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Trivia, riddles and brain teasers

Trivia questions, classic riddles, math tricks, logic puzzles and picture brain teasers, each with one right answer.

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  1. Is lightning hotter than the surface of the sun?6 votes
  2. Does honey ever spoil?4 votes
  3. Spot the difference: how many changes can you find?3 votes
  4. Which of these can be folded into a cube?3 votes
  5. What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish?3 votes
  6. How many animals of each kind did Moses take on the ark?3 votes
  7. The person who makes it sells it. The person who buys it never uses it. The person who uses it never knows. What is it?2 votes
  8. Which is the only letter that doesn't appear in any US state name?2 votes
  9. Rearrange the letters of NEW DOOR to make one word. What's the answer?2 votes
  10. 6 ÷ 2 × 3 = ?2 votes
  11. Who has more bones: a newborn baby or an adult?2 votes
  12. Which word, pronounced right, is wrong — but pronounced wrong, is right?2 votes
  13. Which country has the longest coastline in the world?2 votes
  14. Five tangled lines: which letter reaches the star?2 votes
  15. This clock is seen in a mirror. What time is it really?2 votes
  16. Fold this into a cube. Which number ends up opposite the 2? (It's not a standard die.)2 votes
  17. 5 machines make 5 widgets in 5 minutes. How long would 100 machines take to make 100 widgets?2 votes
  18. The gold gear turns around once. How many times does the blue gear turn?2 votes
  19. Which entrance leads to the gold star?2 votes
  20. Lily pads double every day and cover a whole lake in 48 days. How many days to cover half the lake?2 votes
  21. A fair coin lands heads 5 times in a row. What are the odds the next flip is heads?2 votes
  22. Mary's father has five daughters: Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono. What is the fifth daughter's name?2 votes
  23. How many times does the digit 9 appear in the numbers from 1 to 100?2 votes
  24. How many blue squares balance the last scale?2 votes
  25. Which one goes in the empty space?2 votes
  26. How many rectangles are in this picture? (Squares count too.)2 votes
  27. Someone tries to turn gear A clockwise. What happens to the blue gear?2 votes
  28. How many squares are in this grid?2 votes
  29. Which Utah national park is famous for its natural stone arches?1 votes
  30. How many holes are on a standard golf course?1 votes
  31. What is the hardest natural substance?1 votes
  32. What is the only mammal capable of true flight?1 votes
  33. In tennis, what is a score of zero called?1 votes
  34. Which country has the largest population?1 votes
  35. What is the fastest land animal?1 votes
  36. What is a group of crows called?1 votes
  37. Follow the lines. Which letter is connected to the gold star?1 votes
  38. Three of these are the same shape, just turned. Which one is different?1 votes
  39. A man points at a photo: "Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son." Who is in the photo?1 votes
  40. Three of these are the same shape rotated. Which one is the odd one out?1 votes
  41. You buy a chicken for $1, sell it for $2, buy it back for $3, and sell it for $4. How much profit did you make?1 votes
  42. Compared to sea level, water at the top of Mount Everest boils at a…1 votes
  43. What breaks but never falls, and what falls but never breaks?1 votes
  44. Which country has the most pyramids?1 votes
  45. What comes next: 5, 11, 23, 47, …?1 votes
  46. Which one completes the pattern?1 votes
  47. Both purple squares move clockwise around the edge, at different speeds. What comes next?1 votes
  48. An electric train heads north while the wind blows west. Which way does the smoke blow?1 votes
  49. Which shape is the gold-framed one, just turned? (No flipping.)1 votes
  50. How many triangles are in this picture?1 votes
  51. If the day before yesterday was Saturday, what is the day after tomorrow?1 votes
  52. Is 2¹⁰⁰ bigger or smaller than 10³⁰?1 votes
  53. Which one will NOT fold into a cube?1 votes
  54. Which is farther west: Reno, Nevada or Los Angeles?1 votes
  55. What letter comes next: J, F, M, A, M, J, J, …?1 votes
  56. What is 30% of 30% of 100?1 votes
  57. You drive 30 mph up a 1-mile hill. How fast must you go down the 1-mile other side to average 60 mph for the trip?1 votes
  58. There are 10 birds on a fence. A hunter shoots one. How many are left on the fence?1 votes
  59. Which is denser: ice or liquid water?1 votes
  60. Knights always tell the truth; knaves always lie. A says, "We are both knaves." What are A and B?1 votes

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