Brain Teaser Riddles

 By Alan Liang and Katelyn Lam

Directions

Grab a pencil and paper, and try to crack these brain teaser riddles!

1. You are in a cabin and it is pitch black. 

You have one match on you. 

Which do you light first, the newspaper, the lamp, the candle, or the fire?

2.What are the next three letters in the following sequence?

J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, __, __, __

3.Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

4.What is full of holes but can still hold water?

5. 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?

6. Imagine that you are in a boat, in the middle of the sea. Suddenly, you are surrounded by hungry sharks, just waiting to feed on you. How can you put an end to this?

7. When you have me, you immediately feel like sharing me. But, if you do share me, you do not have me.

8. What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands?

9. You are driving a bus. At the first stop, two women get on. The second stop, three men get on and one woman gets off. At the third stop, three kids and their mom get on, and a man gets off. The bus is grey, and it is raining outside. What color is the bus driver’s hair?

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