All Riddles
A man lives on the 20th floor of a building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the ground floor and goes to work. In the evening, he gets in...
A man is found dead in a locked room with a puddle of water and some broken glass on the floor. There is no furniture in the room. How did he die?
A man pushes his car to a hotel and loses all his money. What happened?
A man writes something on a piece of paper, places it face down on the table, and then flips a coin. He shows you the paper — his prediction of the co...
Two people stand on opposite sides of a bridge. They both walk toward each other, meet in the middle, and then each continues walking. Yet neither of ...
A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a glass of water. The bartender pulls out a gun and points it at the man. The man says 'Thank you' a...
A woman turns off the light in her bedroom and manages to get into bed before the room is dark. The bed is 5 meters from the light switch. How does sh...
A man is sentenced to death. He is given a choice between two rooms. One room is full of raging fire, the other is full of assassins with loaded guns....
A woman looks at a calendar and says, 'The day before yesterday I was 25, but next year I will be 28.' How is this possible?
A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a glass of water. The bartender pulls out a gun and points it at him. The man says 'Thank you' and w...
A man is lying dead in an empty field. There is an unopened package next to him. No other person or animal was involved. How did he die?
A father and his son are in a car accident. The father dies. The boy is rushed to the hospital. The surgeon looks at the boy and says, 'I can't operat...
A man is found hanging from the ceiling in an otherwise empty locked room. There is a puddle of water beneath him. How did he hang himself?
Two twins are born on the same day to the same mother, in the same year, at the same hospital, but they are not twins. How is this possible?
A completely deaf dog is sleeping in the middle of a road. A truck comes speeding toward it without honking. The dog is not hit. How?
A town has only one barber. The barber shaves everyone who does not shave themselves. A visitor notices the barber has a perfectly clean-shaven face. ...
A man is found dead in a cabin in the woods. The cabin is not a building. How did he die?
The music stopped. A woman died. What happened?
At a party, everyone who drank the punch died. But the woman who drank the most punch survived. How?
A man shows you two cards. One is completely black on both sides. The other is black on one side and white on the other. He puts them in a bag and pul...
Three men stand in a line. Each has a hat placed on their head — either black or white — from a set of three black and two white hats. Each man can se...
Two trains are on the same track heading toward each other. One goes 60 mph, the other 40 mph. They are 100 miles apart. They do not crash. How?
A woman drops a raw egg onto a concrete floor from a height of two meters. The egg does not break. How?
A cabin in the woods has two dead people inside. There are no footprints in the snow leading to or from the cabin. How did they get there?
A woman is swimming in the ocean. She sees a human arm floating in the water. She is not scared at all. Why?
Three people are stranded on a desert island. One of them is found dead with a broken match in his hand. The other two are alive and well. What happen...
A woman receives a phone call in the middle of the night. She picks up the phone, listens for a moment, then smiles and goes back to sleep peacefully....
A man is found dead, hanging from the ceiling in an otherwise empty room. There is a puddle of water beneath him. How did he die?
A woman is found dead in her apartment. The only witness is her parrot, but the parrot never says anything useful to the police. However, the police a...
A man gets into an elevator on the 30th floor. When the elevator reaches the ground floor, the man is dead. The elevator worked perfectly and no one e...
A man looks at a photograph and says, 'Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son.' Who is in the photograph?
A grandfather clock strikes six in five seconds. How long does it take to strike twelve?
A cabin is found burned on a mountainside. Inside are several dead bodies. No one set the fire deliberately. What happened?
A man shoots an arrow at another man. The arrow hits an apple on the second man's head. Both men are happy. Why?
Police find a dead body in the trunk of a car at an airport parking lot. The car belongs to the dead person. There is no foul play. What happened?
Two men sit down to play chess. They play five complete games. Each man wins three games. No draws. How is this possible?
A woman puts her husband's shirt in the washing machine. When she takes it out, she decides to call a divorce lawyer. Why?
Every Sunday a man goes to the hospital and asks to see his brother. The nurses let him in even though visiting hours are over. Why?
I have two coins that add up to 30 cents. One of them is not a nickel. What are the two coins?
In the red house there are red bricks. In the blue house there are blue bricks. What is in the greenhouse?
A night security guard tells his boss he dreamed the building would be robbed that night. The boss fires him immediately. Why?
You are a bus driver. At the first stop, five people get on. At the second, three get off and seven get on. At the third, two get off and four get on....
A blind beggar had a brother who died. But the dead man had no brother. How is this possible?
A man runs along a hallway, turns left, runs, turns left again, runs, turns left once more, and returns to where he started. Two masked men are waitin...
A farmer has 17 sheep. All but nine die. How many sheep does the farmer have left?
A man carries an umbrella every day but never uses it when it rains. Why?
A woman stopped driving her car forever after a perfectly normal trip to the grocery store. Nothing bad happened during the trip. Why did she stop?
A man wears two watches on the same wrist every day. Both work perfectly. Why does he wear two?
A man is found dead in a locked room with a puddle of water and some broken glass on the floor. How did he die?
A man is found dead in the middle of the desert. He is wearing a backpack. There are no footprints around him. How did he die?
A man attends a funeral and smiles the entire time. Nobody thinks he is being disrespectful. Why is he smiling?
A girl ran through heavy rain for ten minutes but not a single hair on her head got wet. She had no umbrella, hat, or shelter. How?
A man is found dead in a locked room. There is a puddle of water and some broken glass on the floor. How did he die?
A lake that existed for thousands of years vanished overnight, but no one drained it and there was no earthquake. What happened?
A man cuts into a tree and red liquid flows out. He panics and calls the police. Was the tree actually bleeding?
