241 riddles with progressive hints and detailed explanations
First tell me who lives in disguise, who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next, give me the sound often heard during t...
There were two men walking around on a deserted island with no food or water. One of the men got so hungry that he killed and ate...
There are 2 ducks in front of 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks behind 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks beside 2 other ducks. How m...
A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half an hour. How long will the pills last?
There were an electrician and a plumber waiting in line for admission to the Home Show. One of them was the father of the others s...
A man is in a maze, suddenly the power shuts off. He walks on and it gets colder and colder. He comes to a set of doors numbered 1...
You're in a room with no windows and no doors. All that's in there is a table and a mirror. How do you get out?
There are nine metal dice. 1 die is slightly lighter than the other 8. If you had a balance scale and only two attempts, how could...
A clock chimes 5 times in 4 seconds. How many times will it chime in 10 seconds?
If you go to the movies and you're paying, is it cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice, or two friends to the movies at t...
What US state is surrounded by the most water?
Walking home one day, you take a short cut along the train tracks. The tracks cross a narrow bridge over a deep gorge. At the poin...
There are two doors and there is one guard for each door. One door leads to life and the other leads to death. You have only one q...
What is always slow to come, but never actually happens?
What needs to be broken before it can be used?
Four people come to an old bridge in the middle of the night. The bridge is rickety and can only support 2 people at a time. The p...
You came to a fork in the road. One path leads to your destination, the other to a cliff 200 km away. There are two people there s...
Some cogs are tigs. All tigs are bons. Some bons are pabs. Some pabs are tigs. Therefore, cogs are definitely pabs. - True or Fal...
Jack is a farmer and owns some chickens. One day, he took a basket of fresh eggs to the market to sell. The first person bought h...
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him under water for five minutes. Finally, she hangs him. Five minutes later they enjoy a w...
I have one, you have one. If you remove the first letter, a bit remains. If you remove the second, bit still remains. After much t...
Jenna wrote all the numbers from 300 to 400 on a piece of paper. How many times did she write the digit 3?
The following sentence is false. The preceding sentence is true. Are these sentences true or false?
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 measuri...