241 riddles with progressive hints and detailed explanations
An evening there was a murder in the home of a married couple, their son and daughter. One of these four people murdered one of th...
A Japanese ship captain left his ring by his bunk for 10 minutes. When he returned it was gone. The cook said he was preparing din...
Tarun is found dead at his desk. Police find his wristwatch on his right arm, a torn picture of his wife on the floor, and a calen...
A woman on trial for killing her husband claims she's innocent. Her lawyer announces that the husband will walk through the courtr...
When the son of the water returns to the parent, it dies. What is it?
At the bottom of a large hill, more than 40 cars are involved in an accident. Some are overturned and others are stacked on top of...
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 girl is at the funeral of her mother. She meets a wonderful man she's never seen before, but they hit it off. She doesn't get hi...
A couple went to Hawaii on their honeymoon. The husband returned alone, saying his wife died in a boating accident. Police spoke t...
A man walked into a bar and asked the bartender for a glass of water. The bartender pulled out a gun and pointed it at the man. Th...
British Police inspect a room where there are no windows, no doors, no tables and is almost empty except there is just a puddle of...
A man pushed his car to a hotel and knew he was bankrupt. How?
A detective who was mere days from cracking an international smuggling ring has suddenly gone missing. While inspecting his last-k...
Two men play 5 games of checkers. Each man wins the same number of games. There are no ties. How is this possible?
You have two ropes. Each rope can burn in exactly one hour. The ropes are not of the same length or width. Both ropes are also not...
Only one of the following statements is true, which one is it? One statement here is false. Two statements here are false. Three s...
No matter how hard you try, I can open what you can't. If it wasn't for me, on your front porch you would stand. What am I?
How can you place a pencil on the floor so that no one can jump over it?
There's a place in the world where the wind blows south then suddenly north. Where is it?
An intelligent trader travels from one place to another with 3 sacks having 30 coconuts each. No sack can hold more than 30 coconu...
Two men are in a desert. They both have packs on. One of them is dead. The other man has his pack open, and the man who is dead ha...
Three spies, suspected as double agents, speak as follows when questioned: Albert: "Bertie is a mole." Bertie: "Cedric is a mole....
Suppose there are twin brothers, one which always tells the truth and one which always lies. (So in this case they both know what...