A scientist claims she saw a river flowing uphill. No pumps, no tricks, no illusions. Is she lying?
A waterfall was completely frozen solid, yet water was still flowing at its base. How is this possible?
A man holds a lighter to a snowball and the snow appears to burn and turn black. Is the snow actually on fire?
A hiker enters a lush green forest but hears absolutely no birds, insects, or animal sounds. The forest is healthy with no pollution. Why is it silent...
After a storm, a man finds a live fish stuck in a tree several meters above the ground. Nobody placed it there. How did it get there?
There was no moon and no artificial lights, yet the night sky was bright enough to read a book outdoors. What caused the brightness?
A river is boiling hot in one spot but ice-cold just a few meters downstream. There are no hot springs or volcanic vents visible. What is happening?
A man walks into a seaside restaurant and orders albatross soup. After one sip, he leaves the restaurant, goes home, and ends his life. Why?
A traveler walks across a desert and the sand starts making a deep humming sound beneath their feet. No machines or speakers are around. What is causi...
Villagers reported that a cloud fell from the sky onto a hillside. Scientists confirmed something did cover the hill. What actually happened?
A fire has been burning underground for over fifty years. Nobody keeps feeding it fuel. How is it still burning?
A woman touches a plant and its leaves instantly fold shut and droop down. She didn't break or damage it. Is the plant alive and healthy?
It was the middle of summer and suddenly white flakes began falling from a clear blue sky. It wasn't snow. What was falling?
A man finds an animal lying perfectly still on the road, tongue out, eyes glazed, not breathing. He assumes it's dead. Thirty minutes later, it walks ...
Red rain fell from the sky for several days. It wasn't blood and it wasn't pollution. What caused the rain to be red?
During a dry windstorm at night, the air around power lines began to glow blue and purple. Nothing was on fire. What was happening?
Hikers near a frozen lake hear strange musical tones coming from the ice. No one is playing an instrument. What causes the sound?
Two twins were born on the same day, in the same year, from the same mother, at the same hospital, but they have different birthdays. How is this poss...
A man carries a key everywhere he goes, but it doesn't open any lock. Is the key made of metal?
A woman bought a lock for her most valuable possession. The lock has no keyhole. Did she buy it at a hardware store?
A clock hangs on a wall and tells the time accurately, but it has no hands. Is it battery-powered?
A man drinks from a bottle every single day, yet the bottle never gets empty. Is the liquid inside water?
A father and his son are in a car accident. The father dies instantly. The boy is rushed to the hospital for surgery. The surgeon looks at the boy and...
A magician shows a coin that always lands on heads. Does the coin have a tails side?
A man received a card but he cannot play any game with it. Did someone give it to him?
A woman lights a candle every evening but it never gets shorter. Is the flame real?
A girl uses scissors every day at work, but they never cut anything. Does she work in an office?
A man puts on glasses every morning, but they don't help him see better. Does he have perfect vision?
A woman opens an umbrella indoors but nobody tells her to close it. Is she superstitious?
A ladder stands in a room but nobody climbs it to reach a higher place. Is the ladder broken?
A man keeps a rope in his living room but it never holds or ties anything. Is the rope decorative?
A boy carries a coin in his pocket every day but he can never buy anything with it. Is the coin fake?
A woman has a bottle on her desk but she never drinks from it. Is the bottle empty?
You are outside a room with three light switches. Inside the room there are three light bulbs. You can only enter the room once. How do you determine ...
A candle has been lighting a room for over ten years without being replaced. Is it a special type of wax?
A woman looks at a broken clock that has stopped. She smiles and leaves for work, arriving exactly on time. She never checked any other timepiece. How...
A man is found dead in a locked room with a puddle of water and broken glass on the floor. There is no furniture in the room. How did he die?
Two twins were born on the same day, same year, same mother, same father, but they are not identical and not fraternal twins. How is this possible?
A woman walks into a library and asks the librarian for books about paranoia. The librarian whispers, 'They're right behind you!' The woman screams an...
A man needs to cross a wide river. There is no bridge, no boat, and he cannot swim. Yet he crosses it safely without getting wet. How?
A photographer takes a picture of a completely dark room with no flash and no light source. When the photo is developed, you can clearly see a table w...
A man offers you a bet. He flips a coin 10 times and gets heads every single time. He then bets you that the next flip will also be heads. Should you ...
A woman was born in 1990 but she only celebrated her 7th birthday in 2018. How is this possible?
Four people need to cross a dark bridge at night with only one flashlight. The bridge can hold at most two people at a time. Person A takes 1 minute, ...
A prisoner must choose between two doors. One leads to freedom, the other to death. Each door has a guard. One guard always tells the truth, the other...
At a party, everyone drinks from the same punch bowl. All guests who arrived early are fine, but all guests who arrived late died of poisoning. The pu...
A man receives a letter in the mail. The envelope has his address written correctly, proper postage, and a return address. He opens the envelope and f...
A woman carries a heavy suitcase through the airport. At security, the officers scan it and find nothing unusual. She boards the plane, and the suitca...
In a small town, the barber shaves everyone who does not shave themselves. A stranger asks: does the barber shave himself? The barber smiles and shows...
A window washer falls from a 40-story building, lands on concrete, and walks away completely uninjured. How?
A boy throws a ball as hard as he can. The ball comes back to him without hitting anything or anyone, and no one else touches it. There are no walls, ...
You are running a race and you overtake the person in second place. What position are you in now?
A man pushes his car to a hotel and loses all his money. What happened?
A truck driver goes down a one-way street the wrong way. A police officer sees him but does not stop him. Why?
