Top Rated Riddles of All Time
A man leaves home. He goes a little ways and turns a corner. He goes a while and turns another corner. Soon, he turns one more corner. As he's returning home, he sees two masked men. Who are they?
At your wedding, you are introduced to your new partner's mother's only sister's husband's sister in law.
What do you call this woman?
There are several books on a bookshelf. If one book is the 4th from the left and 6th from the right, how many books are on the shelf?
A man who lived on the top floor of a twenty story building had to go up and down daily for work, and of course, for food and the other necessities. On most days he could only ride the elevator to the fifteenth story, and he would have to walk the rest of the way. When it rained, however, he could ride all the way up to the twentieth story. Why?
Two girls have the same parents and were born at the same hour of the same day of the same month, but they are not twins. How can this be possible?
I like to roam but I'll always stay home,
I leave a silver track,
If you carried what I could carry with the way I moved ,
You'd break your neck and back.
What am I?
The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States of America had the same parents, but were not brothers. How can this be possible?
Two girls ate dinner together. They both ordered ice tea. One girl drank really fast and finished 5 in the time that took the other to drink just one. The girl who drank one died while the other survived. Both drinks were poisonous. How did the girl that drank the most survive?
Which word that begins with the letter I, and by adding the letter A, becomes another word that is pronounced the same?
White bird, featherless, flyin' out o' paradise, flyin' over sea and land, dyin' in my hand. What is it?
Here on earth it is true, yesterday is always before today; but there is a place where yesterday always follows today.
My only timepiece is a wall clock. One day I forgot to wind it and it stopped. I went to visit a friend who has a watch which is always correct, stayed a while, and then went home. There I made a simple calculation and set the clock right.
How did I do this even though I had no watch on me to tell how long it took me to return from my friend's house?
Romeo and Juliet are found dead on the floor in a bedroom. When they were discovered, there were pieces of glass and some water on the floor. The only furniture in the room is a shelf and a bed. The house is in a remote location, away from everything except for the nearby railroad track. What caused the death of Romeo and Juliet?