Mindbending Brainteasers for Kids
Here are some brainteasing puzzles to bend your mind and challenge your brain cells. Try to figure them out on your own and have a fun sharing them with your friends. Reveal the answers for some Aha moments that will leave people begging for more.
A boy was rushed to the hospital emergency room. The Emergency Room doctor in charge saw the boy and said, "I cannot operate on this boy. He is my son." But the doctor was not the boy's father. How could that be?
The doctor was his mom
An electric train is going 40 mph north, the wind is blowing 60 mph south. Which way is the train's smoke blowing?
It isn't blowing smoke because electric trains don't blow smoke.
You're in a room with 3 light switches. Next to your room is another room with the door closed. Inside that room are 3 lights. You do not know which switch controls which light. How can you figure out which switch controls which light? You can only enter the room with the lights once.
Turn one switch on and leave it on for 1 hour. This is switch A. After the hour is up turn the light off and turn another light on (switch B). Go in to the room with the lights. The light that’s hot is light A. The light that is on is light B. and the light that is off, but not hot is light C.
There are eight chairs around a table. There is a mom, grandpa, sister, brother, aunt, grandma, uncle, another sister, another mom, another brother, a dad, a father-in-law, a mother-in-law, another dad and one more uncle. They're all seated comfortably. How is this possible with only eight chairs?
The mom, grandma and mother-in-law are all one person. The mom, aunt, sister are all one person. The brother and uncle are one person. The Dad, father-in-law and grandpa are one person. The sisters are one person. The brothers are one person. The uncles are one person. The dads are one person. Total amount of people is 8.
There is a fire in a 12 story building. A man panics and jumps out of the window. How does he survive?
He jumped out of the first floor window.
A woman walked all day long and only moved two feet. How is this possible?
Human beings only have two feet to walk with.
