Brain Teaser Answers

1. You are a cyclist in a cross-country race. Just before the crossing finish line you overtake the person in second place! What place did you finish in?
ANSWER: Second Place. If you pass the person in second, you take second place. and they became third.

2. In a year there are 12 months. 7 months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?
ANSWER: They all do.

3. A plane crashes on the border of the U.S. and Canada. Where do they bury the survivors?
ANSWER: You don't bury the SURVIVORS!

4. I do not have any special powers, but I can predict the score of any football game before it begins. How can I do this?
ANSWER: Well, the score before any football game is always zero to zero!

5. You are on the bank of a river. You have to get a fox, a hen, and corn to the other side of the river. If left alone, the fox will eat the hen, the hen will also eat the corn if left alone. The boat is only big enough to take you and one of the three to the other side. How do you get all 3 across intact?
ANSWER: First take the hen across. Leave the hen. Go back and get the fox. Take the fox to the other side. Leave the fox there, but take the hen with you back to get the corn. Leave the hen and take the corn to the other side. Drop the corn off with the fox, then go back to get the hen. Bring the hen to the other side. All 3 make it fully intact!

6. In baseball, how many outs are there in an inning?
ANSWER:Six. Three for each team.

7. You are in a room that has 3 switches and a closed door. The switches control 3 light bulbs on the other side of the door. Once you open the door. you may never touch the switches again. How can you definitively tell which switch is connected to each of the light bulbs?
ANSWER: Turn on the first 2 switches. Leave them on for 5 minutes. Once 5 minutes has passed, turn off the second switch, leaving one switch on. Now go through the door. The light that is still on is connected to the first switch, whichever of the other two is warm to the touch is connected to the second switch. The bulb that is cold is connected to the switch that was never turned on!

8. Jimmy's mother had 4 children. She named the first Monday, Named the second Tuesday. The third is named Wednesday. What is the name of the fourth child?
ANSWER: Jimmy. "Jimmy's" mother had 4 children!

9. You are driving a bus. At the first stop, 2 women get on. The second stop, 3 men get on and 1 woman gets off. Third stop, 3 kids and their mom get on, and a man gets off. The bus is grey and it is raining outisde. What color is the bus drivers hair?
ANSWER: Whatever color your hair is! Remember, you are the bus driver!

10. Which is heavier? A pound of feathers, or a pound of rocks?
ANSWER:Neither. Both weigh a pound!

11. You are in a cookie factory, and need to make a huge batch of chocolate chip cookies. The recipe calls for exactly 4 cups of sugar. Problem is that you have two buckets. One is 5 cups, the other is 3 cups. Using these buckets, can you measure exactly 4 cups of sugar? How?
ANWER: This is possible, and there are 2 ways to do it: Solution 1: Fill the 3 cup bucket, pour it into the 5 cup bucket. Fill the 3 cup bucket again, and pour it into the 5 cup bucket until the 5 cup bucket is full. That will leave exactly 1 cup of sugar in the 3 cup bucket. Dump out the 5 cup bucket, and dump the 1 cup from the 3 cup bucket into the empty 5 cup bucket. This leaves 1 cup in the 5 cup bucket. Now fill the 3 cup bucket again and add it to the 5 cup bucket. Now you have exactly 4 cups of sugar in the 5 cup bucket!
Solution 2: Fill the 5 cup bucket. Pour it into the 3 cup bucket. This leaves 2 cups in the 5 cup bucket. Dump out the 3 cup bucket. Now pour the 2 cups from the 5 cup into the 3 cup. Refill the 5 cup. Now pour the 5 cup into the 3 cup until the 3 cup is full. That will leave exactly 4 cups in the 5 cup bucket!

12. A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks who it is. The man replies, "Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man's father is my father's son." Who was in the photograph?
ANSWER: His son!