These brainteasers will certainly give you a challenge! Do you think you can solve all of them correctly in under 10 minutes? If you get them all right, you are basically a genius! Let’s see how smart you really are, by trying out these riddles below.
Taking a few minutes out of your busy schedule to strengthen your brain is always a good idea. Today’s riddles are designed to make you think outside the box. Training your brain to think in alternative ways is how you give your brain the best workout possible. In fact, solving brainteasers every day has numerous benefits!
Riddles can help sharpen the mind and open up new thought processes. Practicing riddles each day can help simplify thinking, provide better memory retention and improve cognitive capabilities. Even challenging riddles and brainteasers can be solved if you use a few simple techniques.
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Brainteasers 1 – 5
Set your timer for 10 minutes, grab a piece of paper and a pen, and let’s get started! Remember to keep track of your answers, so we can share the correct solutions with you at the end of this article.
1. What can be seen once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?
2. I’m not alive, but I have 5 fingers. So, what am I?
3. A truck drove to a village and met 4 cars. How many vehicles were going to the village?
4. We kill and we give life. We are either poison or fruit, you choose. So, what are we?
5. Which hand is best for stirring sugar into a cup of tea?
So, how are you doing with these brainteasers so far? Make sure to keep an eye on your timer, and write down your answers.
Brainteasers 6 – 10
6. Feed me and it will give me life, but give me a drink and I will die. So, what am I?
7. What flies when it’s born, lies when it’s alive, and runs when it’s dead?
8. What gets wet when drying?
9. I’m always somewhere between the ground and the sky, always far in the distance, always moving further away if one attempts to come closer. So, what am I?
10. People buy me to eat, but never eat me. So, what am I?
Time’s up! Stop your timer, set your pencil down, and take a breath. We are going to go over the correct answers to these brainteasers. Scroll down to compare your results.
Solutions
We know some of these were pretty challenging. However, that is the best way to train your brain! Let’s see how you did!
| 1. What can be seen once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years? |
| Answer: The letter “M.” |
| 2. I’m not alive, but I have 5 fingers. So, what am I? |
| Answer: A glove. |
| 3. A truck drove to a village and met 4 cars. How many vehicles were going to the village? |
| Answer: One truck. |
| 4. We kill and we give life. We are either poison or fruit, you choose. So, what are we? |
| Answer: Words. |
| 5. Which hand is best for stirring sugar into a cup of tea? |
| Answer: It’s better to use a spoon. |
| 6. Feed me and it will give me life, but give me a drink and I will die. So, what am I? |
| Answer: Fire. |
| 7. What flies when it’s born, lies when it’s alive, and runs when it’s dead? |
| Answer: A snowflake. |
| 8. What gets wet when drying? |
| Answer: A towel. |
| 9. I’m always somewhere between the ground and the sky, always far in the distance, always moving further away if one attempts to come closer. So, what am I? |
| Answer: The horizon. |
| 10. People buy me to eat, but never eat me. So, what am I? |
| Answer: A plate. |
Hopefully, you did well! But, if you need more practice, check out these extra credit brainteasers below!
