Funky friday brainteaser

Funky Friday BrainteaserFunky Friday Brainteaser

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?

Answer: 4th Child

• Johnny

Funky Friday BrainteaserFunky Friday Brainteaser

There was an aeroplane crash.

Every single person died, but two

people survived. How is this

possible?

Answer: Plane Crash

• One couple were married

Funky Friday BrainteaserFunky Friday BrainteaserA 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?

Answer: Surgeon

• Surgeon was his mother

Funky Friday BrainteaserFunky Friday Brainteaser

On my way to the fair, I met 7 jugglers and a bear coming the other way. Every juggler had 6 cats. Every cat had 5 rats. Every rat had 4 houses. Every house had 3 mice. Every mouse had 2 louses. Every louse had a spouse.

How many in all were going to the fair?

Answer: Fair

• One. The others were returning

Funky Friday BrainteaserFunky Friday BrainteaserQuestion:

If you were tospell out numbers,how far would you have togo before you would findthe letter "A"?

Answer: A in number

• One thousand

Funky Friday BrainteaserFunky Friday Brainteaser  What is it?

You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?

Answer: Cook

• Corn cob

Funky Friday BrainteaserFunky Friday BrainteaserA man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, jumper, gloves, and balaclava. 

He is walking down a dark street with all the street lamps off.  A black car is coming toward him with its lights off too, but somehow manages to stop in time. 

How did the driver see the man?

Answer: Black Car

• It was daytime

Funky Friday BrainteaserFunky Friday BrainteaserThe dog named Jam is heavier than the dog named Jelly. Copper weighs more than Brandy but less than Pumpkin.Brandy weighs more than Jelly.Pumpkin weighs less than Jam.

List the dogs in the order of their weights, starting with the

heaviest.

Answer: Dog Order

• The heaviest dog is Jam, • the next heaviest is Pumpkin, • the next heaviest is Copper, • the next heaviest is Brandy, • and the least heavy (or the lightest) is Jelly.

• STRATEGY: Guess and check -- write each name on notecards and move them to test sequence

Funky Friday BrainteaserFunky Friday BrainteaserSETTING:

A prison cell with a dirt floor,stone walls, no window buta skylight very high up in theceiling; no furniture except for a mattress

ACTION:

The prisoner who was in the cell manages to escape through the

skylight.

QUESTION:

How did the prisoner escape?

Answer: Escape Jail

First, the prisoner dug a hole in the dirt floor.

Second, the prisoner piled the dirt from the hole against the wall.

Third, the prisoner climbed the pile of dirt and escaped through the skylight.

Funky Friday BrainteaserFunky Friday BrainteaserWhaea Tui and her twins, Danny and Annie, want to cross

from the east side of the river to the west side, in a canoe.

The canoe can hold no more than 100 kilos.

Whaea Tui weighs 80 kilos, and Danny and Annie weigh 50

kilos each.

How can all three of them reach the other side of the river in

the canoe?

Answer: Canoe

First the twins paddle to the west side of the river.

Annie stays on the west side, and Danny comes back.

Whaea Tui rows alone to the west side, leaving Danny on the east side.

Finally, Annie comes back for Danny. Together, they paddle to the west side of the river.

Funky Friday BrainteaserFunky Friday BrainteaserThe Mississippi River divides two states:

Tennessee and Arkansas.

If an airplane crashed exactly in

the middle of the Mississippi River,

where would the survivors be buried?

Answer: Mississippi

Survivors don’t get buried

Funky Friday BrainteaserFunky Friday BrainteaserDo these sentences make sense?

1. No one goes to that restaurant any more because it's too crowded.

2. I'm glad I don't like oysters, becauseif I liked it, I'd eat it, and it tastes awful.

3. Seen on a sign in an airport: “If you are having difficulty reading this sign,

please ask for help”

Answer: Questions

• If no one goes to the restaurant, it can't be crowded.

• If the person did like spinach, he or she wouldn't think it tasted awful.

• If the person can't read the sign, she or her won't know that it says to ask for help.

Funky Friday BrainteaserFunky Friday BrainteaserAnswer the following question with a simple "yes" or "no“ but be

careful….. You may need to explain your answer

If the day before the day after the day before today was hotter than the day after the day before today, was the day before today hotter than today?

Tip: Use a calendar

Answer:

• The day before the day after the day before today was yesterday. The day after the day before today is today. And the day before today was yesterday. So yes, yesterday was hotter than today.

Funky Friday BrainteaserFunky Friday BrainteaserUnscramble 

You’ve done word scrambles before, but for some reason people find this one particularly difficult.

Can you work with the following letters to spell a 10-letter English word?

TTNENUMROA

Answer:

• Tournament

Funky Friday BrainteaserFunky Friday Brainteaser• What a Character!   Move from square to

touching square, including diagonals, to find the name of a popular fictional character. Use each letter only once. You will have four letters left over.

T O P Y D

M T E R H

F R I R A

Answer:

• Harry Potter

Funky Friday BrainteaserFunky Friday BrainteaserRandy's science project was making a rain gauge to

measure the amount of rain for one week.

It rained each day that week, starting on Monday, and

each day the amount of rain in the gauge doubled. By

the following Sunday, the rain gauge was completely

filled.

On which day was the rain

gauge half-filled?

AnswerAnswerRandy's rain gauge was half-filled on

Saturday. It doubled on Sunday, to become completely filled.

Funky Friday BrainteaserFunky Friday Brainteaser

How many times can you subtract the number 2 from

the number 32?

AnswerAnswerOnce.

After you subtract 2 from 32, you subtract 2 from 30, from 28, and so on.

Funky Friday BrainteaserFunky Friday BrainteaserCircle Time:

A number of children are standing in a circle. They are evenly spaced and the 6th child is directly opposite the 16th child. How many children are there altogether?

AnswerAnswerHint – How many in half the circle?

Correct Answer: 20 altogether