Weekly Brain Teasers – Week #1

Your mind is going to be real useful in finding your way out of the escape room! Exercise it by trying to figure out these brain teasers! How many can you figure out?

All of the answers are at the bottoms of the pages that follow the riddles (i.e. the answers for this set are on the bottom of page 2). Have a good brain teaser, or have any comments, feel free to post them below!

1. What is so fragile that even saying its name can break it?

2. Two fathers and two sons all decide to go fishing one day. They’re all going to participate, but upon arrival at a nearby pond, only three lines go out into the water. How is that possible?

3. You are locked in a freezing cabin with no way out. There is a candle, a wood stove, and a lantern. You only have one match, what do you light first?

4. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?