241 riddles with progressive hints and detailed explanations
A claustrophobic lady gets on a train. The train enters a tunnel just as it is leaving the station. Where should she sit?
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 close...
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
I'm where yesterday follows today and tomorrow is in the middle. What am I?
I have an eye but cannot see. I'm faster than any man alive and have no limbs. What am I?
Samuel was out for a walk and it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked...
Everyone has me but nobody can lose me. What am I?
If I say, "Everything I tell you is a lie", am I telling you the truth or a lie?
I have seven letters and am something you eat. My only anagram can help your pain. If you remove my first 2 letters I wear things...
We travelled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking wes...
A man is shown a portrait painting. He looks closely, then exclaims rather cryptically: "Brothers and sisters have I none, but tha...
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of a...
A girl was ten on her last birthday, and will be twelve on her next birthday. How is this possible?
In the fathers will, he states that his sons must race their horse, and the son with the slowest horse will receive the fathers en...
If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?
Is an older one-hundred dollar bill worth more than a newer one?
Why are manholes round instead of square?
What gets broken without being held?
There are three light switches outside a room. Inside is a single light bulb, controlled by one of the three switches. You need to...
Usain and Mo race one another over 100m. When Usain crosses the finish line, Mo is only at the 90m mark. They agree to have a seco...
A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in port. The bottom rung of the ladder touches the water. The distance between run...
You have two ropes. Each rope takes one hour to burn. These ropes are not identical, nor are they uniform; i.e. it does not necess...
Whoever makes it, tells it not; whoever takes it, knows it not; and whoever knows it, wants it not. What is it?