30 Interactive Brain Teasers to Warm Up your

Brain

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By Puzzleland
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Table of Contents

Introduction

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Introduction

"30 Interactive Brain teasers to Warm Up your Brain" is a mini edition by Puzzleland, containing 30
easy brain teasers to get your mind warmed up for the day!

This little fun book is ideal for teens and adults who look for some creative ways to spend their free
time, entertain their mind or simply keep themselves busy while waiting in public locations!

Difficulty Level

The difficulty level of the brainteasers in this mini collection is appropriate for beginner teens or
adults, and even for smart kids.

Navigation between questions, clues and answers.

This book is specially formatted to provide clues, simply with a click, before providing the answer!
You can ask for a clue before seeing the answer which is really great and makes the game a lot more
fun!

For each question, click on “Give me a Clue” to get a little bit of help, and if you are certain about the
answer, ignore this and go straight to “Show Answer”. Then you can “Go to the Next Brainteaser”.

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1. A Homeless Man
A homeless man picks up cigarette butts discarded in the street. He can make one cigarette with 5
butts. Today he is lucky, he found 25 cigarette butts. How many cigarettes will he make?

Give me a clue | Answer

2. The Milkman
A milkman has 2 empty jugs, a 3 gallon jug and a 5 gallon jug. He wants to measure exactly 1 gallon
of milk. How can he do that?

Give me a clue | Answer

3. The Birthday Mystery
A girl was 13 on her last birthday, and will be 15 on her next birthday. How is this possible?

Give me a clue | Answer

4. The Apples
John and Susan both have some apples. If John gives Susan an apple, they will both have the same
number of apples. If Susan gives John an apple, John will have twice as many as Susan.

How many apples do John and Susan each have?

Give me a clue | Answer

5. The Next Letter
B, C, D, E, G, P

What is the next letter in the sequence?

Give me a clue | Answer

6. Three days
Name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday.

Give me a clue | Answer

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7. A 2- word Phrase
What 2 words do these letters represent?

Give me a clue | Answer

8. Peter’s Dog
Sam told his mother that “Peter’s dog can jump over his house!”. At first his mother did not believe
that but after Sam explained, his mother smiled and believed that Peter’s dog can jump over his
house, indeed. What did George explain to his mother?

Give me a clue | Answer

9. Sam and Charlotte
Sam and Charlotte were born at the exact same moment, but they don't have the same birthdays. How
could this be?

Give me a clue | Answer

10. A 4-word Phrase
Which 4-word phrase do these words represent?

EAR

NOTHING

EAR

Give me a clue | Answer

11. The Three Boxes
Three closed boxes have either apples, bananas, or both, and they are labeled “Apples”, “Bananas”,
and “Mixed”. However, each box has the wrong label on it. You may open one box only to see its
contents. Which box should you open to determine the contents of all three boxes?

Give me a clue | Answer

12. Not Your Brother
You are my brother, but I am not your brother. Who am I?

Give me a clue | Answer

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13. Jessica’s Hourglasses

Jessica has two hourglasses, an 11 minute and a 13 minute hourglass. She wants to time accurately 15
minutes. How can she do that?

Give me a clue | Answer

14. Ten More Strawberries
You and Margaret have the same amount of strawberries. How many does Margaret need to give you
in order to have 10 more strawberries than her?

Give me a clue | Answer

15. With Just Two Numbers
What is the largest possible number you can write using only 2 numbers - just 2 numbers, no other
mathematical symbols?

Give me a clue | Answer

16. The Objects Allowed
A school teacher asks his pupils to put in a large box certain objects only. Apples and balls are
allowed, but pencils and flowers aren’t. What determines whether an item can enter?

Give me a clue | Answer

17. Two Ropes
You have two ropes that both take exactly 1 hour to burn from end to end. You are unable to cut the
rope. How can you burn the two ropes in a total of 45 minutes?

Give me a clue | Answer

18. A Family in Trouble
A father is sent to jail and the mother will have to sell her hotel. But their 16 year old daughter is
laughing and looks happy and excited. If they all love each other more than anything in the world, and
no one has a mental disorder, how can you explain the girl’s attitude?

Give me a clue | Answer

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19. A 4-word Slogan

What 4-word slogan do these numbers and letters represent?
1,2,3,4,5,, , , , , 38,39,40 LIFE

Give me a clue | Answer

20. The School Bus
This is a school bus. Can you tell which way is the front of the bus facing (left or right)?

Give me a clue | Answer

21. Two Stray Dogs
Two stray dogs are sitting together and talking about their fleas. The first dog says, “We would have
the same number of fleas, if one of your fleas jumped onto me!”

