Some are tough, some are easy, all are brain-bending puzzles. You can use ’em for contests, or just for the heck of it. See how smart and flexible in their thinking your listeners really are!
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The maker doesn’t want it; the buyer won’t use it; and the user doesn’t even see it. What is it?
A coffin.
The child was born before 1776.
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?
Mount Everest - it just hadn't been discovered.
Clara Claxton was forn on December 27th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?
Clara lives in the southern hemisphere.
Captain Frank and some of the boys were exchanging old war stories. Art Bragg offered one about how his grandfater led a battalion against a German division during World War I. Through brillian maneuvers he defeated them and captured valuable territory. After the battle, he was presented with a sword bearing the inscription: “To Captain Bragg for Bravery, Daring and Leadership . World War One. From the Men of Battalion 8.” Captain Frank scoffed and discredited Art’s story immediately. What’s wrong with Art’s story.
World War I was not called “World War I” until World War II.
What is one thing that all wise me, regardless of religion or politics, agree is between heaven and earth?
The word “and.”
In what year did Christmas, and News Year’s fall on the same day?
They always fall on the same week day - just at different times of the year.
A woman from New York married ten different men from that city, yet she did not break any laws. None of these men died, and she never divorced. How was this possible?
The lady was a Justice of the Peace.
Why are 1990 American dollar bills worth more than 1989 American dollar bills?
1,990 dollar bills are worth one dollar more than 1,989 dollar bills.
How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
Only once, then you are subtracting from 20.
A taxi driver was called to take a group of passengers to the train station. The station is normally an hour away, but with traffic being heavy, it took a full hour and a half. On the return trip, the traffic was still heavy and yet the trip took only 90 minutes. How is this possible?
An hour and a half IS 90 minutes..
How could you rearrange the letters in the words “new door” to make one word? There is only one correct answer.
new door = one word
Even if they are starving, natives living in the Artic will never eat a penguin’s egg. Why not?
Penguins live in the Antarctic.
Whic is correct to say, “The yolk of the egg ARE white” or “The yolk of the egg IS white?”
Neither, the yolk of the egg is yellow.
In Okmulgee, Oklahoma, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?
You have to take a picture of a man with a camera, not with a wooden leg.
There wwere an electrician and a plumber waiting in line for admission to the “International Home Show” One of them was the father of the other’s son. How could this be possible?
They were husband and wife.
After the new Canon Law that took effect on November 27, 1983, would a Roman Catholic man be allowed to marry his widow’s sister?
He can’t because he’s dead.
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