286 hard riddles with progressive hints and detailed explanations
We hurt without moving. And poison without touching. We bear truth and lies, But are not judged by size. What are we?
First think of the person who lives in disguise, Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next, tell me what's always the l...
You ride on me every day but barely notice, I'm hot and cold at the very same time, I'm the densest of my clan, And my first th...
Why is a raven like a writing desk? Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Mad Hatter
"Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet." (Judges 14:14)
What is the next letter in the series below, and why? B, C, D, E, G, P
An archaeologist unearths a coin bearing the inscription "57BC". How does he instantly know that it's a forgery?
Can you name the largest number that can be written with four 1's?
A strange attraction compels me to hold your things most dear, yet I know it not, and feel no warmth in my holding. My brothers an...
An eye in a blue face Saw an eye in a green face. "That eye is like to this eye" Said the first eye, "But in low place, Not in hig...
If you're 8 feet away from a door and with each move you advance half the distance to the door. How many moves will it take to rea...
My thunder comes before my lightning. My lightning comes before my rain. And my rain dries all the ground it touches. What am I?
What travels alone but is never alone, has a name but doesn't exist
A red cap on my head, a stone in my throat, if you tell me the answer, I'll give you a Groat. What am I?
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 a...
Which eight-letter word still remains a word after removing each letter from it?
I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back, Non...
Tom and his younger sister were fighting. Their mother was tired of the fighting and decided to punish them by making them stand o...
I'm pleasing to the eye A tool for many absent of mind A tapestry of fickle lies Blind to even the most pensive spies I'm often th...
Creatures of power, creatures of grace, Creatures of beauty, creatures of strength. As for their lives, they set everything's pace...
I have the same name as a porcelain face, yet I carry great loads from place to place.
There are 20 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it without turning his...
Always invisible, yet never out of sight. What are they?
How high would you have to count before you would use the letter A in the English language spelling of a whole number