286 hard riddles with progressive hints and detailed explanations
Can you find the last number in the number sequence given below? 10 : 10 : 20 : 45 : 110 : 300 : ?
A man was to be sentenced and the judge told him you may make a statement. If you tell the truth I'll sentence you to 4 years, how...
A man is in an area where blue-backed frogs are quite common. He finds one and it then begins to rain quite hard, to which he bec...
Question: If you randomly choose one of the following answers to this question, what is your chance of getting it right? A) 50% B...
There is a party of 100 high-powered politicians. All of them are either honest or liars. You walk in knowing two things: - At le...
I'm teary-eyed but never cry. Silver-tongued, but never lie. Double-winged, but never fly. Air-cooled, but never dry. What am I?
Take 9 from 6, 10 from 9, 50 from 40 and leave 6.
A thief enters a shop and threatens the clerk, forcing him to open the safe. The clerk says, "The code for the safe is different e...
My sister has two children. I had two children. My brother has two children. My cousin has two children. Wow, that's a lot of chil...
You want to hire a temporary employee for one month. You offer him reasonable wages, but the employee suggests an alternative. For...
Four people come to an old bridge in the middle of the night. The bridge is rickety and can only support 2 people at a time. The p...
Walking home one day, you take a short cut along the train tracks. The tracks cross a narrow bridge over a deep gorge. At the poin...
You came to a fork in the road. One path leads to your destination, the other to a cliff 200 km away. There are two people there s...
You start with 1000 then add 40 add another 1000 then add 30 add another 1000 then add 20 add one more 1000 then add 10 what is yo...
A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. What time is it?
Of all the numbers whose literal representations in capital letters consists only of straight line segments (for example, FIVE), o...
What is the significance of the following: The year is 1978, thirty-four minutes past noon on May 6th.
If half of five was two what would a third of ten be?
George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee. Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda. Is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda?
A man is writing a letter. The power goes off and he dies. Why?
First tell me who lives in disguise, who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next, give me the sound often heard during t...
You see a boat filled with people. You look again, but this time you don't see a single person on the boat. Why? Hint: The boat h...
What is it that goes up and goes down but does not move?
What row of numbers comes next? 1 11 21 1211 111221 312211 13112221