Think you’ve got sharp eyes or a knack for spotting details? Well, here’s a challenge just for you! I’m a big fan of optical illusions, brainteasers, and tricky puzzles, but I’ll admit—this one’s pretty sneaky! In fact, they say only 2% of people can spot the missing pipe on their first try. Are you one of them? Let’s find out!
The Scene: A Man, a Bench, and a Missing Pipe
In the image below, you’ll see an old man sitting contently on a bench outside his cozy home. It’s a peaceful setting, but there’s one problem: his beloved pipe has gone missing! He’s too busy reading his newspaper to notice, but can you help him find it within one minute?
Our elderly friend is dressed in a stylish red top with intricate details, paired with striped brown pants. His walking cane is propped up beside him, while vines weave around the bench, adding to the charm. But where on earth could his pipe be hiding? Is it lost in the plants or maybe camouflaged by the house in the background?
Take a Close Look – The Pipe Is There!
Take another careful look at the scene before you scroll down for the answer. Could the pipe be tucked away in plain sight? Pay special attention to his belongings—you may be surprised by what you find.
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Ready for the reveal? As it turns out, what appears to be the top of the man’s walking cane is actually his missing pipe, cleverly disguised within the cane’s design! Sneaky, right?
If you managed to find it, congratulations—you’re among the sharp-eyed few! If not, don’t worry, this puzzle is meant to be tricky.
Either way, be sure to share this brainteaser with your friends and see if they can spot the hidden pipe as quickly as you did (or didn’t)!
5 Stimulating Brain Teasers, Logic Questions, and Optical Illusions
Can you take on this tricky list of brain teasers, including riddles by Albert Einstein, without making a single mistake?
We’ve been in the lockdown for quite a while now, and if there’s one thing we’ve learned for sure it’s that working from home is a breeze with the right tools and that brain teasers and logic questions are a great way to ease our collective anxiety.
Here are 5 brain teasers, puzzles, logic questions, riddles, and optical illusions to help you while away the time. All of the questions come first, followed by the answers further down the article. Let’s get started.
1. Move just one matchstick
Here’s an easy one to warm you up and get you started. Above is an equation, made out of matchsticks, that doesn’t add up. Can you move just one matchstick to fix the equation? There’s more than one possible answer.
2. Three light bulbs and three switches
There are three switches downstairs. A devilish house planner made it so that these switches turn on three light bulbs in the attic. You can’t see the lights when you are using the switches.
Each switch corresponds to one of the three light bulbs in the attic. You can turn the switches on and off and leave them in any position you like.
How would you identify which switch corresponds to which bulb after going upstairs only once?
HINT: The picture might give you a little clue.
3. The three teacups conundrum
We’ve had a three light bulb brain teaser, so why not one about three teacups?
This brain teaser is taken from Henry Ernest Duduney’s 1907 book ‘Canterbury Puzzles’, simplified by us into modern English.
A young lady at a dinner party, a Miss Charity, placed three empty teacups on a table and challenged anybody to put ten lumps of sugar in them so that there would be an odd number of lumps in every cup.
One young man at the party, who had been to Oxford University, and was studying law, passionately declared that, without a shadow of a doubt, it was not possible and that the proof was right there in front of them.
It must have been interesting to see his face when Miss Charity revealed the correct answer. What was it?
4. A confusing math question
There are math questions that divide the internet, there are math questions that are impossible, and then there are math questions that seem impossible but really aren’t. This is an example of the latter.
How is it possible for 8+8 to equal 4?
5. Which line is longer?
A simple and straightforward question with a simple and straightforward answer.
