Medium Difficulty Riddles
Medium difficulty riddles sit in the sweet spot: challenging enough to make you think, but not so hard that you give up. These require a bit more lateral thinking, wordplay awareness, or logical deduction than easy riddles. They are ideal for group problem-solving sessions, date nights, or whenever you want a satisfying mental challenge.
188 medium riddles
A couple sharing five a piece, Stretching, spreading, loudly meet, We are known to often calm, And yet were better known to harm, To help and build, our team of...
There is something blue flying through the air, something red is falling of the roof, and at the same moment the phone rings... What is it?
I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner...
Iron roof, glass walls, burns and burns and never falls.
I cannot be other than what I am, Until the man who made me dies, Power and glory will fall to me finally, Only when he last closes his eyes.
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?
A man is on the run from the police, after stealing large gold bars. He has 3 gold bars in his arms - each weighing 10kg each. The problem is, as he runs from t...
If you break me I do not stop working, If you touch me I may be snared, If you lose me Nothing will matter.
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?
James ordered a fishing rod, priced at $3.56. Unfortunately, James is an Eskimo who lives in a very remote part of Greenland and the import rules there forbid a...
A man went on a trip with a fox, a goose and a sack of corn. He came upon a stream which he had to cross and found a tiny boat to use to cross the stream. He co...
There is a man lying dead in his office. He is all alone and the doors and windows are locked from the inside. There are no marks on him. There is no blood. The...
A man decides to buy a nice horse. He pays $600 for it and he is very content with this strong animal. After a year the value of the horse has increased to $700...
You have a 5 gallon bucket, a 3 gallon bucket, and a hose to fill them up. You need to get 4 gallons. You have no means of measuring how many gallons are in eac...
What is the value of 1/2 of 2/3 of 3/4 of 4/5 of 5/6 of 6/7 of 7/8 of 8/9 of 9/10 of 1000?
Alex was the strongest man in the world. He can lift up something that weighs 1000 kg easily. He can even pick up five women at once without any pain. But one d...
A man murders his wife with a knife in their car. Nobody is around to see this. He throws her out of the car being careful not to leave any fingerprints on her...
A man was found dead next to a 13 story building. The police say it was a suicide, but you say it was a homicide (someone killed him). To prove this, you go to...
A man goes out drinking every night, returning to his home in the wee hours of every morning. No matter how much he drinks, he never gets a hangover. This drink...
I'm like a doll, But I'm not for playing; I stand up straight, but if windy I may be laying; I'm well-known and famous for having no brain; I work outside both...