What are brain teasers?

Answer 1

Brain teasers are puzzles or riddles used to stimulate one's mind.

Brain teasers are usually frustrating riddles with seemingly difficult clues, but simple answers, such as:

Q:What is full of holes, but can still hold water?

A:a sponge

Q:Tommy tells Terry about a time when they talked about turtles at a tea party.

How many T's are in that?

A: 2, it only asks for how many letters are in the word "that."

Q: Do you know how to spell (think of a word)? Spell it.

A: I-T, it. The question asks for the word "it" to be spelled.

Answer 2

a problem or puzzle, typically one designed to be solved for amusement.

Answer 3

They have been done in every civilization for thousands of years. They generally come from phillosophers. The idea that one singular person come up witht he idea is very very slim.

Answer 4

I invented them all about 5 seconds ago.