The second dog then says, “And I would have 5 times as many fleas as you, if one of your fleas
jumped onto me!!” Can you find how many fleas each dog has?

Give me a clue | Answer

22. The Other Side of the River
Mom, Dad, and 2 kids have come to a river, where they find a boat. It is small and can only carry one
adult or 2 kids at a time. Both kids are good rowers, but how can the whole family reach the other
side of the river?

Give me a clue | Answer

23. A 4-word Phrase
Which 4-word phrase do these letters represent?

TTTTTTIIIIIIIMMMMMMEEEEEE

ABDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Give me a clue | Answer

24. A Strange Relationship
A 62 year old woman and a 16 year old girl walked into a restaurant. A man walked past and the
women both said "hello father". Is this possible?

Give me a clue | Answer

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25. Three Light Bulbs

There are 3 light bulbs in a room. In another room there are 3 switches corresponding to these three
light bulbs (in a random order).

You are in the room with the switches and you cannot see the light bulbs.

If you can only visit the room with the light bulbs once, how can you figure out which switch belongs
to which light bulb?

Give me a clue | Answer

26. The Prisoner’s Visitor
A man in prison has a visitor. Afterward a guard asks the inmate who the visitor was to him. The
inmate replies: "brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son."

Who was the visitor to the inmate?

Give me a clue | Answer

27. A 6-word Phrase
Which 6-word phrase do these letters represent?

poFISHnd

Give me a clue | Answer

28. The Very Last Place
Every time you lose something, you always find it in the very last place you would look. There is one
simple, logical and indisputable explanation for this. What is that?

Give me a clue | Answer

29. What the Cat Did
What fact do these words represent?

CAT 8 MCE MCE MCE

Give me a clue | Answer

30. The Watchman’s Dream
Mr. Parker, a businessman, is leaving on a trip and stops by his office on the way to the airport,
around midnight. The night watchman, Paul stops him and says, “Mr. Parker, please don’t take that
flight. I had a dream last night, a little after midnight, that your plane would crash and everyone
would die!”

The business man cancels his trip and sure enough, the plane crashes, no survivors. Mr. Parker gives
Paul a $20,000 reward for saving his life, then fires him. Why?

Give me a clue | Answer

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(Index: Clues and Answers)
1.

Clue: The answer is not 5 cigarettes.

See Answer | Go Back

1.

Answer: 6 cigarettes. He makes 5 cigarettes with the 25 butts. Then he smokes them and has 5 more
butts to make another cigarette.

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

2.

Clue: The milkman will use the 3 gallon jug first.

See Answer | Go Back

2.

Answer: The milkman will fill the 3 gallon jug and empty the milk into the 5 gallon jug.

He will fill the 3 gallon jug again and continue to fill the 5 gallon jug until it is full.

The milk remaining in the 3 gallon jug is exactly 1 gallon.

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

3.

Clue: This is possible because today is a very special day.

See Answer | Go Back

3.

Answer: Today is her fourteenth birthday

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

4.

Clue: Each of them has less than ten apples.

See Answer | Go Back

4.

Answer: John has 7 apples and Susan has 5 apples.

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

5.

Clue: Read the alphabet out aloud, this should help.

See Answer | Go Back

5.

Answer: T. All of the letters rhyme.

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

6.

Clue: Think of alternative names.

See Answer | Go Back

6.

Answer: Yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

7.

Clue: Describe what you see: N W O D or D O W N in the opposite direction.

See Answer | Go Back

7.

Answer: Upside Down

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

8.

Clue: Whose house can Peter’s dog jump over? Think twice….

See Answer | Go Back

8.

Answer: Sam’s initial statement confused his mother but George quickly explained: The dog can jump
over his dog house, not Peter’s house.

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

9.

Clue: Sam and Charlotte do not know each other because they do not live in the same town.

See Answer | Go Back

9.

Answer: They are born in different places, in different time zones.

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

10.

Clue: Describe what you see: 2 ears, nothing (in the middle)

See Answer | Go Back

10.

Answer: Nothing between the ears

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

11.

Clue: You don’t want to open the box that contains the mixed fruits because that would not help you
determine which of the other two boxes left is the one with the apples and which is the one with the
bananas.

See Answer | Go Back

11.

Answer: The box labeled "Mixed" is not the “Mixed” box. Open it and pull a fruit. Say it's an apple.
It must be the "apples" box.

The box marked "Bananas" is not the box with bananas. It's also not the box with apples. It must be
the "Mixed" box.

There is one box left. It is neither the "Apples" nor the "Mixed" box. It must be the "Bananas" box.

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

12.

Clue: My father is your father but he tells everyone that he has one son only.

