John was piloting a plane behind a car but was never able to overtake it. Why?
What has to be broken before you can use it?
Can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?
Can you spot what's wrong with the following sentence?
PETER WAS ANGRY AT
HIMSELF BECAUSE HE
ACCIDENTALLY LEFT THE
THE KEYS TO HIS CAR
AT HIS FRIEND'S HOUSE.
There are four 3-link chains. All you have to do is join them into a big 12-link chain. For joining two closed links, one of the links must be cut and placed onto the other link for closing.
How many minimum links will you have to cut to make the big chain?
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
There are a number of books on a shelf. If one book is the 4th from the left and 6th from the right, how many books are on the shelf?
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?
They do not possess flesh or feathers or scales or bone
But still, they are blessed with fingers and thumbs of their own.
The word ladder puzzle was invented by Lewis Carroll, author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