A man looks at a photograph and says: 'Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son.' Who is in the photograph?
A plane crashes exactly on the border between two countries. In which country do they bury the survivors?
How many times can you subtract 5 from 25?
A woman shoots her husband, holds him underwater for five minutes, then hangs him. Thirty minutes later, they go out together for dinner. How?
A man walks into a bar and asks for a glass of water. The bartender pulls out a gun and points it at him. The man says 'thank you' and leaves. Why?
A man looks through a window, sees a crime happening, and calls the police. When the police arrive, the window is broken from the inside. The man says...
A man walks outside for 30 minutes without an umbrella or a hat. His clothes get completely soaked, but not a single hair on his head gets wet. How is...
A man lives on the 20th floor and always takes the elevator up but walks down the stairs. Is the elevator broken?
A woman walks into a bar, asks for a glass of water, and the bartender points a gun at her. She thanks him and leaves. Why?
A man is afraid to go home because a man with a mask is waiting there. Should he call the police?
A woman shoots her husband, holds him underwater for five minutes, then hangs him. Later they enjoy a lovely dinner together. How?
There is an airport where no planes ever land or take off. Is this possible?
A train sits on the tracks but never moves. People visit it every day. What is it?
A ship is sitting in the middle of a desert, far from any ocean. Is this real?
A submarine is resting in the middle of a grassy field. Did someone put it there?
A lighthouse stands tall but has never shone a light. How is this possible?
There is a bridge that nobody ever crosses. Why does it exist?
A man enters a tunnel but there is no exit on the other side. How does he get through?
A skyscraper has been built but it has no floors inside. What is going on?
A woman pushes her car to a hotel and immediately goes bankrupt. What happened?
A man is found dead in a field with an unopened package next to him. No one else is around. How did he die?
A man walks into a bar and asks for a glass of water. The bartender pulls out a gun and points it at him. The man says 'thank you' and walks out. Why?
Two fathers and two sons go fishing. They each catch one fish, yet only three fish are caught in total. How?
A man lives in a house with four walls, each facing south. A bear walks past the window. What color is the bear?
A woman shoots her husband, holds him underwater for five minutes, then hangs him. Thirty minutes later, they go out and enjoy dinner together. How?
A man gets a flat tire near a mental asylum. While changing the tire, he loses all four lug nuts in a sewer drain. How does he solve the problem?
A prisoner must choose between three rooms: one full of fire, one full of assassins with loaded guns, and one full of lions that haven't eaten in thre...
A truck driver is going the wrong way down a one-way street. He passes at least ten police officers. Why is he not caught?
A man looks at a portrait on a wall and says: 'Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son.' Who is in the portrait?
A man enters a dark cabin with a single match. There is a candle, an oil lamp, and a fireplace. Which does he light first?
An airplane crashes exactly on the border between two countries. Where do they bury the survivors?
A girl kicks a soccer ball ten feet away. It comes back to her without hitting anything or anyone. How?
A boat is anchored in a harbor with a rope ladder hanging from the side, rungs one foot apart. At low tide, five rungs are above water. If the tide ri...
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain on Earth?
A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every thirty minutes. How long do the pills last?
A farmer has seventeen sheep. All but nine die. How many sheep does the farmer have left?
A clerk at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and wears size thirteen shoes. What does he weigh?
How can a man go eight days without sleep?
You find a cabin in the woods. Everyone inside is dead, but there is no sign of violence. The doors and windows are intact. What happened?
A man is found dead in a locked room. The only clue is a puddle of water on the floor. What happened?
A woman enters a large department store, walks through the perfume section, and suddenly starts crying. She hasn't lost anything or received bad news....
A man dies in his own home. Police find fifty-three bicycles outside. The bicycles have nothing to do with his death. How did he die?
A photographer spends hours in a completely dark room every day. Is there something wrong with the lights?
A famous painter cut off part of his own ear. Did someone attack him?
A musician deliberately smashes his guitar at the end of every concert. Is he angry at the audience?
A ballerina's feet bleed after every performance. Is she being forced to dance?
An actor dies on stage every night but shows up to work the next morning. Is he a ghost?
A woman shoots people for a living and everyone is happy about it. Is she a criminal?
A woman walks into a restaurant and orders a glass of water. The waiter pulls out a gun and points it at her. She says 'thank you' and leaves. Did she...
A man pushes his car to a hotel and immediately goes bankrupt. What happened?
A woman shoots her husband, holds him underwater for five minutes, then hangs him. Thirty minutes later they dine together. How?
A teacher has 30 students. All but 9 leave the classroom. How many students remain?
A pianist performs a flawless concert but the audience boos. Nobody is hostile or rude. Why do they boo?
A chef cooks the same meal every day but never eats it. He loves the dish and is not on a diet. Why?
A doctor gives a patient three pills and tells him to take one every half hour. How long until all pills are taken?
A man rides the elevator to the 10th floor every evening but takes the stairs from the 7th floor every morning. Is the elevator broken?
A baby falls out of a 20-story building window but survives without a scratch. Is the baby superhuman?
A woman shoots her husband, holds him underwater for five minutes, then hangs him. Later they enjoy dinner together. Is she a murderer?
A satellite sends a signal to Earth. The signal travels at the speed of light, yet the message arrives before it was sent. Is this possible?
Two trains start at the same time from cities 300 km apart, heading toward each other. One goes 60 km/h, the other 90 km/h. A bird flies back and fort...
A programmer sets a password that is impossible to type on a keyboard. Yet she logs in every day without any special hardware. How?
A clock stops at exactly 3:15. The owner looks at it twice, six hours apart, and both times believes it shows the correct time. How?
