216 medium riddles with progressive hints and detailed explanations
I am excellent to taste, but horrible to smell. What am I?
You can't see me, but I can see you. To be more specific, I see through. What am I?
When Henry was six, he hammered a nail into his favourite tree to mark his height. Five years later at age eleven, he returned. If...
A woman enters a large metal tube. She is overcome with fear and clenches her husband's hand. A few hours later, her husband tells...
A clever thief was brought before a king to receive his punishment. The king, feeling merciful, asked the thief how he would like...
When I am released to the wind, you look away and you pretend, but away your friends I will send. What am I?
Suppose there are twin brothers, one which always tells the truth and one which always lies. (So in this case they both know what...
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?
An apple is 40 cents, a banana is 60 cents and a grapefruit is 80 cents. How much is a pear?
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 you see a reflection of an analogue clock which shows 2:30, what will be the original time?
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...
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...
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...
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 have no eyes, ears, tongue, or nose. Yet I see, hear, taste, and smell everything. What am I?
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...
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?
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...
A noble device, cursed to accept disgraceful treatment. It's absence can tell a man he doesn't belong. What is it?
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...