241 riddles with progressive hints and detailed explanations
A detective finds a coded message at a crime scene: 710 57735 34 5508 51 7718. There are 3 suspects: Bill, John, and Todd. Who is...
A man who lives in a fifty-story building decides to jump out of his window. He survives with no injuries. How?
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...
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...
When the son of the water returns to the parent, it dies. What is it?
I walk on 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs at noon, and 3 legs at night. What am I?
I give you a group of three. One is sitting down, and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always...
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 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...
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 chemist was murdered in his lab. The only clue was a note listing chemical substances: nickel, carbon, oxygen, lanthanum and sul...
A detective who was mere days from cracking an international smuggling ring has suddenly gone missing. While inspecting his last-k...
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...
Two men play 5 games of checkers. Each man wins the same number of games. There are no ties. How is this possible?
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?
An intelligent trader travels from one place to another with 3 sacks having 30 coconuts each. No sack can hold more than 30 coconu...
There's a place in the world where the wind blows south then suddenly north. Where is it?
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...