A bridge can only hold one vehicle at a time. Two cars enter from opposite ends simultaneously, yet both cross safely. How?
A spaceship has enough fuel for a one-way trip to Mars. It reaches Mars and returns to Earth without refueling. How?
An elevator has no buttons inside. People still reach every floor they want. How?
A pilot flies over an island every day. One day the island is gone but it hasn't sunk. What happened?
A traveler sees the sun at midnight. She is not in space and not using any device. Where is she?
A scientist stands in a room where nothing has weight. She is on Earth, not in water. Where is she?
Hundreds of people attend a concert. The musicians play for two hours, but nobody in the audience hears a single note. Why?
A woman swims across a lake but her hair stays completely dry. She wears no cap or helmet. How?
A man throws a glass off a 50-story building. It doesn't break. How?
A safe has a five-digit code. The owner never memorized it and has no written copy. Yet he opens it instantly every time. How?
A spy writes a message that nobody can read. She uses no code or cipher. The recipient reads it easily. How?
You face two doors. One leads to freedom, one to a trap. Two guards stand there — one always lies, one always tells the truth. You can ask one questio...
A man enters a room that gets smaller every minute. After an hour, the room is tiny but he is unharmed. How?
A river flows uphill for several kilometers. There is no pump or mechanical device. How?
A man makes a phone call with a phone that has no battery. He is not near any power source. How?
A woman takes a perfect photo but she has no camera, phone, or any device. How?
A man is found dead in a locked room. There is a puddle of water on the floor and broken glass. No weapon, no intruder. What happened?
A man is found dead in the middle of a desert wearing a backpack. The backpack is unopened. What happened?
Two people are found dead inside a cabin in the woods. The cabin is destroyed but no one else was around. What happened?
A man eats at a restaurant on an island. He orders albatross soup. After one bite, he leaves, goes home, and takes his own life. Why?
A woman lives on the 25th floor. Every morning she takes the elevator down. Every evening she takes it to the 20th floor and walks up five flights. On...
The music stopped. She died. Explain.
A scuba diver is found dead in a burnt forest far from any water. How did he get there?
A woman receives a package containing a human arm. She smiles and sends a thank-you note. Why?
Two friends drink the same poisoned iced tea. One drinks it fast and survives. The other sips slowly and dies. Why?
A man is found hanging in an otherwise empty locked room. There is a puddle beneath him. How did he hang himself?
A man sees another man get pushed off a train platform. He does nothing and walks away calmly. He is not a criminal. Why?
A lighthouse keeper is found dead. The lighthouse light was off all night and a ship crashed on the rocks. But the keeper didn't fail at his job. What...
Two strangers played five complete games of chess. Each won three games. No draws. How?
A boat is found in the middle of a lake with the engine running. No one is on board. The water is calm. What happened?
A window washer falls from a 40-story building and survives without injury. How?
A man driving a black car with headlights off speeds down a dark street. A black cat crosses the road. No streetlights. He stops in time. How?
A man checks into a hotel. He calls the front desk immediately and says he's trapped and can't get out. The door is unlocked. What's wrong?
A kidnapper gives his victim two pills — one is poison, one is safe. The victim picks one, the kidnapper takes the other. The victim always dies. How ...
A man finds a coin dated 46 BC. He takes it to an expert who immediately says it's a fake. How does the expert know?
A father and his son are in a terrible car crash. The father dies. The son is rushed to the hospital. The surgeon looks at the boy and says, 'I can't ...
Twins are born minutes apart, but they celebrate their birthdays on different days. How?
A man claims he hasn't slept in ten years. Doctors confirm he's perfectly healthy. Is he telling the truth?
A woman boards a plane with a ticket in her name, sits in her assigned seat, and doesn't break any rules. Yet the flight attendant asks her to leave b...
A man flies the same route every Monday for a year. One Monday he arrives at the airport but refuses to board even though the flight is on time and hi...
A doctor walks into a hospital room and sees a patient she has never met. She immediately says 'I'm sorry for your loss' before any examination. She i...
A man checks into a hospital perfectly healthy. After three days without any treatment or illness, he cannot walk. No one harmed him. What happened?
A student gets a perfect score on every test but is expelled at the end of the year. The school admits she did nothing wrong. Why?
A teacher writes the correct answer on the board, but every student in the class copies it down wrong. The teacher planned this. Why?
A man orders dinner at a fine restaurant. The food is delicious, the service is perfect, but he calls the police after paying. Why?
A woman eats at the same restaurant every day for a month. On the last day, the chef comes out and cries. She never spoke to the chef before. Why?
A man sits on a boat in the middle of a lake every morning, but he never gets wet and the boat never moves. Is this possible?
A woman boards a train that travels from city A to city B in two hours. She arrives at city B, but she has been on the train for five hours. Did the t...
A man opens a safe that has been locked for 50 years. Inside he finds something that was not there when it was locked. Is this possible?
A woman is found dead in her home, and the cause of death is drowning. There is no water anywhere in the house. Was she murdered?
A woman found her prize roses destroyed every morning, yet the garden gate was always locked. No footprints in the soil. Did an animal do this?
A farmer harvested his entire wheat field, but the next morning his barn was completely empty. There were no tire tracks or footprints leading away. W...
A factory worker heard a scream during the night shift, but when security checked, every worker was calmly at their station. No one was missing. Did s...
Every morning a man rides the elevator alone to the 20th floor, but his coworkers say no one works on that floor. The building directory confirms it i...
A woman leaves a coffee cup on a table and walks away. She never returns to pick it up, yet the cup is gone the next morning. No one stole it. What ha...