See Answer | Go Back

12.

Answer: I am not your brother, I am your sister.

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

13.

Clue: Jessica should start both hourglasses at the same time. The 11 minute hourglass should be
flipped two times.

See Answer | Go Back

13.

Answer: Jessica will start both hourglasses, then when the 11 minute hourglass has finished she will
immediately flip it again.

When the 13 minute hourglass runs out the 11 minute hourglass will have 9 minutes left, so Jessica
will flip it and it will last another 2 minutes, 13 minutes + 2 minutes = 15 minutes.

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

14.

Clue: The amount of strawberries you both have doesn't matter. 1 strawberry given is 1 strawberry
lost.

See Answer | Go Back

14.

Answer: Margaret needs to give you 5 strawberries.When she gives you 5, she will lose 5 and you
will gain 5 resulting in a net difference of 10.

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

15.

Clue: The first number said to the second:

“Where are you? I can’t see you”

And the second number replied:

“I am right behind you”

The first number looked behind his feet and said:

“No you are not!”

And the second number replied:

“But I am!”

See Answer | Go Back

15.

Answer: You will use exponentiation!!!

99, this is 9x9x9x9x9x9x9x9x9 or 387.420.489. With exponentiation, we can represent very large
numbers using just a few numbers .

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

16.

Clue: There is something special with apples and balls that you will not find in pencils and flowers.

See Answer | Go Back

16.

Answer: Only objects with a repeated letter are allowed: pp in apple and ll in ball.

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

17.

Clue: By burning a rope from both ends at the same time, the rope will be completely burnt in half the
time exactly. Use this technique.

See Answer | Go Back

17.

Answer: Start one of the ropes on fire from both ends and the other one from one end. After 30
minutes one rope will be completely burnt and the other will be half burnt.

At this point you light the final rope from the unlit side and it will take 15 minutes for the remaining
half of the rope to burn, for a total of 45 minutes.

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

18.

Clue: Right now, all three are sitting in their living room.

See Answer | Go Back

18.

Answer: The family is playing Monopoly!

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

19.

Clue: Describe what you see: numbers from 1 to 40, then the word Life appears.

See Answer | Go Back

19.

Answer: Life begins at 40

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

20.

Clue: Everyday morning, the bus waits at the bus station for the children to get on. At 7.40 a.m.
exactly, the bus driver closes the bus door and starts driving, while the children enjoy looking outside
the windows on their way to school.

See Answer | Go Back

20.

Answer: The bus is facing left, if it was facing right you could see the door of the bus (just like you
can see the windows in the drawing).

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

21.

Clue: Both dogs have less than 10 fleas.

See Answer | Go Back

21.

Answer: 2 and 4 fleas.

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

22.

Clue: The kids should row across first.

See Answer | Go Back

22.

Answer: The kids row across.

Then one kid comes back.

An adult goes over, and the kid comes back.

Both kids row across again, and one comes back.

The other adult rows across and the kid comes back.

Both kids row across again.

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

23.

Clue: Describe what you see: big time+alphabet (is something wrong with this alphabet?)

See Answer | Go Back

23.

Answer: Long time no see

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

24.

Clue: The age of the man has nothing to do with the age of those two women.

See Answer | Go Back

24.

Answer: That man is a priest.

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

25.

Clue: When bulbs are on, two things happen: light AND heat

See Answer | Go Back

25.

Answer: Switch on one of the light bulbs for a long enough period of time for it to get hot. Then
switch it off.

Switch on the second switch and immediately go to the room with the bulbs.

There will be a light bulb that is hot and off (the first switch you turned on), a light bulb that is cold
and on (the second switch you turned on),and a light bulb that is cold and off (the third switch).

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

26.

Clue: The father of the visitor is the son of the inmate’s father. Who is the son of the inmate’s father?

See Answer | Go Back

26.

Answer: The visitor is the inmate’s son.

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

27.

Clue: Describe what you see: big letters, small letters, po, fish, nd

See Answer | Go Back

27.

Answer: “Big fish in a little pond”

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

28.

Clue: “The very last place you would look” is literally, “the very last place you would look”.

See Answer | Go Back

28.

Answer: It is the last place you would look because once you find it you stop looking.

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

29.

Clue: Read out loud the words. Also, think about one small detail: why MCI and not MICE?

See Answer | Go Back

29.

Answer: A cat ate 3 blind mice!

Go Back | Go to the Next Brainteaser

30.

Clue: Last night at office, the night watchman did something that displeased Mr. Parker. What was
that?

See Answer | Go Back

30.

Answer: Mr. Parker fired Paul, his night watchman, because last night, he was sleeping on the job!!!

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