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137 riddles foundA 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 ge…
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 a…
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 …
A woman is found dead in her apartment. The only witness is her parrot, but the parrot never says anything useful to the police. H…
A man gets into an elevator on the 30th floor. When the elevator reaches the ground floor, the man is dead. The elevator worked pe…
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 …
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…
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. Wh…
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 …
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 m…
A farmer has 17 sheep. All but nine die. How many sheep does the farmer have left?
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 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 man walks into a seaside restaurant and orders albatross soup. After one sip, he leaves the restaurant, goes home, and ends his …
A woman shoots her husband, holds him underwater for five minutes, then hangs him. Thirty minutes later, they go out together for …
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'…
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'…
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 din…
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 sol…
A prisoner must choose between three rooms: one full of fire, one full of assassins with loaded guns, and one full of lions that h…
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…
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 w…
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 h…
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 happe…
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. W…
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…
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 f…
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 i…
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…
A kidnapper gives his victim two pills — one is poison, one is safe. The victim picks one, the kidnapper takes the other. The vict…
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…
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…
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 flig…
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 an…
A man checks into a hospital perfectly healthy. After three days without any treatment or illness, he cannot walk. No one harmed h…
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. W…
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 c…
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 man opens a music box, listens to it play, and then dies. No poison, no weapon, no illness. The music itself caused his death. H…
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 pr…
Two people drink from the same poisoned punch bowl at a party. One dies. One survives. The survivor drank more. How?
Two brothers read the same newspaper article about a tragedy. One laughs. The other cries. Both have the same emotional reaction t…
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 detai…
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 per…
A witness to a robbery describes the criminal in perfect detail — height, hair, scar, clothing. Police find no one matching that d…
A castaway sends a message in a bottle. Rescuers find the bottle, read the message, and immediately know exactly where the castawa…
A scientist weighs an empty sealed box on a precision scale. She then adds nothing to the box — puts nothing inside and takes noth…
Two brothers are born minutes apart, grow up together, look identical, have the same DNA, and live in the same house for 30 years.…
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…
A man watching the night sky notices something moving faster than the speed of light. He is not mistaken, there is no error, and i…
A man hears a song on the radio, pulls over his car, and shoots himself. Why?
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…
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…
A man goes to a restaurant and orders turtle soup. He eats it, then goes home, calls his wife, and kills himself. Why?
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 detective offers a suspect a cup of coffee. The suspect drinks it and confesses to the crime. Was the coffee poisoned or drugged…
A man steals a famous painting from a museum and is immediately caught. He hid it perfectly and no alarm was triggered. Was he bet…
A man dives into an empty swimming pool and survives without injury. Is he superhuman?
A woman receives a phone call from her husband who died three years ago. Is she dreaming or mentally ill?
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 push…
A man is trapped with two doors. Behind one door is freedom; behind the other is death. Two guards stand before the doors — one al…
Two identical twins are weighed together and separately. When weighed together they are 140 kg. When the lighter twin is weighed a…
A prisoner escapes from a maximum security prison and walks straight to the warden's office. Is he recaptured?
A man receives a phone call and immediately hangs up. He then goes to his room and shoots himself. 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…
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 l…
Three men check into a hotel room. The clerk says the room costs 30 dollars. Each man pays 10 dollars. Later, the clerk realizes t…
A man reads a newspaper and immediately goes blind. He is not startled, not sick, and the newspaper is perfectly normal. Why did h…
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 th…
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. …
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 t…
A man calls his wife. She answers and they talk. He immediately hangs up and calls the police. Why?
The music stops and a woman dies. Why?
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 …
A man is afraid to go home because there is a man in a mask waiting for him there. Why?
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…
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 ar…
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, …
A man is accused of murder committed at noon. He says he was watching a sunset at the time. Three witnesses confirm he was watchin…
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. H…
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 p…
A sailor finds a sealed bottle with a message inside. The message says it was written one thousand years ago. The sailor knows the…
A man is terrified of rain. One rainy day he walks outside without any protection and gets soaked. He smiles and is deeply relieve…
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 man possessed a photograph of himself taken before cameras were invented. The photograph was genuine and he had not travelled th…
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 abou…
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 c…
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. Th…
A door opened by itself with no wind, no mechanism, no person touching it, and no technology involved. This happened in broad dayl…
A detective receives a phone call from a murder victim. The victim has been dead for three days. The detective uses this call to i…
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 numbe…
Five men walk together under one small umbrella. None of them gets wet. How?
An astronaut on the Moon hears a loud explosion nearby. How is this possible?
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 descr…
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 man's watch stopped working two weeks ago. Every time he looks at it, he can tell the exact time. How?
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 i…
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 s…
A guard falls asleep on duty. His commander finds him and shakes him awake. The commander thanks the guard and gives him a reward.…
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…
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…