A man is found dead in a field. He is wearing a backpack. The backpack is empty. There are no footprints or tracks around him. How did he die?
A man opens a music box, listens to it play, and then dies. No poison, no weapon, no illness. The music itself caused his death. How?
There is a full-grown tree inside a room. The room has no windows and the door was never wide enough to bring the tree in. How did the tree get there?
A very rich man gives away all his money every day, yet he always has more money the next morning. He has no job, no business, no investments, and no ...
A witness at a trial says she saw the crime happen with her own eyes, from ten meters away, in broad daylight. The defendant is proven innocent. The w...
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What is it?
A man is caught stealing from his employer and is immediately dismissed. The next day, he shows up for work and the employer allows him to stay. Why?
A dog crossed a river without getting wet and without using a bridge, boat, or tunnel. How?
A man has two identical boxes. He fills one with feathers and one with lead. The box filled with feathers is heavier. How is this possible?
Two people drink from the same poisoned punch bowl at a party. One dies. One survives. The survivor drank more. How?
A boy blows out all the candles on his birthday cake in one breath and gets everything he wished for. His wish was for everyone in the room to be happ...
In a small town, the barber shaves all men who do not shave themselves. Who shaves the barber?
A man finds a note in a bottle washed up on shore. The note says: 'I dropped this bottle 10 miles out at sea at noon on July 4th.' The man is standing...
A man can read every book in the library except one. That book has his name on the cover. Why can he not read it?
A painter paints the inside of a room and then finds himself on the outside of the room. He did not go through any door, window, or opening. How?
Two brothers read the same newspaper article about a tragedy. One laughs. The other cries. Both have the same emotional reaction to the news. How?
A man swam uphill for an hour and was not exhausted. No pump, no machinery, no current assisted him. How?
A detective investigates a robbery and realizes he himself committed it. He has a perfect alibi and did not commit it while sleepwalking. How is this ...
A stopped clock is right more often than a clock that loses one minute per day. How?
A man moves to a small town with only two dentists. One dentist has perfect teeth; the other has terrible teeth. Which dentist should he choose?
A man is arrested for knowing too much about a crime he claims he did not commit. He is not psychic, and nobody told him the details. Yet he knows fac...
A musician performs a sold-out concert in a packed hall. He plays for an hour. Nobody in the audience hears a single note — yet they give him a standi...
A woman looks at a photograph and says, 'I have no sisters or brothers, but this person's mother is my mother's daughter.' The person in the photo die...
A man's clock is broken — it stopped completely and shows the wrong time. He refuses to replace or repair it. Yet twice every day it shows the exact c...
A witness to a robbery describes the criminal in perfect detail — height, hair, scar, clothing. Police find no one matching that description. Months l...
A man plants a tree in his garden. Ten years later, the tree has moved 3 metres from where he planted it. No one moved it. There was no earthquake or ...
A man genuinely loves Mondays more than any other day of the week. He is not unusual in any medical way, does not work weekends, and has a perfectly n...
A castaway sends a message in a bottle. Rescuers find the bottle, read the message, and immediately know exactly where the castaway is — not from coor...
A man opens a dictionary, finds the word he is looking for, and reads the definition. The definition is completely wrong — but the dictionary is not m...
One hundred people attend a party. By midnight, zero people have left. By 1 AM, zero people have left. Yet by 2 AM only one person remains. No one was...
A scientist weighs an empty sealed box on a precision scale. She then adds nothing to the box — puts nothing inside and takes nothing out. She seals i...
A man is running from armed attackers. He ducks into a building and hides behind a door. The attackers enter the building, search everywhere, and leav...
A man cannot lie — he is physically and mentally incapable of saying anything false. A stranger asks him: 'Are you going to say no to this question?' ...
Two planes collide mid-air over the ocean. All passengers on one plane survive. All passengers on the other plane die. The crash was equally violent f...
Two brothers are born minutes apart, grow up together, look identical, have the same DNA, and live in the same house for 30 years. Yet neither is the ...
A fish climbs a tree. This is not a fairy tale, the fish is real and alive, it truly climbs trees in nature. What is happening?
A thief breaks into a house and finds a safe. The safe is unlocked. He opens it, looks inside, closes it, and leaves without taking anything — even th...
A cartographer spends 20 years making the most accurate map ever created of a country. The government officially certifies it as the most precise map ...
A woman has worked at a company for 15 years. One day she is fired. She clears her desk, leaves the building, and is never seen at the company again. ...
A man reads a book with great difficulty. The book has no words, no pictures, no diagrams, and no braille. He is not illiterate and the book is not bl...
An election is held. Every single vote is cast, all votes are counted fairly and accurately, the result is certified. Yet nobody wins the election. Th...
A man watching the night sky notices something moving faster than the speed of light. He is not mistaken, there is no error, and it genuinely appears ...
A man places a coin on a table in full view of three people. Nobody moves. Nobody touches anything. One minute later the coin is gone. Nobody took it,...
A man reads a newspaper headline, puts the paper down, and immediately goes home and kills himself. He had never met the people mentioned in the artic...
A man reads a newspaper and immediately goes blind. He is not ill, and nothing is wrong with his eyes. Why?
A woman pushes her car up to a hotel and immediately knows she is bankrupt. How?
A man hears a song on the radio, pulls over his car, and shoots himself. Why?
A man buys a horse on Monday for $60, sells it on Tuesday for $70, buys it back on Wednesday for $80, and sells it again on Thursday for $90. Did he m...
A woman is found dead in a field. She has a pack on her back, but it is unopened. What happened?
