Brain teasers to keep you busy

The following brain teasers will definitely keep you busy for a while. The answers are below.

Questions

1. A lift is on the ground floor. There are four people in the lift including me. When the lift reaches first floor, one person gets out and three people get in. The lift goes up to the second floor, two people get out and six people get in. It then goes up to the next floor up, no one gets out but 12 people get in. Halfway up to the next floor the lift cable snaps and it crashes to the floor. Everyone else dies in the lift. How did I survive?

2. A man walks into a restaurant and the waiter says, “Good day, Admiral.” Why did the waiter call the man an Admiral?

3. I have no voice, yet I speak to you. I tell of all things in the world that people do. I have leaves, but I am not a tree. I have pages, but I am not a bride. I have a spine, but I am not a man. I have hinges, but I am not a door. I have told you all. I cannot tell you more. What am I?

4. A man pushes his car to a hotel and tells its owner that he is bankrupt. Why? 5. You are a cyclist in a crosscountry race. Just before the crossing finish line, you overtake the person in second place. In which place did you finish?

Answers

1. I got out on the second floor.

2. Because he was wearing his uniform.

3. A book.

4. He is playing Monopoly.

5. Second Place. If you pass the person in second, you take second place, and they become third.