216 medium riddles with progressive hints and detailed explanations
I live in a really noisy place, and I only appear when my loud friend is with me. I have my house high in the air, and I cause dea...
There are three doors. The first has fire and lava. The second has lions that haven't eaten in 5 years. The third has a 1,000-foot...
On the first day of school, a history teacher was murdered. The suspects: a landscaper mowing the lawn, a math teacher giving a mi...
No legs have I to dance, no lungs have I to breathe, no life have I to live or die, and yet I do all three. What am I?
A clever thief was brought before a king to receive his punishment. The king, feeling merciful, asked the thief how he would like...
An apple is 40 cents, a banana is 60 cents and a grapefruit is 80 cents. How much is a pear?
Suppose there are twin brothers, one which always tells the truth and one which always lies. (So in this case they both know what...
When I am released to the wind, you look away and you pretend, but away your friends I will send. What am I?
There are 25 red balls, 47 green balls and 3 blue balls in a basket. There is a blind man. What is the minimum number of balls tha...
If three men can chop down three trees in three hours, how many men will it take to chop down six trees in six hours?
Jim and Wanda both have some apples. If Jim gives Wanda an apple, they will both have the same number of apples. However, if Wanda...
If you see a reflection of an analogue clock which shows 2:30, what will be the original time?
In a bicycle race, the man who came two places in front of the last man finished one ahead of the man who came fifth. How many con...
Take me with you and I'll lead you anywhere. Flip me around and I'll annoy you.
You enter one hole and leave three, once you succeed I'm on thee? What am I?
It turns into a different story. What is it?
I have no bed to sleep nor do I have a palace to live. I don't have a single penny with me, but still I am known to be a king. Who...
I am as simple as a circle, worthless as a leader but when I follow a group, their strength increases tenfold. By myself I'm pract...
I have no eyes, ears, tongue, or nose. Yet I see, hear, taste, and smell everything. What am I?
I am a poison strong enough to kill the sturdiest of men but I have the power to make even the vilest of dishes irresistible. What...
A man is considering how quickly his life has flown by. He thinks to himself, "the day before yesterday I was 37, and next year I...
100 passengers are boarding a plane with 100 seats. The first passenger in line has lost his boarding pass and chooses a random se...
I have a single waving hand I'm present in places across the land On fairer days, I depart I shorten with a broken heart. What a...
Three matches are sitting on a table. Without adding another make the three matches four. You are not allowed to break any of the...