A man falls off a 30-foot ladder and is not hurt at all. How is this possible?
A man shaves ten times a day and still has a beard. How?
A man lives on the 25th floor of an apartment building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the ground floor to go to work. When he comes home...
A rooster lays an egg on the peak of a roof. Which way does the egg roll?
A man is found dead in a locked room. There is a music player on the table and a pool of blood on the floor. What happened?
How many months have 28 days?
A woman wins the lottery. She gives all the money away within 24 hours and is perfectly happy. Why?
A father and son are in a car accident. The father dies. The boy is rushed to the hospital and needs surgery. The surgeon looks at the boy and says: "...
A man walks through the rain for 20 minutes without a hat or umbrella, yet not a single hair on his head gets wet. How?
Five people stand under a small umbrella in a rainstorm, and none of them get wet. How?
A man goes to a restaurant and orders turtle soup. He eats it, then goes home, calls his wife, and kills himself. Why?
A brick weighs one kilogram plus half a brick. How much does the brick weigh?
A woman dials a wrong number and ends up saving a stranger's life. How?
A man was born in 1970 and turned 40 in 1990. How is this possible?
A scientist spends thirty years studying a single tree, and when she dies, the tree is younger than when she began. How?
What gets wetter the more it dries?
A man is found dead in a locked room. He is holding the shortest match. Did he cause his own death?
A woman looks at a clock on her wall and it changes her life forever. The clock has not moved in years. Is she happy?
A man reads a newspaper and immediately knows that someone has been murdered. He was not at the scene, and the newspaper does not mention any murder. ...
A man puts on a suit and immediately gets wet. He is not near water and it is not raining. Is he dressed for a party?
A detective offers a suspect a cup of coffee. The suspect drinks it and confesses to the crime. Was the coffee poisoned or drugged?
A tree sings every day at the same time. There is no wind and no animals nearby. Is someone playing music?
A man steals a famous painting from a museum and is immediately caught. He hid it perfectly and no alarm was triggered. Was he betrayed by someone?
A woman wins a race and bursts into tears. She trained for years and this was her dream. Is she unhappy with her result?
A man publishes a book with no words in it and becomes famous. Is the book fiction?
A man dives into an empty swimming pool and survives without injury. Is he superhuman?
A man is arrested for murder. The murder weapon is a gun. The gun has never been fired. Is the man guilty?
A man cannot read, yet he makes a living writing books. Is he a fraud?
A woman receives a phone call from her husband who died three years ago. Is she dreaming or mentally ill?
An artist creates a sculpture that he knows will be destroyed. He is not upset about this. Is it vandalism?
A body is found in the middle of a field. There are no footprints leading to or from the body. The man died of a fall. Was he pushed?
A man enters a completely dark room and instantly knows exactly how many people are in it. He is not psychic, there are no sounds, and he did not coun...
A dog crosses a wide river without getting wet and without using a bridge, boat, or tunnel. Did someone carry it?
A man is trapped with two doors. Behind one door is freedom; behind the other is death. Two guards stand before the doors — one always lies, one alway...
Two identical twins are on trial for the same crime. Only one is guilty. The jury cannot tell them apart. They are both acquitted. Did justice fail?
A fisherman catches fish every day without ever being near water. Does he use a net?
Two identical twins are weighed together and separately. When weighed together they are 140 kg. When the lighter twin is weighed alone she is 70 kg. I...
A woman has a birthday every four years, yet she celebrated her 18th birthday this year. Is she 72 years old?
A prisoner escapes from a maximum security prison and walks straight to the warden's office. Is he recaptured?
A teacher gives a lesson in silence. No words are spoken, no videos shown, no music played. Every student learns something new. Is the class about med...
A man is sitting in a completely dark room. There is no lamp, no candle, no flashlight, and no other source of light. Yet he is reading a newspaper wi...
A man is found dead in an open field. He is wearing a pack on his back. The pack was never opened. There are no footprints anywhere in the field. What...
A woman pours a glass of water onto the floor. She smiles and feels relieved. Why?
A man receives a phone call and immediately hangs up. He then goes to his room and shoots himself. Why?
A man sees his shadow and is terrified. He immediately calls the police. Why?
What gets shorter the more you add to it?
A woman's husband dies. She is happy. Why?
A man knows for certain that he will die in exactly one hour. He smiles and feels at peace. He is not suicidal, terminally ill, or drugged. Why?
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What is it?
Two brothers look exactly alike. One always tells the truth, the other always lies. You can ask only one question to one of them to find out which roa...
A man buys something very expensive, immediately throws away the most important part, then eats the rest. What did he buy?
A man shaves several times a day, every day, yet he always has a beard. How?
While at her mother's funeral, a woman meets a handsome stranger. She feels he is the man of her dreams and falls immediately in love. Two days later,...
I thrive without water, but if you give me water, I die. What am I?
A detective arrives at a crime scene. The victim's body is at the bottom of a lake. Without entering the water or using any equipment, the detective i...
I have cities, but no houses live there. I have mountains, but no trees grow there. I have water, but no fish swim there. I have roads, but no cars dr...
A man pushes his car and stops in front of a hotel. He immediately knows he is bankrupt. How does he know?
I run all day and all night but never go anywhere. What am I?
Three men check into a hotel room. The clerk says the room costs 30 dollars. Each man pays 10 dollars. Later, the clerk realizes the room only costs 2...
I come once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years. What am I?
A man reads a newspaper and immediately goes blind. He is not startled, not sick, and the newspaper is perfectly normal. Why did he go blind?
A tree is cut down and immediately becomes taller. How is this possible?
