20 Brain Teasers to Twist Your Mind

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I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?

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An echo.

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You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?

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The letter 'e'.

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What has cities with no people, rivers with no water, and roads with no cars?

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A map.

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I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood. Everyone uses me. What am I?

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Pencil lead.

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The more you take from me, the bigger I become. What am I?

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A hole.

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What can run but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps, and has a mouth but never eats?

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A river.

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You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I'm quick when Iโ€™m thin and slow when Iโ€™m fat. What am I?

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A candle.

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What 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

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Short.

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What disappears the moment you say its name?

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Silence.

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A man looks at a portrait and says, 'Brothers and sisters, I have none, but that man's father is my father's son.' Who is in the picture?

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His son.

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What can travel around the world while staying in the same corner?

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A stamp.

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The more you have of me, the less you see. What am I?

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Darkness.

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What has many keys but canโ€™t open a single lock?

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A piano.

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A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many siblings are there?

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4 sisters and 3 brothers.

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What is always in front of you but canโ€™t be seen?

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The future.

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You throw away the outside, cook the inside, eat the outside, and throw away the inside. What is it?

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Corn on the cob.

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A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and left on Friday. How is that possible?

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His horse is named Friday.

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What begins and ends with an E but only has one letter in it?

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An envelope.

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What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

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The letter 'M'.

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I am not alive, but I grow. I donโ€™t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?

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Fire.

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