Fun Brain Teasers
ANSWERS
1. I have in my hand two U.S. coins which total 55 cents in value. One coin is not a nickel. Please bear this in mind. What are the coins?
ANSWER: A 50 cent piece and a nickel
2. A farmer had 17 sheep. All but 9 died. How many did he have left?
ANSWER: 9
3. Two men play checkers. They play five games and each man wins five games. There were no ties. How can this be?
ANSWER: They played other people
4. Take two apples from three apples and what do you have?
ANSWER: 2 Apples
5. An archeologist claimed he found some gold coins dated 46 BC. Do you think he really found the coins?
ANSWER: No, because Christ wasn't born when the coins were made
6. A woman gives a beggar 50 cents. The woman is the beggar's sister, but the beggar is not the woman's brother. How come?
ANSWER: The beggar is a woman
7. How many animals of each species did Moses take aboard the ark?
ANSWER: None; Noah took them on the ark
8. Is it legal in Tennessee for a man to marry his widow's sister? ANSWER: No, you can't marry a dead person
9. What word is mispelled in this test?
ANSWER: Misspelled
