Fun Brainteaser Puzzles for Kids
Try to figure out these fun brain challenging puzzles and share them with your friends and family. Brainteasers are a great way to bend your mind a bit and give your brain a little bit of a workout. Fun questions and answers like these listed here will have you thinking about things in a whole new way. You might even learn something new.
What number would you come up with if you multiplied the number of thumbs that someone has by the number of fingers?
The answer is 20. The thumb is still considered a finger. When you ask someone how many fingers they have, their answer will undoubtedly be 10.
What bird can outrun a horse, can roar like a lion, but cannot fly?
An ostrich
How long will it take a 10 day wind up alarm clock to run without having to wind it?
A 10 day alarm clock won't run at all unless you wind it up.
Mr. and Mrs. Potter have six sons and each of the sons has a sister. How many people are in the Potter family?
9 because the six brothers all share the same sister
Name the five European countries that end in Y.
Italy, Hungary, Turkey, Norway and Germany
Name the one word in the English language and the name of one country, both of which are spelled with three dotted letters in sequence.
Hijinks and Fiji
Can you guess the time?
An old woman had a clock on her mantle that chimed every half hour. On the full hour it chimed the amount of chimes equal to the hour. On the half hours the clock only chimed once. The woman arrived home late one evening and heard the clock chime once when she walked in the house. 30 minutes later, the clock also chimed once. This single chime happened two more times. What time was it when the old woman returned home?
She returned home on the last stroke of midnight. The single chimes followed at 12:30, 1:00, and 1:30.
What word, when spelled forward means a hint or part of a fruit and when spelled backward is a place that racecars spend time?
tip/pit
