tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290361122009-10-01T14:52:58.021+02:00Let your brain be drained with quality riddles<br>New riddles every now and thenJohn Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1151672405840688832006-06-30T14:58:00.000+02:002006-06-30T15:00:05.866+02:00What question can you never answer "yes" to?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />"Are you asleep?"<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115167240584068883?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1151149041357308042006-06-24T13:35:00.000+02:002006-06-24T13:37:21.400+02:00What mathematical symbol can be put between 5 and 9, to get a number bigger than 5 and smaller than 9?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />A decimal point - 5.9<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115114904135730804?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150974030515487292006-06-22T12:58:00.000+02:002006-06-22T13:00:30.516+02:00A man builds a rectangular house. All four walls are facing the South. A bear walks past the house. What colour is the bear?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />The bear is white, because the house was built on the North Pole<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115097403051548729?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150973868501594172006-06-22T12:57:00.000+02:002006-06-22T12:57:48.500+02:00Why can't a man living in Canada be buried in another country?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />Because he is still alive<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115097386850159417?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150973807847828122006-06-22T12:56:00.000+02:002006-06-22T12:56:47.846+02:00What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />The letter 'm'<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115097380784782812?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150973737115021552006-06-22T12:54:00.000+02:002006-06-22T12:55:37.116+02:00You are looking at somebody's photo. Who is it you are looking at, if you don't have any brother or sister and father of that man on the photo is the son of your father?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />You are looking at your son<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115097373711502155?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150973327083701352006-06-22T12:47:00.000+02:002006-06-22T12:48:47.093+02:00These are true statements about inhabitants of a town.<br /><br />1. No two inhabitants have the same number of hair on their head<br />2. No inhabitant has exactly 518 hairs<br />3. There live more inhabitants than any inhabitant's hair in the town<br /><br />What is the highest possible number of inhabitants? <br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />518 - one will be bald<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115097332708370135?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150907566981795752006-06-21T18:32:00.000+02:002006-06-21T18:32:46.983+02:00One brick is 1kg and half a brick heavy. How heavy is one brick?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />2kg<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115090756698179575?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150907316818667122006-06-21T18:27:00.000+02:002006-06-21T18:28:36.820+02:00How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come back to you, even if it doesn't hit anything, there is nothing attached to it, and no one else catches or throws it?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />Throw the ball straight up in the air<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115090731681866712?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150907200884335162006-06-21T18:25:00.000+02:002006-06-21T18:26:40.886+02:00A table tennis ball fell into a tight deep pipe. The pipe was only a bit wider then the ball, so you can not use your hand. How would you take it out, with no damage?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />Just pour some water into that pipe and the ball will swim up on the surface<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115090720088433516?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150907064046479422006-06-21T18:22:00.000+02:002006-06-24T16:52:38.103+02:0049-9=4<br /><br />Add two mathematical operations to make this equation correct.<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />Add square roots<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115090706404647942?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150570278616793142006-06-17T20:50:00.000+02:002006-06-17T20:51:18.616+02:00A man with a beard enters the lady's room. Nobody complains and considers that normal. Why?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />The man is a plumber<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115057027861679314?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150570187558766322006-06-17T20:40:00.000+02:002006-06-17T20:49:47.560+02:00In a duel between two men the first one shoots and hits the other one. However, the first man starts crying and the second one celebrating. Why?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />It was a penalty at a football game<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115057018755876632?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150569624974956422006-06-17T20:39:00.000+02:002006-06-17T20:40:24.980+02:00A woman threw something through a window. After a few seconds, she died. What did she throw?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />A boomerang<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115056962497495642?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150447531285147252006-06-16T10:45:00.000+02:002006-06-16T10:45:31.286+02:00What is always coming, but never arrives?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />Tomorrow<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115044753128514725?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150447482212894642006-06-16T10:41:00.000+02:002006-06-16T10:44:42.213+02:00A man was found shot in his car. The gun was on the back seat, and the man couldn't reach it, so it wasn't a suicide. All doors and windows were closed and locked. What had happened?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />The car was a convertible<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115044748221289464?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150447256558676842006-06-16T10:40:00.000+02:002006-06-16T10:40:56.566+02:00What is 07734?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />It is HELLO when typed out on a calculator and turned upside-down<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115044725655867684?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150357941874342312006-06-15T09:51:00.000+02:002006-06-15T09:52:21.876+02:00O T T F F S S E<br /><br />What is the next letter?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />Letter N - One Two Three .. Eight Nine<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115035794187434231?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150357499113848732006-06-15T09:23:00.000+02:002006-06-15T09:44:59.123+02:00An old man had two sons. He was about to die, so he told them that only one can inherit him. He said it will be the one whose horse arrives last at a race between these two sons. So they both got on their horses, but neither of them moved. After spending some time like that, they decided to ask a wiseman for help. After talking to him, they got on the horses again and started going as fast as possible.<br /><br />What did the wiseman tell them?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />He told them to switch horses<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115035749911384873?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150355990513781872006-06-15T09:18:00.000+02:002006-06-15T09:19:50.523+02:00A young man was speeding, but a policeman fined him. However, then the policeman paid the fine himself. Why?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />The policeman was the young man's father<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115035599051378187?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150277012979390572006-06-14T11:22:00.000+02:002006-06-14T11:23:32.980+02:00Object has keys that don't open any locks, space but no room, and you can enter but you can not go in. What is it?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />A keyboard<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115027701297939057?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150276973726891932006-06-14T11:18:00.000+02:002006-06-14T11:22:53.726+02:00You are attending a business meeting which consists of only accountants and lawyers. From your previous dealings with these two professions, you know that accountants always tell the truth about everything and lawyers always lie about something.<br /><br />Two gentlemen, Sam and Adam, approach you. Sam introduces himself and says, "I am a lawyer, but Adam is an accountant."<br /><br />Based on what you know from your previous dealings, what are each of the men's actual professions?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />They are both lawyers<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115027697372689193?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150276645539526872006-06-14T11:07:00.000+02:002006-06-14T11:23:46.520+02:00Suppose that, somewhere in New Jersey, there is a hotel with an infinite number of rooms. You arrive late one night and ask the front desk clerk if they have a vacancy. He replies that every room is occupied, however, he can arrange for you to get one. But how, you wonder, if there is no vacancy?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />The clerk will simply ask the people in room 1 to move to room 2, those in room 2 to move to room 3, those in 3 to move to room 4, and so on. Since there is an infinite number of rooms, everyone will have a room to move into, and room 1 will be available for you<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115027664553952687?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150193747331786832006-06-13T12:13:00.000+02:002006-06-13T12:15:47.333+02:00Out of 100 collector, 70 collect old money, 75 badges, 80 napkins and 85 stamps. How many of them collect all four things?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />10<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115019374733178683?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29036112.post-1150193466194765922006-06-13T12:07:00.001+02:002006-06-13T12:11:06.196+02:00Two shepherds had a certain number of sheep each.<br />The first shepherd said to the other: "Give me one sheep and I will have twice as more sheep than you."<br />The other replied: "No, you give me one sheep and then we will have the same number of sheep."<br /><br />How many sheep did each one of them have?<br /><div class="spoiler"><br /><a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Hover over this for the solution</span><br />The first one had 7, and the second one 5<br /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29036112-115019346619476592?l=braind.blogspot.com'/></div>John Pyosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089103236540205461noreply@blogger.com0