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...
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...
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...
A man died and went to heaven where there were millions of people. Everyone was naked and looked as they did at age 21. He saw a c...
In a large, completely empty wooden barn, a dead man hangs from the middle of the central rafter by a rope. The nearest wall is 20...
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 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 couple went to Hawaii on their honeymoon. The husband returned alone, saying his wife died in a boating accident. Police spoke t...
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 murderer is condemned to death. He must choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fire. The second is full of assa...
There are three doors. The first has fire and lava. The second has lions that haven't eaten in 5 years. The third has a 1,000-foot...
On the first day of school, a history teacher was murdered. The suspects: a landscaper mowing the lawn, a math teacher giving a mi...
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...
A detective who was mere days from cracking an international smuggling ring has suddenly gone missing. While inspecting his last-k...
Only one of the following statements is true, which one is it? One statement here is false. Two statements here are false. Three s...
An intelligent trader travels from one place to another with 3 sacks having 30 coconuts each. No sack can hold more than 30 coconu...
How can you place a pencil on the floor so that no one can jump over it?
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?
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...