Brain Teasers and Logic Puzzles

Keep your brain sharp with some classic, and new, brain teasers and logic puzzles.

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Logic Puzzle # 1

A man is found dead on a little island. He was alone on the island. He did not starve or commit suicide. He wasn't poisoned or killed by a wild animal. How did he die?

Answer: Jim Evans was first to answer. See the answer.

Logic Puzzle # 2

A man had six working clocks in his house and he always checked them before going to bed. One morning he woke up and the three upstairs clocks said 8:15 while the 3 downstairs clocks said 7:30. What happened?

Answer: Jim Evans got this one first too. See the answer.

Logic Puzzle # 3

A man went into a store and found out that it cost $3 for 400. He figured that meant each part cost $1. What did he buy?

Answer: Nobody got this! It was a toughie. See the answer.

Logic Puzzle # 4

How can you make a container that is filled with nothing but air even lighter?

Answer: Several of you said to pump all the air out of the container but that's not as good as the answer you will see. See the answer.

Logic Puzzle # 5

The light switch in a bedroom is 10 feet away from the bed but a man was able to turn the bedroom light off and get into bed before the room was dark. How did he do that?

Answer: Lots of you got this easy one. See the answer.

Logic Puzzle # 6

A Quickie: What was the largest ocean in the world before Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean?

Answer: This one was way too easy. See the answer.

Logic Puzzle # 7

Lost in the woods, you find an old cabin. You are freezing and need to light the fireplace. There is only 1 match. You find a candle, some old newspaper and some kindling. What should you light first?

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Logic Puzzle # 8

What letter comes next in the series?

Example: AABBCCD

The next letter would be D.

1) TWTFS

2) IVXLC

3) OTTFFSS

4) ASDFG

5) JFMAMJJ

6) ZXYWXVW

7) WLCNIT

See the answer.

Logic Puzzle # 9

Napoleon and Josephine are lying dead on the floor in a pool of water. The only other thing noticeable in the room is that the French doors are wide open and the curtains are flapping. How did they die?

See the answer.

Logic Puzzle # 10

There is a room with no doors, no widows, nothing and a man is hung from the ceiling and a puddle of water is on the floor. How did he die?

See the answer.

Logic Puzzle # 11

An inverted pyramid, the size of a building, is perfectly balanced on its tip. Under the point is a $1000 bill. How do you get the bill out from under the pyramid without causing it to fall?

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Logic Puzzle # 12

You will know that I am coming
From the jingle of my bell,
But exactly who I am is not an easy thing to tell.
Children, they adore me
for they find me jolly,
but I do not see them when the halls are decked with holly.
My job often leaves me frozen,
I am a man that all should know,
But I do not do business in times of sleet or ice or snow.
I travel much on business,
But no reindeer haul me around,
I do all my traveling firmly on the ground.
I love the time of Christmas,
But that's not my vocational season,
And I assure that is because of a sound economic reason.