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Did you know that doing doing brain teasers and logic problems can improve short-term memory loss?
Challenging your mind with math brain teasers and other types of puzzles keeps the connections between your brain cells sharp. Plus, learning how to solve brain teasers improves your ability to concentrate and focus, too!
This big list of brain teasers with answers will test your critical thinking skills–and even help you improve them—so you can learn how to solve brain teasers even faster thanks to all the practice you’re getting!
So if you’re ready to put your mind to the test, dive in and see how many of these 101 brain teasers you can solve—without peeking at the answers!
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1. A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl named Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why?
An apple a day keeps the doctor away!
2. I left my campsite and hiked south for 3 miles. Then I turned east and hiked for 3 miles. I then turned north and hiked for 3 miles, at which time I came upon a bear inside my tent eating my food! What color was the bear?
White, since the only place you can do that is the North Pole and polar bears are the only kind of bears that live there.
3. 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?
The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.
4. What is special about these words: job, polish, herb?
They are pronounced differently when the first letter is capitalized.
5. 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 everybody. What am I?
Pencil lead
6. A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?
The river was frozen
7. I can’t be bought, but I can be stolen with a glance. I’m worthless to one, but priceless to two. What am I?
Love
8. Turn me on my side and I am everything. Cut me in half and I am nothing. What am I?
The number 8
9. No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every month. What am I?
A calendar
10. How can 8 + 8 = 4?
When you think in terms of time. 8 AM + 8 hours= 4 o’clock.
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Here is a direct link to the complete list of 101 brain teasers.
Maryn Lyles is a seasoned lifestyle and travel writer who’s always on the lookout for what’s new and next. When she’s not writing, you can find her working on her latest home decor DIY project, out for a hike or dancing around the house to 80s jams.