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And here's Zimmer12, bringing you some Brain Teasers for your thinking entertainment! Let's see if you have been eating your brain food, because you will need it for these teasers.

1. One day, a man in southern Asia came home, knowing that he had left his elephant home unattended. He found his neighbor complaining that his elephant had killed and eaten his neighbor's dog. "You should feed your elephant better," the neighbor said. "Your elephant ate my dog!"

The man took one look at the man and said: "You are lying."

How did he know?


2. It's always above the negatives
Yet it's lower than the first prime
No matter how you multiply
It's the same every time.
What is the number?


3. A man wanted to get into a members-only club but he didn't know how. The man decided to hide in a thicket near the club and watch to see how the clubmembers got in. Every time someone came to the door, the guard there said a number to each person. The person would respond with a number of their own, and if it was the correct number, they were let in. If the person had responded incorrectly, the guard threw then out.

The guard said twelve to one member, and she responded with six -- and was let in. Another member came to the door, the guard said six and the member responded with three -- and he was let in.

Believing he had heard enough, the spy guy went up to the guard... the guard said ten, and the spy guy said five, but was not let in! What should the reject have said?


4. How many days in a year is there a full moon?


5. I am still here today, just in seven pieces,
I used to be a whole but first I broke into two,
Then I broke apart many more times into seven,
I haven't been proved but there is lots of evidence I used to exist,
If scientists are right I just might form again.




Answers:

1. Elephants are herbivores
2. 0
3. He should have said three, the number of letters in the number that the guard said.
4. There is one everyday, you just cant see the whole thing
5. Pangaea

This is Zimmer12, signing out at 12 o'clock.


Editor's Note: It appears that Zimmer12 found all of these brainteasers from Braingle.com/.

 

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