Brain Teaser Tuesday #16: Explanation

The answer to this question is D if the sun is behind Santa. If you look at all the particular limbs and shadow casts, D is the most correct answer. One can also argue that this question would have a different answer had the sun been cast a different way. The original...

Brain Teaser Tuesday #15: Explanation

A 30 year old man married a 25 year old woman, so we know from the beginning that they are 5 years apart. When she died at age 50, her husband was 55 years old. We can consider this “X” amount of years of crying. 10 years after he stopped crying, he died....

Brain Teaser Tuesday #14: Explanation

This week’s brain teaser asks which of the following weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of gold? Most people would answer “both weigh the same” because both are 1 pound. However, if you look into the type of measurement systems used for each...

Brain Teaser Tuesday #13: Explanation

For #13, please refer to the following diagram for the solution. The solution is a math problem where the addition of two numbers diagonal from each other will equal the number that is to the left of the second number. If you follow the red arrow pattern on every...

Brain Teaser Tuesday #12: Explanation

I don’t have eyes but once I did see. Once I had thoughts but now I’m white and empty.   The answer is “skull”. A human skull at one point would have eyes but no longer. When it did have eyes, it can be safe to assume that it could see....