A man is found dead in an open field. He is surrounded by straw, and there is a small piece of cloth nearby. No one else was in the field. How did he ...
A woman pushes her car up to a hotel and tells the owner she is bankrupt. How did she know she was bankrupt after pushing her car?
A man shaves several times a day yet always has a beard. How is this possible?
At her mother's funeral, a woman meets a man she has never seen before and falls in love. A week later, she kills her own sister. Why did she kill her...
What has hands but cannot clap?
A man jumps off a 30-story building and survives without any net, mat, or safety device. He is completely uninjured. How?
A woman was born in 1960 and celebrates her 18th birthday in the year 2000. How is this possible?
A man is found dead inside a small wooden cabin in the woods. There are no windows. The only door is locked from the inside, and there is no other way...
What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
A man calls his wife. She answers and they talk. He immediately hangs up and calls the police. Why?
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
A man drives the wrong way down a one-way street and passes a police officer, who does nothing. Why?
The music stops and a woman dies. Why?
I am always in front of you but can never be seen. What am I?
A man with no fingers plays a piano perfectly. How?
A man is found dead inside a locked phone booth. There are no marks on his body and no weapons inside. The glass is unbroken. How did he die?
I am born in water but I cannot swim. I live in water but I die when it rains. What am I?
Two fathers and two sons go fishing. They catch exactly three fish and each person eats one whole fish. How is that possible?
A man is afraid to go home because there is a man in a mask waiting for him there. Why?
I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, rivers but no water, and mountains but no rocks. What am I?
A woman pours water on a grave, then smiles and walks away. She is not grieving and had never met the person buried there. Why did she pour the water?
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
A detective enters a room where a man is sitting at a desk. The detective looks at a framed photo on the desk, then immediately arrests the man. The d...
A man married 20 women in the same town. All the women are still alive and none are divorced. He has broken no laws. How is this possible?
A man is found dead in a field. He is wearing a backpack and surrounded by no one. There are no footprints leading to or from the body. How did he die...
A woman cannot read her own name even though she is perfectly literate and her name is written clearly in large letters right in front of her. Why?
A woman wakes up in a room with no doors or windows. The walls, floor, and ceiling are solid concrete. There is no way in or out, yet she escapes. How...
A chef prepares hundreds of meals every day but never eats a single one. He is not on a diet and there is nothing wrong with the food. Why?
A tree kills every other plant that grows near it. It does not release any poison. It is not blocking sunlight. The tree is perfectly healthy. How doe...
A newspaper has been delivered to a house every day for thirty years. No one in the house has ever read it. The residents are not blind, and they enjo...
A man is accused of murder committed at noon. He says he was watching a sunset at the time. Three witnesses confirm he was watching a beautiful sunset...
A man shaves himself more than once a day, every day. He is not a barber and he is the only one doing the shaving. His face is always perfectly clean-...
A woman has two identical containers. She fills one with feathers and one with lead. The container with feathers is heavier. No tricks with the contai...
A man walks up to his house but cannot enter. He has not lost his key. The locks have not been changed. He is at the right house. Why can't he enter?
Two brothers are born from the same mother on the same day in the same year, but they are not twins. They have never been apart. How?
A detective finds a man dead next to a locked safe. The safe is still locked and undamaged. The man died alone and no one else was in the room. What w...
A doctor refuses to treat a patient even though the patient is seriously ill and is begging for help. The doctor is not busy. The doctor is a good per...
A priceless painting is sold at auction. The next day, it is sold again at another auction for the same price. The second buyer is not cheated. Both s...
A window cleaner falls from the top of a twenty-storey building and survives without any injury. He is not wearing a safety harness. How did he surviv...
A man crosses a vast desert with no water and no food. He has no special survival skills. The journey takes ten days. He arrives perfectly healthy. Ho...
A man tosses a coin on the surface of the Moon. It comes up heads every single time for one hundred tosses. The coin is fair. He is not cheating. How?
A book has sold five million copies but nobody has ever read it. The book is not defective. People own it and keep it in their homes. Why has nobody r...
The faster a man runs, the slower he moves toward his destination. The road is perfectly flat. He is running in the right direction. What is happening...
A fish lives in a tree. It is a real fish. It is alive and healthy. There is no aquarium or container. How?
A sailor finds a sealed bottle with a message inside. The message says it was written one thousand years ago. The sailor knows the message is authenti...
A hotel has been fully booked every night for fifty years. Every room is always occupied. Yet the hotel has never turned away a single guest. How?
A man is terrified of rain. One rainy day he walks outside without any protection and gets soaked. He smiles and is deeply relieved. Why?
A wedding took place with no guests at all. The bride and groom were both happy about this. Why?
A thief broke into a bank vault and found millions of dollars. He took nothing and was later praised by the bank. Why?
Millions of people have read this book, yet no one has ever written a single word in it. What is it?
A man was officially declared dead at 9 am. At noon the same day, he signed a legal document. Neither declaration was wrong. How?
A single tree caused an entire forest to die. The tree itself survived. No disease, fire, or human was involved. How?
A woman looked in a mirror and saw the future. She was not psychic and the mirror had no special powers. How?
A man shaves every single day yet always has a beard. He does not use a fake beard. How?
A man possessed a photograph of himself taken before cameras were invented. The photograph was genuine and he had not travelled through time. How?
A man deliberately finished last in a race and was declared the winner. The race was fair and the rules were followed. How?
A prisoner had an unlocked cell with an open door. He was free to leave at any time. He chose to stay. His captors were happy about this. Why?
An animal cast no shadow at noon on a bright sunny day in an open field. The animal was real and the sun was shining. How?
