20 Brain Teasers to Twist Your Mind

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What disappears the moment you say its name?

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?

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

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

What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?

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

What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?

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

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

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

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

I am not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?