. What did the soldier ask for to help him get away?

A. To go temporarily blind in one eye.

A coin dealer was offered some ancient gold coins. Look, the seller pointed out these coins are really old, there were minted in 544 BC. The coin dealer immediately called the police and had the seller arrested for attempting to sell fake coins

A. How could the minter possibly have known that it was 544 BC (Before Christ)

A man brags that he can accurately state the score of any football match before it even begins. And he can!

Q. How is this possible?

A. Every game starts at 0 - 0

Two men working at a construction site were mad at each other. Finally, at lunch break, they confronted one another. One man, obviously stronger, said “See that wheelbarrow? I’m willing’ to bet $100.00 (that’s all I have in my wallet here) that anything you can wheel to that cone and back, I can wheel twice as far. Do we have a bet?”

The other man, too dignified to decline, accepted the challenge. He looked at the objects lying around: a pile of 400 bricks, a steel beam, the 10 men that had gathered around to watch, and a stack of bags of concrete mix; he thought for a while, and then decided what to load.

“All right,” he said, and revealed what he would load.

That night, the stronger man went home thoroughly teased and $100 poorer.

Q. What did the other man load into the wheelbarrow?

A. He looked the strong man right in the eye and said, "get in."

Q.  Every morning a man leaves his apartment on the 10th floor and goes down in the lift to work. When he gets back in the evening, if he is alone in the lift, he gets off at the 7th floor and walks up the stairs to the 10th. Why?

A. The man is "vertically challenged" and cannot reach the 10th floor button.

Q. 2 chess champions played 5 games of chess each. They both won and lost the same number of games and neither drew a game. How?

A. They were not playing each other.

Q. The Pope has one but he does not use it. Your father has one and both he and your mother use it. Nuns do not need it. Arnold Schwarzenegger has a big one. Michael J. Fox’s is quite small. What is it?

A. A Surname. (What did you think? No. On second thoughts don't tell me. :))

Q. There is a set of 10 books on a shelf. Each book has 100 pages. A worm eats from page 1 of book 1 to page 100 of book 10. How many pages did the worm eat?

A. 802. The worm misses 99 pages of each book. (Books are packed from left to right so book 1 is on the left and book 10 is on the right. This means that page 1 of book 1 is on the right side of the book and page 100 of book 10 on the left)

Q. 3 large men sheltering under an umbrella but none get wet. Why?

A. It wasn't raining, they were seeking shade.

Q. What does every normal foot have 4 of?

A. Gaps between the toes.

Q. You enter a house late at night. Inside there is an oil lamp, a gas heater and a stove full of wood. You only have one match, which should you light first?

A. The match. Until the match is lit you can't use it to light any of the others.