A man was convicted of murder. The victim's body was found and the man had motive and opportunity. Yet he was completely innocent. Eventually the verd...
A newspaper published a story about its own death. This was not a mistake or satire. The story was accurate. How?
A man owned a clock that he knew showed the wrong time, yet it gave him the correct time twice a day, every single day. He never changed it. Why?
A celebrated chef who worked in a famous restaurant never ate the food he cooked. He was not ill, not on a diet, and had no allergies. The restaurant'...
Two identical boxes were placed on a scale. Box A was full of feathers. Box B was empty. Box A weighed less. How?
Two fathers and two sons went fishing. They caught exactly three fish and each person ate exactly one fish. No fish were shared or left over. How?
A man tried to break a window with all his strength. The window did not break. He did not give up — he tried hundreds of times. The window remained pe...
A building was called a library and contained no books at all. This was not a mistake. People came to it every day and always found exactly what they ...
A man fell from a height of one kilometre without a parachute. He hit the ground and walked away completely unharmed. How?
A door opened by itself with no wind, no mechanism, no person touching it, and no technology involved. This happened in broad daylight in a room with ...
A man reads a newspaper and immediately goes blind. He is not ill and nothing is wrong with his eyes. Why?
A woman pushes her car up to a hotel and immediately knows she is bankrupt. How?
A detective receives a phone call from a murder victim. The victim has been dead for three days. The detective uses this call to identify the killer. ...
Every morning a man takes the elevator from his apartment on the 13th floor down to the ground floor and goes to work. Every evening he returns, takes...
A farmer plants seeds in a large field. Not a single plant grows. The soil is fertile, the weather is perfect, he watered regularly. What went wrong?
At her mother's funeral, a woman meets a man she has never seen before. She falls deeply in love with him but never gets his number. A week later she ...
A man shaves several times every day, yet he always has a beard. How is this possible?
A scientist drops an egg onto a concrete floor from a height of two meters. The egg does not break. How?
A man is found dead in a cabin on a mountain. There are no windows, no doors, and no damage to the walls or roof. He is holding a match. How did he di...
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What is it?
A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds her breath for five minutes. A few minutes later they go out to dinner together. How?
A woman was born in 1990 and turned 25 years old twice. How is this possible?
Five men walk together under one small umbrella. None of them gets wet. How?
A woman hears a piece of music and immediately runs home. When she gets there, she finds her husband drowned. How did she know?
It runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a head but never weeps. What is it?
Four people need to cross a rope bridge at night. They have one torch. The bridge holds only 2 people at a time. They must use the torch to cross. The...
A man buries treasure and tells no one. Nobody finds it. He is happy. Why?
An astronaut on the Moon hears a loud explosion nearby. How is this possible?
A doctor says that twins were born on the same day but have different birthdays. How is this possible?
A man is found dead in a room with 53 bicycles. There is a gun nearby. How did he die?
It is always in front of you but can never be seen. What is it?
A man buys a brand-new birdcage and takes it home. He never owns a bird. Yet the cage serves its exact intended purpose. How?
A woman looks at a photograph and says: 'Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son.' She is describing herself. How?
A man throws his newspaper out the window every morning. His neighbors thank him for it. Why?
A man walks into a diner and orders coffee. The waitress places an overturned cup in front of him. He stands up and leaves without a word. Why?
All the fish in a lake die, but no one is worried. There is no pollution. The water is fine. Why is nobody concerned?
A thief robs a bank but the police never search for him. He is not caught. He keeps the money. Why?
A man screams at the top of his lungs in a library. Everyone smiles and claps. No one shushes him. Why?
A man's watch stopped working two weeks ago. Every time he looks at it, he can tell the exact time. How?
A man attends a wedding he was not invited to. The bride and groom are delighted to see him. Security does not remove him. Why?
A hiker pitches his tent in the middle of a forest. He wakes up at 3 a.m. and hears something outside. He unzips the tent and is immediately relieved....
A woman stands before two doors. One leads to riches, one to ruin. One guard always lies, one always tells the truth. She asks one guard one question ...
A woman orders a large meal at a restaurant, eats none of it, and the waiter is not surprised. She does not pay. No one is upset. Why?
A snowman is built on a cold winter day. By the next morning it has grown larger even though no one added to it and temperatures stayed below freezing...
Every morning a man plays loud music for thirty minutes. His neighbor pounds on the wall and he immediately stops. Yet the neighbor is not bothered by...
A soccer team of eleven players wins a match. After the game, only ten players appear in the team photo. No one was injured or sent off. Why is one pl...
A man checks into a hotel room. He goes to his room, opens the door, walks in and immediately checks out and demands a refund. He does not see anythin...
You have two ropes that each burn completely in exactly one hour, but they burn unevenly. How do you measure exactly 45 minutes using only these two r...
A man plants a tree. Years later the tree is growing perfectly, with roots in the air and leaves in the ground. No one is surprised. Why?
A guard falls asleep on duty. His commander finds him and shakes him awake. The commander thanks the guard and gives him a reward. Why?
A woman sends a postcard from her vacation. The postcard arrives back at her home address three days before she returns. She is not confused. Why?
A wealthy man dies. His will states that his fortune goes to his only living child. He has two children. Only one can inherit. The other is not dead, ...
A man wakes up, looks at the clock in the mirror, and thinks it is 6:10. He decides to sleep more. He wakes again two hours later and the clock says 8...
Every day a man picks up a free newspaper from a pile outside a shop. One day the pile is gone. He goes inside and pays for a newspaper. He is not ann...
A man is alone in a sealed room with no windows. He has one candle and no lighter. The candle is lit. He blows it out, then lights it again. How?