brain teasers

1. What letter is next in this sequence?
M, A, M, J, J, A, S, O,__

ans: N for November!

2. What letter is next in this sequence?
O, T, T, F, F, S, S, E, __
ans: N for Nine!

3. What are tree mistake in this sentence?
ans: 1. tree is supposed to be three; 2. mistake should have a s at the end; 3. there is no third mistake!
4. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, and has a bed but never sleeps??
ans: A river!

5. How could the 22nd and 24th U.S. Presidents have the same parents, but weren’t brothers
ans: Grover Cleveland was elected twice to become the 22nd and 24th U.S. President

6. How can you use the letters in NEW DOOR to make one word? ans: ONE WORD

7. When is four half of five?
ans: When its a Roman Numeral: F(IV)E!

8. Why are 2007 pennies worth more than 2006 pennies?
ans:One more penny!
9.What is full of holes but still holds water?
ans: SPONGE

10.What happened in 1961 and will not happen again until 6009?
ans: The year reads the same upside down!

11. What is light as a feather, but even the strongest man cannot hold it more than a few minutes?
ans: His breath!

12. How could all of your cousins have an aunt who is not your aunt?
ans: Your mom is their aunt!

13. What in an automobile engine serves no purpose but without it the engine does not work?
ans: Noise

14. On my way to the fair, I met 7 jugglers and a bear, every juggler had 6 cats, every cat had 5 rats, every rat had 4 houses, every house had 3 mouses, every mouse had 2 louses, every louse had a spouse. How many in all are going to the fair?
ans:Just me. The others were coming from the fair!

15. Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?
ans: Quit imagining!

16. Johnny's mother had four children. The first was April, the second was May, and the third was June. What was the name of her fourth child?
ans: Johnny

17. You are driving a bus. Four people get on, three people get off, then eight people get on and ten people get off, then 6 people get on and 2 more people get off. What color were the bus driver's eyes?
ans: Whatever color your eyes are because you are driving the bus.

18. Why is it against the law for a man living in North Carolina to be buried in South Carolina?
ans: Because he is still living!

19. There was an airplane crash, every single person died, but two people survived. How is this possible?
ans: They were married.

20. That attorney is my brother, testified the accountant. But the attorney testified he didn't have a brother. Who is lying?
ans: Neither, the accountant was his sister.

21. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
ans: Mt. Everest was still the highest mountain even before it was discovered!

22. The peacock is a bird that does not lay eggs. How do they get baby peacocks?
ans: The peahen lays eggs, both are peafowl

23. Eskimos are very good hunters, but they never hunt penguins. Why not?
ans: Eskimos live at the North pole, penguins at the South pole

24. A hunter pitched her tent and then hiked straight south for five miles; she then turned and hiked five miles due east. Finally she turned again and hiked five miles straight north where she saw a bear ripping apart her tent. What color was the bear?
ans: White, because it had to be a polar bear; otherwise the hunter would be five miles away from her camp.

25. A man and his son were in an automobile accident. The man died on the way to the hospital, but the boy was rushed into surgery. The emergency room surgeon said "I can't operate, that's my son!" How is this possible?
ans:The surgeon was his mother

26. What came first, the chicken or the egg?
ans: Dinosaurs laid eggs long before there were chickens!

27. How far can you walk into the woods?
ans: Half way, after that you are walking out of the woods.