These 15 Brain Teasers Seem Simple, But How Many Can You Solve?

You are in a dark room with only a lamp, a stove, a candle, and a match. What should you light first?

• Lamp

• Candle

• None of these

• Stove

A man died in the year 1978 after having been born in 2012. How is this possible?

• His birth certificate is incorrect

• It's impossible

• He's a time traveller

• He was born in 2012 B.C.

If a plane crashed on the border of the United States and Mexico, where would they bury the survivors?

• It depends on the families' wishes

• Mexico

• United States

• None of these

A man says that he has no brothers or sisters but says the father of the man in a picture he is showing you is his father's son. What relation is the person in the picture to the man?

• Himself

• Second cousin twice removed

• His father

• His son

What word that is 5 letters long becomes shorter when 2 letters are added to it?

• Small

• Long

• Large

• Short

Eric's mother has 4 children named Spring, Summer, Fall and ____?

• Winter

• It's impossible to determine

• Autumn

• Eric

Joffrey and Cersei were each enjoying drinks of "bourbon on the rocks." Cersei was thirsty and drank 5 drinks in the same time it took Joffrey to drink one. The drinks were poisoned but only Joffrey died, why?

• None of these

• The poison was in the ice cubes

• Cersei also drank the antidote

• Everyone hates Joffrey

What will happen if Pinocchio says the line "My nose will grow right now"?

• He will be trapped in a logical paradox

• His nose will grow

• His nose will not grow

• He will become a real boy

You have two coins which total 30 cents in your pocket but one of the coins is not a nickel. How is this possible?

• None of these

• They are both rare 15-cent coins

• They are Bitcoin

• I have a quarter and a nickel

A cowboy arrives in town on Friday, stays for two days and then leaves town again on Friday. How is this possible?

• None of these

• His horse is named Friday

• The town is in the Twilight Zone

• He does not follow a Gregorian calendar

You have the option of entering either a room filled with venomous snakes, a room engulfed in fire, or a room with a tiger that hasn't been fed for 2 months. Which is the safest room?

• None of these

• Room with the tiger

• Room on fire

• Room with the venomous snakes

How far can a domesticated dog run into the forest?

• The whole way through

• 1/4 of the way

• Halfway through

• It can't run into the forest

A man pushes his car into a hotel and tells the owner he is bankrupt. Why did this happen?

• The man spent his last dollar on a car that doesn't run

• The man is playing Monopoly

• The man's name is Bankrupt

• The man ran out of money and needs a place to stay