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Funky Friday Brainteaser
Johnny's mother had four children.
The first was April, the second was May,

and the third was June.
What was the name of her fourth child?

Answer: 4 Child
th
• Johnny
There was an aeroplane crash.
Every single person died, but two
people survived. How is this

possible?
Answer: Plane Crash
• One couple were married
A man and his son were in an automobile accident.
The man died on the way to the hospital, but the

boy was rushed into surgery.
The emergency room surgeon said, "I can't operate,

that's my son!“
How is this possible?

Answer: Surgeon
• Surgeon was his mother
On my way to the fair, I met 7 jugglers and a bear
coming the other way. Every juggler had 6 cats.
Every cat had 5 rats. Every rat had 4 houses.
Every house had 3 mice. Every mouse had 2
louses. Every louse had a spouse.
How many in all were going to the fair?

Answer: Fair
• One. The others were returning
Question:
If you were to
spell out numbers,
how far would you have to
go before you would find
the letter "A"?
Answer: A in number
• One thousand
What is it?
You throw away the

outside and cook the
inside. Then you eat
the outside and throw
away the inside. What
did you eat?
Answer: Cook
• Corn cob
A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks,
trousers, jumper, gloves, and balaclava.
He is walking down a dark street with all the
street lamps off. A black car is coming toward
him with its lights off too, but somehow manages
to stop in time.
How did the driver see the man?

Answer: Black Car
• It was daytime
The dog named Jam is heavier than the dog
named Jelly. Copper weighs more than Brandy
but less than Pumpkin.
Brandy weighs more than Jelly.
Pumpkin weighs less than Jam.
List the dogs in the order of their

weights, starting with the
heaviest.
Answer: Dog Order
• The heaviest dog is Jam,
• the next heaviest is Pumpkin,
• the next heaviest is Copper,
• the next heaviest is Brandy,
• and the least heavy (or the lightest) is Jelly.
• STRATEGY: Guess and check -- write each

name on notecards and move them to test
sequence
SETTING:
A prison cell with a dirt floor,
stone walls, no window but
a skylight very high up in the
ceiling; no furniture except for a mattress
ACTION:
The prisoner who was in the cell
manages to escape through the skylight.
QUESTION:
How did the prisoner escape?
Answer: Escape Jail
First, the prisoner dug a hole in the dirt floor.
Second, the prisoner piled the dirt from the

hole against the wall.
Third, the prisoner climbed the pile of dirt

and escaped through the skylight.
Whaea Tui and her twins, Danny and Annie, want to cross
from the east side of the river to the west side, in a canoe.
The canoe can hold no more than 100 kilos.
Whaea Tui weighs 80 kilos, and Danny and Annie weigh 50
kilos each.
How can all three of them reach the other side of the river in
the canoe?
Answer: Canoe
First the twins paddle to the west side of the
river.
Annie stays on the west side, and Danny
comes back.
Whaea Tui rows alone to the west side,
leaving Danny on the east side.
Finally, Annie comes back for Danny.
Together, they paddle to the west side of
the river.
The Mississippi River divides two states:
Tennessee and Arkansas.
If an airplane crashed exactly in

the middle of the Mississippi River,
where would the survivors be buried?
Answer: Mississippi
Survivors don’t get buried
Do these sentences make sense?
3. No one goes to that restaurant any more because it's

too crowded.
5. I'm glad I don't like oysters, because

if I liked it, I'd eat it, and it tastes awful.
8. Seen on a sign in an airport:

“If you are having difficulty reading this sign,
please ask for help”
Answer: Questions
• If no one goes to the restaurant, it can't
be crowded.
• If the person did like spinach, he or she
wouldn't think it tasted awful.
• If the person can't read the sign, she or
her won't know that it says to ask for
help.
Answer the following question with a simple "yes" or "no“ but be
careful….. You may need to explain your answer 
If the day before the day after the day before

today was hotter than the day after the
day before today, was the day before
today hotter than today?
Tip: Use a calendar

Answer:
• The day before the day after the day
before today was yesterday. The day after
the day before today is today. And the day
before today was yesterday. So yes,
yesterday was hotter than today.
Unscramble
You’ve done word scrambles before, but
for some reason people find this one
particularly difficult.
Can you work with the following letters to

spell a 10-letter English word?
TTNENUMROA
Answer:
• Tournament
• What a Character! Move from square to
touching square, including diagonals, to find the
name of a popular fictional character. Use each
letter only once. You will have four letters left
over.
T O P Y D
M T E R H
F R I R A
Answer:
• Harry Potter
Randy's science project was making a rain gauge to
measure the amount of rain for one week.
It rained each day that week, starting on Monday, and
each day the amount of rain in the gauge doubled. By
the following Sunday, the rain gauge was completely
filled.
On which day was the rain
gauge half-filled?
Answer
Randy's rain gauge was half-filled on
Saturday. It doubled on Sunday, to
become completely filled.
How many times can you
subtract the number 2 from
the number 32?
Answer
Once.
After you subtract 2 from 32, you subtract 2

from 30, from 28, and so on.
Circle Time:
A number of children are standing in a

circle.
They are evenly spaced and the 6th child
is directly opposite the 16th child.
How many children are there altogether?
Answer
Hint – How many in half the circle?
Correct Answer: 20 altogether

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Funky Friday Brainteaser

Johnny's mother had four children.

The first was April, the second was May,

What was the name of her fourth child?

Every single person died, but two

people survived. How is this

The man died on the way to the hospital, but the

The emergency room surgeon said, "I can't operate,

How is this possible?

How many in all were going to the fair?

You throw away the

How did the driver see the man?

List the dogs in the order of their

• STRATEGY: Guess and check -- write each

Second, the prisoner piled the dirt from the

Third, the prisoner climbed the pile of dirt

If an airplane crashed exactly in

3. No one goes to that restaurant any more because it's

5. I'm glad I don't like oysters, because

8. Seen on a sign in an airport:

If the day before the day after the day before

Tip: Use a calendar

Can you work with the following letters to

After you subtract 2 from 32, you subtract 2

A number of children are standing in a

Correct Answer: 20 altogether

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